Rensselaer Republican, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1879 — USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

It costa no more to raise a good animal than a poor one. The food spent while they are young is repaid cent, percent ▲ favorite cake of ours fa made in the following way: One cup of sugar; one egg;-one half cup of sour mile; a little over one cup of flour; one teaspoonful of soda and one of cream-of-tartar. Bake in a quick oven. This fa nice for jelly-cake, when baked in thin cakes and excellent when chopped raisins are mixed with the jelly. Or, it may be put together with a rich custard, but I often bake in one loaf. Raisins may be added to the loaf if desired.— Cor. Rural New Yorker.. Ths richness of soups should depend upon the stock, that is, the jelly obtained by boiling the meat, and not at all upon the fat, which should be carefully removed. Many people would as soon think of eating a tallow candle, as soup with grease floating on top. It seems fully as palatable to a civilized palate. All sorts of vegetables may be added to the soup, according to the taste of those who are to eat of it. Onions are extremely disagreeable to many people, and turnips arc to others. The vegetables are chopped fine and boiled till well done. Soups may be thickened with rice, barley or vermicelli.- -Exchange. •

Of all men, in all occupations, the thrifty one fa he who never fa idle; yet what a vast difference there is in the distribution and application of this industry! Not every industrious person fa a thrifty one, for the labor may not be rightly applied. The thrifty farmer has adopted his profession as a business, and spares no means or energy to become proficient and successful, clinging to it with a tenacity of purpose necessary to success in any undertaking. Whatever he does bears the marks of hfa labor and direction. He selects all his implements, animals, fruits, etc., with a view to their particular adaptedness to his wants ana circumstances.— lowa State Register. Probably the majority of the people never thought anything at all about the matter, but it fa a very difficult matter to administer medicine to a pig. At a recent meeting of an English farmers’ club, Prof. Mcßride said: “To dose a pig, which you are sure to choke if you attempt to make him drink while squealing, halter him as you would for execution, and tie the rope end to a stake. He will pull back until the rope is tightly strained. When he has ceased his uproar and begins to reflect, approach him, and between the back part of his jaws insert an old shoe, from which you have cut the toe leather. This he will at once begin to suck and chew ; Through it pour medicine, and he will swallow any quantity of it you please.” Christmas Cake.—Three cups of very light bread dough; three cups of sugar; one cup of butter; three eggs; one small nutmeg; raisins; one teaspoonful (scant) of soda, dissolved in a little hot water. Rub the butter and sugar together; add the eggs and spice; then the dough, and mix all thoroughly. Add the soda and beat it well into the dough. Flour must be added to make a rather thick batter—if too thin, it will not bake well. Bake in two loaves. Leave one plain. In the other, put two cups of stoned raisins which have been soaked over night. The dough for this cake should be raised with potato yeast. The cake keeps well, especially if covered with a thin icing. The cake can be baked as soon as mixed, but will be lighter if allowed to stand in a warm Siace for half an hour before baking—uralNew Yorker.