Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-10-13
farm AND nqUsEuoID.

CrsS STARCH CAKE.-One and one-half
cnps of sugar, oue-half cup butter, one
and one-half cups -four, one-half cup corn
starch, oue-half cup sweet milk, one tea
snonful cream Of tartar, one-half tea
sroonful soda, the whites of six eggs, a
little mace or nutmeg.
SPANISH PUDpING.-ro pint of water
nut two ounces of fresh butter, and lit
tie salt; when it boils add rs much nour
rs will make it the consistency OF hasty-
pudding; keep it well stirred all the time.
After il is taken of the fire and stood till
quite cold, beat t up with three eggs;
crate little lemOn-peel and nutmeg, add
them To the mixture; drop the batter with
4 spoon into frying-pan with boiling
lard, fry them quickly. When taking up,
heap them in the dish, high in the middle;
throw some powdered sugar over them.
A COOP PAIST.-rhe Iowa Agricultu-
raj College folks recommend the following
as an excellent paint for outdoor work:
10 three parts crude petroleum and one
part linseed oil add sufficient mineral
paint to give the desired body, and apply
with a brush. For better buildings white
lead may be added in the proportion of
one pound of lead to five of mineral paint.
Crude petroleum costs only from SIX to
eight cents per gallen by the barrel, and
can be easily obtained through any drug
gist or dealer i'm oil in any town or village.
A barrel would be handy to have in the
house of any farmer, who could then do q
world Of painting at odd spells. Not only
ought barns, fences, hos-pens and stables
10 be painted, but the roofs and floors Of
these buildings as we'll.
STORING .PoTATOEs. are three
methods of storing for general use, each
of which has its merits and champions.
Three general principles underie these
several methods, viz: Protection against
frosts aud temperature, freedom from
moisture, and avoidance of heating caused
by storing too deep. The advantages
potatoes are easily handled, do not suffer
from abrasion, can be easily examined,
and il disease appears it can be readily
checked and removed. The chief objec-
ton to this method is the time aud ex-
pense involved when the crop is a large
one. Bins are coming largely into use,
especially in localities near large cities,
for the potatoes can 1T any time be readily
reached aud prepared for market. A cool,
dry, we'll ventilated cellar, with the light
excluded, is an admirable place in which
TO store potatoes. The argument in favor
of storing potatoes under ground is that
there is little il any loss by evaporation.
Objections TO the plan are the labor in
volved in opening the banks when the
potatoes are required, and the risk in
volved from the extremes of too close or
insufficient covering. When pits are en-
ployed il is important that arrangements
be made for ventilation. When stored III
cellars. barns or root houses it is safe
plan not to fill the bins 10 depth not OK
ing three or four feet. 1t has been claimed
that lime sprinkled in barrels or bins at =
rate, say, one pound to each barrel, tends
10 prevent decay by acting as an absorbent
and neutralizing the earthly odOrs. The
Importance of excluding light from pota-
toes, and keeping them rs cool as possible
without freezing, cannot be over-estl-
mated. Farmer and Manufacturer.