DAIRY-COW. 143 



"Wash knives in warm, but not hot suds, and if a knife- 

 washer is not used, have the knives placed in a mug, not 

 deep enough to reach the handles. Servants will be careless 

 about these matters. 



Covering with caoutchouc-varnish has been tested as a 

 protection for polished steel, but it is too expensive for com- 

 mon purposes. Knives that are not in common use may be 

 heated and rubbed with mutton-suet or fowl's grease, heated 

 again, and, while hot, rubbed with white wax, and polished 

 with soft leather, wrapped separately in brown paper, and 

 put away in a dry place. 



CIMLINS. Gather these summer squashes while they 

 are tender enough readily to yield to the pressure of the 

 nail. Peel, and having divided them, and taken out the seed, 

 boil them rapidly till tender. Drain them well, and with a 

 wooden spoon pass them through a colander. Put the pulp 

 into a ( stewpan with a piece of butter, a gill of cream, a little 

 white pepper and salt. Stir constantly till the squash is dry. 

 Serve in a hot dish. 



DAIRY-COW. The domestic Ox (Bos taurus) has been 

 so long a servant to man, that from what parent stock he 

 has been derived is mere matter of conjecture. Like the 

 dog, he adapts himself to all circumstances. " Where food is 

 scanty," says Professor Low, " he scarcely exceeds the di- 

 mensions of the deer ; but where it is abundant, he reaches 

 to enormous size. He is found from the equator almost to 

 the limits of vegetable life, and is everywhere subservient to 

 the wants and convenience of the human race." 



The breeds of British cattle are very numerous, Great 

 Britain, as the author above quoted remarks, being remarka- 

 ble for the excellence and number of her sheep and oxen, 

 and owing no little part of her opulence to this cause. 



