South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1884-05-16
Farmer and House Keeper.

Farmer and House Keeper.
BLACK HIT CAKE.--One cup OF su.
gar .oue half cup Of butter. two eggs two
Thirds cup Of sweet milk. two cups or
siftod four. one half teaspoonful OF 90.
de- reserve about half teacap Of tho
cake dough and into Il put atab,e spoon
ful OF molsases and the yelk OF an egg,
with one-half teaspoonful each Of all.
spice, cloves AMI cinnamon. and, when
rcady TO bake spread the dark dough on
The top. Pat extract OF lemon la tho
light pat. Bake In deep cake tin in
. moderately ho, oven.
BUrrER.-In treating butter after is
comes from the churn, many people,
say tho Pennsylvania Farmer. ruin II
entirely by working It until IL Is sAlvoy.
Long churniag produces the Same troa-
BILE. completely 'brcaking tbs grain OF
the butter.
DREssiNo FOR CoLp MEAT. --Yolks Of
two eegs. three tablsspoonsful French
mustard. one bali tablespoonful black
pepper. one teaspoonful salt, ono tea
spoonful whito sugar, one-half teacdpfui
cider vinegar. Beat the eegs ill light.
aid the vinegar. and stir over tho frc
till about the thickness OF cream. Aid
the other ingredients, stirring all tho
time till smooth and thick. Let u cool.
and servo cold with slices OF cold meat.
II IS also o nice dressing for raw cab.
bsgc or salad.
Morn PREvENrrvF.-Tte following
recipe for keeping moths out OF clothing
is q fayorite ia some families Mix half
pint of alcohol, the same quantity OF
spirits Of turpentine, and two ounces OF
camphor. Keep in a stone hottie and
shake before using. The clothes and
furs arc TO be wrapt in linen, and crump.
led up pieces OF biottiug paper dipped
in the liquid are 20 be placed 10 the box
with them SO that IL smells strong. This
requires rene wing once year.
A writer In o contemporary journal
says: Il discovered many years ago that
wood could be made to last longer than
iron in tue ground, but thought the pro.
cess so simple that 1t was not we'll to
make a stir about it. Posts of any
wood can be prepared for less than 2
cents apiece. 1his is the recipe Take
boiled lin seed Gil and stir in pulverized
coal to the consistency of paint. Put n
coat Of this over the timber. and there
il not nan who will live TO see it rot
The practice Of pasturing she'p or
hogs III orchards Is excellent, less Tor
the value Of the pasture than for the
benefit to the fruit by destroying wormy
specimens.
A correspondent Of the Farm and
Garden has discarded poles in growing
luna beans. A liberal supply of manure
IS placed in deep furrows, mixed thor
oughly with the soil and seed droppci
every four inches in rows three and y
half feet apart. When we'll up the
PLANTS are pushed with heavier stuff
than for tall peas. The vines having
reached the top OF the support are
pinchcd IN, which repression results 10
the advantage Of the CROP. by this
method he gets larger product from n
given space than in the OLD way, and has
o smaller surface TO hoe.
SHEEP. - For those sheep which havo
the scours use little linsecd meal with
tho feed.
GUINEA HENs.-- Guinea hens keep
hawks away. They are noisy birds.
Worse than piano next door. They
give warning to other fowls.
FowLs.-If you wish TO raise n goo |
many fowls you must keep them In sop
, arate small Aocks. Large numbers do
not flourish we'll together.
MILK FOR PoULTRY.-Do not forge,
that when you have an overplus OF milk
tie good for hens. They will pay
back in eggs.
Western farmers sag common mis-
take Is turning cows into pasture in
.. the early spring before there is n sufi-
cient supply Of grass. In their search
Tor better cropping they pack the sol
aod destroy much grass After there IL
a supply OF grass care must be taken q
/ allow only limited range at first.
SICK Hoes.-Give hogs ctarcosl for
Indigestion not too much, as il NAV
prodvee scours. Salt should not be civ
en- In too large quantities. bur il should
be given nevertheless Wood asoes arc
, good for worm, as the salt also is.
Lime with q so'ntion Of salt aud va
ter, and then properly tbinned with
skim milk from which all she cream has
been taken, makes q permanent white.
wash for out door work, and, IL is said
J renders the wood incombustible. I. II
an excellent wash for preserving wood
and for all farm purpose.
Mr.. Peterman, distilIer near Fits.
burs, has process by which he solidiGe,
whisky and turns IL into plugs for pock
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