Year: 1874

fcL1pP1Nas FROM OUR EXCHANGES.


PLUM PUDDING pound of raisins, one
of currants, one of bread crumbs, half apound
Of suet chopped fine, eight eggs. one quart of
milk, one teacup sugar, one nutmeg, quarter OF
pound of candied citrun, the same of lemon
cut in strips, salt and other spice to taste. Boil
slowly four hours, and eat with rich sauce.


CHESTNUT TCREAM.-Pound25r Is roasted chest
nuts in q mortar with little milk; then put
the paste 80 made into stewpan with the yolks
OF two eggs, half pint of milk. two ounces of
butter, and four ounces of powdered sugar
when it has boiled little while, strain it, put
it into dish or glass for the table, and let it
cool.


LEMON CHEEsE.-Dissolve an ounce of gel
attn in pint of water tor an hour, add four
ounces sugar, and the rind and juice of large
lemon, and cimmer over the fire till the gelatin
is entirely dissolved; strain, and when nearly
cold beat into it the white of an egg thoroughly
beaten. Wet the molds with water and put it
in them. When turned out it will look like
snow. This is grateful dish tc invalids.


RUsKs.-One pint of warm milk, one tea
cupful of yeast or one yeast cake, half cupful
of butter, one of white sugar, -four enough to
make the dough the consistency of biscuit.
After the sponge of milk, yeast and flour is
light, add the other Ingredients Let it rise
again, then mould into small round cakes; put
in buttered tins and bake half an hour. Beat
the yok OF an egg in milk, and rub over the
top of each rusk as soon as baked.


CLEANSING CLOTHEs.-Dissolve two pounds
of soap in three gallons of water as hot as the
hand can bear; to this add one tablespoonful
of turpentine and three of aqua ammonia, the
mixture to be we'll stirred. Soak the linen
clothes in this two or three hours, taking care
to keep the boiler tightly closed. Then wash
and rinse in the usual way. Add, for the Sec
ond use of the preparation, half as much tur-
pentine and ammonia as at first. Both these
possess strong detersive qualities without any
injurious effect. The smell of both will dsap-
pear by the time the clothes are dry The use
of this mixture makes rubbing on the board
unnecessary, and will not remove the color
from calicoes.


STARTING MELoNs-I start nutmeg melons
in hotbed, rot on sod, but in quart strawber-
ry boxes, and about two or three weeks earlier
than planting out doors can be done, otherwise
they would be too large to handle In due
time box and all is planted. The roots have
no trouble in getting out of the box. The great
danger is the cutworm, but strips of paper en-
circling the hill will protect the tender plants.
If the mole becomes troublesome, a fllrrow
drawn on both sides of the row as close to the
hill as practicable, is the best protection, aside
from killing the enemy with grains of corn
soaked in strychnine and pushed down into
their runs, or otherwise.-O. L. Barrier.


Where strawberry boxes cannot be obtain
ed, China tea-baskets will answer every pur-
pose, if not even better.-Pile.


PLANTING PEACHEs-Some of the most ex-
tensive peach.growers in the State of Della
ware believe in setting their trees at wide dis
tanccs One orchardist, and possibly the most
extensive, sets his % feet apart, while neigh
Dor planted his at 40 feet. The latter, it is be-
lieved has paid, but on high-priced land very
much doubt the utility. A liberal circulation
of air among the branches, and abundance OF
space for the roots is all very well, but there
must be happy medium somewhere, so as to
realize the largest profit from the soil.


COOKED SUGAR BEETs FOR Cows.-An in
telligent farmer informs us that he has winter
ed FIVE head of cows this season, chiefly on
sugar-beets and has been very successful. The
cows gave an average of seven quarts of milk
daily from each cow, up to last month, and the
quantity now afforded is somewhat under six
quarts. The food consumed has been three
pecks daily of sugar-beets. sliced with chatf
and cut straw-the whole being boiled together
in an ordinary large size farmers kettle, set
on stove the usual way. Each cow had two
pailflls of this mess night and morning, with
some straw at noon, and the kettle contains
enough for two days supply. The cattle are
all fat and sleek. The quantity Of land sown
with beets did not exceed one and one-quarter
acre. But the crop was good, some Of the
roots weighing ten or twelve pounds. The
horses ate them greedily, and as an alternative
it seems to produce high health. The milk re.
allied six cents quart, and consequently tho
operation has been most profitable one, on
--n ~. So ~ eknfna that h0 has