Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-12-23
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Pigs are able to consume far more
food in proportion to their weight than
either sheep or oxen. iat
The roots of apple trees have been
found to extend twenty-six feet or more.
In removing grease spots by ben
zine the stained outline which is left can
be prevented by the application of
gypsum extending little beyond the
moistcned region. When dry shake the
powder on and no trace of the spot will
remain.
Save the SCOT that falls from the
chimneys. A pint of SCOT to pailful of
water viii make liquid manure of the
greatest value for flowers and plants Of
all kinds.
"A horses hoof is of the same nature
rs horn. If you desire to know the eff
fects of applying hot shoe to a horse's
hoof place your comb on hot stove for
minute or two, then let it cool and see
how easily it will break. A hot shoe
makes the hoof brittle instead of tough.
Minced Meat Pie.-Chop about one
pound of cold meat---veal is best-very
finely with little fat bacon; flavor with
little cayenne, salt and mace, the
grated rind of small lemon, and a
small quantity of the juice; add the
yelks of three eggs and the white of
one. Border pie-dish with paste, put
in the mince, cover with paste, and
bake in moderate oven.
"A smoke-house should be well ven
tilated, and the hams be hung at least
eight or ten feet above the fire, and the
smoke given out in moderate quantities,
and come from corn-cobs or hickory
wood. 1t is important that the hams be
kept cool and dry through the whole
operation. Proper ventilation of the
smoke-house secures this. If they be-
come moist by improper ventilation, or
are placed SO near the fire as to be
heated. their flavor is greatly injured.
How to Make Shirts Glossy.-To
secure gloss when ironing shirts, take
of raw starch, one ounce; gum arabic,
one drachm; white of egg or blood al
bumen, half an ounce; soluble glass,
| quarter of an ounce; water. Make the
starch into fine cream, dissolve the
gum in little hot water, cool and mix
it with the albumen, and beat up the
mixture with the starch liquid; then add
the water-glass (solution) and shake to-
gether. Moisten the starched linen
with cloth dipped in this liquid, and
use a polishing iron to develop the
gloss.
Coffee Custard.-Make a good
strong extract of coffee--by dripping il
as slowly as possible through percola-
tor; for ten people you will want two
cupfuls; take eight of the same measures
of milk, and beat into the milk the yelks
of six eggs; add three ounces of pow.
dered sugar; mix into this the two cup
fuls of coffee; rs coffee differs in strength,
taste 20 see that it is strong enough
pour the mixture into cups, and put the
cups in not too deep pan, with boiling
water; the level of the water ought moi
to stand higher than half the cup; do moi
boil the water too hard; about fifteer
minutes of boiling is necessary.
The common acceptance is tina
freezing of wheat lands late in the fal
is very damaging, but an old whea
grower gives it as his opinion that tn,
light fall freezes are a decided benefit
The result of the fall rains is to form
crust upon the surface of the whea
fields, which is against the perfec
growth of the plant. These slight freez
ings, not enough to heave the land ant
injure the roots, loosens up the soil ant
makes it mellow, SO that in the warn
DAYS that intervene between the frost
the wheat roots get better chance t,
"feed," and so it results after all in
benefit equal to slight coating of fin
manure.
"A farmer tells us, says an exchange
that he has tested the value of his corr
put into hogs with the following result
: He commenced with lot of hog
weighing 175 pounds each on the 2Ot
of September. He fed them two weeks
and when weighed he found that at tn
price of pork then ruling, $3.50 per hun
. dred, his corn so fed had brought hir
sixty cents per busheL The two week
| were mild weather. He again weighe
and fed them two of the coldest week
in November and found that the cor
fed, at the same price for pork, ha
brought him only fifty cents pc
bushel. He says this teaches him this
hogs ought to be fatted early in tn
warm weather to get the greatest valu
; for the corn fed.
=" Noodle" if properly made, is
great addition to soup; and is preferre
BY many people to the best "a B
macaroni.f For family of four, tw
eggs will be sufficient; beat them unit
they are very light; stir in flour as Ion
as it is possible to work it in; salt it wei
: roll it out on kneading board until
is almost as thin as paper and is pc
: fectly smooth; put a clean paper on
. chair or table near the stove and lay tt
noodle on it to dry. 1t should be pr
pared early enough in the morning for
! to dry for an hour at least Abol
! twenty minutes before the soup is take
J from the stove take the noodle and fol
g it over and over until you have STR
8 three or four inches wide; then with
4 sharp knife cut it in narrow strips; P
Q these in the soup and let them cook fro
:. ten to fifteen minutes. Beef soup, vii
: noodle, and pinch of curry powder,
Q dish to be somewhat considered"