Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-06-30
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Tho man wholplans a barn with
all tire modern improvements should be
careful also That his wife has the mod.
ern IMPROVEMENTS in her Kitchen.
Tea Loates. Ono pound OF Hour,
two eggs, two nnces OF butter, one
teaspoonfutlof baking powder. bait tea
spoonful OF salt knead with milk into
small loaves and bake from ton TO llt-
teen minutes.
-Rhubarb Jam. Lone and a half
pounds oil rliubarb stalks TO one pound
Of preserving sugar, the peel OF one
large lemon. Boil all well together,
stirring constantly. and adding q tea
spoonful Of powdered ginger. Turn
into pos and cover down. This is an
excellent jam for childrens
Drying Sweet Corn. Boil the corn
about twenty minutes, aud then cut it
from the cob. Cut OF the top of the
grain and scrape out the rest; then
spread it ON cloth tmuslin) stretched
on Wooden frame, and dry over the
stove or range. DO not put too near
the iire, or It VIII brown. 1t can be
done IN the ovens but care must be used
not to let it be too hot.
Great care must be exercised in
putting away winter clothes; clean
paper sacks, or even old cotton or linen
pillow cases w1l do TO hold them, pro-
vidlng there are no holes IN them. Take
the garments that are TO be laid away
outdoors on a summer day, let them
hang on q line for several hours, brush
and beat the dust NIL ont, then put into
the bags, tie them up so that no moth
can get in, and1 them on clean, dry
shelves, or han9'them ny.
For a plain boiled pudding take
one quart Of milk the yelk OF five eggs
wen beaten, a little salt, and -four
enough to make q batter as thick rs for
griddle cakes. Have a pudding bag
made smaller-at the bottom than at the
top, dip it into hot water, sprinkle the
inside with flour, pour in the batter.
tie tightly and boil three quarters OF an
hour. III YOU choose TO put fruit in
GU can; dried fruit is nice, MS it will bO
thoroughly steamed and softened. For
sauce use o sour sauce, adding to IL
butter, flour ana sugar, either vinegar
or cider. .vg
There is quite rs much necessity
for barn cleaning on the farm as for
house-cleaning. and if farmers were as
HulliAlklbOI A4Vul tuff ltilON tAlOl Allu
publication Of the OUT buildings rs
farmerines are about the dwellings,
there would speedily be- an improve
ment in the appearance of things: and
of eonveniences, too. Lost. or mis-
placed tools are brought to light, barn,
shed and shop furnishings put in ORDER
space gained and o revival OF cheerful
ness every where. Find time for barn
cleaning. - Hesteyn Rural.
Soups should always be made Of fresh
meat. aad fresh bones be but added
sparingiy. Meat that has once under
gone cooking q be warmed up in
various ways BY q slight heat process,
but evenlthen il will be but little nOur-
fishing. Stale cooked meat and bones
boiled for hours into stock or soup will
Z produce but q greasy, acid. indigestible
mass. 10 is no saving to work up stale
material, the saving is In never cooking
much more than is wanted at the time,
and having ''fresh food Whoever
has studied the changes Of food, the
process Of digestion, and the require
ments OF the human system to maintain
its vitality. will know this.
rIt is said by many who have tried
the experiment that dogs may be pre-
vented from worrying sheep by having
bells, say one to each two sheep, hung
around their necks. Numerous in
quiries have always been answered 10
the effect that dogs have never been
known to attack sheep when belled. A
good farmer In Leyden who keeps
about a dozen excellent %Southdown
ewes, always belled, was grieved and
surprised one morning to find that dogs
had raided his flock. killed two. man
gled others and scattered the rest. On
collecting his little flock into the yard
after q half-day's search he found that
the tongue was lost from the bell. This
was replaced, and never since have his
sheep been worried. The experiment
is SO simple and cheap that it is worth
trying, and this is the time to do it, as
sheep with lambs are Just going to
pasture. -EGchaage.