Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-09-16
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


To prevent boiling meat burning or ad.
herring to the bottom of the kettle at a
false bUttOm of tin on the inside.
SODA BISCUIT. One quart sifted flour;
two even teaspooofuls eam-tartar, well
mixed with the flour, pisce 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 BUTTER.-A writer in Hearth
and Home wraps each churning separate
ly in rags dipped in strong brine, and
packs IL in box or barrel OF dry salt, TAX
Ing care TO keep It covered with the salt.
II does not become too salt, andis as good
in winter as when new.
TAPIooA CREAM.---Soak two tablespoon
fuls of tapioca over night in just enough
water to cover II. 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 Weeay Press says repeated
experiments have shown, without any
reasonable doubt that the surface is the
place to apply manure. The reasons
given are A good start is given, as the
roots get at the manure as soon as the
seed 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 STRAwBRRRIEs,- -
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 in his own garden may transplant
with safety in early autumn, because he
selects rainy day for the operation, but
to send to distance for them Is a very
uncertain business Spring appears to
be the most natural season for transplant
ing all kinds of small and delicate plants,
and we would advise the novice In straw
berry culture to defer making 1ew beds
until that time.-HeGrth 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 imitate 81 make and mend all my
harness with copper-belt rivets. The
process Is 80 simple, the work so secure,
the time it takes to do it so trifing, and
the cost so small, that every farmer ought
to provide himself with the necessary
tools, and quit the hsrness-maker's for.
ever. No special training is necessary
Anybody who can make a partridge-tral
or pare his own finger nails can make his
plow gear with riYets, l have made q
good iarm bride In thirty minutes, at q
cost of fifty cents all told. i needed set
of buggy harness, and the harness-maker
proposed to accommodate me for twenty.
i've dollars. With the harnesa-maker's
aid on the saddle and traces, which had
to be sewed, made set of buggy-har
ness in less than two rainy days at cost
Of $12 90 all told"
THE Western Pom0logist, through cor.
respondent, strongly advises what has
been hitherto considered an unnecessary
article of diet for beea Here is his way Of
doing it: "There is no insect more fond
of water than the honey-bee. In fact
water is believed to be absolutely indis
pensable to the successful operations oi
the hive. Water should at all times be
near the bee. stand, where it will be easily
accessible, and at the same time not tc
| endanger the lives of the bees by drown
ing, as in open troughs, pals, or tubs
Take either OF the vessels mentioned, fill
up with water, and cover with piece OF
coarse canvas, such as comes around bales
| of.sheeting, and you have most perfect
watering place for bees. The canvas
should be made to rest upon the surface
of the water. The water oozes up through
the canvas, upon which the bees may light
without danger of being drowned, as in
open vessels"