Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-08-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
baked Eggs.-A matron says:-Beat
up six eggs, one tablespoonful of flour, SIX
OF sweet milk; melt your butter in the
frying-pan; when hot, turn the whole in
well-beaten, and bake in hot oven.
Successful cattle-breeders in Europe
give molasses constantly to fatten cattle
and mich COWS. A large German farmer
gives pint day mixed with oil-cake to
his cows, largely increasing their milk.
strawberry Juice-Put two parts of
clean strawberries, without crushing
them, into large-mouthed jar; add to it
two-and-a-half parts Of sugar, and agitate
very frequently, at the ordinary tcmpera-
ture without heating The sugar gradu-
ally extracts the juice of the fruit, which
is left tasteless and colorless, and forms a
clear syrup, which is readily separated by
means of flannel strainer, and must be
mixed with once-fifth part of alcohol.
The juice has very delicate odor, but
will not bear the least heat without de-
stroying its taste.
Strong alum water, we see it asserted,
(but we do not know who is responsible
for the assertion) is sure death to bugs of
any description. Take two pounds of pull
verified alum, and dissolve in three quarts
of boiling water, allowing it to remain
over the fire until thoroughly dissolved
Apply while hot with brush, or what is
better, use syringe to force the liquor in
the cracks of the wall and bedstead. Scat
ter also the powdered alum freely in all
those places, and you will soon be rid of
these insect nuisances which fill one with
disgust.
During late conversation with one
of our egg dealers, he advanced the
theories that eggs spoiled because the vel
low or yOlk came in contact with the
membrane between the white and shell,
and if eggs were turned occasionally they
would keep for an indefinite length of
time. He further stated that if sitting
hen did not turn her egg every few days,
they would invariably spoil, and fail to
hatch. His theory was, so long as there
was portion of the white or albumen
between the yellow and shell, the egg was
practically alright, but when the yellow
came in contact with the shell it adhered
to it, and allowed the access of air.
Journal of the Farm.
To Extract Grease Spots from Books
or Paper.-Gently warm the creased or
spotted part of the book or paper, and
then press upon it pieces Of blotting pa
per, one after another, so as to absorb as
much of the grease as possible. Have
ready some fine, clear, essential oil of tur-
pentine, heated almost to boiling state;
warm the creased leaf a little, and then
with soft, clean brush, wet with the
heated turpentine both sides of the spot
ted part. By repeating this application
the grease will be extracted Lastly, with
another brush dipped in rectified spirits
of wine, go over the place, and the grease
will no longer appear, neither will the
paper be discolored.
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
juring alike the appearance Of the field
and its capacity for growth. Do you
wish to remedy this great difficulty? If
so, use the chain and ball to your plow
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 around iron ball offrom two to three
pounds in ight-leaving the chain long
enough to permit the ball to reach back
to about the middle Of the mould-board,
and there let it drag along on the off side,
of course"
Bathing in Cold Water.-We do not
know who is the author of the following,
but it seems to have been written by some
one who Processes to know what he is
talking about, and it accords, to large
extent, with our own experience: Moth
ing is more common than custom of
many persons to have cold water bath
Immediately after leaving their beds as
daily habit. Delicately organized ladies
not unfrequently have established the
same course, considering it conducive to
the health. There is an impression that
it invigorates the individual, hardens the
muscles and strengthens the constitution.
The sudden abstraction- of caloric or
vital warmth in that way has not only
injured, but destroyed more than ever
were benefited thereby. A reaction, as it
is called, glow of warmth that subse-
quently follows, a direct draft upon the
system to meet sudden loss of vitality,
is DO no means beneficial, as theoretically
imagined. A tepid bath makes no such
injurious demands, and therefore, is not
injurious or perilous to those Of a frail
construction.-Ru7'GI Neao Yorker.