American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-01-15
USEFUL ND SUGGESTIVE.

Baked Eggs-Beat up six eggs.
one tablespoonful of flour. six of sweet
milk; melt piece of butter in the fry
ing pan; when hot, turn the whole in
and bake in very hot oven; to be
served as soon as done.
-Four jute sacks sewed together viii
make a horse blanket that is not too
warm, nor too expensive for nightly use
in the barn. They are sufficiently por-
GUS to allow a wet horse to dry ii in the
stable and yet are a considerable pro-
lection from cold currents of air.
-Sauizzled Oysters.-Take the guam
tity of oysters needed, drain them in
coIander; put them in Il frying-pan
with pepper, salt and cream; put two
ounces of butter in a platter over the
steam of kettle, and when the oysters
are pulled pour them into the melted
butter and serve on toast.
TO prevent horses getting scratches
and grease in winter, rub their legs dry
every time they are brought in from
work, no matter whether it is once,
twice or three times day. Good, thor
ough grooming and clean, dry stables
are the best preventives of scratches
and similar diseases in horses.-N. Y.
Times.
Gingerbread Loaf.--One cup but
ter, one of molasses, one of sugar, half
of cold water, one tablespoonful of gin
ger, one teaspoonful cinnamon, one of
soda dissolved in boiling water; melt
the butter, slightly warm the molasses,
spice and sugar. and heat together ten
minutes; then put in the water, soda
and flour; stir very hard, and bake in
three loves. Brush them over with
Si,.r1r h ila hot and eat fresh
-Spiced beef. - Use about four
pounds of the flank of beef; wipe it
with a clean, damp cloth; rub into it
the following spices mixed: one tea
spoonful of salt, one saltspoonful each
of ground cloves, mnce and pepper, and
a very little cayenne pepper. Roll it up
and tie it in a compact roll. Put it
over the fire in boiling water enough
to cover it, and boil it slowly for two
hours. Remove the strings and use it
hot.
We do not know of any remedy FOR
CHAMBERS among horses and other
animals. If remedies were known it
would be dangerous to use them, be-
cause this loathsome disease is con-
tagious, and a man treating an animal
having it would be in great danger of
losing his own life in the operation.
Every affected animal should be
slaughtered and buried out of sight as
soon as the nature of the disease is
known. This is the best and only safe
treatment for glandered stock.-N Y.
Times.
"A poor farmer cannot conceal the
fact that he is poor farmer. All his
surroundings proclaim the verdict
against him his horses. cattle, wagons,
harness, plows. fcnces-even his wife
and children bear silent but unmistaka-
BILE evidence against him. On the other
hand, all these things will testify favor
ably on behalf of the good farmer. Ev-
cry passer by can read the evidence pro
and con. This fact alone ought to stim-
ulate every farmer to do his best for the
sake of his own character, as well as in
terest; for he may rest assured that ev-
cry passer by will pronounce according
to the evidence.
As good way as any of finding out
how much shelled corn there is in a
crib of given size is, after the corn
has been leveled in the crib, multiply
the number of feet the crib is in length
by the number of feet in width and this
amount by the feet in depth, which will
give the number of cubic feet of the
bulk of corn in the crib. For instance,
if the inside measurement is in length
twenty two feet and the average width
is six feet and the depth six feet, there
will be seven hundred and ninety-twG
cubic feet of corn in the crib. If this
is divided by twelve it will give sixty
six barrels of shelled corn, which. when
multiplied by five-the number of BUSH
els in a barrel it will give for the
product three hundred and fifty bushels
of sheiled corn.