The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-03-03
FARM AND FlRESlDE.

, n men colClhually gofgeu WIN
corn will be fat as a hog but lay no
eggs" says a poultryman.
According to the Department of
Agriculture, the average per acre of
wheat used for seeding is 1873 bushels.
When breaking in young colts, put
them beside fast walking horses. The
first few lessons will make lasting inn
preston on them.
An inventive genius has invented
a machine which looks az bulky as an
old-fashioned stage coach, to rake hay
and leave it on the ground in perfect
compact cocks.
Baked Pumpkin: Half a pump kin
with sweet. thick meat, covered with q
tin plate, and baked slowly two hours
in brick oven; serve whole in its yell
low jacket, and dish hot-baked pump
kin from its rind as wanted.
When the farmer begins to esti-
mate the value of sheep from the stand
points of meat fertility and general adj
vantage to the farm, he will not allow
the market price of wool to determine
whether or not he will raise them.
Pigs can be most profitably put
upon the market when not more than
nine months old, at which age they can
be made to and should weigh 200 to
300 pounds. To secure the greatest
profit, even then the most of this weight
should be made in the clover pasture.
Cream Gingerbread: One and
half cup nice molasses, one half cup
sugar, one cup cream, and the same Of
buttermilk. Two teaspoons soda, one
half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon each
of ginger and cinnamon, and sifted
flour to make a smooth batter. Bake
in quite thick sheets in moderate
oven.
TO grow q horses name which
parts in the middle and hangs on both
sides of his neck, SO that it will hang
all on one side, braid it in position by
little weights tied on the end of the
braids As soon us the name will hang
naturally remove the weights and COM
mence grooming. BY this treatment Il
very obstinate name can be made to
hang beautifully on one side.
An authority on pigs says that he
never thinks of cutting Off the tails of
his pigs. The tails are the indicators
of the Porker's condition. If piggy
doesn't feel well, if his food doesn't
agree with him, his tail begins to
straighten. The sicker the pig, the
straighter the tail; and the healthier
the pig the tighter the curl. The old
theory that it takes bushel of corn to
fatten an inch fail this pig raiser
scorns. The pigs tail is his pulse;
therefore never cut it off
-Stewed Chops: Broil the chops
and let them get cold; then put into a
saucepan with two tablespoons of butter
and one of minced onion; cover tightly
and set in kettle of cold water; bring
slowly to boil. At the end of an hour
add u cup Of hot broth (made from the
trimmings of chops), seasoned with
pepper, salt. pinch of cloves and
chopped parsley; cover again and stew
gently until the chops are tender, set
ting the saucepan directly on the
range. Then lay them on hot dish;
strain the gravy, thicken with Drowned
flour, stir in good teaspoon of cur
rant Jelly; boil one minute and pour
over the chops.
One great secret in washing fan
nels is to beat and shake out all the
dust from them before they are put into
the clothes basket for the wash. They
should be washed in clear, hot soap
suds by themselves, then thoroughly
rinsed by Topping them about in clean
water, shaken and pulled after they
have had the water pressed out by the
wringer, but not twisted and wrung by
the hands. 1t is not thoroughly rims
ing out the soap that hardens flannel;
it is washing it with all the dust in that
grimes and discolors it. 1t is wiring
ing that twists and mats the little tibers
together, instead of pulling and shak-
ing, which leaves them elastic and
springy. The water should not be too
hot for the hands to be comfortable, as
boiling water is used to full cloth and
shrink flannel.