American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-11-05
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Fresh lard is better than butter to
grease cake-pans-
Halt a cup of vinegar in the water
will make an old fowl cook nearly rs
quick as young one, and does not in
| jure the flavor in the least.
| (-Alsko gives smaller crops than red
| clover, but of better quality. 1t is
highly recommended for soils liable to
heaving by frost, and affords to bees
excellent pasture ground.
We formed 4 resolution when we
tegau farming. not to pillow furrow
more than we could manure, and our
sixty acres have increased in product
iveness under the system, doubling its
bookkeeping capacity in the last twen-
ty years. Connecticut Farmer.
Lemon butter is excellent for tarts.
1t is made as follows: One pound pull.
verified white sugar, whites of six eggs
and elks of two, three lemons, includ-
ing grated rind and juice. Cook
twenty minutes over 4 slow fire, STIR
ring all the while.
Buns which are nice for breakfast
or tea are made thus: One pint OF -four,
one pint of sugar, one cup of butter,-
one cup of sweet milk, one tablespoon
full of cloves, one Of cinnamon, four
eggs, two teaspoOnftls of baking pow
der. Bake in square tins and frost, or
you may omit the spice, and bake in
bread tins. q =
Onion Vinegar. Chop six large
onions and sprinklc over them one Ia
blespooniul of salt, then set away to
stand six hours. Dissolve tablespoon
full of white sugar in one quart of best
cider vinegar, scald and turn hot over
the chopped onions. Cover the vessel
and let it stand two. weeks, then strain
out the liquor and bottle for use.
Compete of Sweet Potatoes.
lect fine, large sweet potatoes. all rs
well and then peel OF the skins. Then
lay the potatoes in large baking dish,
put some pieces of fresh butter among
them, and sprinkle them very freely
with powdered sugar. Bake them Slow
Nv till the butter and sugar form Il crust
They should be eaten al ter the meat
and will be found very good. This is
q Carolina dish. .,..,..> -.; !
Prof Law says that ''thc great ma
jority of ringbone in young horses
comes 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 a 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. Ii their summer |
pasture is a gravelly.s soil. or even some
what stony, it is not Objectionable, be-
cause the colt will always pick out |
springy turf enough to Stand or walk
on without injury to his feet, legs or
joints.
Mango is a disease caused by the
of a small insect under the
skin, or by the growth of a vegetable
parasite on and in the skin. 1t de-
stroys the hair follicles. and the hair
falls off; the skin is sometimes dry, and
becomes covered with small
blisters filled with watery serum, which
dry and form scabs, and the skin some
times cracks in places. The remedy
that is most effective is sulphur, applied
ground up into an ointment
with lard. and given inwardly in one
ounce doses. Every. part OF the skin
where the hair falls off should be I
dressed twice day, and, if there are
any scabs these should be broken up to
permit the remedy to reach the insects.
After cure is effected, watch should
be kept lest it may reappear from the
i
harness or buldings.-M Y. Times.
jagged Rabbit. Skin, launch and
wash the rabbit, cut it into pieces,
lredge them with flour and fry in boil
ng butter. Have ready a pint. and q |.
lalf of gravy, made from a pound and
/ half of gravy beef, and thickened within
) little -four. Put this into jar add +
he pieces of fried rabbit, an onion
tuck with few cloves, a lemon pooled
md cut in half, and 4 good seasoning
If pepper, cayenne. and salt; cover the
ar down tightly, ,pq. it UP tothe neck Z
n stew pan of boiling water, and let
t stew until the rabbit is quite tender,
aking care to keep>the wa CT boiling. Fl
When nearly done, add few force meat |tt
'als; these must be friend or baked in
he oven for few minutes before thay-e
re put to the gravy; serve with currant
ely. This is a rather troublesome
fish to prepare. but if carefully at :
ended to it will he. bound Ito pay"
vice over.