Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-12-11
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

YEAsT-To one cup grated potato pour
one quart boiling water. Add one half
cup sugar and one-half cup SALT Also,
when cooled till a little more than milk
warm, one cup of yeast. Keep in jug in
the cellar.
CEMENT FOR IRON.--Holes in the bot
toms of iron kettles, or in stoves, may be
stopped by using compound made of six
parts well pulverized, dry clay, and one
part iron filings; make into a paste with
boiled linseed oil. b
BREAD.-To a quart of warm milk or
water stir in flour to make thick batter,
and add one teacupful of yeast. Put in a
warm place to rise. When risen stir in
| flour sufficient to knead and make in
loaves. Set them by the stove, and bake
soon after they begin to rise.
DRIED APPLE FRUIT CAKE.-One and
one-half cup of molases; one-half cup
brown sugar; three cups of flour; one
cup sour milk one teaspoonful of salera-
tus; one and one-half cups of sweet ap-
pie, soaked and chopped, put into the mo-
lasses and boiled; spice to suit the taste
HoNEY-Honey may be clarified by put
ting the jar containing it in a sauce pan
or boiler of water, which should be placed
on the fire and boiled until the honey be-
comes perfectly clear, all impurities being
removed by skimming as they arise. Store
it in alright jars, and keep it in cool
place. trg
A CORRESPONDENT of the american
Farmers Magazine helped to build corn
crib in Vermont fifty five years ago, which
is still in good order, and in which no rat
or mouse was ever known to be- 1t is set
on stone pillars. two feet high, each cap
ped by broad flat stone, smooth on the
under side.
GLYCoRIM is substance recently in
troduced for healing wounds, covering
them with a kind of varnish, which pro-
tects them from the air, and is made by
adding five parts of glycerine to four of
yolk of egg. The mixture has the con-
sistence of honey, and has a salve-like
feeling, and is unaltered by exposure to
air. g7.
A HEIFER or COW will make beef earlier
than steer. An old COW, or an old sheep,
will not fatten nearly as well with hay as
with grass. The longer the straw of
any kind, the worse as fodder; short
straw is said to be, invariably, the most
nutritious. Cattle always prefer that
which is fresh threshed, day even MAX
ing difference.
BIRD NEST PUDDING--Take any num-
Der OF good, fair sized cooking apples, pare
them and remove the cores without cut
ting the apple. Place in the cavity of the
cores some raisins or currants. Place
them in suitable baking dish; make a
custard IN the usual manner, favoring it
with lemon, orange, or nutmeg, and very
little salt. Bake half an hour.
THE Farmers UnSon mentions two in
stances of good results from obtaining
seed wheat from distance. Two Mime
sofa farmers obtained some seed wheat,
one from Iowa and one from Canada
With the same cultivation and on the
same kind of land the yield from the i'm
ported seed was, in one case twice, and in
the other more than twice that from the
home raised seed.
PRESERVATION OF Eeas-A French
paper recommends the following method
for the preservation of eggs: Dissolve
four ounces of beeswax in eight ounces of
warm olive oil; in this put the tip of the
finger and anoint the egg ali around. The
oil will be immediately absorbed by the
shell, and the pores filed up with wax
years will be as if fresh laid.
Iris stated in the american Elat0na05OqS@
that there are seven different insects, three
of which are known to devour the larvae
OF the curculio, and four are strongly sus-
pected of doing so. The editor says that
" But for the benefcent operations of these
little Insignificant creatures, there can be
but little doubt that not q single bushel of
peaches would have been grown in South
ern Illinois for the past five years"
A KENTUCKY farmer recommends that
wool-raisers pasture their sheep with cat
tie as an effectual preventive of ravages
by dogs. He has followed this practice
for many years, and has never lost single
member of his flocks by dogs or wolves,
while his neighbors have been constant
sufferers. The sheep, when attacked by
dogs, run directly to the cattle for protec-
ton, and the latter soon rid the field of
their canine prosecutors.
PROF. DUssANCE says that beets must
come back in the rotation only one every
three or four years, so as not to exhaust
the soil. The nature of the manures has
much influence on the quality of the crop.
Manures containing notable proportions
of salts of potash or soda must be avoided
"o DOOVo esOoOi ~ UuOSC Suits, dIIU buGIT DT6E-
ence in the juices prevents crystalization,
and increases the quantity Of molasses
MANURING FRUIT TREES -Horsicultur
lists in Switzerland and Germany make |
practice of boring into the ground among
the roots of fruit trees, with an instrument |
made for the purpose, and pouring in |
liquid manure, to stimulate The growth |
and productiyeness of the trees, and also !
to enable them to resist drought. A crow
bar driven down among the roots will |
make a hole large enough to receive and
distribute several gallons Of liquid ma
nure.
MEAT B1sCUIT-This is made from
boiled beef, free from grease, the liquor of
which is evaporated to the consistency of |
syrup, and this is mixed with wheaton
flour so as to form solid paste. This |
paste is then spread out by rolling pin,
is pierced with number of little holes, is
cut to the dimensions of sea biscuit and is
then baked and properly dried. The bis
cult is eaten dry; or may be broken and /
boiled in twenty or thirty times its weight
Of water, from twenty to thirty minutes.