The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-09-15
UEEFUL AND SCG6E LIVE.

TO prevent boiling meat burning or ad-
herring to the bottom OF the kettle lit
false bottom of tin on the inside.
SODA BIscUIT.-One quart sifted flour;
two even teaspooofuls cream-tartar, well
mixed with the flour, piece Of butter the
size OF an egg--rub well together -one
teaspoonful soda in one pint OF milk. A
little salt. Bake in quick oven.
To KEEP BUTTFR-A writer in Hearth
and Home wraps each churning separate
ly in rags dipped in strong brine, and
packs it in q box or barrel of dry salt, tax
ing care TO keep 1t covered with the salt
It does not become too salt, and Is as good
In winter as when new.
TAPIocA CREAM.-Soak two tablespoon
fuls OF tapioca over night in just enough
water to cover it. In the morning, boil
one quart of milk with the tapioca, add
two thirds OF a cup of sugar, a little salt,
and the beaten yOlks of three eggs; stir
them in the milk and remove from the
fire. On the top put the three whites
beaten to stiff froth and flavor to taste
To be eaten cold.
FoRNEY's Weekly Press says repeated
experiments have shown, without any
reasonable doubt, that the surface is the
place to apply manure. The reasons
given are; n good start is given, as the
| roots get at the manure as soon as the
setd begins to grow the manure is in.
creased in value by coming in contact
with the atmosphere the feeding roots OF
| plants are at the surface, the deep roots
drawing up little beside water
| FALL PLANTING OF STRAwBgRRIEs,-
Very little is gained by planting strawber-
| ries In autumn. No considerable amount
OF fruit can be expected from the plants
the next season, and there is always more
risk OF loss from dry weather as well as
from cold in winter. A man who has
plants III his own garden may transplant
| with safety In early autumn, because he
selects rainy day for the operation, but
10 send 10 distance for them is very
| uncertain business. Spring appears to
be the most natural season for transplant
ing ell kinds of small and delicate plants,
and we would advise the novice in straw
berry culture to defer making new beds
until that time-Hearth and Home
a WRITER in the Southern Planter and
Farmer thus tells of his achievements in
a line that might not be unwise for others
to initiate: 81 make and mend all my
harness with copper-belt rivets. The
process IS so simple, the work so secure,
the time it takes to do it so trifiing, and
the cost SO small, that every farmer ought
to provide himself with the necessary
tools, and quit the harness-maker's for
ever. No special training is necessary.
Anybody who can make q partridge trap
or pare his own finger nails can make bis
plow gear with riyets, have made a
good farm bride In thirty minutes, st a
cost OF fifty cents all told. ! needed set
OF buggy harness, and the harness maker
proposed to accommodate me for twenty.
five dollars. With the harness makers
aid on the Saddle and traces, which had
to be sewed, made a set of buggy-har
ness In less than two rainy days at cosi
of Sf2 80 all told"
THE Western PomolOgist, through a cor
respondent, strongly advises Whist ha!
been hitherto considered an unnecessary
article of diet for beee. Here is his way O
doing ii: There is no insect more f0n(
OF water than the honey bee. In fsot
water is believed TO be absolutely indis
pensable 10 the successful operations o
the hive Water should at all times b,
, near the bee stand, where it Will be easil,
: accessible, and Ut the same time not I,
endanger the lives of the bees by drown
ing, as IN open troughs, pals, or tubs
Take either OF the vessels mentioned, fiji
up with water, and cover with piece o
) coarse canvas, such as comes around bale
} OF. sheeting, and you have most perfec
, watering place for bees. The canya
, should be made to rest upon the surfac
of the water. The water oOzes UP through
, the canvas, upon which the bees may ligh
without danger of being drowned, as il
open Yessels."