Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-12-10
HOME AND FARM.


"A hearty meal taken while excess
lively fatigued has often destroyed life.
Glazing for Tarts. Mix sifted sugar
and water into thick paste like cream,
and brush it over the crust.
-Scour pieces of zinc with kerosene
oil and polish off with whiting, or, what
is better, give them coat of paint.
They can then be cleaned at any time
by simply washing them.
-Hickory-nut Cookies. two
cupfuls of sugar, two eggs, half cup of
melted butter, six tablespoonful of milk
or little more than third of cup,
one teaspoonful of cream-tartar, half a
teaspoonful of soda, and one cupful of
chopped kernels stirred into the dough.
"A stockman of large experience
says, after an experience of several
years in feeding different grades of cat
tie, that hay, grain and other food put
into good grade short-horns brings him
thirty-three per cent. more than when
he feeds common or scrub grades.
"A yearling colt requires as much
good sound hay as it will eat up clean
and three quarts of oats daily. Corn is
not good for growing colt, but an ear
of it may be given occasionally. Four
quarts of bran, or two quarts of linseed-
meal stepped in water for twelve hours,
given once a week, will be useful. Reg
ular grooming is necessary for its good
condition.
-Ragout of Turkey.-Cold roast tur.
key, salt, tablespoonful butter, pepper,
teaspoonful walnut ketchup, half a nut
meg, grated, teaspoonful ground flour.
Cut the turkey into small pieces. Take
the bones and boil for half an hour with
whatever gravy was left, and half pint
of water. Strain and put into sauce
pan with the pieces of turkey; butter,
pepper and salt to taste, ketchup, nut
meg. Stew very gently for half an hour
then stir in the Drowned flour, wet will
q little cold water.
-Doughnuts. -One large egg, flour
and one tablespoonful melted butter OF
lard, one coffeecup sugar, one cup swee
milk, one teaspoonful ginger bought a
the drug store, two of cream-tartar from
the same place, one of soda dissolved il
the milk. Mix the cream-tartar witt
flour enough to make the dough JUS
stiff enough to handle, fry in hot lard
take out and lay on brown paper mo
ment, then in dish and CRATE suga
over them first on one side and then OIL
the other; do not allow them to cool be
fore DuttinCr IN the smear
t Aunt Rogers's Wheat and Ry
Bread. The following recipe comes di
rect from the War Department, Wash
ington. Bread made according to
ought to make good soldiers and goo
| workers. Four cups wheat flour, fou
cups rye meal sifted, one small cup me
lasses, nearly one-half cake compresse
yeast, salt to taste. Mix with war;
water to a thick batter, stir well and PIT
y in warm place to rise over night;
the morning stir again thoroughly, PIT
a in pans to rise; when light bake in
i slow oven.-N. Y. Tribune.
|. AT the prices of grain and all kline
J of fodder, no farmer can afford to kee
d any but the best animals. Poor COW
that scarcely pay for their keeping whe
d feed is cheap and plentiful should be di
posed of in some way-fatten them fC
|. beef, sell them or give them away, b
e. cause the cost of keeping an inferior al
Y, imal over winter is usually more tina
ct the price it will fetch in spring. civ
ID away the poor stock and feed the othe
i'd better rather than let all suffer for wa
<, of an abundance. Thin out the hel
and the sheep and dispose of the o.
ly horses before the winter supply of foe
,e runs SHORTY. Y.sSm.
10 "A recipe for mixing spices for Sc
soning given by Mrs. Henderson is
aIG follows: Take of nutmeg and ma
3. one ounce each; of cloves and viii
r, pepper corns, two ounces each; of swe
OF basil, majoram and thyme, one oun
As each, and half an ounce of bay leave
ne These herbs should be previously dri
40 n for the purpose. Roughly pound t
u spices, then place the whole of t
nd above ingredients between two sheets
be white paper, and after the sides ha
been folded over tightly to prevent t
evaporation of the volatile properties
nd the herbs and spices place them in
warm place to become perfectly d
They may now be powdered, I
~ through a sieve, corked up tightly
ne hottles and knnt for usp