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THE FARM AND GARDEK 



©HE ROUSBHOLD. 



BETTER THAN FANCY ^OBK. 



Bi/ J. E. McC. 



I have never done any of the so rightly-naineil | 

 ■crazy-patchwork, but if the enjoyment of it is 

 ■equal to the pleasure of trainins vines and watch- 

 ing tlieir progress ; and the culture of even a few 

 -sweet flowers out of doors, 1 do not wonder the 

 vouug folks are so fascinated witli it. Perliaps I 

 liave not an educated eye, but looking through a 

 kaleidoscope for a few minutes brings out to my 

 ■view far prettier pictures than any of these pieces 

 ■ of lunacy I have ever seen in a New York show- 

 -window ; while many of tlie C(unnion specimens 

 'the dear girls are making into sofa pillows and 

 •lambrequins, will, I am afraid, be remanded to 

 rthe garret, a few years from now, when the craze 

 has died out. Of all fancy work it seems to me 

 to pay the smallest returns in beauty for tlie 

 outlay. 



But a pot of carnations, or an ever-blooming 

 rose, is a joy forever; a real thing of beauty. 

 Perhaps if our young ladies would give more time 

 to the trowel aud less to the needle, they would 

 be healthier in mind and body, and I know they 

 would be ten-fold happier. If only somebody 

 would invent " a crazy flower-bed " and get the 

 fashion started, it would go of itself. Any thing 

 • can beat crazy patch-work, though even that is 

 better than sheer idleness. 



Especially is flower culture a good work for the 

 ilittle girls,' and a vine or a shrub that grows 

 wider and higher every 

 year is an especial delight 

 to a child. Cultivate a 

 noble puidic-spirited senti- 

 ment that will not hesitate 

 to plant, even on a rented 

 spot, something that shall be a joy and a bless- 

 ing to another in after years. 



But if you own your little homestead, or look 

 forwarcl t<» its jturchase, nothing will more endear 

 lit to you all, or enhance its value !is property, 

 •than these little improvements of your premises. 

 They are so easy aud inex|ien.sive, one wonders 

 .«t the desert-like appearance of many spots where 

 (people live on year after year. 



Many will read thew notea 

 and think : •" They are not 

 1 inlendeil for me." Here you 

 ■will V)e mistaken. Wo res- 

 spectrully ask yonr eordial as- 

 eistance to help increase our 

 :Ust. 



A MBW Hfl AT.BI 



Among new inventions for the convenience of 

 (housekeepers, is the Perfection Scale manufac- 

 tured by the American Machine Company, Phila- 

 ■delphia. The special claims for the scale are the 

 -self-acting weights, which enable, you to weigh 

 .accurately without giving down weight, and are 

 ■never lost, or altered by dust or dirt sticking to 

 *hem. 



THE FARM AND GARDEN RECIPES 



Baked Indian Pcdding. — One cup of Indian 

 meal, half cup of flour, half cup of molasses, half 

 teaspoonful of salt, 2 quarts of milk. Scald the 

 milk and stir in the meal, fiour, molasses ami 

 salt. Bake quickly until it boils, then slowly for 

 three hours. Should be like whey when tjished 

 out. 



Best Corn or Johnky Cake. — One cup of 

 meal, 1 cup of flour, quarter cup of sugar, 1 egg, 

 1 cup of milk, 1 heaping teaspoonful of baking 

 powder, a little salt. 



Doughnuts. — Beat first 2 eggs, and then add 

 1 cup white sugar, 2 spoonfuls melted butter, 

 half teaspoonful soda in 1 cup milk. Make stiflf 

 with flour and roll thin. 



Extr.\8pongeC.\ke. — One tea-cup fine sugar, 

 ridl and put in a bowl 3 large or 4 small eggs, put 

 the yolks into the sugar, and beat the whites to a 

 stiff froth, add to the others also tieaten ; beat .5 

 minutes. Add a little nutmeg and the juice of 



1 lemon, or a little vinegar. 1 cup of flour, stir 

 only just enough to get the flour in ; herein lies 

 the secret of success. Bake in quick oven. 



