Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-05-21
HOME AND FARM.

Wagon spokes made of yellow locust
will outIast two sets of oak felloes.
Cottonwood wet with sweet oil and
laudanum relieves the earache very
soon.
-Tamarind Whey-Two tablespoon
fulls of tamarind stirred into q pint of
boiling milk, and strained quarter of
an ounce of cream of tartar may be
similarly treated and little sugar candy
added9 This is a laxative.
-Omelet-Beat four eggs one minute,
add four spoonfuls of milk, beat well,
cook slowly in a hot, we'll buttered fry
ing pan. When mostly thick, sprinkle
over it pinch of salt and turn one
half over on, to the other half, and serve
immediately IN 9NrNFfsnlAi
Fruit Roll. Make a crust as usual,
which roll out in long sheet, Cut a
quantity of fruit, peaches, apples, or
plums, or small fruit mashed, or jam,
which spread thickly over and sprinkle
with sugar; roll up and fold the ends
over; then wrap in a strong cloth and
tie closely, and place in a steamer.
Serve with sauceor sweetened cream.
The ordinary yield for potatoes is
100 bushels per acre; a good yield, and
one that is easily produced by the best
culture and choice of seed, is 250 to 800
bushels, and sometimes more than this
is produced under especially favorable
circumstances. The largest crop record
ed is LOO bushels per acre, by garden
culture. ,,...
"A cheap and Wholesome Soup
One gallon of cold water, one pound of
beef, and two tablespoonfuls of rice; let
this boil, and then add al onion, or two
or three leeks; boil an hour. Peel and
slice eight potatoes, wash them in warm
water, add them to the soup with sea-
soning of salt and pepper, stir it fire.
quently; boil another hour, and then
serve.
"A serious loss entailed upon farmers
is the rough and ignorant handling and
use of farming implements and lack of
proper supervision of the proprietor, as
well as improper exposure to weather.
1t is not uncommon to see reaper left
in the field, exposed to the weather, for
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So with regard to other implements,
and this applies equally to carts, wagons,
ETC., which are frequently left unshel-
tered throughout the year. How much
is lost in this wayP
In catching sheep, never seize them
by the wool on the back, as it hurts
them exceedingly, and, in some cases,
has been known to kill them, particular
ly in hotweather, when they are large
and fat. Indeed, the best way is to
avoid the wool altogether and to accus-
tom yourself to take them by the hind
leg, or what is still better, by the neck,
placing one hand under the Jaws, and
the other at the back of the ears.
BY lifting up the head in this manner, a
child may hold almost any sheep with
out danger to the animal or himself.
-Broiling is unquestionably the best
manner in which to cook meat. BY it
the meat is thoroughly cooked and the
juices remain Incorporated with the
fieshy fiber. Toperform it properly the
fire should be very hot, so that the outside
of the meat is at once hardened, thus
imprisoning the juices within the piece
so treated. The gridiron should be turned
every few minutes, so as to cook all
parts evenly. Broiling meat in the
flame of coal fire gives it an unpleas-
ant odor and taste, due to the gases of
the coal, and broiling over smoky
wood fire is also to be deprecated.
Hickory wood Goals impart a peculiar
and very pleasant odor and taste to
meats broied over them. Broiled
\ meats should be served while hot.
Usage Orange Wood.-The Prairie
Farmer speaks strongly in favor of the
great durability of the wood of the
Usage orange, and states that sapling
three to five inches in diameter will last
longer than any other post of that size
and adds: "We have known pole;
three to four inches in diameter to lie
on the ground under hedge perfectly
sound for fifteen years sound enough
to be used as hand spikes to roll log:
with" Others cut fourteen years age
for grape stakes still remain, while white
oak and sassafrasg became useless a
, three years. The timber is easily GU
. and split when green, but when season
, ed is extremely hard. "Why, then, ;
,, the editor asks, "plant the soft-woodeC
offensive ailanthus, larch elms anC
, naples, when Usage can be had at 81
little costP"