The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-01-28
a R ANp PRESIDE

"A fair supply Of meat for the hens
viii add to the yield Of eggs and will
prevent feather eating.-N. 2. Herald.
True potato seed is raised by plant
ing the seed from the balls or fruit.
Each plant will produce a dozen or
more of tiny potatoes, which may be
selected from and the specimens be de-
veloped by culture Chicago Tribune.
Sauce: One and one-fourth cups
of sugar and a half-cup of butter beat
en- to a cream. Stir in half a cup of
boiling water, beat it, flavor with
lemon. It should be all in a foam.
The light-brown moist sugar is the best.
Toledo Blade.
If brooms are dipped for 8 minute
or two in a kettle of boiling suds mi
a week they will last much longer. It
makes them rough but pliable, and a
carpet is not worn half so much by
sweeping with a broom cared for in
this manner.-ChristiGn Union.
1t is a great mistake to believe that
cattle can live without injury to their
health in narrow, unclean stalls, where
there is defective ventilation. The
breathing of impure air is very prejudi-
cial to their health. The unhealthy con-
dition of the stalls is unquestionably
the cause of many diseases TORONTO
Globe.
Elevation of the head of the bed,
by placing under each leg a block of
the thickness of two bricks, is said to
be an effective remedy for cramps. Pa
tients who have suffered at night. cry
ing aloud with pain, have found this
plan to afford immediate, certain, per-
manent relief. - Christian at Work.
Cheese Cake: Take two cups of
cottage cheese, mash well with the
back of a spoon, add three eggs not
beaten, one at a time, sugar to suit
your taste, one tablespoonful of -four,
CRATE in a little nutmeg, add salt and
milk enough to make it a little thicker
crust. When ready for the oven
sprinkle cinnamon on top.-The House
hold.
To make orange pies from apples,
have ready a rich crust, roll out and
cover your pie plate, have your apples
sliced thin (crossways of the apple), fill
up your crust, sprinkle a tablespoonful
Of ground orange peel, then add your
butter "a piece as large as a walnut)
and your sugar, and a little water;
cover and bake.-The Cook.
"A palatable filing for l%ayer-cake is
made as follows: Heat two cups OF
/ water to boiling and mix in with a
tablespoonful of corn-starch which has
| first been wet with water. Cook for
/ ten or fifteen minutes, stirring con-
stadily. Beat in the yelks of two eggs
just before taking from the fire, season
! with two tablespoonfuls of sugar and
/ vanilla and when cold spread between
| the layers.-Ihe Caterer.
Unlike human beings, horses
owing to the conformation of the horse,
water does not remain in the stomach
but passes through it into a large in
testine called the cacum. If a horse
be fed first, the water passing through
the stomach would be likely to carry
with it particles of food, nd thu
bring about collie. Let a horse drinl
Just as much as he likes. If he b
watered four times a day he will never
take very much, or too much to be goot
for him.-Prairie Farmer,
Batter Pudding: Take a good
sized pie-dish and put in the bottom
of it a few slices of cold roast mutton
some boiled onion chopped up, and
little pepper and salt, then place .thi,
slice of bread over this, put anothe
layer of onion. mutton. pepper, sal
and bread; spread this slice with som
dripping, and put it on the top; tax
two tablespoonfuls of flour, a small
saltspoonful of salt, half a teaspoonfu
of baking powder. and mix; then bea
up an egg and add to it one breakfast
pour this gradually among the -four
and stir it quite smooth, then pour j
all over the bread in the pudding-dis
and bake about an hour Exchange.