AVhite Cake. — Cream, 1 cup sugar and half 

 cu)) butter. Then add 2 eggs and half cup milk, 

 also heaping teiispoonful bakin'_' powder in 2 cups 

 flour, and lastly half teaspoonful vanilla. This 

 is a most useful recipe, as by leaving out the 

 vanilla and adding currants or raisins or spices 

 vou can make a now kind of cake eacli time, and 

 by baking in shallow tins you have a Washington 

 pie or Jelly cake. A nice reci])e for chocolate 

 filling is :— White of 1 egg, 1 cup sugar. 3 tea- 

 spoonfuls chocolate, half teaspoonful vanilla. 



Cinnamon Soft Gingerbread. — One cnji 

 molasses, half cup siiu'ar, small piece butter, 1 

 egg, 1 tablespoonful ginger, half tablespoonful 

 cinnamon, half cuj) sour milk (or sweet with 2 

 teaspoonfiils cream tartar), 1 teaspoonful soda. 



Delicious Breakfast. — Dry several slices of 

 salt pork to a crisp brown. Then take five or six 

 large potatoes, pare and slice them, dro)i them in 

 the hot jiork gravy, turn them on botli sides to 

 brown, i>our over them three well-beaten eggs. 

 Stir the whole genilv to equalize the portions of 

 egg. Then eat and be happy. 



I.OAF Cake. — Three cups of flour, U cup of 

 sugar, half cup of butter, 1 cup of milk, 2 eggs, 



2 .spoonfuls baking jxjwder, 1 cup raisins, nutmeg. 



Pie Crust. — One cup of lard, 3 cups of flour, 



3 quarters of a cup of ice-water, salt. 



Mock Mince Pie. — One teacup of crackers 

 roUeil fine, 1 teacup of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of 

 cinnamon. 1 te.acnp of molas-se.s, half teacup of 

 vinegar, ])ieee of butter, li cup of wate. Cloves, 

 raisins, and nutmeg to taste. Cook all. This 

 will make three pies. 



Soft tJiNGER Bread.— One coffee cup mola.sses, 

 half cu|> of lard, 1 teaspiionful soda, dis-solved in 

 te.acup boiling water, tablespoonful ginger, salt, 

 sifted flour enough to thicken. Cannot be ex- 

 celled either for goodness or economy. 



Doughnuts. — One cup of butter, 1 cup sugar. 

 IJ pint of flour, IJ teaspoonful baking powder, 1 

 egg, li cup of milk, nutmeg. 



Cheap Black Paint. — Take equal portions of 

 Co]ial varnish (in which has been mixed a small 

 quantity of spirits of turpentine) and vinegar, 

 with a third more of coal oil, mix with soot the 

 consistency of paint. 



Sugar Cookie.s. — One egg well beaten in a 

 teacup, 3 tablespoonfuls of water, ij tablespoonfuls 

 melted lard, put this in the cup with the egg, fill 

 up with sugar, (granulateil is best), 1 teaspoonfiU 

 baking powder, mix stiff and roll thin. 



French Mustard. — Slice an onion in a bo*l 

 and cover with good vinegar, after two days pour 

 off the vinegar, add to it a teaspoonful of Cayenne 

 pepper, teaspoonful of salt, tablespoonful of sugar 

 and mustard enough to thicken, set on stove until 

 it boils. When cold it is fit for use. 



Vinegar Pie. — Stir a pint of hot water on the 

 yolks of four eggs (well beaten) gradually, until 

 a cream is made, add a cu]) of sugar, half cup of 

 thick paste of flour and water, 1 tablespoonful of 

 vinegar, nutmeg to taste ; j^our into a rich crust 

 and bake. Then beat the whites to a stiff froth, 

 mix with half cup of sui^ar, spread on top of pies 

 ami brown in oven. This quantity is sufficient 

 for two small pies. 



Beautiful Tkifles. — Mix a little salt and 1 

 teaspoonful of sugar in 1 egg, work in flour and 

 roll thin. Cut in round pieces and fry in hot 

 lard. Fill the cakes witli jelly or preserves. 

