The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-09
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FRENCH LoAF.-Three eggs two cups
OF sugar, two of sour cream. one half cup
OF butter, one pound of rasins. one tea.
spoonful of rasns, one tea spoonful of soda
and two of cream of tartar. Flour in suf-
ficient quantity.
TO WBITEN STRAW HATs.-Scrape
stick sulphur with knife, mix the now
der to mush with water, plaster it thick
| ly over the straw, and place in the hot
sun for several hours brush off when
dry.
WILLIAM LIE BARREN, State Entomolo-
glst OF Illinois, recommends Paris green
| mixed In the proportion Of one part of
the green to six parts of flour, as a pres
ervative OF potatoes from the ravages of
the Colorado beetle, or potato bug
Paris green is very deadly poison. and
II applied with the hand, glove should
Invariably be worn.
WASHINGTON CAKE.-One and one
| fourth pounds sugar, three fourths of a
! pound OF butter, one and three fourtbs of
flour, one pint of milk, one glass ofbrandy
lou, eggs, one tablespoon saleratus. one
table spoon each of cinnamon, cloves and
nutmeg, one pound Of rasins, one Of cur
rants.
GRAIN IN ORCHARDS The Horticul-
tural editor of the Canada Fdrnltr calls
especial attention to the experience of
TWO correspondents as strongly corrob-
Grating his often expressed views that
growing grain or weeds iniure orchard
trees, and that the true way to grow an
| orchard is to devote the ground to the sole
use of the orchard, and keep all other
crops out Mulchng he considers the
true way 10 retain the moisture about the
roots of trees.
TO BLANCH LETTUCR-TO produce let
tuce with large heads, the usual way is to
tie up the heads week or two before the
time fer cutting. Select dry dav. gather
the leaves In the hand in a close, rounded
form; the inside being clear of dirt. Pass
narrow strip of bass mating several
times around the ball, making it close at
the top to exclude rain and prevent rot
ting. ID aw little earth around the base
as support in place of the spreading
leaves. In len days, more or less, they
will be sufficiently blanched for use
Exchange.
CARE OF WAGONS The CANADA
fa'ner gives this advice: When you
leave wagon heavily loaded to stand Il
number OF hours, put support under the
axietree. The strength Of wood cannot
be estimated by what it will support Tor q
short time. 1t will bear up third more
weight for few minutes than will b. re-
qulred to break it by continued pressure.
wagons are abused very generally, by
overlooking If the aXlefrees do not
break they are sprung and the wheels
warped. which causes the vehicle to run
hard, and shortens its existence.
HENs.-keep a good kind. Let them
have the run OF the premises. 1t viii sur
prise you TO find how much hunting'a and
running about is saved if nests are placed
where the hens most cOngregate. 1t is
strange how readily the hens accept these
nests Let them have access to wood
ashes and lime, or powdered chalk, and, if
possible fresh meat The little chcks are
hardy After they have BEEN Matched a
Gay, contlae the hen in coop and let
the chickens run out and in. This is very
utcidedly better than letting the hen run
about with the chicks Meal and water
mixed to dough is the feed Erchanqe.
CONTRIBUTOR to the Country Gentle-
man recommends the raising OF sorghum
Tor soiiing He says Sorghum is much
richer than corn in saccharine matter. and
ny sowing early, two crops can be raised
on the same ground and from the same
roots. Sow Tricky, broadcast, one and a
half or two bushels of seed per acre. or
drill In rows not more than two and a half
or three inches apart. When the plant is
three and half or four feet hicn, NOW
1t, and cure tor fodder or feed to stock
The first crop is Il little slow in starting,
but the second springs up from the cut
stalks very rapidly. 1t requires dry, fine
weather to cure"
FELON ON THE FINGER.-Many per-
sons are liable to extreme suffering from
tclOns on the finger. These Affections are
not only very painful, but not unfre-
quently occasion permanent Gripping of
the members affected. The following
simple prescription is recommended as a
cure for the distressing ailment: Take
common rock salt, such AS is used for salt
ing down pork or beef, dry it in an oven,
then pound it fine, and mix with spirits of
tdrpentine in equal parts Put it on a rag
ana wrap around the part affected and as
IL gets Dry put on more, and in twenty
Tour hours you are cured -the felon will
be dead. 1t will do no harm to try it.
JoHrn@ Of agriculture.
A GOOD GARDEN.-No work pays bet
ter than work in the garden. 1t paws in
money, 1t pays in comfort, and it paws in
health IL should have little attention,
leisure half hour, every day, and, the
more taste in its layout, and the larger
the variety of its products, the more i'm
terest there will be in it, and Generality
the more profit from it. 1t should be
made before the fields are touched. SO that
whatever is planted in it may be early. as
well as abundant and good. Thorough
trenchlng, or its substitute. blowing, with
an abundance of baru-yard manure or
other enrlching substance, is essential
The lay out is matter of taste but should
be OF such Il character as will give the
finest outlook when the crops are crow
ing-the low est vegetables near the paths.
and the taller ones in the back ground.
Put brain into the garden as well as tur
nip-seed and green corn, and it will lie a
source OF delight the summer through
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