Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-01-07
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

PLUM PUDDING.-On and a half pounds
of Muscatel raisins, one 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. u ....s
PUDDING SAUCE.-On two eggs well
beaten to froth, with coffee cup OF sugar,
pour four table-spoonfuls of boiling milk,
and beat all to a 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. ,...ta.
JOHN III. 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 a
rule, seldom willing or whitening, while
almost all of those 7transplanted 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.
INTENDING EaGs.--A pigeon fancier at
Toulon has found novel use for the mar
gin of postage stamps. When he finds a
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 il in the nest to be Matched. He
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 as the egg, or it
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
is, that soon after the planting in spring
leaves appear at the top of the branches,
and by their aid, new, small rootlets are
generated earlier than otherwise, and that
the trees in the second year form stronger
wood than if they had been cut back the
first year.-Pradrae Farmer.
BoNE-DUsT FOR STRAwBERRIEs- Bone
dust may be sown broadcast over straw
b.rry beds in early spring or at any time
during summer. 1t is better to apply in
rainy weather, as then the soluble por-
tions are Immediately carried down to the
roots Of the plants. If the strawberries
are cultivated in hills, then handful of
bone to each will be sufficient. We usual
ly apply it upon the surface, and then
work it in with hoe and cultivator The
quantity to be applied per acre should be
varied according to the richness of the soil,
if poor, a half ton or even ton will do
no harm, but much good. We consider
bone a valuable fertilizer for all kinds of
soil, and there is little danger of applying
too much, provided it is mixed with the
soil.-HeGrth and Home.
To BAKE BEANs.-Boil quart Of white
beans in two or three quarts of water until
they begin to crack. Put in a teaspoonful
of saleratus while they are boiling. Then
drain off all the water in which they have
been boiled, and put them in a pan or ba,
sin large enough to hold them and piece
of nice fat rib of corned pork, which
weighs two pounds or so; score the pork
and settle it in the middle of the beans, so
that the fat is a little higher than the
beans; cover all with water and add two
tablespoonfuls of molasses, and bake in
moderate oven three hours. When done
the top should be nice brown. Don't
forget the molasses, or you won't know
Yankee baked beans.-C Cor. Germantown
Telegraph.