The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1870-01-14
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

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of Muscatel raisins, enc and three-quarter
pounds of currants, one pound Sultana
raisins, two pounds finest moist sugar, two
pounds bread. crumbs, sixteen eggs, two
pounds finely chopped suet, six ounces
mixed candied peel, the rind of two lemons,
one ounce ground nutmeg.
A HoUsEKREPER writes: Having
some stone jars in which lard had been
packed, until they became unfit for use, l
made them perfectly sweet by. packing
them full of fresh earth, and letting them
remain two or three weeks. l suspect
this course would be equally effective in
any case of foul earthen or stone ware"
PUDDMG SAUoE.-On two eggs well
beaten toa froth, with coffee cup of sugar,
pour four table spoonfuls of boiling milk,
and beat all to cream; then let it stand
about twenty minutes in the top OF the
tea-kettle, stirring it most of the time;
have wine glass of wine in the bottom
of the tureen, or flavor with lemon or
vanilla and turn the sauce on it.
JOHN II. KLIPPART, Secretary of the
Ohio State Board of Agriculture, writes
to Hearth and Home in favor of transplant
ing plants at night He says the plants
he transplants at night live and grow as
rule, seldom whiting OF whitening, while
almost all of those transplanted in sun
light wither, and many of them die. As
an illustration, he says he transplanted
1000 strawberry plants at night; their
growth was apparently uninterrupted
MKNDINa EaGs-A pigeon fancier at
Toulon has found novel use for the mar
gin of postage stamps. When he finds
cracked egg, and is able to make out that
the living epidermis is intact, he mends
the egg with the gummed paper, and re-
places It in the nest to be Matched. DE
has done the same thing with pheasant
eggs. One precaution must be observed.
The paper used must be as nearly as pos
sible of the same color az the egg, or 1t
attracts the notice of the hen, who makes
efforts to pick it off when she turns the
egg, and in so doing often breaks it.
PLANTING TREEs.-In later years, the
old way of cutting back the limbs of trees
to be planted has been abandoned in Eu-
rope. Now the limbs are not cut back,
but only such limbs removed which are
too close. The middle limb and four or
five others are left in their natural state.
The second year these limbs are cut back
to about half of their length. The result
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leayes appear ~ .ne .op ~ INC roo U ars
ana Dy tnelr ald, new snan !oosies J al.
generated Garner man otnerx se, anu sna.
the Tees IN sne second ysaa ion ,,t bso sSa
WOOD than Il tney nao oeen cut DacA INC
nrst year.-fTdsSse faT"'er.
BoNE-DUsT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
dust may be sown broadcast over straw
berry-beds in early spring or at any time
during summer. 1t is better 10 apply In
rainy weather, as then the soluble por-
tons are Immediately carried down 70 the
roots OF the piants; Al tne sslawDe es
are cultivated IN hllis, tnen 2 nS T OF
Done 70 each VIII De sumclen.. W. Usual suar
~ apply It upon the surI1ce, anu t me-
work 1t IN with q y ana cui.,vae 81 Ia Inc ne
quantity TO De appiiea per acre seouio DC
varied according 10 the llcnness Oh Inc SOIL
II poor, nall ton OF even gon VIZ ao
no harm, but mucn gooa we consldef
bone valuable fertnizer lor az kIn9s OF
soil, and there Is httie danger Oh applying
too much, PROVIDED IL IS mixed Win the
soil.-Hedrm and Homo.
To BAKE BEANs.-Bol quart OF white
beans in two or three quarts OF water Until!
they begin to crack. Put In ateaspo0nful