Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-02-10
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FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


> Care OF PaULTRySIN WIATER- |
Very lew persons pay necessary at |
tention to the poultry in Winter, al I
though at this season, they require /
constant care. ~ poultry house, to /
bequite warm should be constructed /
with double walls and roof like an 1
icc-house, and should have as much /
glass as possible to admit light and |
sunshine.
Lizards aaast four i8ehcs vide are
better aslapteI for rocsts than are
round poles a the fowl, sitting on
them can cover their feet with their |
feathers and protect them from frost. |
Old hers are not worth feeding; they
sGoui,l he got rid OF. and Young, Wig
Eorous ones substituted Ndlen more
than three years old, hens are not
usually worth keeping 49,. .
a bundaat food Should be given in
Winter, as without it very few eggs
Will be obtained. Every poultry
house should be furnished with box
es for the hens to lay In, so arranged
that they cannot rcost over them.
Food and water should be given with
regularity, and supply Of lime,
gravel, crushed bones and charcoal
should be always available +. N.
Y MINED HUsBANDRY.-An ex-
Change. insl disq uisiiioiI on farming
| policy, says:
Il will be seen that we must now
I lay our plans for mixed husbandry
that Is, the products Of the field,
/ the orchard and the garden. Not
only these, bat there is another
small item or TWO that should not be
/ overlooked. The railroads will need
| ties and timber for track purposes.
J ~ l. IL.
30 IL. Il j. true that this is crop
/ nos maturing la one year, but it is
| nevertheless a crop that we must
I plant and wait patiently for the har-
{ VeStiug. our old forests viii soon
be $tEiPt't-,i of tiilber for tldS fsHfpose,
"Hi the new supply must come from
! the. harms we-itust therefore, begin
tatonce 10 supply this new demand.
! We shall have. more to DO with
I the garden and the orchard. and as
/ these must be sheltered from The
bleak winds, ard rs thereis nothing
| better fer the purpose than the for
! est .rees chat we shall need for rail
/ road ties, which viii grow in these
/ shelter belts thing OF annual val
ne and in the end make large returns
Of capital-we shculd plant them.
WHEAT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS IN
SUCCESSION.
In late number Of the Irish Far
mers Gazette an inquiry was addres-
! scd to j. =. IaWeS, asking whether
il was true. as reported, that he had
grown wheat Twenty-Five years CON
/ secutiveiy on the same land without
the aid Of any fertilizer, and, if so,
the character of tne yield at the last
/ cropping. I4r response was an
affirmative enc, to the effect that he
commenced cropping as au expert
mcnt, in 1914, following wheat with
! wheat without applying any manure.
/ As soon as the harvest was over, the
I field was pioweI to the ordinary
| depth of four or five inches, and left
/ undisturbed till the last week i'm De-
/ tOber or the first one in NoyenIbe:.
/ when the ground was narrowed and
! two bushels of seed to the acre drill
/ ed in. Care was taken not 10 turn
up the subsOil. leaving the ground to
/ It's natural yield from year to wear
| without manurial aid. The cron i'm
/ 1874 was fifteen bushels 10 the acre,
and the twenty-ffth one sixteen
/ bushels. Care was always taken to
| keep grass and weeds down in the
! wheat-ield, hoeing twice and even
/ three times were necessary.
/ New Yorker.
Household Recipes.
SODA BISCUIT.-Eave one quart.
of sifred flour; two teaSpoonfuls Of
cream tartar rubbed into the flour.
with lump OF butter the size Of an
egg. Dissolve 4 teaspoOnful Of soda
in pint OF milk; 4 teaspoonful of
salt; mix them as soft rs possible 10
roll out nicely, ana bake in 4 quick
oven.
MINCE PIEs.-Eight pounds of
apples, four pounds OF beef, Boiled
tender, 2 pound and n quarter of
suet, two pounds of sugar, half gal
Ion Of cider, 4 wiuc-giasS OF brandy,
one nutmeg, two ounces Of cinna-
mon, one ounce OF cloves, quarter
of pound OF citron, two pounds OF
rasins, chop all fine, and mix well.
BREAD PUDDINc-Talzet two large
slices OF bread, crUtnb il into two
quarts OF milk; let il stand until
soaked So that it may be idmmed up
fine add three eggs one coffee cup
of sugar small lump OF butter one
nutmeg bake one hour.
Corn ES.-Sift YOUR corn
meal, have quart of sweet milk, take
three tablespoonful OF meal and scaId
IL, pour in Y lr milk, add 4 table
SNtNNtuE OF sugar, IOuf deserts noon /
fui of baking powder, and rec eggs
beaten separately, mixing IT, white
IN last Sour milk can be used. with
4 teaspoonful of soda.
Corn BREAD.-Have one quart of
warm sweet milk, four weH-beateu
eggs. a tablespoonful of sugar, three 1
teasP5onfuls Of baking powder, mix +
all the ingredients into the milk.and /
then stir III sllJei meal until It forms /
q thick batter; pour tae mixture into /
a bread-pau am 5a ke IL.
TREATM ENT OF EoILS.- PEOPLE I
afiiict ted With boils. at some portion /
OF their lives. 30 not always know (
how p treat their uuWeicome guests. /
Our instructions are. woilify them. I
with good, warm, thick poultices. !
aud ~ Is v"71F doctor to open them as
earl, rs possible. Don't try your
owu 'SH. E ea them. because there /.
ary aT.er.tS ian various parts OF the T.
system, and To wound one NIGH ( /
lead Ia RESULTS more decided than
agreeable. Whatever you DO don't /
put soap and sugar ON them 4: ii!
only aggravates what i trouble F
some a0ugh-bcinE "a powerful irri- .
tu1t.
STRAIN THE BUTTER1IILK.-A {
correspondent Of the Germantown .
Telegraph says:
pail, draw or turn the i1GttcrfriIk in