Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-01-29
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

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Do NOT keep more live stock on your
farm than you can keep well.
IRON shoes on sleds last lifetime. They
are really cheaper in the end than wooden
ones.
REPLACE al the bars where you pass
often by strong gates, and then wonder
that you didn't do so before
PHOSPHATE of lime in fresh water, even
ia very small quantities, it is said, pre-
vents it from acting ON lead and thus
forming poisonous salt. ag.'
TEE New York Tribune says that if the
lghtest running plows were used to the
exclusion of all others it would save I'll e
farmers of this country $4,000, 900 a year.
THE Gardeners Monthly says that if the
people of the United States all care to
become successful grape growers they
must recognize the fact that the roots of
| the grape vine can scarcely be kept too
| dry, and that the very best way to accom-
plish this on fiat land is to raise the soil
above the natural level.
IT is stated that the last half pint of
| milk drawn from cows udder has sixteen
times the quantity of cream in it than the
| first one. This is said to be one re son
why the cowmilking machines are not
more extensively approved. Although
they may milk very fast, they do not
strip" clean, and farmers cannot afferd
to lose the last half pint of milk from each
| cow twice day.
WHILE conceding' that pure bran con.
tains little or no fAttening properties, so
! far as known, the american Stock Journal
says it is fact that feeding pure bran to
mich cows twice day will materially in
| crease the flow of milk The same re-
suit, with the added one of increasing
| strength to the animals, is obtained by q
| like feeding of cake made, from the meal
of cotton seed Stock do not take to
this at first in its pure state, but, mixed
with other food, they will soon come TO
like it, and to thrive under its influence.
FRIED POTATOES There is nothing so
easy to get, and yet so palatable for break
fast, with a thick, tender beefsteak or a
mutton chop fixing from the gridiron
To fry raw potatoes properly, they should
be pared. cut lengthwise into slices, an
| eighth of an inch in thickness, dropped
into pan over the fire containing hot
| beef drippings, turned frequently, nicely
Drowned all over, but never burned.
The addition of little salt and pepper
while in the pan, and little -four dredged
over them, is an Improvement.
UNLEAvENED BREAD -Eoual quaint.
ties of unsifted Graham or rye -four al d
boiling water; little salt. Pour the
water over the flour, stirring briskly, and,
with hands well busted with fine -four,
roll out as quickly as may be into little
cakes. Bake about twenty minutes in a
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favor with all lovers of Graham. A better
way is to bake them in the small iron
dishes that are now cast in sets. In this
creased before they are put in the oven.
they will be as there will be less liability
for the air to escape. II Exchange. -
CARD THE Cows One would think
that any kind hearted man, when he sees
how grateful this operation is to cow
would be willing to spend few moments
daily in carding her. 1t pays IS well to
clean cow as a horse. All who have
fairly tried it find great benefit from the
operation. And yet no one farmer in a
hundred makes It, practice to use the
card or curry comb in the constable. We
know stupid men who laugh at the idea
as mere notion of some fancy farmer.
But, in point of fact, no cow can give the
| best results at the pail unless this matter is
attended to, especially in winter. -AmerS-
can AgricaAtatriSt3 pr }#V ~
| y Ar the Ohio State Fair, held in Dayton,
Mr.. j. w. Mumma, of that place, received
q premium for the best hams, which were
cured after the following receipts: Rub
the fresh hams with best salt; put them in
a barrel and cover with brine made of
the following proportions for 100 1b. of
meat 7 lbs of salt, 2 on. salt petre, gal
Ions of water Leave the meat in this
brine for three or four weeks; then take
it and rub again with dry salt, and put it
back into the brine for three or four weeks
longer If you want sugar cured hams,
use lbs. sugar to the above quantity of
brine When the meat has been in the
brine as above directed, take it out and
smoke it with half green hickory wood, if
this can be had. Corn cobs make good
smoke where hickory cannot be had.
To BRUSH CLoTHEs-Have a wooden
horse to put the clothes on, and a small
cane to beat the dust out of them also
board or table long enough for them to
be put their whole length when brushing
them Have two brushes, one hard
bristle, the other soft; use the harder for
the great coats, and for the others when
spotted with dirt. Fine cloth coats should
never be brushed with too hard brush,
as this will take off the nap, and make
them look bare in little time. Be care
full in the choice of the cane; do not have
it too large, and be particular not to hit
too hard. Be careful also not to hit the
buttons, for it win scratch, if not break
them; therefore small hand-whip is the
best to beat with. If coat be wet and
spotted with dirt, let it be quite dry before
brushing it; then, rub out the spots with
the hands, taking care not to rump]e it
in so doing. If it wants beating, do it as
before directed, then put the coat at It's
full length on board; let the collar be
towards the left hand, and the brush in the
right. Brush the back of the collar first,
between the two shoulders next, and then
the sleeves, etc, observing to brush the
cloth the same way that the nap goes,
which is towards the skirt of the coat.
When both sides are properly done, then
brush the inside, and last of all the collar.
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ON the hundredth anniversary of the
introduction of vaccination into Prussia,
the government has offered a prize OF 5000
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