Huntsville gazette., 1882-02-18
HOME AND FARM.

An excellent brown stain for leather
is black walnut or butternut hulls
stepped in water and exposed to the air
until the color of the decoction is suffi-
ciently deep. Heat the liquid and steep
the leather in it for twelve hours, then
rinse in cold water and stretch until
dry.
When corn on the ear is fed to
horses they masticate it much more
slowly than if the corn was shelled. AS
consequence that on the ear is better
digested. A horse requires more time
to eat corn on the ear than if fed either
meal or shelled corn. If the horse can
not have time to masticate full feed OF
unshelled corn, then it is best to feed
something else.
"A farmer who grows both wool and
wheat largely and successfully says that
it is his opinion that the reason why the
yield Of wheat per acre in the United
States is only half as much as that OF
England is because in England the sheep
are utilized in connection with grain
growing, while here they are thought
of only as wool and mutton makers.
One of the best and safest remedies
for worms in pigs or horses is turpen-
tine. The dose is two ounces for a
horse and from one dram to half an
ounce for pig, according to its size.
The medicine is best given in linseed-
oil, using eight times the quantity of the
t,lrpentine For worms in the lower
intestines the oil and turpentine may be
given as an injection. 1t should be re-
peated for three days, at intervals OF
one week, for three or four weeks.
A farm can be stocked with sheep
cheaper than with any other animals.
Sheep will come nearer to utilizing ev-
erything which grows on the farm. Less
labor will be required for getting feed
and stock together. The returns will
come in sooner and oftener than with
any farm stock except hogs. Less money
is required for shelter and fencing, and
less labor is required in herding when
outside pasturage is accessible and pre-
ferred And, finally, a handsome income
on the investment can be had without
the sale of the animals themselves.
To Fry Salt Pork.-Cut the porkinto
very thin slices, and soak it over night
in milk and water, for milk will freshen
the pork much sooner than water.
When ready to cook put it into spider
and fry it to light brown on each side.
Make batter of one egg, tablespoon
ful of -four, and little milk or water;
Just enough -four to make a batter, as
for griddle cakes. Dip in the hot
Drowned slices, cover with batter on
each side, and fry in the pork fat to a
light brown. Ii preferred, the slices of
pork can be baked in the oven, until all
the grease is out, and then dipped into
batter and fried.
There is a recipe for fruit cake
which is also sometimes called wedding
or black cake. One pound each of flour,
butter and brown sugar, three pounds
Of currants, three pounds of raisins
(stoned and chopped), one pound of
citron-cut this in thin slices twelve
eggs, one cup of molases, one pint of
good brandy, one ounce of mace, one
ounce each of cinnamon and cloves, and
two grated nutmegs. This cake should
be baked in pan with paper on the
bottom. If the cake is not to be used at
once do not frost it; the cake itself will
keep for months, and in fact time i'm
proves it, but the frosting will become
and uninviting.-Ec.