The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-10
HOME AND FARM.

NUKE anu llH6I Ii Cdh UC SCCulCN
by Aeacy mulching than by cultivation
Deep cultivation near the roots of small
fruits is worse than entire neglect.
SPONGE CAKE.-Take four eggs, two
coffee cups of sugar; beat the eggs and
sugar well together; two coffee cups of
-four, two teaspoonfuls cream of tartar,
one teaspoonful of soda and two-thirds
Of cup of boiling water; add the water
last and lemon to flavor. This, though
apparently very thin, will be delicious
cake.
SPRINKLING libera1y with solution
of tone spoonful Of coarse powdered
saltpeter to PAL of water" proved, in
the case of a correspondent of Vtck'S
Month7g, s.sd admirable remedy" for
the potato oeetle, squash bugs and the
maopots chat work at the roots; also
for otIer insects, besides invigorating
all pants, especially roses"
70 WASH CoRsETs.-Take out the
sseels; use hot water: one tablespoonful
borax to every pail of water; place the
corSets on the washboard and scrub well
with clean brush, using very little soap !;
do not boil the corsets, utifvery yellow
bleach in the sun, rinse well; rub in a
little starch; iron when quite damp.
SWEET Picked CUCUMBERs. -
Wash, pare and quarter ripe cucum-
bers, take out seeds, wash and place in
strong brine for two days. Take out,
place in cold, clear water for an hour,
then throw into alum water-a lump the
size of a hickory-nut to gallon of
water-for another hour. Make strip
of pint of good vinegar, pound of
white sugar and a tablespoonful each of
broken cinnamon and cloves. Make
enough of this sirup to cover the pieces,
and boil until tender.
THERE seems to be use for every
thing, if we can only find out what it is.
1t has been discovered that even coffee
grounds are good for something. They
are recommended as a valuable manure
for garden plants. A San Francisco
lady recently received some plants from
Mexico, with the direction to fertlize
them with waste coffee and coffee
grounds. The experiment was so sue
cessful that she tried the same treatment
on roses, and the effect was healthy
and vigorous growth, and richer col
ored, better, and more abundant flow
ers.
CORN-STACH PUDDING. - Dissolve
four tablespoonful corn starch in little
cold milk, heat a quart of milk to boil
ing and stir this in and boil three min
utes, stirring all the time. Remove from
the fire and while still hot add one Ia
blespoonful of butter. Set away until
cold. Beat four eggs-whites and yelks
.separately-veryh light, add three-quar-
tiers of a cup of sugar and seasoning of
nutmeg and cinnamon with them and
stir into the corn-starch, beating thor
oughly to a smooth custard. Turn into
buttered dish and bake half an hour.
Serve cold with powdered sugar sifted
over it.
DELMoNICO PUDDING.-One quart of
sweet milk the yelks of five eggs; three
tablespoonfuls of corn-starch, mixed
smooth in half teacupful of milk;
teacupful of sugar and any iavoring
liked. Bring the milk to the boiling
point, stir in the corn-starch, then the
sugar, and lsstly eggs. Draw to the
back of the range and let thicken for
two or three minutes. Be careful not
tie burn. Turn into pudding dish and
bake about half an hour. Beat whites
to stiff froth stir in four tablespoon
fuls of powdered sugar; flavor; spread
over the pudding and return to the
oven to brown.
A HEIFER will break easier when the
calf is not allowed to suck. The mother
will be more quiet and give milk down
more freely if separated from the calf.
The calf often makes the teats sore,
which makes trouble when milking be-
gins, and the mother will hold the milk
back for the calf She often considers
the mixer an intruder and repels the
effort to milk, but when the calf is taken
away as soon as dropped naturally in
clines to the mixer in the effort to re-
ieve her udder. If the udder is badly
caked it might be well to let the calf
suck few days, as its bunting will re-
lieve the hardness. The milking should
then be done at the time the calf is suck
ing, as the milk is flowing at this time
and the COW will also become accus-
toned to the handling by the mixer.
1t spoils heifer to let the calf run with
her.
WITH regard to measuring hay in
bulk, the Country Gentleman says:
Good timothy hay, packed solid in a
stack or NOW when settled under a sup
erlncumbent weight, will average 500
cubic feet to the ton. Early-cut hay
packs more closely than dry and stiff
hay cut late. Fine, flexible hay is more
solid than old, coarse grass. The de-
gree of dryness has something to do
with the weight, a certain amount of
moisture being safe, and gradually dry
ing out in successive months of dry
weather, yet the hay sometimes absorbs
more moisture during long continued
rains. Clover is much lighter than
timothy, requiring 700 feet or more per
ton.
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