The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1881-03-03
Farm and Garden.

Farm and Garden.
Petroleum is one of the best preservatiyes
of exposed wood work.
Sheep manure is richer than that OF COWS
Practically it is nearly double the value OF that
of cattle.
Hogs are sometimes troubled by disordered
stomachs. The best antidote is charcoal Aside
from charcoal charred corn cobs or charred
corn have a good effect.
Filling horse rack with hay, as some per-
sons do, and permitting a constant supply, is
one of the most probable means of producing
disease, and the most positive to render ami
mails unfit for fast work.
JULIENNE ..SoUP.-To make this SOUP cut
carrot, potato, tur1ip and celery root into
neat bits or pretty shapes and fry them thor
oughly in butter, partly boiling them first if
old and tough. Add them to some clear soup
just before serving.
FLOATING IsLAND.-Sweeten pint ofthick
cream with white sugar, CRATE in the peel of
one lemon whip ito a froth; pour pint Of
thick cream into a chira dish, lay a sponge
cake in thin slices over it lightly, then pour
the whipped cream on top and pour what re-
mains into the bottom of the dish. Garnish
the rim with sWeetmeats.
CHOCOLATE CREAM-Grate eight ounces of
vanilla chocolate into stew pan with eight
ounces of sugar, eight yolks of eggs, and a
pint of cream; stir over the fire until it be-
gins to thicken, and the yolks of the eggs are
set, but not curdled; strain with pressure into
basin; add half pint of whipped cream,
and an ounce and half of clarified isinglass,
mix all well together, and pour into a mould
previously imbedded in rough ice to receive it.
To REcooK COLD TURKEY.-Cut up the
remains of turkey in small pieces. Add to
this a half pint or more Of good high favored
oysters, cut in pieces. Strew the bottom of a
deep dish with cracker crumbs, cover with a
layer of turkey and layor of oysters, add a
verypittle salt, cayenne pepper and mace. Re
peat until the turkey and oysters are used up.
Add little liquor from the oysters and set
them in an oven for twenty minutes, then add
more oyster liquor, an egg beaten, few small
Jumps of butter, some cracker crumbs and
CRATE of nutmeg. Let it brown nicely.
ASPARAGUS WITH EGGs.-Thls dainty
luncheon dish is made of whatever asparagus
may be left over from the previous day. Sup
posing there dozen heads of asparagus, cut
the green part into pieces the size of peas
melt an ounce of butter in a saucepan, add 6
tablespoonful of cream or milk, tablespoon
G,1 ofn Il oil ar,d
well beaten eggs. Throw in the asparagus
stir the eggs quickly over the fire for half {
minute till they are set. and pour the mixture
neatly upon slices of bread which have beer
dipped in boiling water and buttered.
Those farmers who do not purchase thei1
family flour will find it to their advantage tc
have their years grist Toured at one time. L
not only saves SO many days in going to mill
but they will find the flour to improve witt
age. Put in a day in going to mill, and see tc
the grinding and sacking of flour yourself
Have your miller to make you an extra gooi
grade of 'middlings," and sack that also The
latter will make an excellent addition to you
wife's buckwheat batter as well as come il
handy in various ways. The flour should bt
put in paper sacks, and corded up in some COO
place out of the way of rats and MICE
SHoRT-LEGGED STocK.-Do farmers know
short-leggedstock is the best-short-legged cat
tie. short-legged horses, short-legged sheep ant
hogs? Do they know that all short-legged
animals have greater depth of rib, of body
more strength and vitality and better constitu
tons than long-legged animals In breeding
this should be remembered Short-leggeC
bulls, stations, boars and bucks are Away
best, other things being equal. A good judg
of animals will always pay more for them
Eschew long-legged stock. Breed to the bes
always. Like will beget like is an old AM
true saying.
Very few, says an agricultural exchange
are aware of the fact that hay is very bene
fetal to hogs; but it is true, nevertheless. Hog
need rough food as well as horses, cattle, or tn
human race. To prepare it you should have
cutting box Tor ay-cutter), and the greener tn,
better. Cut the hay short, and mix with bran
shorts, or middlings and feed as other food
Hogs soon learn to like it and if soaked il
swill or other slop food it is highly relisheC
by them. In winter use for hogs the SAM
hay you feed to your horses, and you will fint
that, while it saves bran, shorts or other food
it puts on flesh as rapidly as anything tina
can be given them.