Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-06-25
RECIPES, ETC.


Green Corn Pudding-Twelve earg
OF corn grated, two quarts of milk, four
well beaten eggs, one teacup and q half of
sugar; mix and bake in butter dish.
bake three hours; sweet corn should be
used.
White Corn Dodgers.-Take one pint
Of Southern corn meal, and turn over it
one pint OF boiling water, add little salt.
and one egg well beaten up and stirred
into the batter when nearly cold. Butter
some sheets OF tin, and drop your cakes
by the tablespoonful all over the pan
Bake for twenty five minutes in a hot
oven
The mixing Of iron scraps, filings or
drilling-ch from machine shops in the
soil about the roots Of pear trees, is be-
coming general with some of our best
fruit growers. The health and produc
tiveness Of the trees are greatly promoted
thereby. Pieces Of iron hoop, old scythes
and other useless bits Of iron have 10
| been used by the most successful of our
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4 VERY useful substance by the name
Of gIycomtue, is prepared by surgeons by
| hingling four parts Of weight Of yolk Of
eggs with fire parts Of eIyeerine, forming
al tncfu6tig compound Of the consistency
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and which makes an inoffensive covering
for sore or injured parts; yet it can be
easily removed By water, Eve.y family
should keep q small bottle Of such mate
rial ~ use IN case Of large flesh wounds
Hot Water about Peach Trees-It
has been recommended by those who have
tried II, 10 apply pail Of hot water to the
collar of peach trees in spring, and top
( dressing Of ashes. 1t is claimed that this
viii prevent "yellows,' and kill the borer,
Or arrest the work Of the grub in its incip
/ lent stages. In support Of this practice
md its advantages, we have the testimony
Of several prominent fruit growers.
| -Cocoanut Cakes.-To one pound of
| grated cocoanut one pound of ght brown
! sugar, add half pint of water; bring the
| sugar and water to the boiling point, then
add the cocoanut; boil the whole three
fourths OF an hour, or until the water has
entirely disappeared. Make it I'D into
cakes, sprinkle flour on board or tin.
put the cakes thereon and dry them in an
oven, not browning them.
Green Tomato Pickles.-To every ola
lon OF sliced tomatoes add two tablespoon
fuls OF salt, and let them stand over night.
DO not pour off the liquor but add two
thirds OF pound of sugar, one pint grated
horseradlsh, two tablespoons of mustard.
Tut weight on top and set near the fire or
IN warm place until they become sour,
when they should be kept in cool place.
The juice Of the tomatoes forms the vine
gar, and 1t some are partly ripe it is all
the better. No scum rises on the top, and
they will keep long time
Red Cedar Hedges-A correspondent
says there is no timber for hedges COM
| parable to the red cedar 1t will do well
in any soil with little care at first. It is
long lived, and grows very rapidly. To
| propagate it, gather the seed when ripe
and prepare the ground as for drilling
garden seeds Plant the seed three-quar-
tiers of an inch deep, slightly manuring
the soil to force the growth at the start
| The seed is abundant in Maryland, and
| the correspondent believes it will be valu-
| able in many States where hedge trees are
becoming scarce.
TO Plow Down Grass-The Canadian
Farmer says: Notwithstanding the ut
most pains and care in blowing, the grass,
especially if long, will bristle up in boards
and tufts here, there and everywhere, in
Jurlng alike the appearance of the field
and It's capacity for growth. Do you wish
to remedy this great difficulty? If so, use
the chain and ball to your pillow. No
matter what kind of pillow you have, try
them A piece of ordinary trace chain
Will do very well. Fasten one end of it to
your coulter, and to the other end attach
round iron ball Of from two to three
pounds weight-leaving the chain long
enough to reach back to about the middle
OF the moldboard, and there let it drag
along, on the off side, of course