The Arizona sentinel., 1888-01-28
HOME AND FARM.
In cleaning brass or copper us

vinegar and salt
 A clam weighing a pound and five
 ounces was ldng up at Plymouth.
 Mass.
 Don't force your hens to lay them.
 selves out by giving too much stimu-
 lating, egg producing food, especially
 if your birds are worth any thing.
 Pat into muslin or flannel bag g
 pint of coarse salt rubbed from it's
 Jumps; heat in the oven. It is goot remedy for pain in the chest or stom
 ach.
 -Stewed Potatoes. Pare and cut into lengthwise strips. cover with water, and stew twenty minutes. Turr off nearly all the water. put in cup full of cold milk with salt. Boston Budget
 Let the poultry have some place oi refuge in their yards from the cold north and westerly winds. If there are no sheds. put up few boards to form a screen. They will then do better than if competed to take refuge in their houses at all times.
 The farmer used to be, in the old stories, the clown of society. the type of stupidity and boorishness. That day has gone by, and his virtues and real nobility of nature, and large knowl- edge of practical things best worth knowing, are acknowledged and re- spected.
 Canvas Back Ducks. After care- fully picking the ducks, draw the en- trails withOutrupturing theml wipe the interior with dry cloth and sprinkle with chopped, celery. Bake in a. hot oven twenty minutes and serve with barberry jelly. Farmer and aManes- 1dcturer..
 Cream Cake. One cupsof butter. two cups of sugar, whites of two eggs. three and a half cups of flour, one cup of sweet milk. one teaspoon full of soda, one teaspoonful of cream of tartar. For the cream: One pint of sweet milk, sweetened to taste. yelks of three eggs. thicken with four to the consistency of custard flavor with lemon. This amount makes two good- sized cakes. Boston Budget. @ Keep cream apart from any strong g-smelling vegetables, as nothing so rapidly absorbs odors as milk or cream. Never put it into jar that has had vinegar pickles, or acids in it, until the jar is thoroughly cleansed and aired. The best plan is to have jar especially for it, and be very par. ticular that it is often thoroughly washed and aired. N r Observer.
 Cup Dumplin gs-0le tablespoon ful butter, and. one egg to one tea cupful of sweet milk; stir in as much flour as will make a stiff batter, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder to one quart of flour, slice two large tart apples, roll in some of the four and stir into the batter, fill cups half full, steam one hour serve with cream and sugar or any sauce you like. Any solid canned fruit can be used instead of apples, two teaspoonfuls in the bot tom of cup with this. some butter, and turn them out in saucers to serve. - Toledo Blade.
 According to Prof. Arnold's ex- perience the feeding value of apples is not large. He ranks apples with mangels. turnips. cabbage and the like. When fed with reason and ap- propriate food, they are health-inspir- ing as we'll as nutritious. and are only injurious when fed immoderately. An experiment in feeding three milch cows with moderately sour apples, ripe and mellow, for several weeks, at the rate of twelve to twenty pounds to each COW daily. gave him finer flavor ed butter than he ever saw from grain or grass. Troy Times.
 The most valuable vineyards in France occupy land which in England or the United States would be con- sidered almost worthless. The soil is thin. sandy and pebbIy, and some- times exposed to drought; yet the vines flourish upo1 it to such an ex- tent that the land is worth from five to to three thousand dol | lars an acre. An effort is to be made to ascertain the scientific reasons why vines flourish so thriftily on such soil in France, with view to ascertaining if land of similar quality in this country, which is now com- worthless, can not be made correspondingly productive and valu' able. r. Ledqer.