South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-04-14
Farmer and House Keeper.


'as gem pans warm, aud the tea. cakes
VIII be light and tender.
Half Hour Puddins-Boat four
tablespoons butter to q creom Min
bali . pint powdered sugar: add the
yoiks of three eggs. beating ,hem In
thoroughly, then rounded ha,g.pint
corn meal and the whites az Inc e.
beaten TO stiff froth. Mix welt ana
oaSe IA pudding dish, well buttered.
Serve hot with sauce.
a writer in the Country Gentleman
tells US how the process OF riDenines
cream IL performed At this teasog
be says, there ia often great d;tHoplfy
found in obtaining butter without
churning long timc. To prevent
this the cream should be ripened. ser
the tnli JAR OF cream before the kiteh-
en- ire and frequently stir the contents
with wooden spoon or stick kept for
the purpose. When quite warmed
through carry the Jar 10 a cool place
70 etapd all night. In the mornine,
the butter Is obtained at a lower tanj-
peratuTe and with less churninc than
II tie cream had moi been previously
warmed, while the color and flavor
arc uniniured.
To wash red table linen use ;opid
wafer. salt and powdered borax. Dv
III the shade, stretch smooth. and iron
When partly dry with 'au iron not too
hot. a great degree of heat spo,s
the color.
To remove starch or rust from flat.
irons: lave a piece OF yellow. bees.
waX. tied in coarse cloth; when the
iron IS almost hot enough TO usc. bnt
not~quiie, rub it quickly with the
beeswGX, and then with clean.
coarse cloth.
To Keep Eggs Fresh: Smear the
! eggs lightly with fresh lard. USING the
band, and pack them in stone lar.
the small ends down. Il is we'll 10
! put sonic salt in the bottom OF The lar
Just enough to hold the frat laver
hrmiy In position. The salt will not
penetrate the she'll. Eggs have been
kept IN good condition Ibis way from
September to April, and they remain.
ed flesh until the last egg was used.
They ahould be kept in q cool place.
Spots on carpets can be quite easily
taken out with ammonia.
One may utilize old mating. which
Is no longer fresh enough to look well
BY putting il under carpets. II can be
cleaned perfectly by washing il on
both sides with hot salt and water:
haEg It on line outdoors to dry.
To utilize the feathers Of ducks.
chickens &1tnckeya, generally ;hrown
/ ASIDE as refuse, trim the pGme from
I ,Ae stump, iDc'oso item IN tight haq.
rub tho whole as il washing clothes.
and you viii secure n perfectly UNI
form aud light down. excellent for
quilting corerlci5 and other purposes.
Cold in the Head. Dissolve a tea-
spoonful OF bOrax in & pint OF hot wa
/ ter; let II stand until il becomes fe-
/ pld ; snuff some up the uoatrils two or
three times during the cay. or use tbs
dry powdered borax like snuE.
I Tor sore throat. nee gargIe of a
| goblet nall fall OF water. with tea
| spoon'al Of common baking soda die
solved inIt.
4 small quantity Of ashes given to
pigs while iattcning is found very
beneficial. d heir food is generally
! rich in phogphoric acid and deficient
/ i'm lime, which ashes supply and in
tl.8 way ihe phOsp1oric acid Is made
available as food.
SILK hendl;escLiels shonld be wash.
I 81 with borax, in tcpid water, with lit
tie or no soap. Iron hem bsfor. dry.
IL is said when corn on the ear IL
! fed 70 horses they naaticate it much
more slowly ;han If the corn was she'll.
ed. As q consequence that on tho
ear Is better diEcsted. 4 horse re-
quiTcs more time 90 cat corn on the
ear than II led either meal or sbel.el
( corn II toe ho,s5 can not have time
| 20 maa,icatc q fol- feed Of unsbe.icd
I corn, then It is best to feed sorae-
1 thing oiso.
/ There is no such disease a8 'Eol-
low Horn, or uOrnai,' ID cattle %.
/ thJlogy. Whom cattle can get run
down or starved ont and arewcaI ana
/ sick, ignorant cattle doctors not know
ing what fhe trouble is, call 70 Hollow
/ Horn, because their horns are not 20
wlm as they would be Under better
treatment aud With richer blood. But
there really SO no such disease, abd
I hence, boring thcir horns and split.
ting tails i5 tho mer5st 4gacsefy and
LumJar Intelligent farmers viii
not allow such treatment Of their
stock Good shelter, warm blankets
rich food aa.t mad copcrus isuipha,o
OF irou) orc TIE proper remedies for
10 bad condition Of iGo health called
Hollow Horn, by peopls who know
10 better --Ev.