Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-01-06
FARM AND HOME.

HILL grapes always command from
81 TO So additional per ton above valley
grapes for the reas son that the wines
made from thom are better, have a finer
flavor, and bring q much higher price
n the market. F0othW (Cai.) Hdtags.
puT into a tin or porcelain saucepan
palf q pound Of white sugar aud q table
spoonful OF water. stir over n slow fire
until OF n clear, dark brown color. Great
care must be taken not TO let il burn.
Add a teacupful of water and n tea
spoonful Of salt, Boil three or four
minutes, cool, strain and put away in
close-eorked bottles. This innocent coll
oring substance greatly improves the
appearance Of soups or gravies, giving
to them a rich amber color.
NOODLES FOR SoUP.--Two eggs,
slightly beaten, a tablespoonful Of water,
half a teaspoonful OF salt and flour TO
mako a stiff dough, Work It well ten
minutes, adding flour as necessary.
When pIiable, cut off a small part, roll
very thin, dust over flour, begin at
side and rod into a tight roll. With a
sharp knife, cut into thin slices. Make
two horns before using them, that they
may dry. Add to the soup twenty min
utes before serving.
Boiled ICNq.-One pound Of best
white sugar, Just moistened with watori
strain when nearly done, put il back,
and boil till it drops from the spoon
have ready beforehand the white Of one
egg, well beaten, into which pour the
sugar, stirring quickly add lemon juice
or citric acid, just a httle at a time, to
whiten and prevent IL from turning back
to sugar. You may flavor With rose
water. Have the eitric acid ready, dis
solved in q little water in n wineglass.
This icing must be stirred long and con-
stantly by a strong hand.
CHLORIDE OF LIME FOR TREEs.-Le
C%uiiGateaT, n French Journal, says that
if chloride Of lime be spread on the soil
or near plants, insects and vermin viii
not be found near them, and adds: "By
its means plants will easily be protected
from insect plaques by simply brushing
over their stems with n solution of it. II
has often boon noticed that a patch Of
land which has been treated in this way
remains religiously respected by grubs,
while the unprotected beds around arc
literally devastated, Fruit trees may be
guarded from the attacks of grubs by
attaching 10 their trunks pieces of tow
smeared with a mixture Of hogs hard,
and ants and grubs already in posses
sion will rapidly vacate their position.
Butterflies, again, win avoid all plants
whose leaves have been sprinkled over
with lime water.'
Roll JELLY-CAKE.-Ohe cup of
white sugar, half q %teacupful of sweet
milk, two eggs, one cup Of flour, M
teaspoonful OF cream of tartar one.fourth
teaspopnful saleratus, q pinch of salt.
This will make two cakes in q square
tin. Have the oven ready, put the
cakes in, and while they are baking got
o cloth and the Jelly ready for the table.
As soon rs they are baked, take them
out, and turn them II at n time on the
cloth, audlaythem where they will cool.
Handle them carefully or they may fall.
Cut them in slices with n sharp knife.
This will be as nice ieliy-eake rs you
viii want to eat, aud viii not taste of
eggs. You can flavor them with any
thing you like, if you choose to do so.
You can also bake one cake at "a time;
it win not hurt the mixture TO stand.
HORSES HooEs.-Farmers complain
very generally OF the bflitleness oil their
horses hoofs. A neighbor was so com.
planning TO me recently and asked the
cause. On examining the hind feet,
which were most complained OF, found
the sole granular aud soft, so that It
could easily be picked 10 pieces with Il
knife. The soles were filled with dung
and saturated with its moisture. This
constant stepping in alkali6e moisture
depriyes the horn. of It's natural oil or
fat and dissolves the gelatins. The
hoofs then rot, and the crust and sole
are too tender and weak to hold IL nail.
This Is the cause OF much VI the trouble
complained OF. The remedy is obvious I;
but while the cause must always exist
TO some extent, the evil may be miti-
gated greatly by attention to the feet,
Occasional washing with warm water
and greasing with castor-oil, whale-0il,
n~eats-foot-oil, or glycerine, which do not
dry readily, will act as a preventive.
lettering the rear of the stall with sand
! or dry earth, and providing Il drain TO
carry off the liquid, will also help very
much.
Shoes Made for Fil.een Cents n pair