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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-05-07
TO PRESERVE MEATS.

Commissioner of Agriculture Hender-
son has found another excellent recipe
for preserving meat, which he is anxious
to have the farmers of Georgia make use
of, as he considers it an excellent one.
For 1000 pounds of meat, mix with 100
pounds of salt, two pounds of saltpetre,
one and a half pounds cloves, one pound
cayenne pepper, six pounds brown sugar,
and dissolve in water. Then boil slowly
and skim well, until the brine is strong
enough to float an egg. If necessary add
more salt. Trim meat we'll and pack in
water tight barrels, and when the com.
pound is cold pour in until the meat is
covered, and weight it down so as to
keep it submerged. Keep on hand enough
of the compound to add as it evaporates.
In four or five weeks the meat will be
ready to hang up, then take it out, wash
we'll and hang up. This should be done
in dry weather, and it would we well to
dry out with slow fires. When thoroughly
dry, take down and sew up neatly in 8
covering of shirting or ducking, which
cover we'll with paste made Of two parts
lime and one part of wheat shorts OF
flour. See that the paste is put on thick
enough to exclude the air. Hang up in
cool, dry place, and the meat will keep
for years.-Atlanta Constitution.
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GIRDLING GRAPE VINES.

To determine the question whether the
practice of girdling the grape vine pro-
duces increased size at the expense of
quality, says Orchard and Garden, a
careful experiment has been made during
the past season by DR.. Jabez Fisher, at
the instigation of the Massachusetts Ex-
perimental station. The results show a
decided gain of ten days in ripening of
the fruit, with largely increased size of
berries, but with the drawbacks of loss
by cracking open and the production of
berries too soft for market. Both of
these were due to the wet weather, and
would be lessened in dryer season. In
the matter of quality there was no loss of
sugar, but, on the contrary, an increased
sweetness in the fruit from the girdled
vines compared with those not girdled.
The gain in earlincss would make the
crop more valuable, and the increased
size of the fruit would make it very at
tractive, and more than make UP for the
softness of the berry. There is also to
be considered the injury which may be
done to the vine in repeating this opera
tion yearly.
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AN EFFECTIVE TABLECovER.

A very effective tablecover can be
quickly manufactured of piece of sheet
ing linen yard and quarter square, in
Guiding the fringe, which is made by
ravelling the linen to the depth of three
inches and knotting the top. A row OF
feather-stitching, worked in heavy linen
floss, forms heading. Two of the cor
ners diagonally opposite to each other
are decorated with three fern leaves, en-
broidered in outline stitch; one curving
toward the left is worked with orange
silk, one toward the right with brown,
while between the two, interlacing both,
is the graceful-maiden hair fern in a very
pale shade of yellow green. The design
in the other two corners is spray OF
sumach leaves wrought in crimson silk,
dropping toward the right, spray OF
acorns and oak leaves in dark-brown, cA-
tending toward the left, and between
them cluster of rose leaves, IN lighter
brown. 1t would be difficult to produce
a prettier piece of work with the same
outlay of time, skill and expense.-New
York Tribune.
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The Oysters Food.

The food of the oyster consists en-
tirely of microscopic beings and frag-
ments Of organic matter, which are car
ried by the currents of water to the
mouth of the animal at the hinge end of
the shell. Along with the food a large
amount Of indigestible dirt or inorganic
matter is carried in. When this mate.
rial is examined through the microscope it
is seen that the oyster subsists largely
upon what scientists call "diatoms"-
one of the lowest types of moving plants
which swim in the water, encased in mi
mute sandstone cases or boxes OF the
most delicate beauty of workmanship.
When these have been found in the in
testines of the oyster they have usually
had their living contents dissolved out
by the action Of the juices of the stom-
ach.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-05-07
HOW A COW MAY BE TESTED.

