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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Ans.—N o two bologna-makers here seem 
to have the same formula, and they do not 
?eem inclined to impart any positive infor¬ 
mation as to their methods. The meat is 
cooked, seasoned with salt, pepper, and any 
other seasoning desired to suit the taste of 
the maker : it is then stuffed into skins and 
smoked. We shall be glad to have any 
readers who have had experience in making 
bolognas add anything to the foregoing. 
Picking Ducks. -In answer to Mrs. H.F. N. 
who inquires with regard to picking ducks 
and geese alive, I would say: Don’t do it. 
It is simply barbarous to pull the feathers 
and quite unnecessary. Take a pair of 
sharp scissors or small shears—those with 
blunt ends are best—and clip the feathers 
from the bird, leaving the stems, which 
would be no improvement to the bedding. 
The feathers will be almost as light as down 
and not so liable to become rancid. 
I am glad to see the tobacco habit so well 
discussed. I think if mothers and sisters 
were more decided in their teachings 
against this disgusting vice so many would 
not practice it. A reader. 
SOME GOOD HOMELY NOTIONS. 
Rnskin says : “Our God is a household 
God, as well as a Heavenly One.” Did you 
ever think of that ? Was that dust on that 
sofa ? And is not that a finger-print on 
that door ? 
Your hired man says there are bed-bugs 
in his room. Probably he is right, and so 
you had better varnish the furniture in his 
chamber. Bugs abominate varnish, and 
it is cheap. 
Is it economy to buy one 10-cent calico 
dress, or two five-cent dresses ? It all de¬ 
pends on whether you make them yourself, 
or whether .you hire the work done. The 
odds are great. 
Why eleven eggs in angel cake ? Why 
not 10 or 12, as well as 11 ? Little eggs or 
large ones, there is always the one number 
until it really makes one feel superstitious. 
What! did I understand aright ? Did 
your husband say that his wife aljvaysdoej 
the milking ? Well, perhaps it is all right, 
but as a general thing housekeeping and 
barnkeeping are two thin gs. 
Never stand in your kitchen door and 
throw out your dish-water. The proba¬ 
bility is that disease germs will spring up 
there. At least, weeds will grow there, and 
grow thriftily, too. 
If you can have a trough or tile from 
your buttery to the swill-barrel in the hog- 
house, you can directly empty the skim- 
milk as you skim it. It has been done, and 
works nicely. 
Do not despise the use of the scraps of 
meat, you can get them of the butchers for 
a comparative trifle, and of course, they 
are as nutritious as the most expensive cuts. 
When your girls are talking about what 
their life-work is to be, give them a good 
substantial corner-stone for their castle, by 
saying: “Be good housekeepers.” 
Among the most common causes of in¬ 
digestion are the inordinate use of too long- 
infused tea, especially without other food, 
and in excess. In plain words, this is self¬ 
poisoning. 
Hasty pudding requires not less than four 
hours’cooking at 212 degrees, to be diges¬ 
tible. If not so cooked, it is not mastered 
by the stomach, and becomes an irritant. 
No scientist contends that oatmeal is 
more nutritious than wheat flour, but it is 
a better producer of bone, and its large 
proportion of fat renders it a better 
balanced food. 
Yes, ma’am, your ground is a good one. 
You should take all the care of the poultry, 
and if there is any profit in it, that is yours 
by right. Tell him that you are the hen- 
nist. 
Saving and spending are opposite quali¬ 
ties,but in buying provisions for the house¬ 
hold it may be saving to spend liberally, 
and one may spend when saving. 
Try this: The next time you .make 
an apple pie, make it without sweetening 
it, and when it is done, remove the upper 
crust and add the sugar. The flavor is 
superior. 
Why, yes, you ought to mend the 
horse-blankets for the men folks, but do 
you know that it is not woman’s work to 
oil the harness, as some women with 
mistaken ideas of duty do. 
Shall the children study their school les¬ 
sons at home ? They should. When ? 
Not at night, but by preference in the 
morning before or after breakfast. 
Is it better to buy sugar by the dollar’s- 
worth, or to buy a certain number of 
pounds ? All things considered, we think 
that the latter method is preferable. Don’t 
you P 
If you, a Protestant, have a Catholic in 
your family, remember it. Have no meat 
on Fridays. Encourage his or her going 
to mass. Do not speak a word against 
the religion. 
Let the hired help read your agricultural 
papers, if they want to. It must do them 
as much good as it does you, and the more 
good it does, so much the better it is for 
your interests. 
Bad cookery is doing as much injury as 
bad whisky, and is the bane of our age. 
Intemperance in the eating of soggy cake 
and undone pie, is an evil that demands a 
Father Mathew. 
If home is ruled according to God’s law, 
and the next guest should prove to be an 
angel, he would not find himself out of his 
own element. Did you ever entertain an 
angel ? 
To stain floors a dark tint, so as to rep¬ 
resent woods of greater cost, is easy. Slop 
grease around, splash the dish-water as a 
second coat, and then add sour milk. 
The best of bread is none too good for 
toast, and it is the miserablest economy to 
try to “make nice toast” of sour heavy 
slices. And serve toast hot, and not in a 
covered dish. 
Governor Hill says: “ It would seem that 
everything that we eat is adulterated.” 
That is too sweeping, Governor. Dine out 
with a farmer, and dare to say that to your 
hostess ! 
In Spain all confiscated wines, food, and 
provisions are distributed to charitable 
institutions, “If,”(says the law,)“ they are 
adulterated so as to be injurious to health.” 
Simmering at ISO degrees is preferable, 
in cooking meats, to boiling at 212 degrees. 
Much heat is wasted in raising water to 
needlessly high temperatures in cooking. 
A farmer’s wife ought to know how 
much the cows and the horses are worth 
for if they are for sale and a buyer comes 
along, she is as shrewd as her husband is. 
When a man hires out for the season, or 
even for a day,he should know whom he is 
working for, whether it is the farmer, or 
his wife, or some of the children, or all to¬ 
gether. L. C. M. 
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June tint to 500 lbs. of winter butter. 
Send for circulars and prices if your dealer 
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