The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-11-19
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

A MINNESOTA correspondent of the
Western Rural thinks it better to break
prairie sod in June than sooner or later.
COFFEE CAKE.-One cup of coffee left
from breakfast, two do. of butter, one do
of sugar, one do. ofmolasses, one teaspoon
full of soda Ito be dissolved IN the coffee),
one cup of raisins, one teaspoon of all
kinds of spices; flour enough so that the
fruit will not settle. One egg is an i'm
provement.
pipes is prepared by combining four parts
of good Portland cement and one part of
unslaked lime, mixed together in small
portions in stout mortar, adding enough
water to permit it to be reduced to soft
paste. Pipes thus united have been in use
more than six years without any leak.
A Swiss dairyman of Lowville, N. Y,
says, in the Rural Neso Yorker, that cows
should be sailed every morning, and if in
the stable, before foddering, but never af-
ter taking water. This is the practice OF
the best stock-keepers in Switzerland, and
he.thinks much preferable to sailing them
once or twice week, or to keeping it con-
stantly within their reach.
PUDDING SAUcE.-One quart of boiling
water, 4 large tablespoonful of white OF
light brown sugar, 3 do. of -four, 1 do OF
butter, teaspoonful of salt, nutmeg OF
cinnamon to taste. Two tablespoonfuls Of
currant or blackberry wine are a great inn
provement. Boil the whole together for
10 minutes. Mix the flour with a portion
of cold water before adding it to the boil
ing water.
To KEEP CATTLE FREE FROM LICE
Water in which potatoes have been boiled
possesses poison fatal to lice. Dip into
it large sponge or wooden cloth, and
wash the cattle freely, choosing sunny,
warm day for the operation, and as their
hides dry, comb them with a currycOmb
and see for yourself the effects of the wa.
ter. In England, cattle of all kinds are
curried, as well as horses, and they are
improved in flesh and health by the opera
ton. 1rishmen always curry their pei
cows, and their hair is sleek and soft.
Poisonous PoTAToEs-The sprouts oil
the potato contain an alkaloid, termed by
chemists solanine, which is very poison.
GUS, if taken into the system. This aka
loid does not exist in the potato ITSELF un.
less it has been exposed to the light and
air during its growth, by which it takes 9
blacksh-green color, upon the exposed
sides. Potatoes presenting such an ap.
pearance should never be cooked or fed to
stock-they are poisonous to both man
and beast.-Erch0nge.
LETTUCE and spinach can be raised
nearly month earlier by planting the
seeds late in the autumn, and covering
them an inch. Make youfabeds rich with
hen or barn-yard manure for lettuce and
| spinach; the latter is said to be the best
test of the richness of the land-it mus
be well fed to flourish. Cover the beds
with leaves, straw, orshemlock- boughs
and, if possible, place boards over them to
retain the coverings. In April, remove
the rubbish, and your plants will soor
flourish. The careful observer will re
member how often lettuce and spinach
come forward early in the spring from
having sown themselves the previous au
tumn. Last year several onions were LEFT
in the ground unwittingiy. They sprane
up in April, producing fine potato onions
very early. We are now saving onion-seei
from roots which lived. over the winter
A potato was planted on rose-root, tc
keep in the sap; it hourished through the
summer unmolested. In the spring, fresh
potatoes were found in the ground, and
they are growing now. Lettuce anl
spinach are hardy, and the early frost.
| will not iniure them.-Hoortk and Homo