The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-08-14
HOME AND FARM.

very light and delicate for invalids. An
even tablespoonful of tapioca, soaked
for two hou& in nearly a cup of new
milk; stir into this the yolk of fresh
egg, a little sugar, grain of salt, and
bake it in a cup for Is minutes. A little
jelly may be eaten with it, or few fresh
raspberries.
PAPERED WALLS are cleaned by being
wiped down with flannel cloth tied
over broom or brush. Then cut off
thick piece of stale bread with the crust
on and rub them down with this. Begin
at the top and 60 straight down.
CoCoANUT CUsTARD.-To one pound
of grated cocoanut allow one pint of
milk and six ounces of sugar; beat well
the yelks of six eggs, and stir them
alternately in the milk with the cocoa
nut and sugar. Put into pail or pitcher,
set it into boiling water and stir all the
time till very smooth and thick; as soon
as it comes to hard boil take it off and
serve in cups or tumblers.
Ice CREAMs.-To make lemon ice
cream take one quart of cream, two
lemons (the juice of one and the grated
peel of one and a half) and two cups of
sugar. Sweeten the cream, beat the
lemon gradually into it, and put it at
once into the freezer. The freezer
should be the best patent one. you can
procure, there being several, w believe,
and all very nearly alike in merit.
Freeze rapidly, or the acid will turn the
milk. Use rock-salt, not common salt.
Orange ice-cream may be made in the
same way. For pineapple ice-cream,
take one quart of cream, one large, ripe
pineapple, and one pound of powdered
sugar. Slice the pineapple thin, and
scatter the sugar between the slices;
cover it and let the fruit steep three
hours. Then cut, or chop it up in the
sugar, and strain it through hair-sieve,
or bag of double, coarse lace. Beat
gradually into the cream, and freeze as
rapidly as possible. Peach ice-cream
may be made in the same way, with
two or three handfuls of freshly-cut bits
of the fruit stirred in when the cream is
half frozen.
A STARVED tree, like starved man,
must be fed little at time. All the
| functions are weak in such condition,
and must be strengthened by exercise.
By degrees the old wood should be re-
placed with new growth. Large limbs
must not be removed until there is a re-
turn OF vigor. 1t is like amputating a
human limb, and can only be done safely
when there is strength enough to bear
the shock. 1t will take several seasons
to bring about the process of renewal,
but mean time the old trees will bear
more fruit; until they will astonish the
owner with the crops they yield. Long
before new orchard can become re-
munerative, an old one may be made to
renew its youth and pay handsomely for
the outlay of time and trouble ex-
pended on it. A person who has never
tried this process can hardly believe
how effectually and successfully it can
be accomplished. Trees of fifty or sixty
years standing may be thoroughly re-
Juvenated by proper treatment, and
however aged it may be, tree will sell
dom fail to respond to careful attention.
SPRAINED PAsTERN.-To compel
lame animal to stand on the affected
limb, is both cruel and unreasonable,
and is apt to retard recovery and cause
serious complications. If the animal
is shod, remove the shoes of both hind
feet. Apply some coarse wooden rags
around the pastern, and keep these
constantly wet with cold water, during
two or three days. Then apply some
stimulant, such as heartshorn. liniment,
twice daily, during week, after which
give the horse liberty on pasturage DUR
ing month. During treatment, the
horse should not be removed from the
stable for any purpose; and he should
be allowed to stand on his legs as he
pleases, the advice of quacks and Off
cious blacksmiths Notwithstanding.
Severe sprains of the pastern, if not al
lowed ample time for recovery, are very
apt to result in the formation of ring
bone.
GAPEs IN CHICKENs.-Chickens kept
in clearly places and fed on proper food
will never be troubled with gapes. The
cause of the disease is worm that af-
fixes itself to the windpipe, which causes
the chicken to make the peculiar motion
that gives the disease the name. The
cryst of this worm is to be found on the
grass or moist ground where fowls have
been kept, without due regard to clean
illness and proper food and drink. The
disease is usually prevalent in midsum-
mer, as the hot weather is conducive to
the spelling of food and the I'M
cleanliness of coops. Various remedies
are recommended. Some remove the
worm by holding the chick with its
mouth open, and with bit of feather
or fine horse hair, or fine wire put
down its throat and twisted about, de-
tach it from its place. The feather
should be dipped in turpentine. A little
alum dissolved in their drinking water
often effects cure. Some pour tur-
pentine on pine shavings, and put them,
with the chicks, in box where the
fumes prove too much for the worm.
The coops should be removed to a clean
place and sulphur and ashes busted
where the disease has been, in order to
destroy the cryst or germ of the worm.