The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-11-05
FARM AND PRESIDE.

bluegrass improves on the same
ground for hundred years.
-Pie-crust will not be soggy if it is
brushed over with white of egg before
the fruit is put in.
"A tough beefsteak may be made
eatable by mincing it pretty fine with
chopping-knife and cooking quickly in
pot with a close cover, to prevent the
steam from escaping.
All bulbs and plants that lie down
to the ground in autumn may be pro-
tected by covering the surface of the
earth with leaves, manure or straw, but
plants that retain their leaves during
winter will not bear this kind of protec-
ton.
"A stockman suggests, in the Rural
Ne,0 Yorker, that farmers ought to learn
that the pure stock is not the most
profitable for them. The COWS for
profit are grade cows. half and three
quarter-bred, which as rule exceed
tire pure bred even in yield very often.
-Soy.-Over one peck of chopped
green tomatoes sprinkle one-half pint
of salt. Let them stand twenty-four
hours. Then drain them and put in a
kettle with one dozen onions chopped,
one ounce black pepper, one ounce all
spice, one-fourth pint black mustard
powdered, one-half pint of white mus
tard seed, one tea-cup of sugar. Cover
with vinegar and boil two hours, or I'M
til like jam.
"A good deal of so-called swamp
muck is only swamp mud, and is worth
but little. The real muck is pure veg
etable matter and consists of leaves,
branches, roots, and stems of herbs and
bushes which have grown on the swamp
and have decayed and made up the
two or three per cent. of nitrogen, or
as much as the bat guano thought SO
much of in the South.
Apples in Jelly.-Core and pare
thinly twelve small, tart apples without
breaking them apart. Make strip of
three quarters of a pound of sugar and
five tablespoonful of boiling water
and two lemons if small, one if large,
cut into very thin slices. Boil the APP
Piles and lemons in the strip until a
broom straw will pierce them. Take
out carefully into deep dish. Boil the
sirup until it will jelly. Place slice
of lemon on top of each apple and strain
the jelly over them.
White Mountain olls.-Sixteen
cups of flour, half cup of sugar, cup of
butter, cup of yeast, the whites of four
eggs beaten to stiff froth and four cups
of boiling milk; melt the butter and
sugar in the milk, have the milk blood
warm, and mix the bread, adding the
whites of eggs after mixing in part of
the -four, knead stiff and let rise in a
warm place over night. In the morn
ing knead into rolls, and let rise till
night; rub the beaten white of an egg
over the tops of rolls and bake thirty
minutes.
The best way to sell horse or COW
which you want to get rid of is to tell
the truth about it. A frank acknowl-
edgement of faults will often obtain
credit for counter claim of good quail
tiles. Mr.. Bonner, who a year since
advertised his house and farm near New
York, and laid stress upon the preva-
probably sold them TO purchaser who
considered himself and family proof
against the "shakes." Let the fault of
an animal be what it may, it will suit
some purpose, and will find purchaser
at its fair value. Many persons will
buy an imperfect animal, at reasona-
BILE price, taking the risk of curing and
getting good bargain. Richard Good
man.
Cabbage Rolls.-Parboil cabbage
whole; pick out all the leaves, lay them
fiat on cloth, and cut off the thick
part of them. Take some well-favored
sausage-meat, put small portion on a
piece of leaf, and roll it up into the
shape of sausage; roll three or four
more leaves round it neatly, and tie up
with thread carefully. Having made "a
number of these rolls, which should all
be of the same size, line a saucepan at
the bottom with fat bacon, dispose them
on it close together, and add enough
stock just to cover them, with an onion
stuck with cloves, bundle of sweet
herbs, pepper and little salt.
Let the whole simmer gently for a
couple of hours. At the time of serving
remove the strings, dispose the rolls on
a dish, make sauce with some of the
liquor, and pour it over them.