Huntsville gazette., 1883-01-06

sc rch It, III Y0u nave the 1acllltleS,
rendering by steam is by far the best
method -DetrOu Post.
For q general-purpose fowl for
farmers, the Plymouth Rock is probably
the best. They are good layers through
the wear and the young chickens ace
unusually hardy, being the only variety
of which late -hatched setting in the
fall is not rather a misfortune.-I0 I0lOa
State Register.
Boiling water should not beused for
scaldng hogs. An old butcher says its
temperature should be from $50 to 200
degrees If the hogs are small and
clean, the former temperature is sutfi
cent. If they are large and dirty and
have ice on their bristles, the latter
temperature is required.
1t is very important that farm
horses be trained to be coed walkers
A very fast gait can be obtained if
proper means are taken. Next to
strength, speed is wanted in draught
horses. There is no need that team
should crawl along the road or in the
furrow at the snail's pace, which is SO
common. Fast or slow walking is a
matter Of habit.
The Mirror and Farmer gives the
following recipe for the cure of caked
bag in milch COWS: "Tincture of
arnica, four ounces; tincture of acconite.
one ounce; oil glycerine, one ounce.
Mix and bathe the bag two or three
times daily, rub it in we'll with your
hand; give internally a teaspoonful of
the mixture three times day. Do not
feed any grain to the COW.
--Russe Cream: One-half a box oil
gelatine soaked in little water one hall
hour; one quart of milk, one cup OF
sugar, four eggs. Mix sugar, milk,
yolks of eggs and gelatine together
put in pail, set in kettle of water
and boil twenty minutes. Beat the
whites of the eggs stiff and stir into the
eustard after taking it off the fire. Fla
vor with vanilla and pour into molds.
Serve with sugar aud cream or custard.
Boston Transcript. ...
Curing Mutton: Mix one pint OF
sugar, one pint of salt and abont gill
of saltpeter together. Take the quar-
ters of the sheep and rub them thor
oughly with the hand at each time,
/ turning away the liquor which flows
from the meat. This should be contin-
ued for ten days. Then smoke like pork
hams. They will be found to be as good
as venison.
Throughout this section of country
the custom Of planting more corn than
could be properly tended proved pal
o,lDlx- J;sag+,,,,c d,,r;pn tho roaant cor,
season. The season was very unfayor-
able, and in consequence corn required
especial care, and as a result the farmer
who planted twenty acres of corn and
worked it well has reasonable returns,
while those who planted thirty-five to
fifty acres, in some instances did not
raise fifty bushels of corn on the entire
field Nebraska Farmer.
When a man is hired for the year,
he is entitled to every legal holiday
excepting that he must do the necessary
work of feeding and caring for the
stock, as on Sundays; but he need not
do any field work; nor can any deduc
ton be made for those days. When 8
man is hired by the month it is the
same. When he is hired by the day be
/ Is paul oHiy ioI tuo-i -iliHe ne WOTkS- a
regards man hired by the year, he i:
expected to overtime when it is neces
sary, and as an offset, loses no time il
bad weather and holidays.-Clipper.
Paste with Suet: Roll half pount
of the best suet, with very little mem
brane running through it. on a boarc
for several minutes, removing all the
skin and fibers that appear when rolling
the suet will be pure and sweet short
ening, looking like butter; or the sue
may be chopped fine and the fiber:
removed. Rub the suet into pound O.
-four, add teaspoonful of salt, and mi,
I it with a half a pint of ice-water !; roll ou
| for the plates and put on a little butter
in flakes, rolling it in as usual. Some
cooks add little baking powder.