Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-08-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Glaze the bottom crust Of fruit
pies with white of an egg and they will
not get soggy. albany Journal.
Give your hens (those conflned)
exercise by sprinkling little wheat
among straw Of any kind-7o{cdo
Blade.
Sheep must be kept in dry yards
or there will he danger to their feet
Ewes with lambs should have grain
daily, at Least until they come to past
ure- -Montredt Witness,
Cows at calving need little care,
the less the better If In loose box or
open field. "Fussing" over them is al
ways provocative Of injury. Give no
grain but loosening diet OF bran and
roots for some days, and gradually in
crease feed as feverish symptoms pass
away.-Ezchdnge.
Stirred bread: Ono quart -four, two
large tcaspoonfuls baking powder. two
teaspoOnfuls salt, two eggs and sweet
milk to make a stiff batter; bake IN a
biscuit tin. To be broken. not cut, and
cattn rhoE- Water may be used instead
of milk BY adding aspoonful of butter.
boston Budget
Remedy for sore mouth: Take o tea.
spoonful Of frost wort, which can be
obtained at drug store. put 1t in a
cup and fill it with hot wnteT; set 1t
back where IL will steep slowly without
boiling, and drink Of it once in an
hour or two and repeat the dose three
or four times day, for few days.
-Cleveldnd Leader.
To serve eggs, baked or shirred
Butter deep earthen pie-dish, or little
china or stone dishes made expressly
for this method OF cooking eggs. and
into 1t break carefully as many eggs us
arc required for use. without crowd
ing; sprinkle salt and pepper and the
least bit Of butter ON top before put
ting in q hot oven to set, which will
require four or five minutes. A little
chopped parsley or ham may be addcd
if desired. The Caterer.
To cream potatoes chop some cold
boiled potatoes. Put two or more ta-
blespoonfuls of butter into frying
pan, when hot rub into it smoothly a
spoonful Of iiour, but do not brown;
add cup Of rich milk, and when it
boils a tablespoonful of chopped pars-
ley. pepper and salt, then the potatoes
Boil up well and serve have used
instead of butter pork or bacon grease,
and sometimes for variety little
chopped onion, Boston Glo6s-
--Bathe the horses shoulders with
cold water or brine as quick as the COL
lars come off, before the sweat begins
to dry, and rub OFF the collars and sad.
dlo pieces with q moist cloth. This
will prevent sore shoulders. All
changes Of food should be gradual
but in proportion to the work. Heavily
taxed muscles make demands on tho
stomach; hence, increase the food af-
ter work begins, never in anticipation.
A horse fed up before he is called to
work gets soft and fat. WeStern RuraI,
"A farmer who is noted among his
neighbors for his fine pigs, feeds the
sows o mixture of two bushels of buck.
wheat and one of corn ground to-
gether, the meal being made into a
slop. This food is given In moderate
quantities only, Gpportioned 20 MS to
keep the SOW in somewhat thin con-
dition, and without making flesh OF
tat Before farrowing the SOW ia
lightly fed, and if it can be avoided no
grain is given. In this way the sow
farrows safely, and never focls inclined
10 molest the young pigs when they
aio dropped, d,-Sda Francisco Cyoaicle-