Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1878 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Turn a barrel over a pie-plant bill and pile fresh horse manure over and around the barrel, aud in a month you can have fresh, crisp pie-plant. —Corn Muffins.—One quart wheat flour, two teaspoonfuls baking powder; add to it one cupful yellow meal; cream together one cupful butter, one cupful sugar; three eggs; add one pint milk; stir well; then add flour and meal; bake in muffin rings; hot oven. —Fremont Cake.—Two cups of sugar, one cup of shortening, one-half lard and one-half butter; three eggs, one teaspoonfuf °f saleratus dissolved in one cup of sour milk, three cups rather full of sifted flour, one cup of chopped raisins, and nutmeg. —Fruit Cake.—One and one-half pints of milk, one cup of cream, two cups of sugar, one-half cup of butter, one-half pint of molasses, one and one-half cup of hop yeast; add flour to make a thick batter, and let rise all night. In the morning add one cup of butter, six cups of sugar, five eggs, one tablespoonnil of soda, and seven pounds of raisins; spice to taste; stir to a thick batter; put into tins and let rise again; bake as you would bread. —Veal Cake.—Cut slices of cold roast veal and boiled ham, very thin—there should be as many again slices of veal as of ham; cut three or four hard-boiled eggs into slices; chop a few sprigs of parsley fine; batter a mold, and put in alternate layers of veal, ham, eggs and parsley—seasoning each layer with pepper and salt; fillup with good stock, and bake in a brisk oven about onehalf hour; when cold, turn out and garnish with parsley. This is nice for tea. —To Dye Scarlet.—One and one-half ounces of muriate of tin; one ounce of cochineal; one ounce of cream-of-tar-tar. To one pound of cloth or yarn allow three gallons of water; when blood-warm, add one ounce of cream-of-tartar; increase the heat a little and add one teaspoonful of the pulverized cochineal and three-fourths of an ounce of muriate of tin; wet the goods in warm water; put into the dye and boil one hour, turning often; take out and rinse in cold water; then add the remaining cochineal and tin liquid to three gallons of warm water; put in the goods and proceed as before. —Notwithstanding the general hard times and failure of the crops, there are farmers in the West who are making money. Said a wealthy farmer to the writer, a few days ago: “If our people don’t go to work and do something, the German farmers are going to own this country.” He is a man who works, and has made his money by working, and knows the truth of the assertion. Our own German neighbors are either out of debt or rapidly paying what they owe. They practice industry, frugality and economy. They sell the best they have, eat what they can’t sell, aud feed the rest to the pigs. They pay their notes when they are due. Their children are not found loafing in the villages and around depots, but are at work or at school. Let us take a lesson from them, and hard times will begin to— Tribune —The farmers who “lifted” the mortgages from their land during the flush times caused by the War were the fortunate ones; while those who went into debt have generally failed. In view of the prosperity of the farming class during the past year, it is well to remember this experience. A combination of causes has produced fair prices, in conjunction with an immense crop. But the Rural World reminds the farmers that “the European War will not last always; that next year perhaps there will be a larger crop in Great Britain than has been produced hf fifty years; that but a very small portion of our crops may be wanted abroad, and that in consequence the very lowest prices may prevail for all our farm crops.” To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Farmers, therefore, who take in money for their crops this year had better pay their debts. Instead of incurring new debts, pay off the old ones. Tn an independent condition, The farm will always make an industrious farmer a good living, Resolve to owe no man a cent. Pay as you go, and peace of mind that the debtor cannoi enjoy will be yours- Jour-. nal.