 Pretty side dish. 



Noodles. — Make a thin paste of eggs and 

 flour, add a little salt, roll thin, cut in narrow 

 strips, throw in boiling water, and boil 5 minutes. 

 Serve hot, with butter, black pepper, aud hard 

 boiled egg, choppetl fine. 



To Strengthen the Hair. — Dilute an ounce 

 of borax and an ounce of camphor in 2 quarts of 

 water, and wash the hair thoroughly twice a 

 week, clipping the ends occasionally. It will 

 quickly grow long, thick and even. 



To Polish Stoves. — Mix a teaspoonful of pul- 

 verized .alum with stove polish ; it will give stoves 

 a fine and quite permanent lustre. 



Cup Puddings. — One tablespoonful of flour, 

 1 egg; mix with cold milk and a pinch of salt to 

 a batter. Boil fifteen minutes in a buttered cup, 

 eat with sauce, fruit or plain sugar. 



Por.TEREE. — One pint bottle best porter, 2 

 iilasses pale sherry, 1 lemon, peeled and sliced, 

 half )>int ice-water, 6 or 8 lumps loaf sugar, half 

 grated nutmeg, pounded ice. This mixture has 

 been used satisfactorily by invalids for whom the 

 |mre porter was too heavy, causing biliousness 

 and heartburn. 



South Caroi.in.\ C.\ke. — One small cup of 

 butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 cups of flour, 4 eggs, 

 half a teaspoonful of soila, half a teacup full of 

 milk, a little brandy, and a cup of raisins. 



Ocean Cake. — One cup of milk, 2 cups of 

 sugar, half a cup of butter, the whites of 5 egg, 

 well beaten, 3 cups of flour, 1 teaspoonful of soda, 

 and 2 of cream tartar; flavor to taste. 



Nellie's Ginger W.\fers. — One cup of sugar, 

 1 cup of buttei, 1 cup of molasses, half cup of 

 made coffee, 2 teaspoonfuls of soda, 1 teaspoonful 

 of ginger. 



INCUBATORS- 



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i COLLIE SHEPHERD PUPS, 



I FROM IMPORTED KENNEL. 



Address, RIVIiRSIDE FARM. PortlnDd. -Me. 



\I}B.l COUNTRY PRODUCE, 



2806Lbs.Wg't| 



oftwo OHIO IMPROVED 

 ^CHESTER hogs; 



' S-'nd for di'M-Tiptiou •f tliis 

 jiKius bri-i-il. AL-oFnwIs. 

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Hare you Butter, 



Eff?B. Chickens to 



Writ.- t.. ns inr pri.t-s at this Market. Consign- 

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 bv permission, to the iiublishers of this paper. 

 SEEDS A: FEIH^I'SON, rommissioii Merclmnts, 

 Twelfth Street Market. Philadelphia. 



JERSEY RED PICSo 



S to l'.i week3c.Ul. Puresii-k. sTJ per pair. P.i'.ve.i 

 with feed. Sa»'e arrival eiiaramrcd. 



JOHN S. fOLL.I>S MoorifHtowiu >. J. 



FOFl FOXJLTFlYiyiEN 



MAII.FJl ON UKCEIPT OF rltlCE. 

 Beale't Prolllable PoullrY Keigino, SI. 50: Hallted's Artldclal 

 Incubation, 75 cenl«; Incubator SpeciUcallona (complete di- 

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POULTRY PAPERS. 



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Amerlcai. Poultry Vard. SI. 40: National Poultrf Monitor. SI. 10: 



Poultr. Worlil. SI. JO: Poultry Nation. 80 cents: Poultm 



Moi ihl«, SI. 10 : Poultry Bulletin. SI. 10 : Poultm and 



Farm Journal. S1.IQ- 



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/POJLTRV OtPARTKENT-rARKI AND GARDEN. Philadelphia. 



SOMETHING XTNEXPECTED. 



THOROUGHBRED SHEEP 



OFTEN DIFFERENT BREEDS, TO BE DIVIDED AS PREMIUMS 



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