The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-04
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
Kitchen Aids.

Kitchen Aids.
PAINT plashed upon window glass CAL
be easily removed by a strong solution
OF soda.
A flannel cloth dipped in warm SOAP
suds, then into whiting, and applied to
paint, will instantly remove all grease.
To take ink spots out of linen-dip
the ink spot in pure melted tallow, then
wash out the tallow and the ink will
come out with it. This is said to be I'M.
failing.
WASHING SILK HANDKERcHIEFs. In
cleaning silk handkerchiefs, wash in
water in which the best white CASTLE
soap has been lathered. Then snap
between the fingers until nearly dry,
fold and press under a weight. Never
iron.
VINEGAR CANDY.-This candy is re-
commended for colds. Three cupfuls OF
%granulated sugar, half a cupful of vine.
gar, half a cupful Of water, half a tea.
spoonful Of butter. Season with lemon.
Mix the sugar, water and vinegar to-
gether, boil until the candy is found to
be brittle, by dropping a little in cold
water. Then add the butter and lemon.
FRIED CHICKEN. - Chickens must be
young to fry well. Ii no larger than
pigeons, they may be fried whole; il
larger, dissect, wash, rub salt on while
wet, pepper, and fry in butter or lard,
keeping the dish covered. Mix one or
two eggs with a spoonful of flour and a
teacup of milk, and pour over the
chicken when done, setting the frying
pan in the oven long enough to cook the
egg.
SWEET OMELET.-Mix the yelks of
two eggs, a ~teaspoonful OF sugar and
some essence of vanilla in a small bowl.
Add a small pinch of salt to the whites
of the eggs and whip till stiff. Then
lightly mix the whites and yelks, and
pour quickly into an omelet pan in which
half an ounce of butter has been previ-
ously melted. Remove the egg from the
fire in n minute, and let it dry in the
oven five minutes, after which sprinkle
it with sugar.
CHOCOLATE. Melt four ounces of
grated chocolate over a boiling kettle,
add gradually three cups of boiling
water and n ounce of sugar, Set it
upon the fire, and when scalding hot,
pour it upon the yelks of two eggs, well
beaten, with one and one,h hall gills of
cold water; add a pinch of cinnamon,
and return it to the fire for q few mo-
ments to cook the egg. 1t must not
boil, but should be beaten with an egg
IA. Ter, or milled all the time. Serve
very hot.
Gu;naa fowls III keep all bugs aud
insects of every DESCRIPTION off garden
vines. They will not scrsstrn like other
fowls, or harm the most delicate PLANTS
The average butter yield OF the
Ayrshire COW is one pound from twenty
to twenty. five pounds of milk; from the
Jersey it is one pound Of butter from
eighteen pounds of milk.
Turnips are healthful for horses.
Tney should be cut in slices, or what is
better pulped finely and mixed with q
little meal and salt. Rutabagas are
better than white turnips.
A cellar that is cool, dry and dark,
and yet well ventilated, is the best
place for preserving potatoes in large
quantities. When small quantities are
to be preserved there is nothing like dry
sand. The same may be said Of fruits
and roots Of all sorts.
Plant tansy at the roots of your plum
trees, OF hang branches of the plant on
the limbs Of the trees, and You will not
be annoyed with curculio. An old sue
ccssful fruit.grower furnishes the above,
and says it is the most successful cur
culio preventive he ever tried.
A 'wool-grower,' writing to the Oak
land Republican says: Il think it safe to
gay that the open wool sheep pays farm
ers in Western Pennsylvania, West
Virginia and Western Maryland better
than any other stock they can handle,
with wool at II to Is cents for unwash-
cd and one-third more for Washed
Parsnips, carrots, Swedish turnips,
and especially mangel.wurtSel, will all
fatten pigs. These roots ought not to
DO given in q raw state, but always cook
cd aud mixed with beans, peas, Indian
corn, oats or barley, all Of which must
DO ground into meal. When pigs are
fed on such cooked food as we have Stat
cd, the pork acquires a peculiarly rich
flavor, and ia much esteemed especially
Tor family use.