Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-10-06
HONE, Farm AND GARDEN.


1t is now generally believed that
apples keep better in moist or damp
cellars than in dry ones.
"A good way to use up bits Of cold
roast beef is TO chop them fine and add
about third OF the quantity Of cracker,
or bread crumbs, stir in enough milk or
water TO moisten Il, season well with
pepper and salt, then roll in balls or
Hat cakes, dip in egg and fry in butter.
To Make Custards TO Turn Out
Mix with the yelks OF six eggs we'll
beaten three half-pints of new milk,
three-fourths Of an ounce of dissolved
isinglass, sweeten, favor and boil over
the Gre in bain-marie until il thickens;
pour into a dish and stir until quite
cool; then pour into cups to turn ont.
These you may place upon q dish and
surround with jelly.
-Quince Preserves. s.-Pare, core and
quarter fine, large ounces. Lay aside
all inferior and badly shaped pieces.
Cook the fruit in water enough TO COW
er, having first weighed It. Allow
three-quarters Of pound of sugar to
every pound of fruit, and cup OF water
for each pound OF sugar. Make this
into clear sirup. aud when the fruit is
easily pierced with straw, drain it
from the water and put it, while still
hot, into the boiling sirup; seal up in
airtight jars. Can ounces in the same
manner, using less sugar.
--Chow-Chow Pickle.-One peck of
green tomatoes, two quarts of vinegar,
one cup OF sugar, half pint Of mustard
seed, three tablespoonfuls of pepper.
two tabespoonfuls Of salt, one table
spoonful of cloves, half dozen green
peppers, one dozen of onions. Chop
the tomatoes; add salt. first a layer of
! tomatoes, then salt; ;letit stand all night.
In the morning drain of the brine and
add the above ingredients, cutting the
green peppers and onions fine. Let il
all boil till quite tender. Put in Jars
and cover tightly.
To Stop Nose. Bleed The Scieis-
! INC american gives the following novel
! plan; The best remedy for bleeding at
the nose, as given by DIR. Gleason in
one of his lectures. is in the vigorous
motion OF the Jaws as If in the act of
chewing. In the ease nf n child wnd
o! paper should be placed in its mouth,
and the child should be instructed to
chew il hard. Ii is the motion of the
Jaws that stops the flow of blood. Tho
remedy is so very simple that many will
feel inclined TO laugh at it, but il never
has been known TO fail in single in
stance, even in very severe cases.
Tomato Catsup. .--Over-ripe toma-
toes make ilavorless catsup. They
must be in prime condition and sound.
Take two pecks of tomatoes, slice them,
and put in porcelain kettle; iron pots
make black catsup; boil TO pulp, then
strain and pass through sieve; then
return tho juice TO the kettle; add to it
two ounces of salt, two OF mace, two
tsblespoonfuls of whole black pepper.
one teaspoonful of cayenne, one-half
tablespoonful of ground cloves six
tablespoonfuls of ground mustard. one
quarter of Glove of garlic and an
ounce of celery-seed; boil three hours.
When it is cooling add tumblerful of
strong vinegar. Put In bottles and
cork tight.
-Ophthalmia or Inflammation of tho
eyes in cattle is sometimes general
throughout district 1t may becaused
by some prevalent condition, such as
the weather or the presence Of pollen
in the air. which irritates the organ, or
by dust or other impurities which have
the same effect, The proper treatment
would be TO wash the eyes with some
stimulating solution TO cause them 10
throw on the offending matter; sulphate
OF zinc, one dram, dissolved in quart
Of water, may be injected into the organ
with a syringe. The disease may also
be a result of catarrh resulting from
either of the above causes, in which
case the wash for the eyes may be used,
and half an ounce OF ohlorate of potash
may be given daily for three or four
days. ~ I. Times.
To Preserve Green Crab Apples. 49,
Select full-grown crab apples. wash
them and cover the sides and bottom of
your preserving kettle with grapevine
leaves, and I'll IL with the apples,
spreading a thick layer of vine leaves
over il. Fill up the kettle with cold
water. and set over a slow fire; let them
simmer, but not boil. Whom they arc
quite yellow take them out, peel on tho
skins with penknife and extract tho
cores very neatly. Put them again into
the kettle with fresh vine leaves aud
water, and set them over slow fire;
do not let them boil. When they have
become green. take them out with n
skinner, weigh them and allow one
pound Of sugar 70 SYery pound Of fruit,
and scant half pint Of water 10 every
pound. Put the sugar and water into
the kettle and let il boil until the scum
ceases TO rise. when add the fruit and
lot II boil slowly till all are transparent.
You may put the grated yellow rmds
and the Juice OF some lemons In them.
When done, spread ont in large dishes
10 cool, then tic them up in glass jars,
after putting a piece Of tissue paper