The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-21
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.


Paint splashes upon window glass
can be easily removed by a strong So
luton of soda.
Spruce and ash are recommended
as the best woods for butter TUBS, tne
former being the easier to work.
If potting soil is placed for a day
or two in the henyard, every parucles
of it is dug over, and all grups anu
eggs of insects picked out.
To Preserve Soap Grease.-Fill
cask half full of good strong I've ana
drop all your refuse grease therein'
stir up the mixture once week.
Sour apple sauce is greatly I'M
proved by the addition of tablespoon
full of butter to a quart of sauce, and,
moreover, there is much less sugar
needed. A little lemon peel makes
fine flavor.
Made into a mash, bran has cool
ing and laxative effect as a food for
horses; but used in excess, especially IN
drv state, it is apt to form stony Sc
cretions in the bowels. Stones pro-
duced from the excessive use of bran
have been taken out of horses after
death, weighing many pounds.
The application of manure to the
orchard is too often neglected. Use
well-rotted stable manure. 1t may be
drawn on at any time during the winter,
most easily when the ground is frozen,
When spread, it should cover the whole
ground, and not be heaped just about
the trunks of the trees, where there are
no small roots.
-Sauer- Kraut.-Take nice piece of
pork, two pounds to one quart OF sauer-
kraut; wash the pork and cover with
boiling water, and boil one hour; then
take your sauer-kraut, press all the
water from it, and place it around the
pork and boil another hour. When
done serve the pork and the cabbage in
separate dishes, with mashed potatoes.
--Tapioca Custard. Soak three
large tablespoonful of tapioca over
night in pint of cold water; the next
morning add one quart of milk, a little
salt, and boil; four eggs, one-half cup
full of sugar; flavor with lemon or va
nllla; merlngue can be made from the
whites of the eggs by adding a little
pOWoClCu ouSdl, tthot plOWHihS ~ III
the oven.
"A horse that is to be used for work,
says the National LiUe Stock Journal,
should be exercised at regular intervals,
for at least half an hour on every day
on which he is not required for work.
Many sudden deaths in winter and
spring result from the neglect of this
salutary precaution. Certain diseases
of the feet, too, may be warded off by
daily use.
Ham Pie.-Slice one pound of raw
ham very thin, place in the boiling
vessel, add one pint of water and one
teaspoonful of butter; cook ten minutes.
Boil five eggs hard; make crust as for
chicken pie; line the sides of the dish
with pastry; alternate layers of ham,
sliced egg and thin pieces of pastry;
add salt to the taste; also the broth the
ham was boiled in; cover the whole and
bake. This will not make large pie.
For a veal and ham pie put pound of
same quantity of ham, and proceed as
above.
Sowing Rye in Corn.-If farmers
Will sow One-half buShel OF winter rye
to the acre in their corn, and pillow it in
the last time, it will not only have a
tendency to choke out the weeds that
start up afterward, but there will be no
danger of dry murrain among cattle
from eating too freely of dry stalks, as
the rye will remain green through the
winter and will be eaten by stock in
preference to the corn fodder. Itmakes
a desirable food for all kinds of stock
and aids materially in the quality and
quantity of milk produced, besides
proving saving of from one to two
tons of hay for every acre sown; and
last, but not least, it affords a green
crop to pillow under in the spring which
will renew and enrich the land.-Cor.
N. Y. Herald.