Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-05-08
RECIPES, ETC.

Drop Johnnies.-One cup sugar and
two eggs well beaten together; one cup
cream, three cups buttermilk, one large
heaping teaspoonful Of saleratus. Salt
and spice to suit your taste Thicker
with flour to stiff batter. Drop in hot
fat, a spoonful at time. Fry the same as
fried cakes.
Every family should have a prepare
ton of flaxseed oil, chalk and vinegar.
about the consistency of thick paint, con
stantly on hand for burns and scalds A
noted physician states that he has en-
ployed the mixture extensively, in hospi
tai and private practice, for the past forty
years, and believes that no application can
compare with it, as regards relief of pain
and curative results.
Spice Pudding.-One cup butter, one
cup molasses, one cup of sweet milk :;
three cups flour, one teaspoonful of ground
cloves, one of cinnamon, One-half tea
spoonful of allspice; one teaspoonful Of
soda, one egg. Plenty of raisins Steam
three hours Liquid sauce for same: six
tablespoonful of sugar, four tablespoons
full of butter, two tablespoonful of vine
gar, one tablespoonful Of flour, ten of boil
ing water, a small lump of tartaric acid.
Flavor with lemon; mix thoroughly and
boil.
To Boil Lamb, Mutton or Veal
Wrap the joint or quarter of lamb, etc,
etc, in a nice cloth, wet it, and dust it
with flour. Let it remain SO half an hour.
Have the pot ready boiling; dip the joint
in first one end and then the other--then
put it in the pot and cover closely. Let it
boil gently but steadily, an hour and q
half for lamb, and two hours for veal and
mutton. Sauce: Drawn butter, with chop
ped parsley, and sliced carrots, and pick
led cucumbers. Boil carrots for a dish to
eat with the lamb, etc. Slice into it some
potatoes, parsley and onions, and with a
little thickening, you have a good soup.
A medical correspondent of an Eng
fish journal says that the advantages of as
paragus are not sufficiently appreciated
by those who suffer from rheumatism and
govt. Slight cases of rheumatism are cur
ed in a few days by feeding on this delic-
ious esculent; and more chronic cases are
much relieved, especially if the patient
carefully avoids all acids, whether in food
or beverage. The Jerusalem artichoke
has also a similar effect in relieving rheu-
| matism. The heads may be eaten in the
| usual way, but tea made from the leaves
of the stalk, and drank three or four times
| q day, is a certain remedy, though not
equally agreeable.
The sources of fertility to the farm are
the refuse Of the crops which they bear,
modified by the farm stock, and preserved
and judiciously applied by the husband
man. There Is not a vegetable matter
grown upon the farm, be it considered
never so useless or obnoxious, but will,
after it has served ordinary useful pur-
poses, impart fertility to the soil, and con
tribute to the growth of new generation
| OF plants, if it is judiciously husbanded
and applied. There is not an animal sub
stance be it solid, liquid or gaseous, be it
bone, horn, hair, wool, or flesh, or the
gases which are generated by the decom-
position Of these matters, but, with like
care and skill, may be converted into new
animal matters. To economic and apply
al these fertilizing matters is the province
and duty of the husbandman.
1t is the worst possible policy to kill
all the best and handsomcst fowls, and
save only the mean and scraggy ones to
breed from. This is precisely the way to
run out your stock; for like tends to breed
like, and the result is that by continually
taking sway the best birds, and using the
eggs Of the poorest, your flock will grow
poorer and poorer every succeeding year.
1t would seem rs though this was too
plain to be insisted upon, but, in fact
8 line upon line" is needed 1t is the cry
ing want Of the poultry upon the farms
the country through-this careful and in
| telligcnt selection Of the best for breeding
Nothing is lost by little selfdenial to
start with. The extra pound or two OF
poultry flesh that you leave on its legs, in,
stead of sending it to market is as good
| seed, and will bring forth ten-fold and
| twenty fold in your future broods. Save
your best stock for breeding.