South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1881-06-03
Farmer and House Keeper.


Farmer and House Keeper.
a Nice Biscuit.-One pint of scald-
ed milk cooled, two quarts of sifted
flour, three tablespoonful Of short.
ming, one teacupful of yeast and lit
tie salt.
Iced Fruits.-Talo fine punches of
currants on the stalk, dip them in gum
arabic water, or the whites of eggs
well beaten; lay them on seive, slit
white sugar over aud let them dry.
They are very nice for desserts or tho
tea-table. Bunches of grapes, cher
ries or plums may be done in the
same way.
Irish Potato Pie.-Onc pound wash
cd potatoes rubbed through colan-
der; one-half pound butter, creamed
with sugar six eggs, white and yelks
separately; one lemon, squeezed into
the potatoes while hot; one cupful OF
milk; one teaspoonful Of nutmeg and
the same OF mace; two cupfuls white
sugar; bake in open shells of paste;
to be eaten cold.
Important to Wheat Growers
An old experienced farmer Of Will
hanson CO., says the Nashville Ga
zette, gives t as u fact that the fol-
lowing method is sure prevention Of
the insect weevil in wheat: In piling
up your wheat, after it has been cleans
ed by the fan, to every bushel put in n
good hard brick, we'll dried by the sun.
and be sure il is perfectly dry ut the
time you use it. The brick absorbs
the moisture that naturally accumu-
lates in the grain and causes it to be-
come so hard and hinty that the insec-
or fly cannot penetrate the outer GOV:
ering. We are assured by persons
who have made the trial that the result
is effectual, and the experiment is 30
easy and simple we would advise our
friends who grow or deal in wheat to
try it.
Small holes in white plastered walls
can be easily repaired without send.
ing for the mason. Equal parts of
plaster of Paris and white sand, such
rs Is used in most families for scour.
ing purposes, mixed with water to q
paste, applied Immediately, and
smoothcd with knife or flat piece OF
wood, will make the broken place as
good rs new. The mixture hardens
very quickly, so it is best to prepare
but small quantity at once.
a Mississippi farmer dashes cold
water into the ears of choking cattle.
This causes the animal TO shake its
head violently, and the muscular nc.
ton dislodses the obstruction.
How l Raise Corn Fodder.-The
most profitable way | find is to pre-
pare a good piece ofground and plow
well, narrowing in short manure if
long, | plow ii under, if fertilizer is
used, | SOW it in the drills. | SOW
mine III drills about 3 or 81 feet apart.
opening burrows with onehorse pillow,
and covering with the same. / use
about half Il bushef of white southern
corn to the acre. / can raise more
fodder by using this amount than
when ] use two bushels. / once sent
to New York for three bushels of
sweet corn, and not one grain in twen-
ty ever came up. | began TO cut it
for my cows when it begins to tasscl,
and | have cut it from ten to twelve
feet high, and not one inch of il was
left For winter fodder plant i'm the
same way, always narrowing the rows
Hat III day or two after ! COW the
seed. Lately do not house my COW
fodder. / cut when green, set in
small stacks, and in two or three weeks.
when dry, ! put three or four stacks
together, and tie tight. / leave it out
all winter, bringing it in rs used. /
always lost more than half of it when
| housed it.-CoUYTRY GENTLEMAN.
For diptheria, gargle lemon Juice
and swallow some Of il. Afew drops
OF camphor on loaf sugar affords i'm.
mediate relief for sore throat.
One gallon Of neat's-foot oil mixed
with four ounces OF lampblack makes
a good harness oil.
Paris green is perhaps the best and
surest remedy for the cucumber bug
apply it just the same as to potatoes
for the potato bug.
To remove old paint, slake three
pounds Of gtOne quicklime in water.
and add one pound American pearl
ash, making the whole into the con.