The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-06-30
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE

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only way for cooking meat for hogs, with
out scorching it, is by steam under pres
sure. Even potatoes and roots should be
cooked By steam. The poison in the skin
of the potato is carried off when cooked
by steam.
A GOOD article Of prepared glue, so USE
full to have about every house, may be
made with gum arabic dissolved in strong
vinegar. 1t will keep in good condition
long time. Common glue dissolved in the
same way will keep from fermentation
several weeks.
COCOANUT CAKEs.-Grate the cOcOanut,
add the white Of two eggs, ana the juice
of ore lemon, with sugar to taste; beat up
the mixture, drop it on water paper. and
bake it in quick oven. They should be
small rough cakes, the points just Drowned.
CREAM PIE.-One pint of good sweet
cream, one egg, one tablespoonful of -four,
one pinch of salt; flavor with lemon and
sweeten to taste. Beat the eggs light,
then add the flour and stir in the cream.
The above is for one pie in a baking dish.
Put lemon on the sugar.
THE Hearth and Home says it has known
a man who has moved round the stone
heaps on six acres of land for six years
when two men and pair of oxen would
have removed them all in one day. It es-
Inmates that he has lost in hay ten times
the worth of the labor, and in time double
the cost of removal
TIE Gdrdcner'S Monthly says that some
think as the hemlock is large forest tree,
il cannot be kept down as a hedge plant !;
but summer pruning will keep the larg-
est tree in dwarf condition for a great
number of years. The pruning has to
be done just after the young growth
bushes out, which generally is about the
end of May.
SODA CAKE PIE.-Take four soda
crackers grated fine; three cupfuls of
warm water; one fourth of a teaspoOnful
OF tartaric acid, the grated rind of an
orange, three cupfuls of sugar, three ia
blespoonfuls of butter, little salt; make
a good short crust, fill it with this mixture,
and bake in quick oven.
A WRITER IN Chester county, Penn,
communicates to the Country Genttenla1,
his experience in the use of potatoes for
food for animals. He found but little ben
eft from them for cows or sheep. But,
steamed or cooked, with an admixture of
corn meal, he found them excellent for
pigs and hogs, causing rapid growth, he
thinks not less than pound and u halt
day.
To MAKE RYE AND INDIAN BREAD
| For a good thick loaf, one pint of rye,
and three pints of Indian meal, half cup
mOlasses or brown sugar; stir in boiling
water to thoroughly scald it, cover and
let stand until cool, then reduce with cold
milk until quite thin, so as to pour into a
pan bake all day, let stand in oven all
night if convenient.
n CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
HemaGn eradicates Canada thistles by sum
mer following thoroughly; blowing four
times, the first time quite early, and har-
row as many times as shall be necessary
To thoroughly pulverize the soil. He then
gives it good dressing of rotted manure
stocks it down with clover and timothy
half bushel of seed of each to the acre
and uses it for a meadow
Coal On LAMPs-Fill your lamps by
daylight, and keep them well cleaned
Never burn lamp when it is less than
One-half full of oil. Never I'LL lamp
near the fire. Turn the wick down low
before trying to blow the light out. Keen
your oil in a cool place Coal oil is Elk
plOsive when heated. Don't let your
children NEEDLE with oil or lamp If you
want 10 blow yourself up, pour little out
OF your can on your fire to start it.
FRETTING.-Two gardeners had their
crops OF peas killed by the frost, one oil
whom, who had fretted greatly, and
grumbled at his loss, visiting his
neighbor some time after, was astonished
to see another fine crop growing, and in
quired how it could be. "These are what
sowed while you were fretting," was the
reply. Why, don't you ever fret p
Yes but put it off till have repaired
the mischief "Why, then, there's nc
need To fret at ALL" "True; that's the
reason put it off,
A CORRESPONDENT of the Mirror and
Farmer On. II says he had some peach
trees which, being badly infested with
borers, yielded no fruit He dug out the
bOrers, replaced the earth, and took hen
manure, over which he poured hot water
stirred it and applied some OF it to each
tree, pouring the hot liquid around the
trunks of the trees in the places where
the borers enter. The next season the
trees bore good many peaches which
wlthered, but the second year and after
that they bore delicious fruit
CORRESPONDENT of the Cdr0,ina
Farmer says that he would not he careful
to select for peach orchard northern,
southern, eastern, or western exposure in
particular, but would prefer to plant, if
possible, on opposite ground at the same
! time. For example one OF his neighbors
owned high hill which sloped north and
south. He had peach orchards on both
/ sides OF the hill. lie has seen the orchard
/ on the north side burdened with fruit,
while on the south side the frost had com
/ pletely de troyed the crop-aud cjc6 Uersa.
/ The same may De seen ON eastern or vest
! ern exposures.