The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-02-01
Farm AND PRESIDE.

Lemon Juice is preferred to vinegar
by many eaters and lovers of raw oys-
tiers.
Reports come from many places OF
the death of farm animals caused by
eating flax straw. The lint forms a COM
pact mass in the stomach. Cattle often
eat large quantities of the straw in order
to get the seed that remains in it, and
find it difficult to digest it.
The cluster of eggs that may be found
on apple tree limbs should be picked off
during open weather in the winter, and
thus prevent the Matching of the tent
caterpillar. The eggs appear to be warm
a slight coat of varnish, or oil, would de-
stroy their vitality by excluding the air.
Chicago Times.
Cream cookies are made of one cup
of butter, one cup of sugar, three table,
spoonfuls of sweet cream, half a tea
spoonful of cream of tartar and half a
teaspoonful of soda; flavor with cinnamon
or nutmeg, r if you wish to have them
very delicate, flavor with extract of lem
on or with rose-water.-N. ?. Post.
For a rice pie boil one-half of a cup
of rice until tender, and then add milk
enough to make a thin batter, the yelk
OF four eggs, and four tablespoonful of
sugar; bake until Drowned nicely with
n crust, and spread over the top a
frosting made of the whites of four eggs,
six tablespoonful of sugar, and enough
lemon to flavor, and place in the oven
for about five minutes Chicago NeWs.
Here is an economical recipe for
'Sally Lunn:" One tablespoonful of
sugar, n egg, two tablespoonfuls of
butter, N cup of milk, two t~easpoonfuls
of baking powder, flour enough to make
a batter as stiff as for pancake. This is
nice for breakfast or for tea, and may be
baked in n tin, OF in gem-pans.--Ui-
eGgo Journal.
If the arnica with which bruised
limbs are bathed is heated, its good
effects are ~perceptible much earlier than
if it is applied while cold. If arn.ca is
to be taken as a remedy, as so many ply
sicians recommend in cases of severe
sprains, it should be prepared with water
in this proportion-a te%aspooEful of ar
MICA in a goblet two-thirds full of water,
and of this a t~easpoonful is to be taken
once an hour or once in two hours, as the
severity of the case determines.
x reSluenG S~nauDOurne Oh Inc MAS
sachusetts Agricultural College, says:
''It is plain that farming will not take its
true place. nor farmers have that iniu-
ence in the government of our land
which they ought have, until they take
their place with other professions, not
only as men of power and practical
ability. but as men of learning and cul-
ture. Those who claim that the farmers
life forbids this result have never vet
fully appreciated the farm as a place for
study and thought. as well as a place for
labor.
The quantity of salt and saltpetre
required to prevent cream from becom-
ing bitter is one t~easpoonful of salt and
half as much saltpeter to the gallon.
The best way is to procure the powdered
saltpeter and keep it in a bottle. Dis
solve the salt and saltpeter in water and
stir it in the cream when thought neces-
sary, that IS, when it is two days old;
then, as fresh cream is added, the whole
is stirred gently. This would not in
jure the buttermilk for use. 1t is well
to do this when cream has to be kept in
a warm room.-N. Y. I:mes.