Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-12-02
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
TO remove warts on horses or CATTLE
hsthe the wart two or three times week
with turpentine and sweet oil.
An Ohio correspondent of the C2,,n-
try Gentleman recommends kill culture for
sweet potatoes on prairie soil, instead Of
cultivation in ridges, and says that half
shovelful of coal ashes to the hill is bene.
fetal.
in Puriy & Johnston's Small Fruit
Recorder TIE following directions are given
for propagating blackberries: "Cut the
roots up in the fall; pack away IN sand
and SOW in shallow drills in the spring. like
peas-scattering over the surface little
coarse manure
A correspondent of the New York
Farmers Club having asked now to clean
cucumber and tomato seed, was told to
spread on piece of paper in the. sun to
dry. They will be clean enough for home
use; for commercial purposes, it is nee
essary to wash out the pulp and dry
them.
A correspondent of the Journal Of
Horticulture says that everybody will be
disappointed who thinks that rich, plump,
iuicv pears can be obtained by digging a
hole in any soil that comes handy. jam
ming in tree Just taken from rich
nursery, and hastily crowding back the
earth
When taking up trees for transplant.
ing great care should be taken not to in
lure the roots. The failure among trees
newly set out arises frequently from dam
age done in digging up the trees in the
nursery. Before planting, all bruised and
wounded roots should be cut off at the
wounded part, making clean cut with
sharp knife.
La Patrte, French paper, publishes
the following simple method of destroying
the grub which does 30 much damage to
apple trees Place piece of aloe, about
the size of a walnut, in quart of water !;
shake the bottle from time to time during
three or four days and apply the liquid
with a small brush to the affected parts
of the tree. If the weather be dry, a
single application will suffice.
Good Sponge Cake-A lady con-
tributes the following recipe to the
Western Rural Break four eggs in a
pam then add two cups of pulverized
sugar, and beat them well together. Dis
solve an even teaspoon of soda in tea
cup of buttermilk, and stir in with the
other; then add -four enough to make
stiff batter, together with teaspoon of
salt, and spices to taste. Put it into two
pans; it will bake in half an hour Have
the oven as hot as you would for baking
bread
To wash hoop skirts, make strong,
hot suds, and then rinse the skirt in this,
rubbing it around the bottom with soft
brush. Repeat this process with fresh
suds, and then rinse thoroughly in clear
water afterwards have some moderately
thick starch made, and dip the skirt in as
far up as you wish, rubbing the starch in
with the hand Then pin the skirt on
line by the binding, and let it dry. Select
clear day, but not too windy one.
For the benefit of those who, like my
self, are in a new country where apples
are scarce, and beef much more SO, send
you a recipe for mock mince pies: One
teacup of bread; one of vinegar; one Of
water; one of raisins; one of sugar one
ofmolasses; one-half of butter; one tea
spoon of cloves; one of nutmeg; one of
cinnamon. The quantity is sufficient for
three pies. They are equally as good as
those made in the usual way. | have
never yet seen a person that could tell the
difference. Try them, all we lovers Of
mince pies, and, my word for it, you will
pronounce them excellent. Exchange.
Grape Jelly.-Strip from their stalks
some fine, ripe, back-cluster grapes, and
stir them with wooden spoon over a
gentle fire, until all have burst, and the
juice flows freely from them strain it off
without pressure, and pass it through a
jelly-bag, or through twicetolded mus
lin; weigh, and then boil it rapidly for
twenty minutes; draw it from the fire !;
stir in it till dissolved, fourteen ounces of
good sugar, roughly powdered, to each
pound of juice, and boil the jelly quickly
for fifteen minutes longer, keeping it con-
stantly stirred aud perfectly well SKINNED
1t will be very clear, and of beautiful
pale rose color Western Rural.
Joseph Harris gives the following
remedy for weedy land, having especial
reference to high priced land, and where
fall sown small grain is raised: Fall fall
lowing for spring crops, to be seeded
down with clover; fall blowing followed
by summer following for wheat, also to be
seeded with clover; planting Two hoed
crops, such as corn and potatoes, in sue
cession, and the constant use of the culti-
yator between the rows; and blowing
and cultivating in the fall after the crop
is removed passing the moving machine
over the wheat stubbles seeded with
clover, if the weeds appear, and keeping
down the weeds along the fence, and in
waste places and road sides.