To test the ability of cow to turn
food into milk and butter several days
training will be required at first. Dur
ing this time the food is gradually in
creased one-tenth each day, or more if it
can be done safely, until the cows ability
to eat is discovered. When the highest
point of this is reached steady feeding at
the same rate is continued for a week
and the produce carefully weighed, the
quantity of food also being accurately
measured. The gradual increase during
the training period is also noted. 1t is
not safe to continue the test more than
week, as, if the appetite falls off from
excess Of food given, the loss of yield is
greater in proportion than the increase
has been, and some time will be required
to reach the normal product again. Many
fine COWS have been injured by this sort
of experimenting, and some have been
killed.-Neao York Times.
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PAPER FOR PILLOWS.

All England is crazy on the subject of
paper pillows. Tear the paper into very
small pieces not bigger than the finger
nail, and then put them into a pillow
sack of drilling or light ticking. They
are very cool for hot climates and much
superior to feather pillows. The news
papers are printing appeals for them for
hospitals. Newspaper is not nice for
use, as there is disagreeable odor from
printers ink; but brown and white pa
per and old envelopes are the best. As
they are torn stuff them into an old pill
low case until a sufficient quantity is had.
The easiest way is to tear or cut the pa
per in strips about half an inch wide and
then tear or cut across. The finer it is,
the lighter it makes the pillows.
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MANAGING UNEASY COWS.

To sit down to milk COW that is dis
posed to kick, or is so uneasy as to be
continually stepping is an annoyance
that leads to very strong desire to use
"cuss words" if not "hard knocks" and
it is the development of this desire on
the part of rough helpers that frequently
ruins an otherwise valuable animal, says
w. H. Foreman, in the Southern Lire
Stock Journal. Any habit of this kind is
injurious in more ways than one; it
makes an undesirable animal, and the
constant interruption in the milking
tends to diminish the flow of milk. We
recently purchased fine COW that was
soon to come in, at surprisingly low
price; at calving time we thought we
discovered the reason; upon attempting
to milk, the COW had formed the habit
of lifting her foot so constantly and 50
close to the pail that it rendered milking
almost impossible. In devising ways
and means for prevention we took ring
ans staple and attached it to the sill in
the barn directly back of where the COW
was sanctioned; we then took strap
with buckles and buckled around the
right hind leg just above the fetlock, ,aud
setting the foot back, hitched the other
end to the ring. We then sat down and
vent to milking, the COW attempted to
take her foot up over the pail; but every
time it came back in its place, and our
milking continued in full confidence of
safety. After repeated trials the COW
gave up for few minutes, and then
would try again with the same result. AS
soon as we finished milking, the COW was
released. We continued putting on the
harness, and for some time she would try
to continue the old trick, but finding it
was OF no avail she soon tired of it.
After pursuing this treatment for about
three weeks we omitted the placing Of
the strap and there was not foot raised.
The cure was etfectual; no harsh words
were employed, but the animal soon dis
covered that she was cv2troled by a
power superior to ns- own, and very
gracefully yielded to its influence.
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A Hogs Affection for a Hen.

The large, blooded Poland China boar
Rob Roy III, owned in the town of
Wayne,N. Y, says q New York Sun cor
respondent, has more than local repu-
tation, not only for his breeding, but for
the iercencss of his nature. He is of
enormous size. With the exception of
his owner, he will permit no one to come
near him, and the only other living thing
on the farm that he ever had any friend
ship for was dominick hen, which had
been his almost inseparable companion
and attendant for more than year. The
big hog has the run of half an acre OF
ground, and he has rooted that over and
over again, for apparently no other pur-
pose than to provide the hen with worms
and other insects, without her having to
take the trouble to scratch for them her
self.
The hog and the hen could be seen any
day in good weather making the rounds
of the enclosure, the hog turning up the
ground with his great snout, and the hen
standing ready to seize the worm or bug
the roofing revealed. The hog would
watch the hen as she searched in the up
turned dirt for insects, the old fellow
grunting contentedly the while, and ap-
parently having no object in life but to
root for the hen. When she had gone
though one roofing of soil the boar
would plow up another ore, and keep on
until the hens appetite was satisfied.
Then Rob Roy III. would stretch himself
in the sun for nap, and the hen would
either wallow in the dust by his side, or
perch on his body somewhere and wait
for her big admirer to wake up.
The hen always took her place on the
edge of the boar's swill trough when his
feed was poured in, and picked out such
morsels as his nosing about the trough
brought to the surface.
A week ago another pig was turned
into Rob Roy's enclosure, and the big
hog tolerated her presence. She fed at
the same trough with him, and all went
well until Saturday. The dominick hen
perched herself as usual on the edge of
the trough at feed time. The new pig
did not approve of this, and, with a quick
and savage movement, caught the hen by
the neck and bit it in two before she
could squawk. For moment Rob Roy
turned his head and gazed at the f1utter-
ing and pirouetting of the bleeding and
headless body of his friend. Then he made
enc rush upon the dominick's slayer, and
before his owner, who had been witness
of the hens taking off, could interfere,
Rob Roy mad torn the other pig so ofright-
fully with his long tusks that she died in
8 few minutes.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1890-05-07
MIXING MATERIALS.

