Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 April 1877 — USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Gingkb Dbops.— One-half cup shortening; one cnp sour milk; two teaspoons of soda; one teacup brown sugar; half a cup of molasses; two eggs; one tablespoon of ginger. Urease a dripping-pan well. Make the batter so it will drcp from the spoon in drops as large as an egg. «r .usually cultivated sis a fß|£ r SlUuliUoLbyiliced: tO aiOmß, •hULtomaJ|y Tha pwy tAeiSLonitßs, and uSf usHlljTJcultivsied in,, big UJr'wfftter.— FrairiJ Farmer. Indigestion tn Horses.— Horses that eat too rapidly for good digestion should have their grain ground, and the hay or straw should be steamed or wet with hot water, and the meal sprinkled over it for a few bourh' bhforl' fOdiO W. Npftd* several timeA a w«ele a/©tan«puiHr, wth a handful of all m*l breach jpndjaqfl the addition ff #,lijne Afrfltt ifc y,nt4in os >tber tonic to the mash coulddo no harm. - -Exchange. To Bon. Halibut. —Take a small hali. but, or what is required from a large one. Put ihp fish .into tiie fish-kettle, oov«r i*< widpooll wjßci; ih which A’ handful of. ssftandla pH of iiltpeter the >izeof a mudTniA, Iftve uefn diss&lvM.'Wlreii it' begins to boil skim carefully, and then let it just simmer till it is done. Drain the fish, and garnish it with horse-radish or parsley. Serve with egg sauce pt plain melted butfeit t (1 ij f | j' T Scrambled Edcfe.—Break six eggs into a bowl, with a teaspoonful Pf chopped parsley; beat the eggs enough to break the yelks; mince very fine a small tablespoonful of ham for each egg; put a piece of butter in a aaupe-pan, and when,, itistrfielled'tuift in> t>e lyftj. Stif for q minute, Widduldthi pggsflnd paralfly,' with a sprinkle ofpepper. Keep stirring with a fork until the eggs are cooked, which will take about two minutes. Serve quickly. the mantel ovefthp. kitchen range, , and, Iropp Jbmn<4’WnL Wtfi-' wet- When well started, I move, them to a more cool place, ouL in the garden. In mis way I have raised, during the past two years, vigorous plants, yielding from twenty-five to thirty blossoms Omelet up* and* beat well six eggs; add to these four tablespoonfuls of cheese finely chopped, and a piece of butter the size of an egg,, aqd saft and v£i>pir. Ptit these intoa saucepan on, the fire and. stir until soft and think* tten ttapw the kubrtance iirto vour frying pin ami proceed as for thje plain arlittfe; sugar intteadtof. the salf- and pppperi tnclosing in the cfentar any kind of in making edap., I p.ooure a cake of c<inc«ntraVd,hyyuf cP I6 dmigefore,.ptit it into three gallons of soft'water, adding four pounds of soap-grease. When it has boiled till quite clear, I put it into a barrel and add twelve gallons of soft water. When it gets cold, jyou will hwreanjeu lot of soap, and .trouble. ‘‘ My man” says iris dflmpertnan ashes, too, as the latter are worth more for farmer is compelled to undergo .is the mixture of seeds. Even seedsmens who have the cleanest seeds send forth those which contain foreign matter, although theirmachtwery ts muctr letter thah that throsmn^’fe probiibly" The thb causep. A PPV °f QT e W J?<® on ®*e floor and finished, and ofi thefieYt day a mow of toe IfyUft ajeeurgf? beupiked wfth some of the former. The seedsmen ouvhtftitieatata hfl lhelft to. strong account forthe purity of their seeds; and where the farmer uses his own .they should be' espeqially-watohfa-and-guarded-.—A - . F*. Herald, i tr■ t n 1r i "I ’'/ '