Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-03-17

Cur CAxE.-Put three even cohee-cup-
fuls of flour into sieve with one even
teaspoonful Of soda, two teaspoonfuls
cream tartar; slit 1t on large dish. break
three eggs into the pan, beat well, then
add one and a-half cupfuls granulated
sugar, half cupful soft butter, stir all till
light and creamy. then add cupful milk,
stir few times only; now add gradually
the -four. beat well, flavor with lemon or
almond; it will make two moderate sized
cakes; throw handful of currants or
stoned raisins into it.
PRUNE PUDDING.-A prune PUDDING
NAV be something new to some one. Heat
a little more than pint Of sweet milk to
= boiling point, then stir in gradually
little cold milk in which you have rubbed
smooth hcaping tablespoon of corn
starch; add sugar to suit your taste; three
well-beaten eggs, about steaspoonful OF
butter, and little grated nutmeg. Let
this come to boil, then pour it in but
tered pudding dish, first adding cupful
of stewed prunes, with the stones taken
out. Bake for from fifteen to twenty
minutes, according to the state OF the
oven. Serve with or without sauce. a
little cream improves it if poured over It
when placed in saucers.
AGE OF SHEEP.-Up to four years Ola
the age Of sheep is readily ascertained by
examining their mouth. They cast their
sucking teeth the first year, putting in
two large teeth In the center of the lower
Jaw at year old. Each year two more
teeth are added, and at four years old,
with eight teeth, the sheep has a full
mouth, and is at its prime. The decay
then varies with the kind Of feed, which
is the most when they are fed corn in the
ear or roots.
BROAD TIREs.-A farmer who had used
a wagon with broad tires on the wheels
long enough to ascertain their relative
value as compared with the narrow tires,
writes: "A four-inch tire will carry
two tons over soft ground with greater
ease to the team than a tYo-and-a-halfi inch
tire will carry one ton. The wheels are
not so much strained by stones and rough
tracks on the road, aud the roa1 is not cut
up; but, on the contrary, is packed down
and keeps smooth. The prevalent idea
chat the draft is increased by widening the
tire is altogether baseless; on the contrary,
4 vice tire reduces the draft. The extra
cost of the tire is repaid many times over
every year in the extra work that can be
done by team"
P.srURING WHEAT.-As much Interest
is now being taken on the subject of pas
turing wheat, we here give the experience
OF a practical farmer in the State Of Ohio,
who, in a communication to one of the
papers i'm that State, says that in passing
the farm of one of his neighbors some
wears ago he saw one of the most beautiful
fields of wheat it has ever been his pleas
ure to look at. 1t was almost ready to
harvest. Meeting the owner Of the farm
he said TO him: why, Uncle John, you
have the prettiest and most even field OF
wheat that ever saw; it is as even as If
YOU had taken pair of shears and clipped
il off. How does it come to be SO even
and REGULAR" "Why." said he, 81 pas
tured that wheat with my cattle and sheep
when the groui.d got solid i'll the spring,
and YOU now see the effects of 1t in the
evenness Of the straw and heads. No high
and low stalks, nor long and short heads,
but all even and will ripcn together; but
if had not pastured it some of the heads
would have been higher than others, and
some very short and not SO well filled"
The writer then goes on TO say that he
concluded 10 try it for himself, and, after
having done so, was so well satisfied with
the results that he has been practicing
pasturing his wheat ever since. 81 am
satisfied" says he, ''that the best crops OF
wheat ever raised were those which hac
been closely grazed by sheep in the month
of March. pasture both fall and spring
If l find my wheat growing too rank in
the fall put on my sheep and calves; II
not, l put them on in February and
March, and find my wheat not only to
"stool" better, but to grow as we'll and
ripen evenly, ard the straw more uniform
in quality than if it had not been pas
tured. When wheat comes up spindling
there is nothing that " i'll so improve it as
pasturing it down by sheep in the fall;
and in the spring, should there be any
signs of fly, it will protect the crop from
any such injury. This fall year ago
had piece of early sown wheat that came
up nicely and looked thrifty, but on ex-
aiming it found the fly in it in abund-
ance. l Immediately turned eighty head
of sheep upon it and let them Craze 1t
down close to the ground. The wheat
came on wonderfully in the spring, and
made the best crop ever had. pasture
my wheat every spring with ewes having
early lambs and consider it good economy.
The cropping shortens the straw and
makes it more stalky with heavier heads,
and the tramping of the ground is an adj
dltional benefit"
$1,000 REWARD.