In the compounding of recipes various
methods are employed for mingling to-
gether the different ingredients, chief OF
which are stirring, beating and knead-
ing. By stirring is meant a continuous
motion round and round with a spoon
without lifting it from the mixture, ex-
cept to scrape from the sides of the dish
occasionally any portion Of the material
that may cling to it. 1t is not necessary
that the stirring should be all in one di-
rection, as many cooks suppose. The
object of the stirring is to thol oughly
blend the ingredients, and this may be
accomplished as we'll by stirring in one
direction as another.-Farns, Field and
iStockman.
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HORSES AT REST.

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These are some curious facts about the
disposition of horses to lie down. To
hard working horse repose is almost as
great necessity as good food, but tired
as he may be he is often shy about lying
down, even when nice clean bed of
straw is provided for him. The writer
once rode mare seventy miles in single
day. The stable in which she was put
for the night was as comfortable in every
way as it could be made, yet she stood the
whole night through. She ate her oats
and hay and then went to sleep, leaning
forward with her breast against the
manger. There are horses that have
never been seen to lie down, and If they
have ever done so it was only for short
time and at an hour when they were not
likely to be seen. No marks have ever
been discovered upon their coats which
would indicate that they had been lying
down. A horse is recalled now that oc-
curied for fifteen years, from the time he
was two years old, the first stall in grand
fathers stable. Up to the hour he died
no one had ever seen him lying down,
and several times after wearisome drives
of about eight or ten hours watch was
placed on him to see if during the night
he would lie down, but he was never
caught in that position, and he would
not be tempted to recline by even the
sweetest and cleanest of bedding. He
died literally upon his feet. He was
taken sick, and in giving him a drench
from long-necked bottle, with his head
pulled up to a beam, he suddenly fell
back and expired.
Unless horse lies down regularly his
rest cannot be complete, and his joints
and sinews stiffen, and while it is true
that horses that sleep in standing posi-
ton continue to work for many years, it
is equally true that they would continue
to work for many years longer and per-
form their work much better if they
rested naturally. Young horses from a
country stable may refuse to lie down
when put into stable in town, and the
habit may be confirmed unless induce
ments are offered. Horses can be taught
to lie down, and they can also be taught
to be as neat and cleanly in their habits
as individuals.
1t is very rare thing for horses af-
flicted with disease that superinduces
fever to lie down. They will stand up
until nature becomes completely ex-
hausted and their limbs refuse to sustain
them. They have an instinct which
teaches them that if they lie down it may
be difficult for them to get upon their
feet again. A sick horse, because of his
evident knowledge of his own condition
and his inability to communicate the
symptoms and the nature of it, COM
mends himself to human sympathy more
than any other animal. Horses have a
horror of death, and especially dread
death in their own kind. A horse may
be sick in company with stableful Of
horses and the others will not notice him
at all, but the moment he dies there is
CONSERVATION throughout the entire
stable. A horse may be absolutely fear
less of every inanimate thing that comes
to his notice, but will be frightened be-
yond measure at the sight of one of his
own kind lying dead by the roadside.
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Last Coin Spent by Abraham Lincoln.

