The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-01-21
Agricultural Department
FARM, gKRnEN. AND HOUSEHOLD


lcross the eyes, TO give room for large
brain, whi-h is the foundation for a
highly developed and active nervous
system the horns fine, thin and neatly |
the eyes bright and active,
agreeing with the active brain, but
calm, quiet md mild in expression,
of q quiet contcnted dispo
sition, and one not easily disturbed OF
worried. As the sccretions of the body |
all comes from the blood, and as q rich, |
yellow color is desired n the butter, 30
The skin should be filled with yellow
and the inside of the ears and
the thighs, and the other places where
the hair is light and the skin plainly
visible, should be Of rich orange color
so the scales of oarwax should be of the
same color. The hair should be fine,
smooth and silky and in short the
whole appearance should be satisfying
to the eye and consistent one part with
another and well balanced.
Recipes.
Quick CAKr.-Beat the yolks of six
eggs with three-quarters of pound oil
sugar. Beat up the whites and add them
to the yolks. Cream half a pound OF
butter with half a pound of flour and put
the eggs with this. Then add the other
half Of -four and beat it we'll. Add to
this one teaspoonful of soda and one OF
cream of tartar, with teaspoonful OF
cream OF milk. Season to taste. Have
your cake tin ready, hurry it into the
oven and bake quickly.
Farp PuMrKr,-Peel and slice a
young pumpkin in pieces two or three
inches square and n half of an inch
thick: let it stand for an hour in deep
cart. en- dish with a light sprinliling of
salt between each layer; then wipe the
slices, pepper them, roll them In flour
on in batter made with flour, milk,
one egg, and little salt, and fry them
brown in smoking hot fat, enough to
cover them; lay them for n moment on
brown paper to free them from fat, and
serve them hot.
GrNGEBBREAD LoAF.-One cup butter,
one of molasses, one of sugar, half OF
cold water one tablespoon of ginger,
one teaspoonful cinnamon, one of soda
dissolved in boiling water; melt the
butter. slightly warm the molasses,
spice and sugar, and heat together ten
minutes; then put in tho water, soda
md flour; stir very hard and bake in
three loavcs. Brush them over with
syrup hot, and eat fresh.
MAcARooNs. -Blanch and beat half q
pound of sweet almonds in q mortar
with spoonful of water till smooth,
gradually adding the whites OF eight
eggs, whislsed or beaten to u lroth ;
then mix in half pound of loaf sugar,
finely powdered. Spread sheets oil
white paper on your baking tin, and
over that the proper wafer paper; lay
the paste on it in pieces about the size
of walnut, and silt fine sugar over.
Bake carefully in moderately hot oven,
and when cold, cut the wafer paper
round. If you choose you can lay two
Or three almond strips on the top OF
each cake as they begin to bake.
The Pig Pasture.
We always have the best success with
breeding sOWs when they are allowed to
iced on grass This is the only food
they require until the young pigs are a
week or two old, when milk OF meal of
some sort may be given to them to in
crease the flow Of milk if they require
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sufficient food for a SOW while rearing
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