Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-03-14
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Lemon Pie-One lemon; crate the
rind and squeeze the julcce out; CRATE a
large potato. One cup of sugar, and one
cup of water. Use crust top and bot
tom.
Ham Toast.-Chop some lean ham,
put it in pan, with little pepper, a
lump of butter, and two eggs beaten;
when well warmed, spread it on hot but
tered toast, and serve.
To Cook Carrots.-Boil them until
tender and slice them thin on plate.
Pour over them little melted butter and
a spoonful Of cream, with little salt and
pepper.
Apple Tea.-Roast eight fine apples
in the oven, or before the fire; put them
in jug, with two spoonfuls of sugar,
and pour over them quart of boiling
water. Let the whole stand one hour
near the fire.
Relief for Burns.-A quick cure is to
apply layer of common salt and satu
rate it with laudanum. Hold it in place
an hour or SO by simple bandage. The
smarting sensation disappears rapidly,
and the burn gets well.
The Irish people are the greatest po-
tato eaters in the world, and know al
about cooking that fine esculent. We
copy their mode of boiling potatoes from
an Irish paper: ''Put the potatoes in q
pot or kettle without lid or cover, and
with water just sufficient to cover them.
After the water comes nearly to boil
pour it off, and replace it with cold water,
into which throw a good portion of salt.
The cold water sends the heat from the
surface to the heart, and makes the
potato mealy. After they are boiled and
the water poured off, let them stand on
the fire fifteen minutes to dry"
in these days of gas and of kerosene,
we need not make many candles, but
there are, in every family. scraps of beef
and mutton tallow, which can be thrown
into the soap grease jar or made into
mold candles, as preferred; and we often
find few candles handy to have in the
house. All odds and ends of grease that
are not tallow, aud yet are not fit for fry
ing purposes, should be "tried down" to
extract the water, and then added to the
contents of the soap-grease jar, until
sufficient number of pounds is obtained
to make, with the help of a can of con-
densed potash, twelve gallons of good
sott-soap, or about twenty pounds of nice
hard soap, Directions for making are
given with each can of the potash.
Poultry Disease-Technically called
Ornicephalymosis, is prevailing fearfully
throughout the United States The sick
ness attacks the fowls in the head, and
runs its course in from ten to eighteen
hours. It's first form is of cold or in
fuenza, which gradually changes to the
diphtheria, a slime begins to be emitted
from the beak, which is soon followed by
staggering fits until the chicken dies. The
disease lis creating great excitement in
the markets of New York and Philadel-
phia. There are certain infallibe signs,
however, by which the diseased poultry
may be known. The breast has dark
color, betraying mortified state of flesh;
the neck is much discolored, and the skin
is drawn as tight as drum.-Neao Jersey
Farmer.
in the Wisconsin Dairymen's Associ-
alton, at the closing session, the coloring
ofcheese bandages was discussed, with
general expression that it was not neces-
sary. Coloring cheese was also discussed,
with an implied decision that, while
either high colored or uncolored cheese
is in demand in all the leading markets,
moderate coloring is safest. The ques-
ton of comparative profits Of dairying
with other branches Of farming was dis.
cussed with much interest. It's advan-
tages over exclusive grain farming were
strongly presented, but the extent to
which grain and stock raising might be
united with dairying was question on
which there was some difference of opin-
ion, but with strong preponderanee in
favor of some mixing. Statements were
made Of several of the diaries last year
having yielded $50 per cow in cheese,
butter, and calf, not counting anything
for manure. This gives fair profit.