The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-04-07
Farm and Household.


Cool rainwater and soda will remove ma
chiae grease from washable fabrics.
Parsley eaten with vim gar will remove the
unpleasant effects of eating onions.
If your coal tire is low, a tablespoonful OF
salt thrown on it will help it very much.
Oil-cloth should be cleaned with milk and
water; brush and soap will ruin it.
A teaspoonful of turpentine boiled with
your white clothes will aid the whitening pro-
cess.
Cakes, Puddings, &C., are improved by max
ing the currants, sugar and flour hot before
using
A spoonful of stewed tomatoes in the gravy
of either roasted or fried meat is an improve
ment
In boiling meat for soup cold water SHOULD
be used to extract the juices. If the meat is
wanted for itself alone, plunge in boiling wa
ter at once.
All sorts of vessels and utensils may be pu
rifed from long retained smells Of every kind
in the easiest and most perfect manner, by
rinsing them out well with charcoal powder,
after the grosser impurities have been secured
off with sand and water.
In washing oil-cloths, as we have before ad-
yised, never use any soap or scrub brush. 1t
will destroy an oilcloth, that should last for
years, in short time. Use instead warm wa
ter and soft cloth or flannel and wipe of
with water and skim-milk.
Pure milk condensed to one-third will re-
main sweet from five to ten days in warm
weather.
Good milk requires good, sound food and a
large yield of milk requires large supply OF
good, sound food.
Flax is crop which would follow clean
cultivated crop of sugar beets or mangels. Ii
can only be grown to advantage on well fer
tilted lands.
Charred corn is one of the best things which
can be fed to hens to make them lay. 1t must
be fed as regular diet, but in limited quanti-
ties each day.
To heavily feed COW of some milking ca !,
pacity is very poor economy. Rich food viii
produce good results when fed to cows that
give large quantities of rich milk.
Let your colt be domesticated and live with
you from his tenderest age, and when horse
he will be simple, docie, faithful, and Injured
10 hardship and fatigue.
Do not beat ycGs horses nor speak to them
in loud tone of voice do not get angry with
them, but kindly reprove their faults; they will
do better thereafter for they understand the
language of man and their meaning
Observe your horse when he is drinking at
brook. If in bringing down bis head he
remains square, without bending his limbs, he
possesses sterling qualities, and all parts OF
his body are built symetrically.
A teaspoonful of powdered charcoal, quart
Of bran, and refuse from the table, mixed and
moistened with warm water are the ingredi-
ents of a capital egg producing food for hens.
Soils are improved by mixing The physi-
cal properties OF the soil have an important
influence upon its average fertility. The adj
mixture of pure sand with clay soil produces
an alteration which is often beneficial, and
which is almost wholly physical The sand
opens the pores of the clay and makes it more
permeable to the air
Harness oil made of one gallon of neatsfoot
oil, with four ounces of lampblack, well mixed,
is simple and effective
The man whose watering trough is not dry,
and whose stock can drink their fill under
cover, has much to be thankful for.
Spent tan bark has been plowed into COM
pact clay soil with the best results, as it rem
dered the soil mellow and increased its warmth
Pastures that have been fed few seasons
will generally produce more milk, or make
more fat, than those which have been newly
seeded down.
TOMATO SoUP.-Take eight good sized to-
matoes or half can of tomatoes-the solid
portion. Cut them up, and put them to boil
with two quarts of soup stock and bouquet
of herbs. When well cooked, thicken with a
little -four smoothed and dissolved in little
cold water. Then strain all through sieve,
repeat little, and add butter, salt and pepper
to taste.
CusTARD PIE.-Beat separately the whites
and yolks OF four eggs-then put them togeth-
er and beat again, adding while beating a
scant teacupful of sugar. To this mixture add
gradually quart of rich milk, with pinch OF
salt and teaspoonful of fiavoring. Line
some deep pie-plates with crust, fill them with
the mixture, and bake until the custard is firm.
If the oven is SO hot that it threatens to brown
the top before the crust can bake, then cover
the pies with thick brown grocers paper.
CHOCOLATE PUDDING.-Scald together a
quart of milk and three ounces of grated choc-
olate Set it away until cold and then add the
beaten yolks of five eggs and one cup of sugar
Bake about twenty five minutes Beat the
whites of the eggs to stiff froth, spread over
the top of the pudding and brown them slight
" in the oven. This pudding should be serv-
ed very cold.
ROAST CAPoN.-After the capon is dressed
or cleaned sprinkle it inside with salt and
pepper and stuff it with stale bread crumbs
powdered between the fingers mixed with
large piece ofthe best butter, and seasoned to
taste with SALT pepper and little sage and
summer savory. The amount of butter to be
used depends upon how rich you want your
stufing to be. After the stuffing is in, sew up
your capon nearly, pour very little boiling
water into the pan, and roast in the oven,
blasting often. While the capon is roasting
boil the giblets gizzard etc., and chop them
fine for the gravy. When the capon is done
take it out of the gravy, put the pan on the
fire, and when the gravy bubbles add tea
spoon of flour, dissolved In little water. Stir
in a little boiling water or stock, skim off the
tat, add the giblets, etc., and season to taste.
WHY SOME Fowls DO NOT PAY.-A cor
respondent of the Country Gentleman says
The writer knows many who have given up
keeping fowls because the value of the few
eggs and lean chickens obtained were far less
than the expense incurred for food, coops, etc
/ am acquainted with many enterprising