The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-22
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
Notes for the HonsehoId.

the corn into a large pan, pour the mo-
lasses over it, stirring briskly until
thoroughly mixed. Then, with the
hands, make it into balls Of the desired
size.
VINEGAR CANDY This candy is re.
commended for colds. Three cupfuls Of
g%ranulated 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.
The TURNIP AS A 'GREAsER. In
baking buckwheat and other griddle.
cakes, a piece Of fat meat as q 'greaser'
is by many thought to be indispensable.
Those who are Of this opinion will, on
trial, soon learn tina a turnip divided
in two answers tho same or a better
purpose, as the odor-the most un-
pleasant part Of cake b~aking-comes
from the greaser in contact with the
hot iron; whereas, with the turnip, very
little OF this is perceptible.
FRENCH PICKLES. Half peck green
tomatoes, cut fine; large head of cab
bage, six large green peppers, six on
ions all cut fine, four tablespoonful of
salt, four of ground allspice, three of
cloves, half a pound black mustard seed,
two quarts Of vinegar. Boil all to-
gether two hours; half an hour before
taking off the fire, add two spoonfuls of
sugar. The vegetables to be boiled
half an hour in water, and drained be-
fore putting in the spice and vinegar.
SoALLoPED OYSTERS .-Crush and roll
several handfuls of Boston or other nice
crackers; put a layer in the bottom of a
buttered pudding dish; wet this with q
mixture of the oyster liquor and milk,
slightly warmed; next put a layer of
oysters; sprinkle with salt and pepper
and put bits of butter upon them; then
another layer Of moistened crumbs, and
repeat until the dish is full; let the top
layer be OF crumbs thicker than the
rest, and beat an egg into a little milk
and pour over them; put bits of butter
thickly over it and bake half an hour.
APPLE MARMALADE. Pare, core and
cut the apples into small pieces; put
them into water with a little lemon
Juice to keep them white; after a
short time take them out and drain;
weigh and put them in a stew pan; il
for present use, half a pound of sugar
will be sufficient for each pound of APP
pies, but if for keeping, double that
quantity will be necessary; add to it a
stick of cinnamon and the juice Of a
lemon; put the stew pan over a brisk
fire and cover it; when the apples are
pulped stir the mixture till of the prop
er consistency, and then put the mar
malade into pots.
PHsturinE Fall Grain.
Ii the fall grain Is IN danger OF joint
ing, it should be pastured without de-
10y. 1t is often a great help to the
wheat or rye, to turn sheep or calves
upon it. These eat down luxuriant
growth, and tread the soil firmly about
the roots. If no other stock are availa-
BILE for this purpose, cows may be let
into winter grain fields.
Cure for n Self-sucking Cow.
A subscriber sends a method of pre-
venting q COW from sucking herself;
this is simply to fasten to the horns a
long, sharp pointed stick by means of
strong pieces of Irvine. The pointed
stick should extend about a foot outside
of the horns. This simple contrivance
prevents the COW from reaching the teat
when disposed to suck herself. The
stick should be removed as soon as 1t is
evident that the COW has lost the incli-
nation to suck herself, which will be
after a short time.
FattcnInR Fowls.
Fowls, to be palatable and tender,
should be fattened quickly. From
eight to ten days is sufficient. Place
the birds in a roomy coop in some out
building where they will be free from
draughts, aud in a modified light. The
morning food should be given as early
8 posi- do. and should consist of good,
sweet, yellow corr-meal mixed with
one-third its quantity of heavy wheat
middliDgs; mix with boiling water, and
in the water should be chambers scraps
sufficient to make the water quite
greasy. To every two quarts Of feed,
every other day mix a tablespoonful of
powdered charcoal before the water is
poured on tho feed. Lot it stand COW
cred up; after being mixed for twenty
minutes, then feed. AT noon use the
meal, leaving out the middlings; and in
It's plOce put all the table scraps you
can get, and some ely.chopped cab
bage. Use the charcoal only in the
morning feed. At night feed corn that
has been boiled until it has swollen
twice its natural size. Every other day
add to noon feed a little buckwheSt lin
grain). Give water after each feed.-
Warm sweet milk is best If you have it
TO spare; give during the day, but al
ways give water for drink OF night. DO
not feed anything for at least twelve
hours before killing, and let the last
faad be soft food: and il YOU would like