The Worthington advance., 1882-08-10
FIELD AND FARM,
Farming Paragraphs.

Farming Paragraphs. ~.
A Nebraska paper, the Wymorian,
mentions stool of barley with seventy
three stalks over five feet high, each
carrying q "Well-filled, large, perfect
head" all produced this season from a
single seed.
At present the Merino family, under
its various titles, is numerically the lead
ing sheep family in the world. About
three-tifths of the 100000 sheep in
the United States are Of fine wool line
and in great mutton breeds, the large
English sheep lead the world.
To rid hogs Of lice, rub them on the
parts where the lice abound, which is
under the legs and on the tlanks, with
the following mixture, viz, One pint Of
sweet'oit, one tablespoonful kerosene
oil, and the same quantity Of sulphur.
Rub the sulphur up finely with a little
of the oil, quite smoothly; add the rest
Of the Oil, put it into a bottle, add
the kerosene, and shake before it is ap-
piled.
The custom of breaking down the
leaves and seed stem of onions is to pre-
vent the exhaustion of the bulb by the
formation Of seed Some growers do
this as soon as the leaves are fully grown
by twisting and bending them down; az
the bulb is not the root but the enlarged
stem, and so produces 4 vigorous growth
there. The practice may be ofquestlon-
able effect 60 far az this view is con-
cerned, but would certainly be useful in
case a seed stalk was forming, as the
production of seed would surely weaken
the bulb. The breaking down is about
the present time, or later, when the
bulb is we'll formed and the leaves fully
grown.
Cooking Recipes.
GERMAN PIE CE,Sy.-To four cups Of
-four add one cup of lard; after it is
moistened, roll out and spread with bits
Of butter and lard; to cover your pic
roll out quite thin, then evenly and thin
ly spread butter, Just the size of the pie
to be covered; tightly silt flour overt that,
then pat it with the hand, not roll, COW
cr the pie, and Immediately before put
ting i'll the oven pour cold water over it.
WArrLEs.-Onc pint Of sour milk, one
pint Of sweet milk, onehalf cup of melt
ed butter, three eggs, add flour to thick
ness OF griddle cakes, and bake in waffle
irons.
CREAM OSIoNs.-Eoil in two waters and
drain; pour over them scalding milk,
i'll which a pinch of soda has been
stirred. Set over the fire, add one ta-
blespoonful of butter, half teaspoonful
of corn starch, wet with milk; season
to taste, and serve hot.
Ice CREAM CAKE.-Two cups of white
| sugar, one cup ofbutter, one cup of sweet
milk, whites of eight eggs, two teaspoon
! fuls cream tartar, one teaspoonful of
| soda, three and one-quarter cups of flour.
Bake in jelly tins. Make an icing as
| follows: Three cups of sugar, one OF
| water; boil to a thick, clear syrup and
pour boiling hot over the whites Of three
| eggs; stir the mixture while pouring in !:
| flavor with lemon juice and spread each
layer and top.
CopF,sn on Toast. fake bowl full Of
shredded Goldfish, put in cold water in a
skillet; let it come to q boil, then turn
into a colander to drain. Turn into a
skillet again with little cold milk; sea-
son with butter and pepper, stir smooth
4 tablespoonful Of flour with little cold
| milk; add, and let it boil for q mOmcnt; :;
turn this on to buttered toast on a plat.
| ter.
SplcED BEEF..-rake about ten pounds
Of the ribs Of beef <those having fat on
are the besh remove the bone, rub the
meat we'll with one ounce of saltpetre
| pounded very finely, and three hours
| after this has been applied, rub on one
hall. pound Of moist sugar; let the meat
lay in this for two days, then take one
ounce of ground pepper, one-half ounce
| of pounded mace, one-half ounce Of
ground cloves, and a half teaspoonful Of
| cayenne pepper. Mix all the Ingredients
we'll, and rub them we'll into the beef,
adding occasionally a little salt. Roll up
the meat as a round, and bind it with y
strong tillet. It can be either boiled or
! baked.