The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-09-07
HOUSE, FARM AND RANCH.
household Hints.

very prettiIy: Peel and slice fiue
large beet boil il gently for twenty
minutes in pint aud halt of
water. Then add two pounds and a
half of Loaf sugar, the thin rind and
strained Juice OF lemen, and halt a
stick vanilla. Boil quickly and skim
constantly until the liquid becomes
n rich, thick syrup of a deep red
color. then strain. When nearly
cold bottle and cork il closely. 1t
will keep any length of time If
properly made.
APPLE PREsERvEs.-Pare, halve
and score six large apples of the
same size. Make syrup of pound
of granulated sugar and pint OF
water. When the syrup boils, drop
the apples in, with the juice and
rind Of a lemon. Take the halves
out one by one as soon as they are
tender. Care must be taken that
they do not fall to pieces. Arrange
in a glass dish with the core side up.
Drop bit of currant jelly into each
piece. Boil down the syrup, and
when cool, pour around the apples.
This makes a very nice preserve for
tea.
DREAMED CABBAGE Slice as for
cold slaw and stew in covered
sauce pan till tender; drain it, return
to sauce pan, add gill or more OF
rich cream, one ounce OF butter,
pepper and salt to taste; let simmer
two or three minutes, then serve.
Milk may be used by adding little
moro butter; or have deep spider
hot, put in the sliced cabbage, pour
quickly over it pint of boiling
water, cover close, and cook for ten
minutes, then pour oil wafer and add
half a pint of rich milk. When the
milk boils stir in n teaspoon of flour
moistened with little milk season,
cook a moment and serve.
LEMON.-Lemon juice made thick
: with sugar, and little salt, will re.
lieve hoarseness and heal a hacking
cough. A piece of lemOn-peel with
pulp attached, If bound upon a corn,
will relieve il in n few days. IL is
also an excellent remedy for chills
and fever, and if teaspoonful of
sugar and large pinch of salt are
stirred up with the pulp and eaten
with spoon every morning, it will
break up some malaria troubles.
For smallpox lemon juice is also
highly recommended, the patient be-
ing allowed 10 drink freely of lem
onade, and to suck the clear juice if
palatable. In all fevers the juice OF
lemons is OF decided assistance.
CoTTAGE CHEEsE.-Place pan OF
clabbered sour milk over the fire and
let it become well scalded then pour
1t into a clean cloth and squeeze out
all the water, leaving the clabber
quite dry. Put this into n bowl and
work it with the hands, making it a
little moist by adding cream. Add
also a little butter and enough salt
to season well. Mould out in small
balls or serve il in one large cake, as
may be desired. A much richer
cheese may be made by substituting
buttermilk that has just come from
the churn in place ofclabbered milk.
Be careful that the milk does not
boil down when it is placed on the
stove. 1t wants to scald only.
g.. New Haven, Connecticut,
writes: al have never seen in the
HoUsekeeper any recipes for egg
balls, so send mine. Boil four eggs
ten minutes. Drop these into cold
water and when cool remove the
yolks. Pound the yolks In mortar
until reduced to a paste aud then
beat them with teaspoonful of salt,
little pepper and the white of one
raw egg. Form in balls about the
size of a walnut. Roll in flour and
fry brown in butter.
SALIVA IN ANIMALs.-The guam
tity of saliva seereted by animals is
surprising. Experiments by Lassa-
inge show that 100 pounds of dry
hay fed to horse required secre-
ton OF 400 pounds of saliva; 100
pounds of oats required secretion
OF 115 pounds of saliva, while 100
pounds of green food required but
forty-nIne pounds of saliva to pre-
pare 1t for swallowing.
THRUSH IN A HORSES HooF.-
Thrush is accompanied with pu-
trid smelling discharge from the
cleft of the frog or heel. The horses
foot is a study of itself, and yet ev-
cry smith that has learned to nail on
q horses shoe thinks he knows all
about the anatomy of the foot. 1t is
not always that thrush is the result
of disease in the foot; il is some
times an outlet for disease in the
system, the same as ulcers or absceB-
SEES in the human system. When
this is the cause the disease must be
gotten out of the system and the
thrush in the foot will be easily
cured. If aperson will notice the foot
of a colt when first foaled he will find
that it will nearly describe a cir
Gle, and if the colt is three years old
before being shod the form Of
the foot will be the same; but after
shoeing il soon begins to change,
becoming more oblong, the heel con
tracing in consequence of pre-
venting the frog from pressing upon
the ground, pushing out the frog
against the sides OF the hoof and
maintaining the form of the hoof.
When the frog presses upon the
ground there exudes from it liquid
which goes to build up the foot.
But when this pressure is with
drawn then the frog decreases in
size, its functions are impaired, and
the cleft of the frog exudes an often
sive matter. The frog has not worn
UQWu, Do MOuiu ndNO OCCh NuO CdcC
had 1T pressed upon the ground
without the protection of the shoe.
Considering this part of the ques-
ton, the smith pares the frog to
keep it down to it's proper size,
but each year the frog is growing
smaller, and yet the blacksmith con-
tinues the operation of pairing. When
the foot becomes hard and the heel
contracted, a remedy is sought in
allowing it to stand in its filth aud
stufiing II with COW dung or clay
There was time IN the growth oil
the foot when this might have been
q preventative now, however, it ID
an evil which only tends to increase
the difficulty. The best thing to be
done, now that the thrush has shown
itself, Is to wash the feet perfectly
clean, cut off the old frog and wash
the cleft of the frog with a solution
of sulphate of zinc. Give the horse
quarter of pound of sulphur al
two doses, and then tablespoonful
of copperas dissolved in water for
about three mornings IN succession
Continue to wash the feet and
keep them clean until the discharge
ceases. Then, if you did not take
the shoes of when you first com
menced to operate upon the feet, take
them of, and turn the horse out for 8
run of month or two, and with
judicious management you may have