The Farmer's Own Book: A treatise on the numerous diseases of the horse: with an explanation of their symptoms, and the course of treatment to be pursued; also a treatise on the diseases of horned cattleKoogle, J. D.
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The Farmer's Own Book: A treatise on the numerous diseases of the horse: with an explanation of their symptoms, and the course of treatment to be pursued; also a treatise on the diseases of horned cattle
Take of oil of bergamot 1 ounce, oil of lemon 1 ounce, oil of lavender
3 ounces, tincture of muck 1 drachm, pure alcohol 7 pints, rose water 1
pint, gum camphor 20 grains, mix and digest 1 day and filter--cork up
tight for use.
COLOGNE WATER No. 3.
Take oil of roses 5 drops, oil of bergamot 1 ounce, oil of lemon 1 ounce,
oil of lavender 2½ ounces, oil of rosemary ½ ounce, oil of cinnamon
10 drops, pure alcohol 7 pints, new milk 1 pint. Let the mixture stand
one day and filter. All preparations of cologne should be kept closely
stopped, otherwise they will lose their fine flavor.
TOOTHACHE DROPS.
Take of 95 per cent. alcohol 1 pint, oil of origanum 2 ounces, gum
camphor 2 ounces, tartaric acid ½ ounce. Digest 1 day and mix well, when
it will be ready for use--cork up tight.--A few drops of this mixture on
cotton applied to the nerve, and the gums well rubbed with it will soon
relieve the pain. This is harmless and pleasant. If you cannot get any
cotton to the nerve, bathe the tooth and gums well with it.
FOR DYSPEPSIA.
Take of 1½ pounds of white mustard seed from 1 tea spoonful to 1 table
spoonful, between meals--the whole seeds in cold water.
TO PRESERVE BUTTER No. 1.
Take saltpetre and loaf sugar of an equal proportion and make a liquid.
After packing the butter in a jar or sweet keg, pour over enough of the
liquid to cover the butter an inch or two. If you should wish to re-pack
the butter, pour off the liquid, which if sweet, may be used again when
you have done packing.
TO PRESERVE BUTTER No. 2.
Reduce separately to a fine powder, in a dry mortar, 2 pounds of the best
common salt, 1 pound of saltpetre and 1 pound of loaf sugar; sift one of
them over the other on a sheet of paper, then mix them well together and
they are ready for use. 1 ounce of the preparation is enough, to a pound
of butter, and if well worked in will preserve it sweet for three years.
This is worth giving a trial.
TO PICKEL CUCUMBERS.
Let your cucumbers be small, fresh gathered and free from spots; then
make a pickel of salt and water, strong enough to bear up an egg; boil
the pickel in a copper kettle if convenient; and skim it well; then pour
it upon the cucumbers and tie them down for 24 hours, strain out through
a colander and dry off well with a cloth.
Take the best wine or cider vinegar, cloves, mace, nutmegs, pepper and
race ginger, boil them together and put the cucumbers in with a little
salt, as soon as they begin to turn their color, put them into jars,
crocks or tight barrels; when cold tie on a bladder or leather. This is
excellent and worthy attention.
SOFT GINGER BREAD.
Four cups of molasses, 2 of butter, 2 of milk, eight eggs, two
teaspoonsful of pearlash, ginger, and sufficient flour to make it stiff
as pound cake.
TO PRESERVE PEACHES.
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