The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1881-06-30
because we have Thought that one of the

greatest defects in our farm horses was
want of size and this, it seemed to us,
could better be supplied by an infusion
Of the blood of the draft horse than
from any other source. But we are GER
tain that in many localities quite as large
an infusion of this blood has been made
as will be profitable; and that, for the
uses of the farmer, better horses can be
produced from these grade draft mares
by the use of stout, large, compactly-
built thoroughbred horse, or highly
bred, well-formed and good-sized trot-
ting stallion than by further infusion
of the blood of the draft horse. Re.
turning again to the Percheron blood,
we have no hesitation in affirming our
belief in its excellence, and that it is to
this blood, which at very early day
was largely introduced into Canada,
that the horses of that section owe much
of the excellence that distinguished
them fifty years ago. Very many OF the
very best sires of general purpose or
farm horses that we have ever had in
the United, States have been brought
from Canada, and evidently partook
largely of this blood. From that coun-
try we have had the Pilots, the Cor
beaus, the Columbuses, the st. Law
rences, the Royal Georges, the Napo-
Icons, the Normans and many other rec
ognized families of superior excellence,
which we believe derived their merit
mainly from the old Percheron blood,
brought over by the French settlers,
rather than from an imaginary scion of
imported Messenger, spirited in some
mysterious manner across the border
as certain self-styled "horse authority"
in this country has told us over and
over again. And while, as we have said,
we think in many sections we have had
quite as much Of the coarse, draught-
horse blood introduced as will prove
valuable, yet we are clearly of opinion
that we can never get too much of the
genuine Percheron blood in any part of
our country, where the production of
hardy, useful horses is the object in view
Recipes,
Roll JELLY CAKE.-One cup sugar,
three eggs and beat them well one cup
flour, one even teaspoonful soda, one
even teaspoonful cream tartar.
Sour MILK BISCUIT. pint of sour
milk, one teaspoonful of soda; add to
your -four a half cup of lard and spoon
full of salt; then mix the flour with the
milk. Make stiff enough to roll out as
pie crust i; cut them and put them to
bake in a moderately hot oven.
WASHING FLUD.-One bar of good
potash, two ounces of ammonia, one
ounce of salts of tartar; put the potash
into four quarts of rain water (use por,
celain kettles if possible) and soak slow.
ly, not boil when dissolved remove
from the stove; when cool add the am
monia and salts and put up in jugs o.
bottles corked tightly. Soak the fnt
and coarse articles to be washed sepa
rately over night. The following morn
ing rinse out and use half cake of soap
cut fine, one cup of fluid and two pals
Of soft water; put fine pieces into thi!
cold suds and boil few moments ; take
out, add pail of cold water and put il
the coarse clothes to boil suds, rinse
blue and starch as usual, and you
clothes will be beautifully clear ant
white without rubbing. Wash colore(
clothes in the water the clothes are takel
into from the boiler.