The Portland daily press., 1881-02-07
The Household.
Domestic Receipts.
FRUIT CAKE.

One cup OF molasses, one cup of sugar
one cup of butter, one cup of sour milk, foul
and one-half cups of -four, three eggs, one
tablespoonful of allspice, one tablespoonful
of cinnamon. one tablespoonful of cloves
one nutmeg, one teaspoonful of saleratus
one-haf pound of raisins, one-half pound Of
currants, or, if preferred, one pound of raj
sins. This makes two loaves. They should
be kept in jar in a cool cellar.
TAPIoCA CREAM.
Put two tablespoonfuls of tapioca to soak
in cold water; set it on the stove, and when
thoroughly dissolved pour in a quart of
milk. When this begins to boil stir in the
yolks of two eggs well beaten, with cup of
sugar. When this bois, stir ia the whites,
beaten to stiff froth, and take it immedi-
alely from the fire. Flavor to taste.
BAKING POWDERS.
In using baking powder be sure not to use
too much. Besides being unhealthful it
spoils the delicate flavor of cake and of bis
cult; it is great temptation to put in a little
more than that given in the recipe to make
sure of the desired lightness, but it ought to
be resisted. If you are not your own cake
maker, impress this fact upon your cook.
PUREE OF cHEsTNUTs.
Put your chestnuts on to boil in cold salt
ed water; boil them until they are mealy all
through; shell the chestnuts. mash them
with milk and butter exactly as you would
potatoes, season them with salt and pepper,
and pass them through a colander It can
be used as a vegetable alone, or served up
with mutton chops.
NUT CANDY.
One cup of vinegar, one cup of water.
three cups of sugar; or two cups of mo-
lasses instead of the sugar and water. Boil
until it strings, then stir in two cups of
nutmeats, walnuts or peanuts. Pour it
into nat pan for taffy or Eork with little
butter on the fingers into balls or sticks.
IRISH POTATO PIE.
One pound mashed potatoes, rubbed
through colander; one-half-pound butter,
creamed with sugar; six eggs, white and
yolks separately; one lemon squeezed into
the potatoes while hot; one cupful milk
one teaspoonful of nutmeg, and the same of
mace; two cupsful white sugar; bake in
open shells of paste; to be eaten cold.
Farm Notes.
Cornis being burned as fuel in the loco
motives used on the st. Paul and Chicag O
road.
Flax is crop which would follow clean
cultivated crop of sugar beets or mangels.
1t can only be grown to advantage on well
fertilized lands.
The sweepings of the barn floor when clo-
yer is fed to the cattle are excellent for
poultry in Winter; the tops and leaves make
an excellent substitute for grass,
Too much hay and too little grain is
common mistake in feeding working horses.
Twelve quarts of good heavy oats and twelve
pounds of hay is good daily ration for a
working horses.
An ingenious machine has been devised
for separating the sound cranberries in
barrel from the unsound. They are poured
into it at the rate of six barrels an hour. and
the sound ones, having elasticity, bound
over barrier, while those decayed remain.
The New York Herald recommends as an
excellent remedy for sprains, sores ard
bruises, sprained hook joints generally, in
domestic animals; liniment composed of
creosote, one ounce; turpentine, one ounce:
olive oil two ounces; mix and rub upon the
affected parts. 1t is also of great advantage
in thrush and foot rot.
Wool grows more rapidly in cold weather
II the sheep have plenty of good feed but
any cneck, either in the quantity or quality
OF the 1000, at this time, affects Inequality of
the wool, Tor, should any starving take place,
the staple will have weak place in it.
a lew succp COulu De keDt upon every
dairy farm with profit, and would be bene-
ft to the pastures, eating that which the
cows rejected, and when in winter quarters
they would eat much the cows refused, and
so would be of very small extra cost.
Economizing Food.
Much depends upon the warmth and COM
fort of the accommodations for animals in
this respect 1t is the food that produces
animal heat, or rather that keeps it up: and
the farmer can economize that food.
and make one-half of it 60 about as far as
the whole would, in keeping his stock in
warm, comfortable winter quarters. The
cold winds penetrate through every crevice,
the cold will find its way through. If
you would economize your food look
thoroughly to the warmth and condition of
your barns and stables; for herein lies the
greet secret of success, in savingfood. "Stop
out the cold and you can keep more stock
upon the same amount of food, !" is the ver-
dict OF the past and present age.-Rural
Messenger.