Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1868-04-24


PETROLEUM V. MASSEY, P. M,
(Which is Postmaster)
WATERY PoTAToEs.-In the spring,
potatoes are apt to be watery, but If, when
you boil them, you put into the water
bit of lime as large as walnut, it will
render them mealy and white Western
RurGl
The English are advocating our
cheese-factory system, for they say Ameri-
can cheese has become so good as serious.
ly to compete with their best, aud they
complain that the Americans are sharp
fellows.
The Commissioner of immigration for
Kansas last year sent out 10000 circulars
setting forth the advantages of that State.
It is said Minnesota, in the same time, sent
out 10000 pamphlets descriptive of her re-
sources.
Worms in fower-pots may be de-
stroyed by using common lime water,
made by Stacking lime in water. The SO.
luton must be weak an ordinary sized
lump Of lime will be sufficient for six gal
Ions of water.
BROWN BREAD.-Everybody likes good
brown bread, and 1 send you sure recipe
for making itgood: One pint rye meal and
one of corn meal, halt cup yeast, O small
tea-cup of molasses, one teaspoonful ofsalt;
mix with warm water, and have it so soft
twill pour out easily and settle readily to
place. Steam five minutes.-Cor. Western
RWrGI.
The Kansas Legislature has enacted
that an Usage Orange hedge, one year old
and over, the plants set not more than one
foot apart, and some other conditions com.
piled with, shall be lawful fence, and the
owner can have lien on any animal doing
damage TO hedge Or crop.
"A Wisconsin farmer writes to the
Country Gentleman strongly favoring har-
rowing wheat in the spring. He has har-
rowed five years out of seven, the other
seasons being wet, and always with paying
results. This season where he has har-
rowed twice his wheat is more even than
where he narrowed once, and is grow
ing very rapidly.
Give breeding cows good shelter
from the cold storms Don't work the
breed mares too severely. Care for the
breeding ewes and the lambs. Keep books
"a complete record of costs and profit.
Know just what will pay you and what
will not Keep accounts with every
field you cultivate, and you will be graft
! fed at the results, at the end of the
| season.
| The following recipe for whoopipg
I cough, which has been used with great
success by prominent physician of Gin
| cinnati, we publish at the suggestion of
one of our city physicians "Take from 3
tS grains ofthe leaves Of the chestnut to
the pint of water; let it come to a boil,
then pour the whole into a teapot, without
straining, and let them drink occasionally,
either cold or warm, and as much as they
will, through the day and at bed time.
Children, 1 find, like to drink it, even
without sugar, which consider best, and
have that way administered it 10 infants
without the least difficulty" -Iotedo
Blade. T
| PREPARING SEED Corn Farmers who
have not choice corn for seed already on
hand had better pay five dollars per
| bushel for the best quality than to plant
inferior grain, if the latter is obtained for
nothing 4 kind of corn should be select
ed that ripens early, fills the cobs well to
the end, large sized cars, with deep, plump
kernels, and small cob. tits bad plan to
buy shelled corn for seed, for likely there
will be grains of inferior quality mixed in,
and besides experiment has shown that
kernels from the small end Of the ear will
always produce small ears. 641io
IF the crop be 60. into the ground early,
| it is not advisable to soak the seed for the
purpose Of fastening its growth. If the
weather comes on unfavorable for planting
while the corn is soaking, the sprouts are
apt to get SO long that they will be broken
off while carried in the planting bag; and
besides sprouted seed cannot be put in the
| hand planter, the use of which very much
| facilitates the labor, and if the ground is
dry, makes the growth of the seed aoubly
certain.-Ohio Farmer.
| BUTTER PACKAGES Farmers are not
sufficiently careful about the packages in
which they put up butter for market, and
heavy losses are caused annually by using
unseasoned wood for firkins, tubs and pals.
/, Sometimes even seasoned wood may be
| injurious, but that is only when the
wrong kind of wood has been used. In
Orange county, d Y, where butter Of
superior quality y made, the dairymen
pay great attention to packing the butter
properly for market. They use white OAK
| for firkins, etc, and they state that no
| Otucr klEu VI WOUO - ~ WShA S"ASSN AN'
this purpose. 1Hs
Before the butter is packed, the frkins,
etc, are soaked in cold water, then IN
warm water, and in cold water again.
Brine is also used for soaking the pack
ages. The result of all this care is
that Orange county butter has
high reputation and commands the high
est prices in every market where it is
offered for sale. A butter dealer in New
York says that Western butter is put
up in such coarse, unslightly packages,
and contains 80 much milk and salt that it
has to be taken out, worked over, and then
repacked in suitable frkins before it can
be sold.
Improper packing in kegs or frkins
soiled on the outside and leaky, makes
from threeto five cents per pound differ
ence in the price of the article. He says
firKins should be made of seasoned white
oak, with hickory hoops, and should hold
about 80 pounds. The greatest care should
be taken to free the butter entirely from
milk by working 1t and washing 1t
thoroughly, at temperature so low as
will prevent it losing its granular character
and becoming greasy. Eight ounces OF
Ashton salt should be sufficient for ten
pounds of butter. Salt of inferior quality
damages butter to the extent of from five
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