The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-03-27
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Ginger Crackers.-Two quarts o.
hour, one pint of molasses, one pound
OF brown sugar, half a pound of lard
Two ounces of ground ginger, and tea.
: spoonful of cloves. Knead them long
Tune, and roll very thin. Bake over q
, steady strong fire.
Lemon Paste.-Two lemons, Juice
and pulp, two eggs, two cups sugar,
one tablespoonful butter; beat eggs and
, sugar together; stir in lemon; put in a
vessel and let water boil around it till
1t is as thick as rich custard; set away
TO cool; then spread between layers OF
sponge cake instead.
Corn Meal es-The yelks OF
two eggs well beaten, one teaspoonful
OF butter, one of wheat flour, one tea
spoonful salt, one pint sweet milk or
water, one pint of corn meal Cor corn
Hour, if you have it, is nicer), and last
ly the whites of the eggs, well beaten.
Bake in waffle irons.
"A Connecticut dairyman, who has
been experimenting with turnips as
food for cows, thinks they are worth
twenty-five cents a bushel. There is
no saving in the amount of hay con-
sumed, but they increased the flow of
milk, and were an aid to the digestion
of hay and other dry fodder. European
experimenters have come to the same
conclusion.
Potato Salad.-Never make it of
cold potatoes. Boil six large potatoes,
peel them while still hot, and slice them
thin, no matter if they break; make
your dressing of the best sweet oil, pep
pei and salt to taste, an onion chopped
very fine, large spoonful of caper;
vinegar enough to have it moist all
through; mix this well through your
potatoes, and you will have very plain
but palatable dish.
Audubon says woodcock will eat
its own weight of insects In a single
night. DR.. Bradley says pair of spar
rows will destroy $500 caterpiilars in
week. Woodpeckers are constantly
employed in Kidding the orchards of in
sects and their eggs, which they skill
fully discover under the pieces of dead
bark. Robins through the spring and
summer are continually hunting for
worms and grubs.
"A Light Pudding. -Boil a little
nutmeg and cinnamon in pint of new
milk, take out the spice; beat eight
yelks and four whites of eggs, glass
of sweet cider, little salt and sugar;
mix spoonful of flour, very smooth in
a little of the milk, then put all togeth-
er with the crumb of small roll grated;
tie this in thick cloth, boil it an hour;
serve it with butter melted and cider
and sugar poured over it.
"A rigid law should be enforced
against any neglect to remove or bury
any stock dying of disease, as the most
careful sanitary measures in stock-rais-
ing will not prevent contagion from
spreading so long as diseased stock is
exposed to contact or proximity with
healthy stock. And any person guilty
of such neglect should be held just as
culpable as if he removed bedding from
pest-hou and threw it in the public
highway Chicago Journal.
Breakfast Cake.-Equal parts fine
oatmeal and water, mix, pour into
pan about one-third of an inch deep;
bake half an hour, or until crisp and
slightly brown; or make half an inch
thick and bake like johnny cake. If
the oven is not hot enough, pour it into
the frying pan, cover tight, bake on
top of stove, dishing when well Drowned
on the bottom. 1t is a splendid dish
for an early breakfast, late supper, or
when you are in a hurry. 1t is not good
cold; if any is left, warm it over. Eaten
with sweet cream, fresh butter, or
stewed fruit, it is excellent.
"A very good preparation of gly-
cerine to have always on hand can be
readily prepared by any apothecary or
druggist: In two ounces of sweet oil of
almonds melt by slow heat half an
ounce of spermaceti and one dram of
white wax. Then add one ounce of
good glycerine, stirring in little oil of
rose. Keep in small jars or small wide
necked bottles. In hot weather keep
closely exposed to warmth. Half or a
fourth of the above quantity may be
used. Every drug store should keep a
jar of it, and recommend its use. 1t is
excellent Tor softening the skin, for
most injured skin surfaces that are not
open sores; for chafed places, for
moistening corns or calloused feet or
toes, and especially for chapped face,
lips or hands. When the hands are
chapped or cracked, or roughened by
cold, wash them clean with soap, and
rub them well with this glycerine oint-
ment, wiping it off to prevent soiling
clothing. If this is done at night the
hands will be soft and in good condi-
ton in the morning, except when deep
ly cracked. 1t is very good to apply to
the hands after washing day.
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