The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-07-17
HOME AND FARM.

For clothes that fade, use one ounce
of sugar of lead in pail of rain water.
Soak over night.
NEVER make jelly in damp or cloudy
weather-it will be neither firm nor
clear.
CRACKER FRUIT PUDDING. = Six
crackers pounded fine, one quart boil
ing milk, one spoonful flour, one cup
brown sugar, six eggs, raisins and cur
rants; all kinds of spice. Bake.
THE roup in fowls has been cured
with sulphur applied as follows: Open
the bill of the fowl and with a tube,
which may be formed of paper, blow
half teaspoonful of sulphur down the
throat. Three applications have been
known to cure.
FEATHER pillows can be cleaned and
purified without removing the feathers,
by taking the pillows, laying them in
the bath-tub, scrubbing them with q
scrubbing brush dipped in a solution of
two tablespoonfuls of ammonia to half
pail of warm water ard rinse them
thoroughly. Lay them out on the grass
to dry, turning them frequently; and at
the last pin them to the line for num-
Der of days, and when quite dry beat them
with rod. This is to disentangle and
Tighten the feathers.
Picked CHERRIEs.-Takef fine ripe
cherries with stems on, and to each
quart allow pint of good vinegar and
a coffeecupful of white sugar. Boil
sugar and vinegar together ten minutes,
skimming as needed. Pour cold over
the cherries. Spice may be added if
you please, but the stones give pleas
ant flavor of themselves.
WooD AND SoIL.-Iti is worth bearing
in mind, that in wood of the same
species there is a great difference, ac-
cording to the soil in which they grow.
A tree that grows on wet, rich land,
will be less solid and less durable for
fuel and therefore of less value than a
tree of the same kind that grows on
dry and pure soil. To the ordinary pur-
chaser, oak is oak, and pine is pine but
for house use, the tree grown on dry up
land, and standing apart from all 9TH
errs, is worth great deal more.
DRY YEAST. "A large handful of hops,
tie up in cloth and place in crock or
bright stew pan; pour one and one-half
quarts boiling water over them and
steep 10 minutes; remove from fire,
squeeze the water from the hops and
lay them aside; put one quart flour, one
tablespoonful of ginger and three of
sugar into the hot water, which should
be hot enough to thoroughly scald the
flour; when cool, add COUPLE of cakes
of good dry yeast; then stir the mixture
frequently; every time it rises, stir it
down again; let it stand over night;
the next morning stir as before; when
it is all a light foam, stir thick with corn
meal; make into cakes and dry in the
shade.
WE find in Western exchange, raw
eggs, shells and all, recommended as a
remedy for scours in cattle. Pull out
the tongue, crack the egg, clap it on the
root of the tongue, and let go. Two or
three are enough for young calf; from
that up to two dozen for COW. 1t is
the best cure for loss of cud. Keep a
calf dry, feed regularly in time, quanti-
ty and temperature; feed no uncooked
corn meal, and you will not be troubled
with scours.
TOMATO SAUCE.-Gather your toma-
toes when fully ripe, and wash them
and mash them in some suitable vessel.
Then place them in kettle over mod
crate fire, and when just warmed
through, press a cullender down upon
them, then dipping from the cullender
all the watery juice possible. After
boiling short time, strain the mass
through a wire sieve, just fine enough
to retain the rind of the fruit; then re-
turn it to the kettle and boil it down to
the desired consistency; some prefer it
thin, as it retains more of the flavor,
taking all care that it does not become
scorched in the process. Heat the bot
ties you intend to use in steamer to a
boiling heat, and while they retain this
heat fill them with sauce in a boiling
state. Then cork them Immediately
with good corks, and place them where
they will cool slowly.
SPEAKING of red clover at the Onta-
rio Dairymen's Association, held in
London, Ont, the Rev. w. +. Clark
said: 81 am an enthusiast in regard
to red clover. 1t is the only crop that
leaves the land better than it finds it; it
also benefits the land when it natures
its seed, and although this is contrary
to the analogy of nature in other crops,
there is not the slightest doubt but it is
true of this. Still there seems to be
prejudice against it. 1t is said it taints
the butter and makes poor hay. This
is a mistake. Red clover would be
found preferable to subsoiling in inn
proving the land. While the subsoiIer
goes down but few inches, the clover
roots will go down several feet and i'm
prove the soil generally. AS fodder,
clover is far ahead of sweet turnips.''