Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-08-09
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
From the Rural New Yorker.
Valua BILE Recipes.


SAUSAGE REcIPE.-I have used the
following for thirteen years, and know
it to be perfect To twenty five pounds
of meat add ten ounces of salt, two Of
sugar, two of pepper and one large
spoonful of ginger. Mas. r. NJ. B.
CANNING WITHOUT HEAT-A receipt
was given in the columns Of he Rural
New-Yorker last season, Sept. 10}, too
late for me to test, aud I would like to
ask H. NJ. Gray, (who said In the Rural,
Oct %, that she had put up cans accord
ing to the directions given), if they
kept, and proved in all things statis-
factory, and if berries will not keep in
the same manner2 7 think many of
your readers would be glad of this in
formation E. A. s., C0rbOndale, Pc.
TOMATO FIqs.-I have tried the fol-
lowing with success: Scald and peel
of Pear Tomatoes sixteen pounds for
six pounds of Sugar, in which cook
them till the sugar penetrates and they
are clarified then take out, spread on
plates, hatten and dry in the sun. A
portion of the syrup may be sprinkled
over them while drying. After they
are dry pack in boxes, sprinkhng each
LAYER with white sugar. Treated in this
way they Will keep long and retain the
flavor of the best figs.-R1gTdE Reader
To Dry AND Cook CoRN.-E. A Riehl
writes one of our contemporaries TO
dry corn for winter use is not always an
easy matter when done in the ordinary
way; but it is so good dish when
properly cooked, and comes in such
good play during the winter and spring
months, when the good housewife is of
tenpuzzled what to cook, that all should
have a supply; and for those who have
no better fixtures for drying, [ would
Recommend the hot-bed. Place the
parboiled corn, cut from the cobs, on
boards, or sheets in the hot-bed, or 9th
er frame, and put on the sash, raising
them a couple Of inches each end, the
sun shining In will make it so hot, that
the corn will dry perfectly in one
day; and the heat will be
so great that not fly will go near it.
and should a shower come up it will be
quite safe where it is, and ready to
take advantage of the first bit of sun
shine: when properly dried it will last
for years. To cook it, my wife says,
put it in tin or other vessel with a
lid, pour on enough hot water to cover
well, set on stove where it will remain
near the boiling point, but should not
boil, leave on three to four hours, then
take half cup of cream, into which stir
a teaspoonful of flour, and pour into
the dish with corn, or instead of the
cream use milk, and add small piece
of butter season with teaspoonful of
sugar AID a little salt, set on the stove
half an hour longer and it is DONE"
How To Cook GREEN CoRN.-Corn
should be allowed to boil, (says the
Ohio Farmer), in clear, soft water, and
by itself alone. Not in salt and water.
for the salt hardens the corn; and not
on any account, boil the ears of corn
with potatoes, as so many do, for this
greatly Injuries the taste and goodness
OF the corn, and also hardens it.
It is well known that the skin of the
potato holds poison which is freely
given to water, rendering 1t unfit that
corn should be boiled III it. Perhaps
you will think this unimportant and
unnecessary, but have eaten in hun
dreds Of families where corn was cook
ed IN no other way except with the po-
totoes, and very much impaired in
quality and wholesomeness. [ have
also seen corn cooked on the cob where
meat and vegetables were boiled. and
L think that very few are guilty of such
a barbarism as that.
IRON FOR PEAR TREES. A corresnond-
ent Of the Rural Messenger says CT
had very fine pear tree (Flemisb
Beauty that became affected, first bv
blight IN one limb, which [ removed.
and then another was affected in the
same way, until [ had removed a con-
siderable portion of the top Of the tree.
Earl y the next spring [ resolved to try
the application of scrap iron to the
roots. / procured my iron, removed
the soil from the roots carefully, depos-
tied the iron between them and repiac-
ed the earth. There was no further
progress in the blight.
Inc tree continued to grow that season. |
and the next leaves and blossoms came |
out vigorously no black spots appear
ed on the leaves, and the tree bore fine |
ly; and no appearance of disease was |
seen on the tree afterward In subse- /
quent conversation with friends [ found !
that some of them had tried the remedy /
with perfect success. Some told me I
they had procured turning and drilling
chips from the machine shops and had
used them, as they thought, with much
to their trees. "
The usual mode of sowing the seed
OF late sorts is broadcast, but we be-
lleye that 1t IS better plan to SOW in
drills, as with rutabagas, although the
rows may be nearer together. If the
weather should be wet and warm for
two or three weeks after sowing, the
weeds are very likely TO start and check ;
the growth of the crops. We know
that farmers object to the expense of
hoemg whenever and wherever it can
be avoided, but if less grous1d is Guilt
waited and good stand of plants Sc
cured, an equal number of bushels of
roots will be secured, without addition
II expense.