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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1869
Page
2
The article advises using smooth leather under a horse collar to prevent chafing, plus nightly washing of the horse breast. It recalls a farmer who questions efficiency but argues thrift through grease on plows and warns against rust. It ends with a satirical jab at a stingy neighbor and broad rural complaints.
The London Cottage Gardener reports that earthing up potatoes diminishes the product and retards tuber ripening. English experiments show hilling up can reduce the crop by about one quarter.
Select lean beef and slice into half inch pieces. Season with salt and pepper, place a dab of butter on each, roll tight and flour lightly. Line a basin with suet paste, add beef rolls, mushrooms, and a touch of ketchup, seal with paste, tie in a cloth, and boil three hours.
A small piece of butter browns in a stew pan then a beaten egg is added. Finely minced ham covers a round of buttered toast and is moistened with gravy. Stir quickly with a fork, pour onto the buttered toast cut into pieces, and serve hot.
Beat four eggs light and mix with a pint of milk. Dip bread slices in the mixture, fry in hot lard until brown, then dust with sugar and cinnamon. Serve hot. Nicely prepared it makes an excellent breakfast or tea dish, on par with waffles.
The page mixes a butter sugar dough recipe with poultry diphtheria home remedy notes. It cites Beecher on Canada thistle, a Michigan farmer with a wolf-trap linked to a neighbor’s sprained ankle, and a remark on English farming rents versus six acres. It also notes German land efficiency.
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