Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-20
RECIPES, ETC.

"A farmer says that for many years he
has kept crows from pulling corn by TAX
ing little rags, tying up little sulphur in
each, tie them to small sticks, and thrust
the sticks into the ground close to the
corn hills.
"A correspondent of the Rural Neao
Yorker calls attention to cases of small
pox in chickens, and gives the following
recipe for the cure Of the disease: Mix
equal quantities of vinegar and water, to
which add small quantity of salt Zone
half ounce to pint and wash the eye
with cotton or lint twice day
An effectual process for cleaning the
hennery of vermin is to fumigate the build
ing with sulphur. The quantity will be
determined by the size of the building
Where it is not attached to the barn or
sheds, from one to two pounds will prob
ably be sufficient.
The best salve for all purposes for
which salve is used, and especially for
chapped hands, lips, etc, is made as
follows: Mutton suet fresh) 4 ounces,
balsam of fir l ounce, gum of Camphor d
ounce. Heat until all are thoroughly
dissolved and incorporated together.
"A correspondent of the Farmers
Club, New York, says that for removing
knots from plum trees, he takes a paint
brush, dips it in spirits of turpentine, and
thoroughly saturates the knot, being care
full not to touch the tree EXCEPT in the
diseased parts The turpentine kills the
excrescence, and the tree puts out healthy
branches below He burns all branches
of diseased trees which he has removed in
pruning.
-Vermicelli Soup.-Put three pounds
of any kind of fresh meat, except pork,
in gallon of cold water, cover close and
boil gently until the meat is tender;
throw in head of celery, and half an
hour afterward take it from the fire,
strain it, and return it to the pot; season
with salt and pepper; add vermicelli,
which has been scalded IN boiling water,
in the proportion of two ounces to a
quart of soup; boil ten minutes.
-Suet Pudding Without Eggs-One tea
cup of molasses, one of sour milk, one Of
suet, two of flour, a little salt and soda;
raisins or any dried berries will answer.
Steam two hours. Chop the suet very
fine. Sauce for the above:-One quart of
boiling water, four table-spoonfuls of
sugar, two of -four wet up with a little
water, one tablespoonful of butter, one
teaspOonful Of salt; flavor with nutmeg or
cinnamon; few spoonfuls Of vinegar.
1t is excellent.
Queen of Puddings.-One scant pint
of grated bread crumbs, one quart of
milk, one cup sugar, one lemon, four eggs,
butter the size of a walnut. Crate the
rind of the lemon, and put it, with the
butter, and little salt, to the bread
crumbs; then pour on the milk, boiling
hot. When cool, add the yolks of the
eggs, well beaten-beat all thoroughly to-
gether and bake. When cold, make a
meringee of the whites of the eggs, the
Juice of the lemon, and half a cup Of sugar
beaten till stiff. Spread this over the top
of the pudding, and set it into the oven
again for few minutes, till of a delicate
brown.
In making bread, always use pota-
toes or nice corn-meal. The corn-meal
need not be made into mush; scald it first
in the mixing-pan before adding the flour;
then set in the usual manner. The most
preiudiced person cannot detect, by the
taste, any corn in the bread, but there is
an increased sweetness, and it keeps
moist much longer. Of course the best
corn-meal must be used. Bsides the i'm
provement in the bread, the flour barrel
holds out longer, and heal is promoted
Put about one part Of corn to three parts
of -four when setting the sDOnge