The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-14
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

1t is essential that leather should
have light. In the care Of harness 90
not inclose in dark closet or room.
Of course harness should be oiled three
or four times a year, first washing Win
soap and water.
-Hickory-Nut Macaroons.-Mak,e
frosting as for cake, stir in enough
pounded hickory-nut meat, with mixed
ground spice to taste, to make con-
venient to handle. Flour the hands
and form the mixture into little balls.
Place on buttered tins, allowing room
to spread, and bake in a quick oven.
Apple Trife. Peel, core and boil
till tender dozen tart apples, with the
rind of lemon grated; strain through
a sieve, add sugar to taste and put into
a deep fruit dish. Make custard of q
pint of cream and the yelks of two
eggs with a little sugar. When cold
lay it over the apples with spoon and
over the whole place whipped cream.
Boston thunderstorm ounces of
butter, the same quantity of sugar and
of sifted flour. Cream the butter and
sugar, and the yelk of one egg beaten
white, and flour; rose water to taste;
drop on tins covered with paper and
buttered; bake in quick oven about
eight minutes; ice them when cold.
Dust with flour before icing; rub off all
that will not stick. The flour makes
the icing adhere to the cakes.
-Maccaroni Pudding.-Put four
ounces of small maccaroni with small
stick of cinnamon into pint and a
quarter of boiling milk, sweetened to
taste. Do not let it burn; let the whole
boil until the maccaroni has absorbed
all the milk; remove the cinnamon and
put the maccaroni into bowl to get
cold. Stir in the yelks of four eggs
and the whites of two whisked to
froth. Butter and breadcrumb plain
mold, using very fine breadcrumbs;
put the mixture into it, and bake shout
twenty minutes; then turn out, and
serve the pudding with jam sauce.
Henry Stewart, in the Ra1ral Nes0
Yorker, concludes an interesting Article
on the best breed of hens for eggs, as
follows: For eggs alone, one should
choose white Leghorns, if that color is
desired; for black fowls, the black Span
ish, and for handsome plumage and
eggs, the brown Leghorns; for eggs
and flesh, the light Brahma first and
the Plymouth Rock next. For brood
fowls as foster-mothers for non-sitting
breeds, the Cochins or games are ad-
mirable. For a small yard, where
beauty is the first consideration and
few but sufficient number of eggs
are desired for family use, the Ham
burgs of the different varieties, or the
French or Polish fowls and games, will
be found suitable, while for ornament
alone, and for young folks pets, the
silky, white-crested Sultans, or one OF
the many varieties of the Bantams may
be procured. AS to the common, old
mixed-up, mongrel, &" barn
door fowl" they ought to be consigned
to oblivion as an improbable nuisance.
"A Safe Tie for the Stables.-There
are few cattle ties that are absolutely
safe to use. The chief danger in the
chain ties is that they become loosened,
and in the rope ties that the animals
may entangle their feet and be thrown
in the stall. The consequences of either
accident may be disastrous. The fol-
lowing tie, which is much used in En-
glish stables, both for horses and cattle
will be found safe and simple ar
1t is made of rope not less
than three-quarters of an inch in diane
ter to the end of which is fastened a
weight, sufficiently heavy to keep it al
ways drawn tightly through ring,
fixed to the side of the stall, except
when the animal lies down or moves
backward when the weight is drawn
up. This weight slides up and down
on an iron rod. There is thus never
any slack left in the tie, over which the
animal can put its foot and get cast or
fast. With this tie there should always
be used stout headstall, to which the
upper end of the halter should be safe
ly and permanently fastened. A blunt
or peg hook should be placed at the
upper end of the stall, upon which to
hang the headstall when not in use. If
this is not carefully done the headstall
will lie in the filth and become dis
agreeable to handle; yet this happens
very frequently in stables.