The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-10-09
HOME AND FARM.

Fowls will not fatten in cold
weather unless well sheltered. Prairie
Farmer.
Tar ought not to be used in mark.
ing sheep. It dries into hard lump,
which must be cut oil by hand. ---Eo
change.
--Fcrns will thrive in sunless
room, but will not grow luxuriantly
without abundance of water. They de-
light in sprinkling from the water.
pot. Filed and Farm.
To make orange or lemon water
ice, use the juice Of two lemons OF
oranges and two of extract OF lemon
or orange, u quart of water, gill Of
cream, and pound of granulated
sugar. = Chicago Herald.
Young cattle should como to the
winter in iirst-rate order. The years
they are coming one and two years old
settle their condition for life. They
will be undcrsizcd and inferior, or we'll
grown and fine and the autumn is the
time when the best growth is made. =
Indianapolis Sentinel.
Cup Custard Beat four eggs with
two-ihrds of u cupful Of white sugar,
add quart of new rich milk, flavor to
suit the taste with extract of almond or
vanilla; stir all together. Pour into
cups and place them in a dripping pan
of water; set in an oven and bake with
moderate heat. title Caterer.
Tea ROLLS Two quarts of flour,
one cup of cold boiled milk, half cup
of sugar, one tablespoon of melted
butter; make q hollow in the center OF
the flour, pour in all the above, and let
1t rise until morning; then kncad and
let it rise until three in the afternoon;
| then roll out, butter them about the
| edge, and lap over: let rise and bake in
| n hot oven twenty minutes. - The House
hold.
To prevent cows from Jumping cut
the lower eyelashes off close and turn
your cow loose and see if she will at.
tempt to jump. have had some Little
| experience. 1t seems that the long hair
Immediately above and below tho eye
regulates the sight, hence, with the
lower lashcs cut close, q low fence
looks high. There is an old atage, that
good fences make good stock and good
stock make good neighbors, and the re-
verse, bad fences make bad stock and
bad stock bad neighbors. -IndiGnhpolis
Jouna'.
Chocolate Pudding: Half cake Of
chocolate, broken in one quart of milk
and put on the range until it renchc:
boiling point remove the mixture from
the fire, strain, and return to the range
add four tablespoonfuls of cornstarch
mi sed with the yelks of three eggs ant
one and half cups of sugar; Stir con
stantly until thick; remove from thu
fire and flavor with vanilla; pour th'
mixture in baking dish; heat tn,
whites of three eggs to a stiff froth ant
n little sugar, cover the top of the pud
ding with the mcringue and set in TIT
oven until IL light brown. Serve hot.
Boston Post.
The old-fashioned dashcr churn i
barbarous relic of the past. There il
no necessity for tugging away for N
hour in order to make the butter come
In fact, milk is churned no longcr-th,
cream being separated from it and tl'
butter being made by compelling th
cream to fall from the top of the churr
to the bottom, instead OF plunging int;
it with dasher bored with holes
Hence. in procuring n churn. get on
that revolves, as it will greatly lesser
the labor and afford the best condition
for success. --RuraL Home.
Sponge Biscuits for Dessert: TAX
half pound of flour, three-fourth
pound siftcd sugar. Beat the whites o
six eggs by themselves; add the beateI
yclks and toss them together. Put il
them little grated lemon peel. thcl
the sugar, and tirt well with an eg!
whisk. Stir in the flour with woodel
spoon and put the mixture in smal
patty-pans to bake, with sfted sugar Il
glaze, sprinkled over the top. 1oied
Blade.