Sharp County record., 1881-04-07
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

-TOtfee. Quarter pound OF Dutueri
when melted put in one pound of brown
sugar; boil and stir fifteen minutes; put
in a spoonful of ground ginger, boil and
stir again. Pour into buttered tins.
Almond Cake.-A cupful of butter,
three of flour, two of sugar, half cup
full of milk, teaSpoonful of cream OF
tartar, and half a teaspOonful of soda.
Flour with almond and put almonds on
top.
For good or easily made pudding
sauce take one tablespoonful OF butter,
two tablespoonfuls OF flour, two-thirdS
of cup of sugar. Pour hot water over
these, stir well and boil until thick
flavor with lemon or with nutmeg and
teaspoonful of vinegar.
Cranberry Sauce. Wash and pick
quart of ripe cranberries and putt them
into a saucepan with a teacupful of wa
ter; stew slowly, stirring often until
they are as thick as marmalade; they
require at least one hour and a half to
cook; when you take them from the fire
sweeten them abundantly with white
sugar; if sweetened while cooking the
color will be dark; put them into mold
and set aside to get cold.
During this cold weather it may be
well to know that for articles Of rubber
which have become hard and brittle,
DR.. Pol recommends immersing the
articles in mixture of water of ammonia
one part and water two parts, for q
time varying from few minutes to an
hour, according to the hardness of the
articles. When the mixture has acted
on the rubber it will be found to have
recovered all its elasticity, SmoothneSs
and softness.
FASTENING Cattle in the Stable. -
When q farmer is about to build q barn
or stable, tor his cattle, the question al
ways arises, which method of fastening
is best? for there are various devices in
use and each one has its advocates; but
of all the different kinds | have ex-
amined and tried, the old-fashioned slip
stanchion comes the nearest to my ideal
as being the best; for | consider it the
safest, as well as most convenient and
less fodder is wasted where this method
is in use than by any other that have
seen.-C0r Mass. ROughman.
Spreading Manure. - 1t is always
better to spread manure as it is drawn
than to put it in heaps. When put in
heaps large portion of the soluble mat
ter is left in the ground under the heap
and makes these spots too rich, and of
course deprives the rest of the ground
of its proper share. When it is spread
as drawn there is no waste, the soil is
equally benefited, and when the ground
is worked over in the spring with the
wheelbarrow or the cultivator, the
whole is well mixed together. There
is also saving of labor as one handling
is avoided.
Interfering. g.-Providing it is not n
case of constitutional defect in con
struction and confirmation, the follow
ing way of ShOeing will eradicate the
interfering For the hind feet have the
shoes made one pound weight on the
outside and four ounces in weight on
inside. Pare the feet slightly, the low
est in the outside, leaving them the
highest in the inside bar and quarter.
Set the inside quarter of the shoes Il
trihe inside of the walls of the feet.
Make the forward shoes light, with
both bars of the shoe equal in weight
and thickness. Pare the toward feeLin
the same way as above described for
the hind feet and fit the forward shoes
close. If it is possible to stop the in
terfering by means of Shoeing this
way herein described will be found ef-
ficacious.-N Y. World.
Here is a delicious pudding for des-
Sert: One pint of nice bread crumbs
mot crumbs of stale bread unfit for the
table,) one quart of milk, one cup of
sugar and the well-beaten yelks of four
eggs, the grated rind of one lemon and
a piece of butter the size of an egg
Bake until done. Whip the whites of
four eggs and beat in one cup of pulver-
lied sugar in which you have put the
juice of the lemon. Spread over the
pudding layer of jelly or raspberry
jam or any sweetmeat you prefer, then
pour over it the whites of the eggs. Set
in the oven to brown slightly. Serve
cold with cream. This is an excellent
dessert for an elaborate dinner, as it
may be made early in the morning, and
so be out of the way.-M Y Post.
Feeding Roots.-At a recent meet
ing of farmers in Erie County, N. Y,
the subject of root crops came up and
was discussed, and it was the opinion of
some Of the best farmers that it does
not pay; that the ground can be planted
to some heavy fodder crop with better
results. One farmer who had tried it
had abandoned raising roots, and now
grew fodder crop in its place, and
thought that his corn fodder was supe-
rior to hay, and besides he obtained
about twelve tons per acre OF excellent
fodder. His method is to furrow out
piece of well cultivated land, three feet
wide, with a small plow, the last of
June, drop in by hand in hills from
ten to fifteen kernels of corn, twenty
inches apart, covered with plow or hoe
and cultivate enough to keep the weeds
out with the land in good order Cut
before frost, set up in medium sized
shocks; let it cure well until cold wealth
er. then bind up in sheaves and put it
IN the barn or open sheds.
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