American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-10-02
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

keep a blank book with thick
cover in the kitchen, and copy any bits
of information that may be likely to be
of use sometime. Be sure and write in
a large, clear hand.
1t has been found from analysis
that ten tons of small sugar beets.
weighing one and one-third pounds
each, contained as much solid matter
rs thirteen tons of beets weighing five
and one-half pounds each.
Tomato Soy.-One peck of ripe to-
matoes, one quart of vinegar. three and
n half pounds of sugar, and one ounce
of whole cloves. Put all over the fire
together, and let them stew slowly until
they become a thick mass, very rich and
dark.
Cottage Pudding.-One cup of su-
gar, one tablespoonful butter, two eggs,
one cup sweet milk, three cups flour,
half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful
cream-tartar sifted with the flour, a
pinch of salt. Bake in a buttered mold.
Eat hot, cut in slices, with q liquid
sauce.
Nice Fried Liver.-Cut into small
strips. put on a platter. pour over boil
ing water and Immediately pour it off.
Place a frying-pan on the stove with
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liver with cracker dust. season with
pepper and salt and put into the pan.
Cover and fry slowly until the pieces
are well Drowned. A little chopped
onion cooked with the liver is very nice
for those who like the flavor.
"A recipe for New England baked
beans: Boil the beans (the small pea
bean is the besD in plenty of water
and put them in an earthen pot, with
cover, and bake slowly for two hours or
more, in water enough to keep them
well-moistened. Most people in New
England add from one to four table,
spoonfuls of molasses, according to
their taste. This gives them a rich
brownish shade, and better taste.
Put in pork or not, and in quantity to
suit.
"A writer in the Practical Farmer
gives the results of experience in saw
ing flower seeds. No general rule can
be laid down, each sort requiring spe-
cial treatment. Pansy seeds must be
saved while they are quite green, as
the pods burst as soon as they turn yell
low, throwing the seed several feet.
Plants of phlox are pulled up when a
spread on large sheets in a warm gar
do. Petunia and portulaca are treated
in the same way. except that the por-
tulaca plants are cut off, and they
grow up again for another crop. Verbe-
mas must be handpicked twice a week
for several weeks.
To pickle peaches, plums and pears
take of ripe peaches, plums. pears or
apples seven pounds of sugar; one
quart of vinegar. and one ounce of
mixed spices; put the sugar and vine
gar together, and pour over the fruit,
allowing it to stand until the next morn
ing, when repeat this process, strain
ing the juice off the fruit, letting it
come to the boil, and continue to do so
for four mornings; then add spices, and
put all over the fire, and cook very
slowly until they look rich and clear.
Pears should be boiled in water until
you can run broom straw through
them. Qninces are also delici ous when
preserved in this manner.
The New York Sun says: "Heaves
or broken wind in horses is not readily
cured, but the distress of the animal
may be alleviated by giving proper care
and attention to his food. Give no
musty hay, avoiding all kinds contain
ing clover of any species. Turn out the
IL
winter feed well-cured corn fodder and
sound. clean oats or meal upon cut hay,
or cornstalks we'll moistened. If hay is
fed let it be in small quantities, and at
night only, and then sprinkled with
water when put in the manger. Also
avoid driving soon after feeding. Nerve
tonics are also useful, and the best of
these is arsenic, given in fve-grain
doses daily for a month or more, but
usually three or four weeks will be suf-
ficient."
Fowls in Orchards.-Last fall the
editor of the Poultry World visited an
orchard in which fowls were kept, the
owner of which told him that before the
fowls were confined in it the trees made
little or no growth and only CORE
spending amount of fruit was obtained.
But what change was evident now!
The grass was kept down. the weeds
killed, and the trees presented an ap-
pearance of thrift, which the most en-
thusiastic horticulturist could not but adj
mire and envy. The growth of the
trees was most vigorous, and the foliage
most luxuriant; the fruit was abundant.
of large size, and free from worms and
other imperfections. The excellence
was accounted for by the proprietor,
who remarked that the "hens ate all
the worms and curculio in their reach.
even to the canker worm" He found
less trouble with their roosting in trees
than he expected, and a picket fence
six feet high kept them within bounds.
His orchard was divided into three sec
tions, and the fowls were changed from
one to another as the condition of the
fowls or the orchard sections seem to
require.