The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-01-13
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

a wild duck. if properly cooked.
should be sent to the table with its flesh
hs red as the jelly with which it is served.
Chicago NeUS.
More tile draining will be accom-
plished in the West next season than at
any time before in two years. All the
ale mills are far behind in supplying
shelr orders. - Wisconsin, Stats Journal.
Picked cabbage for immediate use:
Shave the cabbage very thin; put it in a
jar and pour boiling vinegar. spiced and
S"eetened TO taste over it. 1t can be
eaten in very few days.
When pigs are confined to a corn
diet, they are apt to suffer from a dis.
ordered stomach, which is relieved hv
charcoal. An occasional handful of
wood ashes and sulphur will also be
found beneficial. Chicago Tribune.
Called and sore shoulders in horses
are often caused by the name WORKING
under the collar while pulling. This can
De avoided by plating the name and
tying it up in such manner that it can
not touch the collar. 1t not only INJURIES
she shoulder, but the name also, which
rs one OF the beauties of the horse.
The age of sheep up to four years
Old is readily ascertained from the mouth.
They put two large teeth in the center of
the lower jaw, casting two sucking teeth
at about twelve months old. They put
up two more large teeth each of the next
three years, making at four years old a
full mouth of eight large teeth. These
soon become gappy and worn, especially
when sheep are fed on whole roots
american Farmer.
For NICE, light waters beat the whites
and yelks of six eggs separately and well,
rub together two ounces of soft butter,
and one and Ia half cups of pulverized
sugar, and then add the yelks of the
eggs, one cup of sweet milk, one pint of
sitted flour, and the whites of the eggs;
stir all together, and flavor to suit the
taste. Bake in gem pans or waffle irons,
making them thin; let them bake quickly
without browning or they will become
TOO hard.
Steamed Chicken: Rub the chicken
on the inside with pepper and half tea
spoonful of salt; place in steam
er In kettle that will keep it as
near the water as possible, cover and
steam an hour and q half; when done,
keep hot while dressingi is prepared, then
cut up, arrange on the platter and serve
with the dressing over them. The dress
ing is made as follows: Boil one pint of
gravy from the kettle without the fat.
add cayenne pepper and half teaspoon
full OF salt; stir six tablespoonfuls of flour
into quarter of a pint of cream until
smooth, and add to the gravy. Corn
starch may be used instead of the flour,
and some cooks add nutmeg or celery
salt.-Boston Transcript.
The result of some of the most care
fully conducted tests in regard to rye as
food has stimulated it's use more than
ever and the high prices of corn is di-
recting attention to the value of rye,
which is now cheaper than corn. 1t is
more valuable for feed than corn, and
as it costs less than oats, and is worth
about twice as much as the latter on ac-
count of the less husk, it may be used
very protitably as a substitute in part for
both corn and oats. Two bushels of corn
and five bushels of rye ground together
viii make 412 pounds of feed, and will
be much better for COWS than five bush
els of corn and four of oats, and will
cost less money. Besides four pounds
of the former will be quite equal in value
to five pounds of the latter feed. Cb;ca-
go Times.