South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-09-29
Farmer and House. Keeper.

Farmer and House. Keeper.
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CREAM PIE.-Ono pint Of warm milk,
one cup OF sugar, onc.hslf cup Of -four.
two beaten eggs, stir over the firc until
cooked. Bake the crust aud pour i'm
tho custard. Beat tho whites or two
eggs with three tablespoousful Of pow.
,iered sugar. pour over the custsrd and
set 1t in the oven until brown.
The yellow stains made by the oil
used on sewing machines can be remov-
ed IL, before washing In soapsuds. tho
spots he rubbed carefully with bit Of
cloth vet with ammonia.
PcrTISo UP SWEET Conn. Mrs. DC.
Joscelyn, minneapolis, Kansas. rec
ommcnds In The FRUIr RECORDER the
following way 10 put up sweet corn for
winter use as giving very much better
result, than capning or drying: Take
the corn when just in the milk: scald
" just enough To set the milk cut il
of and pack il ir stone jar with
layer of corn and layer OF salt; ono
pint or salt to gallon of coin i'm lay
ers alternately ill the jar and weight
1t down, and cover to keep out dirt,
flics, cts, and when one wants 10 uso
IL, fieshen it and season TO taste. l
like butter and cream
Lamb chops are excellent cooked in
this way: Put them in frying pan,
with very little water, so little that It
will boil aHay by the time .he meat is
tender; then put in Jumps Of butter
with The meat, and let IL brown slowly;
theirs will toe brown, crisp surface,
with tine flavor. Serve for breakfast
with potatoes cooked thus: Choose
small ones. and let them boil till they
arc tender drain Off The water and pour
over thein, while still in tic kettle, at
least one teacupial of cream mash
them smooth in this.
No NEED Fer Ice CREAM FREszERs.
"A good Stanton housekeeper SAYS
cue has no need for revolving freezer.
She ist puts her cream in q long tin
bucket and sets the bucket in key or
tub with the usual quantity Of ice and
salt around it, and then sets it in
pantry for an hour or two, and the
cream is as nicely frozen as patent
freezer would do it. To got a quick
FREQ &c, 1t 10 said. with an abundance OF
zee aud salt, If the whole thing is set
IN the sun, the rapid evaporation Is
equal to the patent process. That is
worth trying at any rate.
WHAT Az OLD FARMER SAYs.-This
Is the advice Of an old man who has
titled tic soil for forty years:
am an old man OF upward OF throe
score years, during two score Of which
have been rich and have all need.
DO not owe dollar, have given my
children good education. and when l
am called away shall leave them enough
to keep the wolf from the door. My
experi.i &C has taught me that
FIgsT-One acre of land " ell prepar.
ed and we'll titled produced more than
two which received only the Same a.
mount OF labor used on one.
SECoND-Onc COW borse, mule, sheep,
or hog we'll fed is moro profitable than
two kept on the same amount neces-
sary 10 keep ono we'll.
THIRD = One acre OF clover or grass
is worth more than Two Of cotton where
no grass or clover is raised.
FoUErn No farmer who buys oats.
corn or wheat, fodder and hay. can keep
ne sheriff from the door 10 tho end.
F1FTn-The farmer who never reads
the paper, sueers At book-farmng and
improvements, always has leaky roof
poor stock, dfoken-down fences, and
co rplains Of bad seasons.
SIXTH - The IA rmer who is above his
business, md entrusts it to Others to
i9a1age, soon has DO business TO attend
to.
SEyESTH-The farmer whose habitu-
al beverage is cold water is healthier.
wealthier and wiser than he who does
not refuse 10 drink.
Pouring hot soapsuds around the
roots OF peach trees will destroy the in
s'dious little fungus which produces tho
'yellowS" and other diseases, aad fin
lsh he larvae Of insects which are very
Injurious 10 the trees. Soap.suds make
an excellent manure for grape.vincs
and indeed for almost every tree or shrub.
a correspondent OF the Iowa Farmer
snys tc bro1ks up lis rrai,ie lsad with
sheep. Iia turns largo no K Of sheep
upon 'he ground, and jas twO years they
will pasture u 80 closely that tie roots
Of tie grass siil 100 dead. aud ilIs soil
can be piowod with the utmost case.
a French Journal recommends n fra
test for determining the quality OF seeds.
Samples are placed, one AZ time, upon
1--we Goals. II tho combustion IL slow
and quiet, II may be safely decided that
the seed contained diseased germ bat
u The seed turns and leaps about. pro-
ducing dry sound. IL may be inferred
to have good germinptivs qualities.
A successful Boston florist SAYS that