Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-11-18
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
! Some one calculates that an acre of
buckwheat yields fourteen pounds of
honey daily. T4F g~ET.3
Kettles may be cleansed OF onion and
other odors, by dissolving teaspoonfull
of pearlash or saleratus in water, and
washing them.
! Sugar Biscuit.-One quart of milk
| three-quarters OF pound of butter, one
| quarter pound Of sugar, rather more than
a tea-cup of home made yeast; set to rise
in the evening. To be mixed not too
stiftly .s r.as
--Squeaking boots or shoes are great
annoyance, especially in entering a sick
room, or church after the service has
commenced; the remedy is to boil linseed
oil and saturate the soles with the same.
Graham Bread.-Take the unbolted
flour ofwheat, wet it with lukewarn water,
add salt and yeast, knead in enough more
of this flour to make it stiff, add little
molasses, and when risen, bake in medium.
sized loaves.
--Blistered Hands and Feet.-The speed
lest remedy is to light a tallow candle and
! let the melted tallow drop in cold water,
then mix the tallow with strong spirits
and rub it thoroughly into the palms and
soes. This is both preventive and cura,
tive.
The most easily dgested articles of
food as yet known are sweet apples
baked, cold raw cabbage sliced in vinegar,
and boiled rice; the most indigestible are
suet boiled cabbage and pork; the former
require an hour the latter five.
Every farm should have one good orch
ard, the size varying according to the size
of the farm, arld this orchard should con
| tain choice assortment of all The leading
fruits. Tho farmer who to-day has on his
place q thrifty, ?niddle-aged orchard
should not wait until those trees begin to
! fail before he sets out another one, but
should have one started and growing
--Slas Brown says that twenty-five
years ago he dipped shingles in alarge
kettle Of lime wash to which salt had been
added and the whole kept boiling A few
of the shingles were dipped in all over at
time, long enough to soak them well, and
then thrown aside to dry. In a6hort time
all the shingles were thus prepared Al.
though what are termed "sap shingles"
they have lasted twenty-five years, " and
may do so for years to come Several
experiments of a similar character have
been made since, with very successful re-
Suits it60ay Ca}ticator.
Many farmers throw away all of their
potato stalks. We have seen tons of this
material piled up in the corner of the
! fences, or thrown into some hole or out-of.
/ the.way place The stems and leaves of
/ the potato are very valuable for manure,
and they should never be wasted, but
! drawn to the barn-yard, or placed in
compost-heap According to the expert
ments of Mr.. Sprengel, there are four
! pounds of valuable mineral substances,
beneficial to vegetation in every hundred
! pounds of dried potato stems and leaves,
! Boussegault found twenty-three pounds
/ of nitrogen in thousand pounds OF
/ dry potato-stems AS nitrogen is one OF
the most valuable manuring agents, no
| farmer can afford to waste even a small
amount.-HedrH and Home.
"A sweet potato grower in Southern
/ Illinois declares that sweet potatoes VIII
| keep in bulk. lie has kept 700 bushels IN
one pile. He says The potatoes should
/ be dug before the vines are injured by
/ frost, and sun them until dry and warm
/ enough to keep out frost, and should have
a clay floor Throw your potatoes on the
/ floor in pile and line between them ana
the wall with fine hay or flax straw. The
/ deeper and larger the pile the better
1 Cover with the same material. Cover the
hay or flax straw with clay an inch or
/ two is sufficient in this climate leave an
air hole in the top, or, if the pile IS large
two or three will be required toilet out
/ the steam; keep them warm enough
/ sprout o little In damp, warm days open
/ a window and door in daytime. Cover
soon after they are put in the cellar
Our Receipt for Curing Meat.--io
/ one gallon Of water, take ! IS lbs, OF sail,
! y ID. of sugar, L OF. saltpetre, Il o.. poE'
| ash, In this ratio the pickle to De ID
/ creased to any quantity desired. Let these
/ be boiled together, until all the dirt IRON
+ the sugar rises to the top and is SKINNED
4 off Then throw il into tub to cool, anu
when cold, pour it over your beet for porh
+ to remain the usual time, say four or hYe
weeks. The meat must be well covered
q NltH HlChlts anu sllOulu uOt pC p1t -.
for at least two days after killing, during
which time il should be slightly sprnkleu
with powdered saltpetre, which remove.
oil the surface blood, &c, leaving the mea.
/ fresh and clean Some omit boiling lne
pickle, and find IL to answer well tnougn
the operation Of boiling purifes the plcSie
by throwing off the dirt always 70
found in salt and sugar. -
/ If this receipt is properly tried i WI
never be abandoned. There is zone thai
/ surpass ii If co rood - Gf11roatoser Tex.