The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-21
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

~ DESlho1 NtllcW UpCh, lllC
method has been found effective: Dig up
all that can be found early in the spring;
then before the seed natures, go over the
farm, and gather and burn them, and again
dig up the roots.
BOILED BREAD PUDDING.-Soak pint
of bread crumbs in milk until perfectly
soft, using only enough milk to soften
them, add three beaten eggs with salt and
little soda; it should he quite stiff
raiSins are an agreeable addition; boil in
cloth three quarters of an hour, and serve
with hot wine sauce.
A Missouri correspondent of the Conn
try Gentlenals says that honey locusts, for
posts, is about as durable as sassafras not
equal to black walnut-One black walnut
post is worth three or four of honey locust.
He thinks that honey locust is much less.
durable in some localities than in others,
not lasting half as long in Missouri as in
Kentucky.
PEAR trees growing in grass are seldom
productive. The best way of treating
them is, to dig away the grass and weeds
from q wide space over the roots in the fall,
taking care not to damage the roots in so
doing, and to cover the ground with old
barn-yard manure This should be left
undisturbcd until spring, and then worked
into the soil with a digging fork.
RELIABLE YEAsT-A lady contributes
the following recipe to the Western Rurdl !:
Take ten or a dozen common sized pota-
toes, and boil and mash them; boil a
handful OF hops in two quarts of water :;
scald quart of flour; add the flour and
potatoes together put in one cup of sugar,
onc-half cup of ginger, and let it stand
until cool enough not to scald; then stir in
yeast, and let it rise; when light put it in
jug and cork it tightly, and set in cool
place.
TIE Country Gentleman says: After
many years trial, we find nothing so cheap,
simple, conven lent, and durable, as strips
of tin for permanent labels OH bearing
fruit trees. They may be seven or eight
| inches long, an inch or so wide at the
larger end, and tapering nearly to a point
at the other. Neither the breadth nor
the length requires accuracy. They are
cut OF scrap tin, and may be made at the
rate of dollar per thousand, or at a less
cost To write the name, lay the label on
a table or board, and make the letters with
the point of an awl or of file ground to
Il stout point, pressing firmly while writ
ing.
The CANKER WoRM-The females
which lay the eggs that produce the mis-
chievOus worms are wingless. Whatever
will prevent these from ascending the tree
will save you from their ravagcs. 1t some
times occurs that they ascend in autumn
| but they generally leave their chrysalis
| condition in the ground in early spring
Some obstacle must be interpOsed to theil
ascent, and we have iii former volume:
| aud
tar directly applied to the tree, as We fcal
il would prove injurious. The efficacy o
all the preventiyes to the ascent of thu
| frequent-almost daily-personal atten
tion.-Amerfedn AgricMturist
Coal On. FOR BEE STINGs-I have
new remedy for a bee sting A gentleman
removing from Southern Illinois, thi.
spring, told me that coal oil would cur,
the bite of rattlesnake, by bathing the
bitten spot with it. Iapplicd the oil to E
bee sting, and it gave me immediate relief
A few Gays after had little boy stuna
on his knee. His mother applied coal oil
! to if, and the boy Immediately quit crying
Sometime afterwards, party removing
was detained at my house by high water
Two of the small children went to the Ice
gums, commenced fighting the bees, anG
were stung all over l do not know how
many bees stung them; but suppose moi
less than fifty; probably more. We wei
every place with coal oil and as soon as
this was done, they ceased crying and die
not seem to suffer. nor did any swelling
follow. One of my neighbors has alsC
tried it, and reports that it is perfect sue
cess-C0r. 1nerican Bee Journal
WEEDs.--There appears to be a notion
prevalent among the crlltivators of The
soil that there must be some easy ant
cheap method of destroying weeds. Il,
ascertain how it is To he done is the rul
and just where the laugh comes in will
The itinerant peddlers who sell farmers tn,
secret of killing Canada thistles by cutting
them on certain days from June to Sep
TENDER, or at particular time of TIN
moon. Sorrcl and noxious weeds ar
disposed of, or supposed To be, in the SAM
way but, with all the nOstrums an,
secrets against them, they continue t.
grow and spread, except where cultiyatOr
of the soil attack them in a common sens
way-that is, cut them down with hoe
pillow, or any other implement that vii
eflectually prevent any leaf or stem ap
pearing above the surface. Canada this
ties are the most persistent of all weeds
but they cannot survive this treatmen
more than two seasOns.-IIedrM and Home
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November and December numbers for 1869 to a
new subscribers for 1870 whose subscriptions al
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