Richland beacon., 1881-07-23
eggs have averaged at retail in the Bos-
ton market:


January ............''.' %
February. ..............-...'''. 80
March. ................. .''''''-''T -
April. ..-......'.-..'''''- r.
Nay. ...-.''''''''''', o.
June. ...........'''''''''''A
August ....................... 2lH
September ..'''''''''
October. $500 '''''''''"
December. ........................S sax
Il will thus be seen at glance that
common dunghill fowl, if allowed to
raise one or two broods Of chicks, will
Law about nine and one-sixth dozen eggs,
which, at an average Of Is cents
per dozen, will amount to $3.50. The
average amount Of manure derived from
each hen when allowed to run at large I
find to be about one bushel per year.
This is readily sold at the door, in this
vicinity at As cents per bushel, making
the return from each hen to be about
e2.75 per year. Deduct from this the
keeping, which l find to average about
$l.40 per year, and you have a neat lit
tie income Of $1.35 per year from each
hen. I can readily dispose Of all the
eggs at from to 10 cents per dozen sd-
vance on the regular retail price, thus
making my profits average about 81
per year from each hen, and this could
be still further raised by saving the
eggs raised in April, May and June un-
til about Thanksgiving time and then
putting them on the market"
Domestic Economy.
CHICAGO GRAHAM MuFFINs.-One pint
of Graham -four, one-half teaspoonful Of
[ sugar, two teaspoonfuls of baking. pow
der; wet with water to make it soft as
gingerbread.
SPRINGFIELD SODA BISCUIT. - One
quart Of -four, one pint of milk, piece Of
butter size Of an egg. one teaspoonful Of
soda dissolved in milk, two teaspoonfuls
cream tartar sifted In -four, with salt.
MINNIE's WHITE MUFF1Ns. -One-hali
cup of sugar, one-half cup Of water, one
and one-half cups of -four, the whites OF
three eggs, one tablespoonful of butter,
one and one-half teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; bake in muf1in-pans.
SPRINGFIELD RUMRILL SNAPS.
fourths cupful Of lard, three-fourths cup
full butter, one cupful Of sugar, one pint
molasses, one teaspoonful Of soda, ons
tablespoonful ginger, ons tablespoon
full spice, then enough -four to roll soft
and very thin in rings.
ELDERBERRY WINE.-Take four quarts
of berries and boil ten minutes in three
quarts of water. Stir during the time.
Then strain off the liquor and add four
pounds sugar, after which boil ten min
utes. Place in jar, and when suffi-
GENTLY cool place two slices toasted bread
spread with yeast on the liquor. This
should be left standing in warm place
until it is done fermenting, after which
bottle it, and it is fit for use.
LOBSTER CRooUErrEs. the meat
of two Holsters and chop it; slice one
small onion, and brown it in table
spoonful of butter. When it is cooked
and off the fire, incorporate into this two
table-spoonfuls of -four, adding little
milk. To your chopped lobster add
parsley, little salt and little red pep
per. Bind the lobster together with the
yelks OF four eggs, and then mix thor
oughly with your butter in which the
onion was cooked. Shape properly, and
dip them in cracker-crumbs and the yelk
Of an egg. Fry in boiling lard.
WELSH RAREBrr.-Boil half pint o.
milk; have the cheese rich enough to
melt; chop half teacupful Of it to every
half pint of milk; the yelk Of one egg is
lightly beaten with q fork, and have It
ready when the checDe is melted; turn
The cheese into the boiling milk and stir
till tho former dissolves. Welsh rarebit
cannot be made from skim. milk cheese.
Parmesan cheese makes delightful
dishes, but is expensive. Stir in the
yelk of the egg, adding salt and pepper,
and serve on toast or alone. Cheese
dishes require little seasoning, and the
salt and pepper should be used with
care.
OATsEAL.-One cup and a-hah of oat-
zeal for twelve persons; cover with
pint Of cold water: stir around and drain
of the black specks; then put in two
quarts of cold water and boil il very
slowly for from forty-Avs minutes to an
hour, often stirring It, while boiling, add
salt and sugar; eat II with milk, scalded
milk or otherwise. according to your
taste. DR.. Sam johnson, who hated
everything Scotch. and never missed N
opportunity to express his prejudice in
his dictionary, thus defined Goats" "In
England food for horses; in Scotland,
food for men" The excuse for him is
that he never sts oatmeal after the
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