American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-09-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
1t is stated that steaming and cook
ing food for live stock was largely
practiced some years ago, but the
practice has been generally abandoned.
1t will not pay where corn is cheap and
labor dear.
If any farmer is SO set in notions
that he believes there are no ways bet
ter than his own, he had better travel a
little, visit the best farms in adjoining
towns and counties, and it will take
many of the conceitcd kinks out of him.
-Quaking Pudding. -Scald quart
of cream; when almost cold, put to it
four eggs, well beaten, one spoonful
and half of flour, some nutmeg and
sugar; tie it close in buttered cloth,
boil an hour, and turn it out with care,
lest it should crack. Serve with sauce.
Corn Fritters. corn from the
cob until you have one quart, add two
teacups of sweet milk, two beaten eggs,
one teaspoonful of soft butter, one tea
cupful of flour, having teaspoonful of
yeast powder mixed with it. Season
with pepper and salt and fry upon a
griddle like batter cakes.
Jelly Cake.-Three eggs, one cup
full of sugar, five tablespoonfuls of sweet
milk, piece of butter OF the size of an
egg, two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar,
one teaspoOnful of soda, and flour
enough to make thin batter. To
make the lemon jelly for the above,
take one grated lemon, one cupful OF
sugar, and one very small tablespoonful
of butter; cook slowly until done.
How to Cover the Sick.-Never use
anything but light blankets to cover the
sick. The heavy. impervious counter
pane is bad, for the reason that it keeps
the exhalations from the pores of the
sick person. while the blanket allows
them to pass through. Weak persons
are invariably distressed by great
weight of bed-clothos. which often pre-
vents their getting any sound sleep
whatever.
Cake for Children.-Mix well two
pounds of flour in one pint of warm
milk, and tablespoonful of yeast, let
it rise about half an hour; then add
three quarters OF pound of sugar one
fourth pound raisins stoned and chopped,
two ounces candisd peel shred fine and
one-quarter pound of good flesh beeE
drippings: beat the mixture well for a
quarter of an hour, and bake in a mod
crate oven.
The Peach Grub.-Where not abun-
dant. these insect are easily removed
with the point of knife. A correspon-
dent of a western paper uses stiff paper
coated with grating wax, first removing
all the grubs, drawing away the earth,
and placing the paper around the stem
so as to reach foot high. The wax
causes it to adhere to the stem without
tying. 1t is intended only for a young
tree, and it may be applied to newly
transplanted ones before they are set.
1t needs renewing every snring.
In reply to questions which we al
ways receive at this season of the year
or little later, says the Rurdrd NeW
Yorker let us say, transplant fruit or
ornamental trees as soon in the fall as
the leaves begin to drop or change in
color. This is sufficient evidence that
the leaves are no longer of any service
to the plant and the sooner it is then
removed the better, for it will have
longer time to become well fixed in its
new quarters before severe frosts occur.
Spring is without doubt the best time
to transplant evergroens.
Saving Flower Seeds.--A writer in
tho Practical Farmer gives the results
of experience in saving flower seeds.
No general rule can be laid down. each
sort requiring special treatment. Pansy
seeds must be saved while they are
quite green, as the pods burst as soon
as they turn yellow, throwing the seed
several feet. Plants of phlox are pulled
up when fair amount of the seed is
ripe, and spread on large sheets in a
warm garnet. On small scale hand
picking may do. Petunia Spd- paku-
laca are treated in the same way, ex-
cept that the portulaca plants are cut
off, and they grow up again for another
crop. Verbenas must be hand-picked
twice week for several weeks.
To prevent saddle gals keep the
back clear of scurf and dried sweat,
also the lining of the saddle. The
greatest care should be taken to secure
a well-fitting saddle. In many cases
the tendency to chafo is constitutional,
and aggravated by high feeding on
grain. or by some local disease of the
stomach, liver, kidneys or lungs.
Therefore, grain, and above all the
heating grains, like corn, should be
avoided so far as possible during hot
weather. Any costiveness of the bow
els should be counteracted. and any
suppression or unnatural condition of
the urine should be corrected. If the
subject Is OUT OF cOnulUiOn MS system
should be toned up. and his ability to
undergo exertion without sweating
should be fostered. In many cases adj
vantage may be derived from daily
dose of one ounce Glauber salts, one
drachm carbonate of soda, and two
drachms powdered gentian root. When
a horse subject to such sores returns
from work warm and perspirlng, the
surfaces covered by the saddle and col
lar may be sponged over with a solution
of five ounces tincture of arnica, one
drachm fannie acid, and one quart of
water. When actually raw all pressure
must be kept of the part, and the sore
may be kept wet with lotion COM
posed of one drachm carbolic acid,
five ounces glycerine, one drachm tan
mic acid. and one quart of water N
Y. Tribune.
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