Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-05-12
.,.a,i AND HOUSEHOLD.

1ryoN CsKE.-Take half cup of but
ter. one and a-half CUPS sugar, two cups
sifted flocr, three eggs, half teaspoonful
cf ,oda. half cup of milk, and the juice
and rind of half lemon. Beat the butter
and sugar together; then beat the eggs as
light as possible, and add them, and then
add the milk; and after beating up light,
sift in the flour-into which has been pre-
yiously mixed the soda; add the lemon,
and bake in quick oven.
BALLOON PuppING.-Take one pint of
sweet milk, three eggs, ore pint OF nour;
beat the yolks of the eggs light and mix
with the milk, then stir into the flour
gradually, beating it well; add one salt
spoon of salt; then wisp the whites Of the
eggs until stiff, and stir through the milk
and Hour lightly; butter small cups, and
ill them half full of the mixture, and
bake in quick oven; when done, turn
them out of the cups on to Eeated dish,
and send to the table hot.
FARM CUsTARD.-Put into a small sauce
pan the yolks of four eggs, four teaspoon
fuls Of sugar, the peel of half lemon, or
quarter of that grated, grain of salt /;
mix all we'll, then add half pint Of milk !;
set the whole on the fire, stir continually
with a wooden spoon till it gets thick and
smooth, but do not let it boil, or 1t Will
curd; then put it into basin to cool, stir
ring now and then; pressing it through a
ssive gives it q nice appearance. Serve
In glasses or cups with any fresh or
stewed fruits.
SoUAsHEs FOR HoGs.-A New York
farmer has found that an acre Of the Hub
bard squash will fatten more hogs than
any corn which could be raised on the
same ground, and the squashes will keep
through winter. He plants twenty feet
apart each way, which is thick enough,
and little cultivation is required. The
crop is easily gathered, no digging being
required. The plants are rampant grow
crs, and are out of the way Of the bugs in
week, early in the season. The squashes
are cracked and passed through root
cutter, and the seeds are sold TO dealers in
Boston. From six to eight tons have been
obtained from an acre, estimated by the
wagon load. Where he could sell only q
part he fed his cows with the rest and
sold the seeds, and found this more profit
able than to sell the s4uashes in market.
Country Gentleman.
POULTRY AS INSECT DEsTROYERs.-
Farmers do not fully realize the great
value Of poultry as insect deStroyers. A
hen coop with young chicks in among the
cucumber and melon vines, allowing the
chicks free range, aud the striped bugs,
so destructive to these plants, will soon
be exterminated. Farmers who are I'M
successful in raising plums on account OF
the ravagcs Of the curculio, if they will
place the broods of young chicks around
the plum orchard. will be astonished by
securing a crop of plums, which will each
year become larger, if the practice is fol-
lowed up. a writer says: "Not a chicken
is to be found on Landreth's great seed
farms. All the tenants are forbidden the
privilege OF possessing hen. But guineas
i'm large numbers are allowed access TO
all the fields, and are considered the best
insectiverous fowl known. Then, too,
they are not destructive to the growing
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