Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-08-26
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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Recipes.
PoTATo PUDpINa.- four large
potatoes and pass them through a
sieve; stir into them powdered loaf
sugar to taste, and the yolks of two or
three eggs; add few drops OF essence
of lemon, then the whites of the eggs
whisked 10 a froth; mix quickly and
well; pour into plain mold buttered
and predetermined, and bake for twenty
minutes in quic oven.
LIVER HAsu.-This hash is delicate
and appetizing, and nice as n change
from the liver and bacon known TO all
cooks. Boil the liver until thoroughly
tender-there must not be even sus-
picion of hardness about it. Then
mince it finely with chopping-knife.
Heat the mince very hot in q sauce or
roux of butter and Drowned flour. The
seasoning is pepper, salt. dash of
lemon, or little piquant sauce, such as
mushroom catsup.
CALIFORNIA CAKE One pint of flour
one pint of Indian meal, one pint of
milk, two eggs, one teaspoonful of soda
two spoonfuls of cream of tartar, four
tablespoonfuls of sugar, small piece of
butter. Mix the eggs and milk to-
gether, add sugar .and butter, well
beaten, then flour and Indian meal, a
little at n time, alternately; mix the
cream Of tartar in the flour, and the soda
in little OF the milk. Bake in pans,
and serve hot for breakfast or tea.
ROSE SAUCE.-1his is an excellent
sauce for puddings, and one that looks
very pretty. Peel and slice fine large
beet; boil it gently for twenty minutes
in a pint and half OF water. Then add
two pounds and half of loaf sugar, the
thin rind and strained juice of lemon,
and half stick of vanilla. Boil
quickly and skim constantly until the
liquid becomes rich, thick syrup, of a
deep red color, then strain. When
nearly cold stir in gill of brandy, and
when quite cold bottle and cork it
closely. 1t will keep any length of time,
if properly made.
Farm and Garden Notes.
set your hens in the evening il you
have to move them from the laying
nests, they will be more sure to stick to
their new nests afterward.
A Canada farmer rids cattle of lice by
applying with cloth along the back
bone, water in which onions have been
thoroughly boiled.
Cayenne pepper, ginger or mustard for
fowls is quite beneficial. When added
to their food it will stimulate egg pro-
duction, incres Sc their vigor and make
them feel well generally.
An old gardener says in the Detroit
Tribune. with regard 10 cultivating
onions, that il care is taken to draw
away the earth gradually from the
bulbs until they are quite uncovered
and only the fibrous roots are in the
earth, you will never have scullions,
but very large, sound onions.
A series of experiments has demon
strated that bran possesses valuable
qualities as q fertilizer, it being claimed
to be superior to guano, bonedust. land
plaster, etc, by n contemporary. About
half ton to the acre, applied once in
three or four years, is sufficient, while
the yield is prodigiousiy increased.
This would make 1t a cheap dressing.
Potash dissolved in water, or lye from
wood ashes, is the best wash for the
trunks and large limbs of fruit trees.
Whitewash should not be used, as it
closes the pores of the bark, which
should be kept open in order to insure a
healthy tree. Potash or lye answers
every purpose which whitewash would,
with none of its objections.
Cornstalks are good fodder for cattle.
but there is great difference in their
value as saved by different farmers.
Left out to become weather-beaten, they
are poor feed for any kind OF stock; but
when saved without being injured
either by sun or weather, well cured
and sheltered early. retaining the sweet
juices unimpaired, thoyiare one Of the
best fodder crops. It pays TO cut and
secure them early. while there are some
of the juices remaining in them.
Professor Budd, of Iowa, says that
training beans on poles Is no only un-
necessary, but decided disadvantage.
When the tendrils begin to START on the
plants he nips them off. By going over
the plants two or three times after
ward. and clipping off the climbing
|tendrils, the plants become low and
bushy and are loaded with early-m tur-
h ing pods.
A farmer writes to an exchange: If
you desire to get IA large yield OF rich milk
give your cow every day water slightly
warm and slightly salted, in which bran
has been stirred at the rate of one quart
+ 10 two gallons of water. You will find,
. II you have not tried this daily practice,
that vour COW will give TWENTY-FIVE per