The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-05-14
HOME AND FARM.
old stalks and other litter b.rbor

| old stalks and other litter harbor
Insects. Rake up and burn.
-Rare-cooked fresh meats are far
more easily digested, and furnish much
more real nutriment than those sswell
done" Habit will make one eniov the
rare cooked steak as mere iuicv and
palatable, and it is certainly better as
food.
"A COW with three rings on her horn
is six years old with four she is seven
years old No new rings are found
after the tenth year. The deeper rings,
however, and the worn appearance of
the horns are pretty sure indications of
old age.
Crows Nest Pudding. some
nice mellow apples, and slice them in
deep buttered tin. Then for the batter
take one cup of butter, one cup of milk,
one cup of sour cream, one egg, one tea
spoonful of soda. Add flour enough to
make good batter. This is eaten with
cream and sugar.
Towels with handsome, bright bor-
ders should never be boiled, or allowed
to lie in very hot water; they should not
be used till they are so much soiled that
they need vigorous rubbing to make
them clean. 1t is better economy to use
more towels than to wear out few in a
short time. A gentle rubbing in two
suds and then conscientious rinsing in
warm water and then in cold oughtto be
all that is required.
Float or French Custard. BEAT the
yelks of five eggs with ten tablespoon
fuls of sugar, stir in quart of new
milk; place over the fire and stir until
it creams (don't cook too long). Pour
in dish you can cover. Spread care
fully over the top the whites of the eggs,
which must have been beaten to stiff
froth cover and leave till cool. Crate
nutmeg over the top before serving.
This is nice for tea.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: ''We have been pes
tered with little red ants for year or
two, in winter as well as summer, and
had tried everything without doing any
good. Raw onions we're recommended,
which think have succeeded in Danish
ing them from closets, etc. We are par
ticular that the china shall be perfectly
dried, as the least moisture seems to at
tract them.''
Chopped Onions and Potatoes
This makes a nice breakfast relish.
Take boiled potatoes that are little
under-done, and chop them fine; add q
boiled onion well minced. Put large
coffeecupful of milk into saucepan or
spider; let it boil up and add piece of
butter as large as an egg; let it melt and
turn in the onion and potatoes, and let
them cook until they look creamy
perhaps twelve or fifteen minutes. Serve
very hot. Omit the onion if not to your
taste.
Grease Heels.-Attend to cleanli-
ness. Apply during two days poultices
of equal parts of bran, faxseed meal,
and powdered charcoal. Thereafter APP
ply twice or thrice daily portion of
oxide of zinc ointment, previously re-
moving all secretions of matter as well
as dry scabs and crusts. If, after a
week or ten days, the case does not i'm
prove satisfactorily, apply instead of the
ointment twice or thrice daily a portion
of a mixture of one ounce Goulard's
extract and half an ounce of carbolic
acid to half pint of water. Give loos-
ening food, among which may be mixed
two drachms of nitrate of potash, morn
ing and evening, during one week.
National Threshold Journal.
For land infested with wire-worms
there seems to be but one entirely satis-
factory remedy-the starvation of the
worms through summer following. And
in order that this remedy prove effectu-
al, it is necessary that the fallow be
thorough, so that the weeds and grass
be kept down during the entire year.
The sowing of buckwheat for one year
in the infested ground has often been adj
vised; and doubtless this plan would
result in some benefit, as the roots of
the buckwheat are distasteful to the
worms. But this method is not so sure
as that of summer following for in most
cases there will be weeds and grass
growing among the buckwheat upon
which the insects can feed. Manuring
well, and using every possible means to
promote a rapid and vigorous growth of
any crop put upon the infested land,
would without doubt do a great deal to-
ward securing good harvest. The
sowing of salt has been tried many
times; but experience proves that
enough salt to effectually eradicate the
worms will also destroy vegetation. In
case it is desired to rid a small piece Of
land of these pests, as flower or veg
etable garden, it may be done by trap
ping them with slices of potato placed
under boards; the potatoes to be exam
ined each day and the worms collected
and destroyed.-Prof. j. Henry Com.
stock, IN N. Y. Witness.