South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-06-06

Farmer and House Keeper.
| SuEr DuxrLlNos.--Ons cupful Of
cracker crumbs. ono cupful OF chopped
suet. ono cuptul Of four. one-half cup.
tul ofsugar, three egss three teaspoons
full OF baking powder, salt, one pint or
milk. form into smooth batter and
drop by tablespoonful into boiling
milk.
LEMON CREAM PiE.--Boil one mint
OF milk with three tsblespoonfu fol Of corn
starch dissolved In q little cold milk
add, whom little cooled, a small piece
of butter. ono cup ofsugar, two grated
lemons, yolks Of four cggs; pour into
pie plates lined with paste and bake
twenty minutes.
SWISS CAKE.-One.hal! pound each Of
butter, -four, and sugar, four eggs.
Beat the yolks of tho e1gs with the 40.
gar and some grated lemon pool. Add
butter, melted, and slowly shake in the
acnr. beating IL until we'll mixed. Best
the whites OF the eggs to frcth, mix the
whole together, and beat on for q few
minutes aftor the whites are added.
Butter tho tin and bake the cake an
hour.
Excellent fried cakes to be eaton
while fresh are made Of two wel-bcnten
eggs, q large pinch OF salt and -four
enough to make dough that can be
rolled. Cut with fancy cake cutter
drop into boiling lard when done and
while still warm dip them into powdered
sugar. They may be favored with lom-
eon or with rose.-The Household.
Don't forget tho dust-baib for
hens. This is made by mailing together
four boards In the form of q square,
No bottom is needed. Place in q sun
ny corner and gill with fine dry loan or
road.dust, with an extra barrelful to use
when needed. There is nothing equal
to good dust.bath to keep tho hens
free from lice. II they are very lousy
bashel of wood ashes may DO added
to the bath.
| A correspondent snys that the benefit
derived from having q small fruit patch
surrounded by evergreons has surprised
him very much. II doubles the amour,
OF fruit, and tho plants were better than
those not so projected.
A correspondent OF the Toledo Blade
says he has remedy for tho cabbaoe
worm trouble. II Is simply tea malo
from tansy Gan herb that grows around
most farmers premises) and then appli.
cd TO the cabbage with a sprinkler or
otherwise, when tic dew is on in the
morning. If put on when tho cabbage
IS dry, it will not adhere to the leaves,
aud therefore does no good. He snys
this will cffectually destroy the worms.
La . few hours after the application not
worm was to he seen. He repeated
the dose once only that year, and last
year but one application was required.
a writer in an English medical jour-
nal declares that the raising Of the heal
OF Tue bed, by placing under each leg ri
block OF the thickness Of two bricks, IL
an effective remedy for cramps. Patients
whe have suffering at night, crying a
loud with pain, have found this plan to
afford Immediate, certain and perma.
nent relief.
Before paint or caIciminc is applied TO
walls every creyice should be file with
plaster or cement. For the calcimine
put quarter or pound OF white glue
IN cold water over nigh, and heat grad
ually in the morning until dissolved,
BLK eight pounds OF whiting with hot
water, add the dissolved glue and stir
together, adding warm water until about
the consistency OF thick cream. Use a.
calcimine brush. and tiBish rs you 90
along. Ifskim milk is used instead OF
water tho glue may be omitted.
Never paper a wall over old pap or.
This may be removed by dampening it
| with salaratus anI water.
Dairymen have found that oats mid
dlings are one of the best rations tina.
can be fed for the promotion of tho milk
yield.
Pumpkins and squashos require less
cultivation than almost any Of the crops
raised in the field or garden. There is
cheapness and profit in using them for
feeding stock curing the fall and early
part OF winter Squashes make an in
valuable feel for fowls during the win.
ter. They require some fresh food, and
in many places il is easier TO supply
them with squashes than any other
fruit or vegetable. Pumpkins fed 10
connection with corn TO fstte ming hogs
have salutary effect upon the health
! OF Clio animals, who will pat on more fat
ia given time, and make finer show
ing than under the old system ~ al
most exclusive corn feeding. - Clese-
kaRd Leader.
II issaid thorough application Of
limo water TO goose berry and current
bushes will kill Off all worms.
ITcnNo PnEs-SYMProS AND CURE.
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