The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-15
FARM AND HOME.
Snow and frost are good fertilizers

oNoW ana IrOSt are GOOD fertilizers.
PUT into a tin or porcelain saucepan
pah pound of white sugar and table
spoonful of water. Stir over slow fire
Until of clear, dark brown color. Great
care must be taken not to let it burn.
Add teacupful of water and tea
spoonful of salt. Boil three or four
minutes, cool, strain and put away in
close-corked bottles. This innocent COL
bring substance greatly improves the
appearance of soups or GRAVES, giving
to them a rich amber color.
NOODLES FOR SoUP.-Two eggs.
slightly beaten, a tablespoonful of water,
half teaspoonful of salt and -four to
make a stiff dough. Work it well ten
minutes, adding -four as necessary.
When pliable, cut off small part, roll
very thin, dust over flour, begin at one
side and roll into a tight roll. With q
sharp knife, cut into thin slices. Make
two horns before using them, that they
may dry. Add to the soup twenty min
utes before serving.
BOILED ICING.-One pound of best
white sugar, just moistened with water /;
strain when nearly done, put it back,
and boil till it drops from the spoon |;
have ready beforehand the white of one
egg, well beaten, into which pour the
sugar, stirring quickly; add lemon juice
or citric acid, just little at time, to
whiten and prevent it from turning back
to sugar. You may flavor with rose
water. Have the citric acid ready, dis
solved in a little water in wineglaSs.
This icing must be stirred long and con-
stantly by a strong hand.
CHLORIDE OF LIME FOR TREEs.-Le
CuItiUatear, French journal, says that
if chloride of lime be spread on the soil
or near plants, insects and vermin will
not be found near them, and adds: ''By
its means plants will easily be protected
from insect plaques by simply brushing
over their stems with a solution of it. 1t
has often been noticed that a patch of
land which has been treated in this way
remains religiously respected by grubs,
while the unprotected beds around are
literally devastated. Fruit trees may be
guarded from the attacks of grubs by
attaching to their trunks pieces of tow
smeared with mixture of hogs lard,
and ants and grubs already in posses
sion will rapidly vacate their position.
Butterflies, again, will avoid all plants
whose leaves have been sprinkled over
with lime water"
ROLL JELLY-CAKE.-One cup of
white sugar, half teacupful of sweet
milk, two eggs, one cup of flour, one
teaspoonful of cream of tartar ,one fourth
teaspoonful saleratus, a pinch of salt.
This will make two cakes in square
tin. Have the oven ready, put the
cakes in, and while they are baking get
cloth and the jelly ready for the table.
As soon as they are baked, take them
out, and turn them one at a time on the
cloth, and lay them where they will cool.
Handle them carefully or they may fall.
Cut them in slices with sharp knife.
This will be as nice jelly-cake as you
will want to eat, and will not taste of
eggs. You can flavor them with any
thing you like, if you choose to do so.
You can also bake one cake at time !;
it will not hurt the mixture to stand.
HORSES HooFs.-Farmers complain
very generally of the brittleness of their
horses hoofs. A neighbor was so COM
planning to me recently and asked the
cause. On examining the hind feet,
which were most complained of, found
the sole granular and soft, so that it
could easily be picked to pieces with a
knife. The soles were filled with dung
and saturated with its moisture. This
constant sleeping in alkaline moisture
deprives the horn of its natural oil or
fat and dissolves the gelatine. The
hoofs then rot, and the crust and sole
are too tender and weak to hold nail.
This il the cause of much of the trOuhle
complained of. The remedyis obvious !;
but while the cause must always exist
to some extent, the evil may be miti-
gated greatly by attention to the feet.
Occasional washing with warm water
and greasing with castor-oil, whale-oil,
neats-foot-oil, or glycerine, which do not
dry readily, will act as preventive.
Littering the rear of the stall with sand
or dry earth, and providing drain to
carry off the liquid, will also help very