Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-10-20
Agricultural.
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
COMFORTABLE quarters and good food are
of more Importance in the management of
swine than is generally supposed. Salt and
sulphur IN small quantities prevents kid
ney worm, and corn soaked in very strong
Jye cures it. Hogs require sulphur, and in
the winter season, carbon; it is a good plan,
i. therefore, to supply them with soft coal in
the winter time, which contains both in
gradients, and in the summer plenty Of
wild mustard will fill the bill. a.-='s
CARROTS AND ONIoNs.-Cut into thin slices
some carrots, and one-third the bulk of
onions and fry them il the pan, with q
good lump of butter or dripping, taking
care that they do not adhere at the bottom ::
season with salt and pepper, and when they
have colored, dred9e -four over them, moist
Ell with soup or with soup mixed with milk
set the pan over the fire and let them Gn-
mix in yellz of egg and little vinegar, and
season With parsley chopped very fine.
SIMPLE WAY TO KEEP Raw TOMATOES. =
Choose ripe tomatoes of good shape, and
place them carefully in {, large jar, filing it
nearly TO the top. Pour into the Jar water
in which cooking salt has been dissolved to
bear an egg, and place on the tomatoes a
little piece of wood weighted with stone,
to keep them from floating. a
In this way tomatoes keep perfectly fol
several years, preserving their form, color
and taste. To use them, soak out the salt
IN fresh water.-Pett Journal .
POTATO PUDDING. Cook in water two
quarts and halt of fine potatoes, and
them then with a quarter pound of melted
butter and the same quantity of powdered
sugar. When the mixture is thorough, add
SIX eggs beaten as if for an omelette glass
Of brandy and quarter pound of Zante
currants. Mix again, turn the whole into
a cloth, tie it that the pudding may not es-
cape Put it to csok in boiling water boil
for quarter of an hour, take it out of the
CLOTH Setit on dish and serve it bath
ed IN sauce made of q glass of wine in
which sugar and melted butter have been
mingled. "
PUTTING UP PICKLES. Take one-half
hushel of cucumbers, more or less, and
put them in q brine made in the propor-
ton of two gallons of water, to one and
half pounds of salt. Let them remain
four days. then take them out and rinse
well in clean water. Then have ready
some good vinegar. Add the vinegar to the
pickles; put a weight on to keep them
under, and cloth which must be wrung
out as often as twice week, and rinsed in
clear water. More cucumbers and vinegar
can be added as occasion requires. Don't
use keg or barrel that has ever had any
kind of meat salted in it.
RATIONALE OF CHURN1NG. writer in
the Irish Farmers Gazette says: The 4G-
tiOedle of the process of churning is ex-
ceedingly simple. By violently agitating
the milk, the little capsules or bags con-
tanning the butter are ruptured, and their
contents becoming free, agglomorate and
ascend to the surface. During the opera
ton Of churning, the friction raises the
! temperature of the liquid several degrees,
and considerable amount of atmospheric
air becomes mixed with the milk. The ac-
ton of heat and air on the sugar of milk
converts q portion Of it into O sour sub
stance termed Tactic acid, which latter
body, acting upon the casein, causes it to
separate in the form of curd. aal.
OUR young readers will find much inter
/ est and pleasure in the following expert
ment for changing the color of flowers:
Take a teaspoenful Of flour of sulphur,
place it in an old saucer and set fire to it
with a common match. When it gets fairly
! burning, take some high-colored flower
/ double ones are the best-and hold it above
/ 1t, at such distance as to prevent its being
/ burnt by the flames Of the sulphur and the
| tips of the petals will be changed into
another color: for instance, a double pur-
pie dahlia will have the petals tipped with
white, or double red one will become
! tipped with yellow, and if the flower is ex-
| posed long enough, the whole flower will
become changed in color. Care must be
had not to inhale the fumes Of the sulphur
nor should it be done in the house, for it
may fade the color of the curtains, paper
hangings or furniture, besides filling the
house with unpleasant fumes.
SUGAR FOR HoRsEs.-A gentleman in
New York is the possessor of a $1,000
horse, whose organ for approhativeness is
so prominently active that ne can be
coaxed, but rarely driven against his will.
When the considerate owner enters the sta
BILE the horse greets him with a hearty
whinny, his only language, which is equal
! to a cheerful expression Of delight. He is
at once treated to a lump of loaf sugar
which the beautiful and sagacious creature
/ knows is usually carried i'll vest pocket
! for he rIbs his nose directly in there. On
returning from drive he expects two
! Jumps. AS two are invariably forthcoming
when embarrassed, it is Unmistakeable evil
/ dence to the horse that his conduct and eff
/ forts were satisfactory. The sight of a
| whip to that animal would be an insult and
an outrage to his affectionate regard for
one who looks carefully to his health, seeu-
rity and comfort. Such an instrument Of
barbarity does not belong to that good
mans carriage and may God speed the in
coming day when they will only be seen in
museums, to illustrate the conditions OF
countries that ultimately became Christian
lied.
TABLE MANNERS. To meet at the break
| fast table father, mother, children, oil well,
ought to be happiness to any heart; il
should be source Of humble gratitude,
and should wake up the warmest feelings
of our nature. Shame upon the contemp-
tible and loT-bred cur, whether parent OF
child, that can ever come to the breakfast
table, where all the family have met in
health, only to frOwn, and whine, and
growl, and fret; it is prinld tdcie evidence
of mean, and grovelling, and selfish, and
degraded nature, whencesoever the churl
may have sprung. Nor is it less reprehen-
sible to make such exhibitions at the tea
table; for before the morning comes some
Of the little circle may be stricken with
that table again forever.
Children in good health, if left to them
sci yes at the table, become, after few
mouthfuls, garruloug and noisy; but il
within at all reasonable or bearabe grounds
it is better to let them alone; they eat less,
because they do not eat so rapidly as il
compelled to keep silent, while the very
exhilaration of spirit quickens the circula-
ton of the vital fluid, and energlzes GigeS.
ton and assimilation. The extremes ot
society cllriously meet in this regard. :
The tables of the rich and MOBILES o.
England are models Of mirth, wit and
bonhommie; it takes hours to gel
through a repast and they live long
If anybody will look in upon the negroes
of a well-to-do family in Kentucky, while
at their meals, they cannot be but impress
ed with the perfect abandon of jaber, each
ination and mirth; it seems as if they ceul(
talk all day, and they live long: 1t follows
then, that at the family table all shoulC
meet, and do it habiGually, to make a com
mon exchange of high-bred courtesies o