The Arizona sentinel., 1886-12-04
HOME AND FARM.

Lemon lulce ana sugar, mixed very thick, is useful to relieve coughs and sore throats. It must be very acid as well as sweet. Chicago Journal
 Save all worthless heads of cabbage and the waste leaves for the cows. They will appreciate and eat them greedily and materially increase their flow of milk as result of the extra feed.-Ia- diqnGpoEs Sentinel.
 Experiences teaches that the earlier in an animals age full feeding is resort ed to the better it is both for it's vigorous health and rapid growth. Thus will the best returns be secured. whether the animal is intended for early sale or rais. ing.-BoSton Post.
 It will take at least five pounds of corn fed to pig in a pen 10 make one pound of pork. When allowed to have all the grass it will cat, one pound of corn fed to pig daily will make it thrive, and two pounds day will cause it to fat ten. The grass system is the cheapest and it makes the best neat Chicago Tribune.
 German mustard VIII keep year. Eight tablespoonfuls of mustard, four tablespoonfuls each of salt and white sugar, saltspoonful of cayenne, four tablespoonfuls of melted butter, the juice of one raw onion Ca large onion squeezed through lemon squeezer), and mix with vinegar. Budget.
 A new breakfast cup, or rather a favorite one of Napoleon's revived, is to blend coffee and chocolate together, pouring each from the pot held two feet high above the cup. It is more restora- tive than coffee alone, and less rich than chocolate alone, and is held to be a happy marriage of the two. The inven- ton was made, it is said, by Voltaire.- Exchange.
 For Cabbage Salad: Choose tender cabbage, and after removing stalk and ribs, cut the leaves into the finest strips possible. Cut some fat ham or bacon into very small dice and fry them until they begin to brown. Set the frying pan back from the fire, and add to the bacon equal quant ties of vinegar and water and a little salt and pepper Pour all this warm over the cabbage and serve. e.-BoStoR BUdget.
 It is estimated that bushel of ap- ples makes four gallons of vinegar of such strength that it frequently needs the addition of considerable water be- fore it can be used as condment The cost of production is not great, and a good article rarely ever sells for less than twenty-five cents per gallon. Such being the case there should be no waste of small or knotty apples as is usually the case.-N r. Times.
 It is the greediest cows, and these are always the best, which are most apt to choke with fallen fruit. Even they are not liable to injury if not fed when ravenously hungry and given plenty of time. It is mainly the haste with which fruit surreptitiously obtained is swal- lowed that induces danger If COW is choking. distend her throat with some solid sub stance, and then with the hand remove the obstruction. 1Nichigar FGrmer.
 -Quince Bread. Allow one apple | for every six quinces. Boil the quinces | and apples in water until they are soft; then peal them, remove the cores and press the pulp through q sieve. To every pound of pulp allow one pound of sugar. Clarify the sugar and then put in the pulp, adding little finely | grated lemon peel. Boil until perfect ly stiff. stirring constantly. Then put | the mass in moGlds or paper cases and dry in q cool oven. The ''bread' must | be stiff enough to cut in slices, s,-IHe Cd,erer.
 To wash lace curtains use tepid | rain water sufficient to cover the cur tains. Soap them thoroughly. Use no pearline or any washing powder. Let them lie for one or two days, gently | them in the water from time | to time. Wiring with a wringer, if you have one, if not, gently press the dirty | water out. Rinse in two blue waters. Use boiled starch. Instead of ironing them pin the edges carefully to sheets, | laid down in an unused room, and you will be delighted with the result. .-The Household.