The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-24
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

Chopped onions, with a little o;n-
ger mixed in, is said to be a sure e11re
for chicken cholera.
transparent Pie.-Beat eight eggs
WELL put into pan with one-half
pouno OF loaf sugar, one-half pound of
butter and nutmeg to flavor; set it on
the stove and stir till it thickens; then
ada one ounce ofcandied peel, chopped;
when cool make your pie.
scotch Cake-Stir to a cream a
pouna OF sugar; three-quarters of a
pouno OF butter, add the grated rind
and juice of a lemon; separate the
whites and yelks of nine eggs, and beat
each to froth; stir into the cake and
add pound of sifted flour; stir fifteen
minutes, and just before putting into
cake pans, which must be lined with
buttered paper, add a pound of seeded
ralsllns; spice to suit the taste. Bake
one hour.
-fudding.-One quart milk, four
eggs, one cup bread-crumbs, one-half
cup Jam, one-half cup sugar. Butter a
pudding dish; sprinkle the bottom with
read-crumbS; pour over these one-half
cup Jam; cover this with the rest of the
crumbs. Heat the milk till near boil
ing, take it from the fire and add grad
ually the beaten yelks, whites and
sugar; heat this until it begins to
thickeni put it spoonful by spoonful
upon the layer of crumbs. Bake until
well SIT and brown. Eat cold with
cream.
Gym loses one-fifth by drying, and
wheat one,fourteenth. From this the
estimate is made that it is more profita-
bic for farmers to sell unshelled corn in
the fall at seventy-five cents than at one
dollar bushel in the following sum-
mer, and that wheat at one dollar and
twenty-five cents in December is equal
to one dollar and fifty cents in the sue
ceeding June. In the case of potatoes
taking those that rot and are other
wise lost, together with the shrinkage
there is but little doubt that between
October and June the loss to the owner
who holds them is not less than thirty
three per cent.
Some one wrote to the Rural NeoO
Yorker to know if kerosene would not
do to prevent bark lice. This brought
a reply from a Mr.. Charles Downing,
who says: 81 have not had an expert
ence with kerosene, and would not like
to risk it. | have found potash dis
solved in water good remedy-one
pound of potash and one and half
gallons of water-put on with paint
is n fiTH1n hoy
the leaves are off, or any time before
the buds begin to swell in the spring.
The trees should be washed up as far
as there are any insects, even to the
ends of the branches"
Planting Potatoes.-A correspon-
dent asks which is best hills Or drills,
and how far apart the rows should be
in planting potatoes. In our opinion
it is advisable to plant potatoes in hills,
as much labor is saved in keeping down
weeds if the potatoes can be cultivated
both ways. We planted some potatoes
last spring, with the drills three feet
apart one year and little over two
feet the other, but as sufficient care
was not taken to get the hills true,
many were cut down in cultivating.
The distance both of hills and drills
must depend on the strength of the soil
and the size of the tops. Three feet
each way is the usual distance.-N. Y.
Herald
Plain Plum Cake. -Four pounds of
flour, one pound of dripping, the same
of good moist sugar, three pounds of
sultapa raisins, quarter of a pound of
candied peel, one teaspoonful of mixed
spice, two small teaspoonfuls OF bicar-
Donate of soda, one quart of sour milk
or buttermilk and small pinch of salt;
rub the dripping well but lightly into
the flour, then throw in the sugar, raj
sins, peel and spices and mix all well
together; dissolve the soda in a table
spoonful of water and add it to the but
termilk just before wetting the cake
with it, which must not be until you are
quite ready to put it in the oven; have
your tins well creased with good butter
and half fill them with your cake mix
ture; bake as usual. Cakes made after
this recipe will be found very light and
wholesome. Carraway seeds or cur
rants may be substituted for the raisins.
Seven machines in Pittsburg pro-