Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-05-09
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


r. Cream Pie-Whites of two eggs, one
tablespoon of flour. one tablespoon heap
ing full of sugar, one teaspoon of lemon;
cream sufficient to fill the dish. This is
only enough for one pie.
The Practical Farmer mentions a
cranberry field in Burlington Co., n. j.,
containing one hundred acres, which last
season employed three hundred hands,
who picked by the bushel, clean as they
go, making good wages. Fifty acres pick
ed over, yielded 1000 bushels, four acres
of which produced, which seemed to them
enormous, 1000 bushels. Twenty acres
more gave only 1000 bushels, and the re-
mainder made up the quantity to over
1000 bushels, yet the owners complain of
the shortness Of the crop.
Milk for butter making should be
handled gently and put at rest as soon as
possible. A reduction OF temperature is
desirable as. soon as the milk is drawn,
but this should be effected with the least
possible amount of stirring. The more it
is stirred, the less will be the yield of
cream. When set, it should be protected
from even the least jar. Churning in
milk room, or any work that jars the
building, will retard the rising of the
cream. Milk, to get the best yield ofcream,
requires absolute and undisturbed rest.
To clean sweetheart jars or bottles,
pour in the jars hot water and a teaspoon
full or two of pearlash. The contents which
remain sticking to the sides and bottom of
the jar will be disengaged by the pearl
ash and float loose in the water. Wash
bottles the same way, or kettles or any
other. vessels which you wish to purify or
clear from grease. Strong I've poured off
clear from good hickory ashes will answer
nearly as well for the same purpose, and
for kegs, buckets and other large cooking
utensils, I've from good ashes may always
be used.
The tide of favorable opinion for
heading fruit trees low for orchard cul-
ture, is now experiencing a revulSiOn.
Orchardists who cultivate their orchards,
and are in the habit of ploughing or stir
ring the soil periodically, say low-headed
trees will not answer. 1t is impossible to
approach near enough with the horse and
implement, and hence the high standard
method of training will answer for garden
culture, and for orchards where there is a
good deal of land labor. Apple and peach
trees must be trained high, but pears, we
believe, are best grown on the pyramidal
system, and this must be low to attain
success Hort6cuZtMr5st.
"A milk cellar will be coolest when
well sunk into the earth, and not much
above its surface. Eight feet would be a
good depth. The windows near the top
of the walls should be protected from the
sun either by trees or shrubs, or with
blinds or shades; and wire screens inside
should be made to exclude all insects
Covering the bottom with hydraulic &C.
ment will give it neatness, but as cement
is not good conductor of heat, it will
render the cellar warmer in summer and
cooler in winter, by preventing access to
the earth. Good stone tagging would be
better in this respect, and hard burned
brick would be better than common brick.
There should be ventilating flue run up
from the upper part of the apartment, in
which the current of air may be regulated
by means of register.-C0u'atry Gentle