DR.. ]. B. Mobley, of Fairburn, Ga,
has curiosity, with history of unusual
interest attached, in the shape of ten
cent piece-not dime, but a regular an
cient ten-center. It runs this way,
On the evening of the 14th of April,
1865, the night on which President
Abraham Lincoln was killed, the Presi-
dent, before reaching the opera house,
walked into drug store close by and
bought of the druggist bottle of smell
ing salts, paying him therefor ten cents.
He handed the druggist the exact
change, this identical ten-cent piece.
Just as the President walked out of the
drug store, Charley Lines, Union soldier
and a member of the 146th New York
Volunteers, entered the store and bought
a cigar tor ten cents, and handed the
druggist a twenty-fve-cent piece, and
the druggist said:
"Here is ten cents just paid me by
President Lincoln, and here Is fve-cent
shin-plaster.
Private Lines placed the ten-cent piece
in his vest pocket and went on his way
rejoicing in the favor Of his cigar. The
next hour and half brought the news
to the soldier that the President had
been fatally wounded at the opera house.
The soldier thought of the ten-cent
piece Immediately, being the last money
the President had spent while in life.
He valued it very highly, and in the fall
of 1866 he met with DR.. J. B. Mobley
and told him about the ten-cent piece he
had. TIE doctor laughingly asked
Colonel Lines what he would take for
the piece, and Colonel Lines remarked,
jokingly, he would take $25 for it,
whereupon DR.. Mobley pulled out the
amount and handed it to him. Colonel
Lines wanted to back out, but Mobley
insisted, and finally received the piece
from the hands of Colonel Lines.
It appears the drug store mentioned
was only = few steps from the opera
house, and, further, that the President
had private box at the opera, and, con-
sequently, had no ticket to purchase as
he went in, and Colonel Lines stated it to
be fact that the druggist said the Presi-
dent gave it to him. At any rate, this is
strong evidence that this is the identical
last ten cents Abe Lincoln ever disposed
of during his life. It is dated 1922,
with the Goddess of Liberty, and the
eagle with three arrows in his claws and
marked 10c.-Atlanta Constitution.
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FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Fat vegetables require fat land.
Don't plant in restricted area.
Girls, have fine show of flowers.
Farm for both profit and pleasure.
Don't set aside your poorest land for
the garden.
Don't depend on the markets or your
neighbors for supplies.
How many tradesmen and men in 9TH
er lines of business are bankrupted to one
on the farm2
One bushel of cornmeal is worth near
" three bushels of oats as food for fat
tening hogs.
management" This one word has
more meaning on the farm than is gener-
ally suspected.
Tastes differ; if you are making but
ter to sell you must consult the tastes OF
your customers.
The farm may not yield big profits,
but is there any other calling so sure to
give man living2
1t requires 1880 pounds of skim milk
to produce one pound of pork when fed
with co1nmeal; ratio 1.147 to fattening
hogs.
Skim milk could not be economically
fed to fattening hogs unless it was
product which could not be otherwise
utilized.
Stand up like a man and honor your
calling. You may have wrongs, but
they are not in your farm, although some
of them may be in your farming.
The sweet cream will make butter of
very mild flavor; if you prefer its flavor
to that of ripened cream, then the ques-
tion is settled SO far as you are concerned.
You can churn sweet cream and get all
the butter out of it; you can churn
slightly acid cream and get all the butter,
or you can churn thick, sour cream and
get all the butter.
The seed-bed should be in perfect
condition, which means mellowed deep,
all manure thoroughly incorporated with
the soil, narrowed and planked until all
clods are reduced fine.
If you gather the butter in the churn
before washing it you will have butter
with decide. Suttermilk favor. There
is no objection to this-if one likes it
but it is not true butter flavor.
All seeds, 80 far as possible, should
be sown by drills, of which there are sew
eral excellent makes. The advantages
of regularity of depth, even distribution
and saving of seed are matters OF great
importance, to say nothing of the
amount of ground that can be sown in
day, which is great saving Of time.
Stable and yard manure is considered
by many complete manure, and as such
indispensable for market gardening, but
it has been demonstrated that on some
soils a combination of stable manrfe, and
commercial fertilizers have and do in
variably produce the best, earliest and
consequently the most profitable crops.
Have place in which to deposit what
ever will burn and will not soon make
rotten manure. A shallow trench Of
proper size should be made to hold the
ashes. When burning has been made
cover over the trench with boards to pre-
vent the ashes from being blown away.
This will give you a valuable fertilizer and
rid you of much rubbish that is but an
unsightly circumference to any farm or
garden.
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RECIPES.

