Huntsville gazette., 1881-08-13
HOME AND FARM.

-Cocoanut Caramels.-Two cups of
grated cocoanut, one cup OF sugar, two
tablespoonfuls Of flour, the whites of
three eggs beaten stiff; bake on a but
tered paper in quick oven.
"A large and rich cake is made from
this recipe: One pound each of sugar,
flour, chopped raisins, sliced citron and
blanched almonds, three-quarters cf a
pound of butter, ten eggs, one wine
glassful of brandy, teaspoonful of
mace. Make with care, and watch
closely while baking.
1t is said that if q cucumber vine is
trained to run up stake on which few
stubs of limbs have been left along its
whole length, the crop will be enormous.
By this plan the vines not only occupy
less space, but are afforded opportunity
to follow their natural habit of climb
ing up, instead Of running on the ground.
Tomato Catsup-Boil one-half
bushel of tomatoes three hours; strain
out the skins and seeds; to the remain
der add three pints of vinegar, one-half
pound of salt, one-fourth pound of black
pepper, one ounce of Cayenne pepper,
one-fourth pound of allspice, one ounce
of ground cloves, two pounds of brown
sugar. Boil one hour. I have never
seen any catsup to equal this, and have
kept the above secret 35 years till now.
Cucumber pick1es.-Five hundred
small cucmbers, three gallons vinegar,
three quarts of salt, six ounces alum,
two ounces allspice, quarter pound black
olnuoc hnrSnro Nj ch
cut in strips, sugar according to the
strength of the vinegar. Put the Gu
cumbers and horseradish in alternate
layers in large stone jar, then put the
salt over them, and cover with boiling
water. Let them stand "a hours in the
brine, then pour off the brine and rinse
in cold water. Boil spices and vinegar,
and pour over them.
TO make picked peaches, take sew
en- pounds of sugar to one quart of vine-
gar; heat, and drop the peaches in, and
cook until you can pierce them easily
with a broom splint or silver fork
stick two or three cloves in the peaches
before cooking them; put sticks Of Gin
namon in the vinegar, or put ground
cinnamon in little muslin bag and put
in the jar. This quantity of sugar and
vinegar is sufficient for two ordinary
sized baskets. Some cooks take the skin
off the peaches and turn hot vinegar
and sugar over them for two or three
mornings; but prefer them, as the lit
tie girl said she did, "cloth and all.''
Professor Law says that "the great
majority of ringbone in young horses
come from the failure to shorten the
toes.'' To this may be added that ring
bone is apt to be formed if colts are al
lowed to stand on plank floor, or any
where else where the footing is hard,
during the first eighteen months of their
age. Whether in stable or yard during
this period let them have earth for
standing or walking, free from stone or
gravel. If their summer pasture is a
gravelly soil, or even stony, it is not OBJ
jectionable, because the colt will always
pick out springy turf enough to stand
and walk on without injury to his feet,
legs or joints.
-Quack grass is one of the most diff
cult pests to eradicate; ordinary culti-
vation, that which answers for most
weeds, only causes it to grow with un-
usual vigor. This comes from the ma
ture of the plant, it having long under
ground stems, with roots and shoots
springing from every joint, OF capable
Of so doing should the stock be cut in
pieces by the passing cultivator. The
leading methods of eradication are: to
use a flat-toothed cu!tivator, one that
will share the ground instead of running
deep, and pass it an inch or so below
the surface; this cuts off all shoots as
they start up, but does not divide the
horizontal running root-stocks. The
plants die of exhaustion in endeavoring
to throw up stems to bear leaves and
seeds. The second method is to use a
grubber, and tear the plants bodily
from the soil, when they are gathered
by the use of n long-toothed rake, and
burned.