Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-04-23
HOME AND FARM. aaan.

Every housekeeper should be sup
piled with large wooden spoon, with
which to stir cakes and sauces.
1t is said that the grated root of
horseradish will afford instantaneous re-
lief in most obstinate cases of hoarse-
ness. The person who will use it freely
just before beginning to speak will not
be troubled with hoarseness. J If,IA 1
To Cook Cabbage.-Cut the cab
bage fine as for coldslaw, put il in a
.stew-pan with cold water and little
salt. Cover it closely and cook till
nearly done. Then pour off the water,
pour on milk or cream, add butter and
pepper and cook till thoroughly done,
This makes a delicious dish. y V - - "
"A correspondent of the New Hamp-
shire Patriot preserves his pear trees
from blight by winding rope of straw
around the trunks so rs to completely
cover them from the ground to the
limbs, keeping it on, moderately tight,
through the season. His theory is that
the blight is caused by the rays of the
hot sun coming in contact with the body
of the tree, heating the sap and causing
it to dry up and the bark to grow. to the
wood of the tree. 110foN .lH
1t is difficult to utilize straw without
a large number of cattle; but yet it may
be done without trouble if the right
method is taken. This is to use the
straw for top dressing wheat or pota-
toes; it acts as a mulch to the grain in
the winter, protecting it from the rigor-
GUS weather, and rots down before
harvest, when it may be plowed in with
the stubble with ease. For potatoes it
may be spread over the newly planted
ground quite thickly, the potatoes not
being covered very deeply, and this COW
ering will avoid the necessity for cult
waiting the ground, as weeds will not
grow. After the potatoes are gathered
the straw can be plowed in.
Brown Stew.-Take three pounds of
good round of beef, cut in small squares,
brown them in stew.p in two table,
spoonfuls of butter; add two tablespoon
fuls of flour, sitting it gradually in and
stirring till the flour is brown; cut car
rot small, peel half dozen small onions,
and put with the beef; season with a
half dozen cloves, as many allspice, half
a salt spoonful of black pepper, a pinch
of cayenne, tablespoonful of mixed
herbs, thyme, sage, and marjoram;
cover with boiling water and let it SIM
mer steadily for three hours; just before
serving, a gill OF tomato -catsup can be
added. thLlt thfA It. &
An old man who has had much ex-
perience in handling and dealing in
horses for more than half century, said
recently that he had never known a
horse to get "tender-footed" that was
kept loose in shed and yard, or in
box stall; that turning round and tread
ing with their forward feet in the ma.
nure kept them constantly moist and
soft. His theory seemed perfectly rea-
sonable to me. 81 have no box stalls,
but 1 use shavings for bedding, and
every morning with large shovel |
move the wet shavings from under the
horses front feet, and then the last thing
at night cover these with dry shavings
for him to lie on" He also remarked
that he had never known flat-footed
horse but what was great worker.
The rice pudding is beyond COM
parison the best ever made, in spite of
the fact that it is the cheapest. The Sc
cret of its perfection is the long cooking
it gets. For a six O'Clock dinner the
rice and milk should he put on the stove
early in the forenoon. The best thing
to cook it in is double kettle. Add to
quart of milk two heaping tablespoon
fuls of rice. Let it simmer on the back
of the stove-it must never boil-until a
couple of hours before dinner. 1t will
then be athick, creamy substance. Then
salt and sweeten it TO taste, put it into q
pudding-dish, and bake in a moderate
oven until it is of jelly-like thickness
and the top is slightly Drowned. 1t can
be eaten either hot or cold. If the lat
ter. is preferred, the pudding may be
made the day before if that is most con-
venient. If desired, a flavoring may be
added. This is emphatically the perfect
pudding of its kind Exchange.
strawberry Culture.--The best inn
plement for cutting strawberry runners
is common hoe kept very sharp. With
this, the runners can be cut while hoeing
with very little extra labor. But if any
one wants special tool for the work,
the best ever saw was simply piece
of an old saw-blade made into a circle
about ten or twelve inches in diameter
To the upper side three iron braces are
riveted, which are fastened to a wooden
handle three to four feet long; an old
fork-handle is good. The lower edge is
kept sharp, aud by striking down over q
hill of Strawberries every runner may be
cut at one blow, and bed gone over in
a very short time. Clean off the straw
berry beds and fork in good supply Of
woods mold mixed with very small
7 quantity of well-rotted manure. After
the plants have been thinned and hoed
: lay straw between the rows to protec
, the fruit from beating rains. -