The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1885-02-12
FARM AND

"A little air-slacked lime sprinkled
over the potatoes in the cellar will tend
to prevent rot and purify the air of the
cellar.-Troy Tines.
Milk cans should be kept clean. 1t
is fully as important as keeping the
milk clean, or rather the one depends
upon the other.
Among all the products. of the
country, the meat product stands first,
then comes corn; third, wheat; fourth,
hay; fifth, dairy products; sixth, cotton.
Albany Journal.
Pay close attention to little things
on the farm. This is where many farm
ers make a mistake, in neglecting what
they consider the little things Western
Rural.
"A nurseryman asserts that apple
trees which have straight and upright
tops have roots of a similar character,
and that those which have low and
spreading tops have bushy roots. Even
the color and peculiar markings of the
bark of some varieties extend to the
roots. The nurseryman is t therefore able
to distinguish several varieties by, their
roots CarelanG Leader.
"A cream pie made after this rule is
an improvement upon the old-time So
called cream pie: Make a rich custard;
if possible use cream, but if not use rich
milk and some cream with it; bake. this
in a puff paste; while it is baking whip
a cof%fee-cupful of thick, sweet cream
till it is as light as can be, and when
the pie is taken from the oven put the
whipped cream on the top.-Boston
Globe.
1t requires just so much grain and
hay to maintain the animals life, and a
very small quantity over that amount
will keep up the flow of milk, so thatin
fact the feed it can be made to eat over
what is necessary to keep up the an
imal's life and health, if of the right
kind, is turned into milk, and conse-
quently is clear gain. With this fact
before us we should give the cows a
liberal allowance of the milk-producing
foods, such as carrots, beets, turnips.
bran, etc.-Chicago Times.
When churning keep the tempera-
ture between fifty-five and sixty-four
tates. Stop churning when the butter
kernels. Draw off the buttermilk and
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clear, as brine coagulates the cheesy
washed out. Use none but the bes'
dairy salt when sailing. When packing
use firkins, set in a cool place and KEEP
the butter covered with brine.-Savdn
nah NeWs.
Sliced apple pie: Line pie-pan o.
plate with crust, sprinkle with sugar
fill with tart apples sliced very thin
sprinkle sugar and a very little CHINA
mon over them, and add a few small
bits of butter and a tablespoonful o
water, or not, as you please-it depend
upon the juiciness of the a~pples-dredg'
in flour, cover with the top crust, ant
bake about three-quarters of an hour
allow four or five tablespoons of suga
to one pie. Or, line pans with crust
' fill with sliced apples, put On top crus
and bake; take off top crust, put il
l sugar, bits of butter and seasoning. re
place crust and serve WARMTH
: Household.
! The farmer who takes pains t.
"make up" the bed for his COW or hi
, horse gains many times the cost of tn
4 labor in so doing. If all material i
passed through the cutter previous t.
!. being used for bedding it not only add
J to the comfort of the animals, bu
assists in the matter of cleanliness b
reason of its great power of absorption
: For this reason sawdust is becoming
favorite, as its fineness not only admit
, , of its being handled easily, well sprea,
in the stall and promptly removed, bu
; after having absorbed the liquid flow
| of the stall, still readily mixes with tn
), matter in the manure heap.-M. ]
{ Times.