Corn Bread-One cup of flour, two
cups of Indian meal, butter the size OF
an egg, sweeten and salt to taste, one
teaspoonful of soda, one cup of souI
milk or buttermilk.
Baked Tomatoes eight or ten
tomatoes, peel and slice rather thick, and
put into a deep baking-dish; season
literally with salt, pepper, and two
ounces butter; cover over with bread
crumbs, and then pour over little but
ter clarified by heating, and bake in a
moderate oven a third to half an hour.
Serve hot.
Brown Bread-Scald one cupful Of
Indian meal, add to this one pint of
sweet milk and stir till the meal is well
mixed three-quarters OF cupful of mo-
lasses, one teaspoonful each of salt and
soda, and Graham meal enough to make
batter that will pour with great diff
Guilty. This makes one large loaf. Bake
one hour and half.
Beef Kidney Stew-Wash, remove all
bits of skin and fat, cut into small pieces.
and soak in salt and water for one hour
or more. Brown lump of butter in a
stew-pan. Drain the kidney, and put it
in the stew-pan; nearly cover it with
water. and allow it to cook slowly for
two hours. Thicker with little -four
and butter, and serve hot on toast.
Dried Turnips-Pare, slice and cut
them in dice an inch square, boil till
nearly done in as little water us possible,
and to one quart turnip add tablespoon
of sugar, and salt to taste; when boiled
as dry as possible without burning, add
two or three spoons of cream, beaten
egg, and serve. Slices OF turnip or par
snip left from a boiled dinner are nice
Drowned in little butter the next day.
Lemon Cake-Two cupfuls of sugar,
one half cupful of butter, three eggs,
one cupful of milk, three cupfuls of
flour, three level teaspoonfuls of baking
powder; bake in layers. For the jelly
use the grated rind and juice of two
lemons, one cupful of sugar, one egg,
one half cupful of water, one teaspoonful
of butter, and one tablespoonful of flour
mixed in little water. Boil until it
thickens, let it coo! and spread it between
the layers OF cake:
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL.

lhE raN.uCN FS>>bStA NhNS'
NV lord rides through his palace gate,
Ny lady sweeps along in state,
The sage thinks long on many thing,
And the maiden muses. on marrying;
The minstrel harpeth merrily,
The sailor plowsth foaming sea,
The huntsman kills the good red deer,
And the soldier wars without fear.
But fall to each whateel befali,
The farmer he must feed them all.
Smith hammereth cheerily the sword,
Priest preacheth pure and holy word,
Dame hlice worketh bro!dery well,
Clerk Richard tales of love can tell,
The tap-wife sells her foaming beer,
Dan Fisher fisheth in the mere,
And courtierS ruffle. strut and shine,
While pages bring the Gascon wine;
But fall to each whate'er befall.
The farmer he must feed them all.
Man builds his castles fair and high,
Whatever river runneth by,
Great cities rise in every land.
Great churches show the builders hand,
Great arches, monuments and towers,
Fair palaces and pleasing bowers,
Great work is done, bet here and there
And well man worketh everywhere;
But work or rest, whate'er befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
Charles G. Leland, in Independent
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HOUSEHOLD MATTERS.
ERADICATING INK STAINS.

Ink stains can be taken out of carpets,
rugs and other woolen goods if sweet
milk is applied to the soiled places
directly. First lay a sheet of blotting
paper over the place to soak up the ink,
then with a piece of cotton batting wash
off the place with milk, changing the bat
ting for a clean piece as soon as it becomes
much soiled. Continue this until the
ink no longer shows, then wash off with
hot suds, rinse with clean warm water
and rub dry with a clean CLOTH Wash
ington Star.