Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-10-21
Practical Suggestions.

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Practical Suggestions.
Dull moving knives increase the draft
of the machine more than is imagined.
At trial of reapers by the American
Institute at Poughkeepsie, it was found,
by careful dinamometer test, that
the draft of each machine was nearly
one-third greater when the knives were
dull, having been used to NOV only one
acre. 1t is therefore important to keep
the knives sharp. Any one can prove
the truth of this statement by himself
trying a sharp and then a dull scythe
He will declare that there is even more
than one-third difference.
Here are few of the reasons why
horses are whipped For stumbling,
OWING to careless driving; for slipping
down, owing to smooth shoes; for shy
Ing when frightened; for any vigorous
effort to be relieved of torturing flies
for the breaking down of the vehicle;
and, slxthly, because the wind blows off
the drivers hat.
Hay cakes, composed of hay and
straw, very finely cut, well mixed with
crushed oats or rye, and moistened with
a solution of rape-seed or Hnseed oil
cake, and then well worked and formed
into tablets under pressure, have been
for some time employed in France, as a
convenient and portable food forhorses.
The Ohio Farmer says: There is no
paint for wagon more durable than a
mixture of red and white lead /; but the
color is a matter of taste, and every
man should select that which suits him
best. Cream color, peach blow, and
red are very common, and very appro-
pirate. If the wagon is to be red, if
not now well painted, give three coats !;
for first use one part red and two parts
white lead; second coat, equal parts Of
each, or reverse the first, and the last
coat all red lead. If lighter shade is
desired, use more of the white and less
Of the red. If straw or cream color
is chosen, use no red lead, but shade
with chrome yellow. Use the best raw
lnseed oil.
There is really no effective method of
destroying lice an any animal without
oil or grease of some sort. In some
recent experiments in England mix
ture of one part of sulphur with three
parts of lard, and mixture of one part
OF oil of tar with three parts of linseed
oil, destroyed the lice to which they
were applied almost Immediately, while
corrosive sublimate, mercurial ONT
ment, arsenious acid, and carbolic acid
were without an effect at the end of two
hours, and tobacco-water destroyed the
vermin at the end of an hour. Wehave
found mixture of lard and kerosene
oil to completely destroy lice, both upon
poultry and calves, without any injury
to the animals whatever. Kerosene oil
alone will severely injure the skin.
Household Hints.
A VETERAN housekeeper affirms that
the scarcity of good servants is largely
attributable to the scarcity of mistresses
who know how to keep house as one
should be kept.
LOAF GINGERBREAD.- cup butter,
two cups molasses, one tablespoonful
ginger, two eggs very well beaten, one
teaspoonful saleratrs, one cup milk
(sweet or sour; if sour, heap your spoon
with saleratus), -four to the consistency
of pound-cake.
COCoANUT CAKE.-One pound of
sugar, one pound of grated cocoanut,
one-half pound of butter, three-quar-
tiers of a pound of -four, and six eggs.
Stir the butter and sugar together, add
the beaten eggs, then the flour and the
cocoanut. Bake in small tins, and ice
the cake.
SMALL SPONGE CAKES. we'll to-
gether two eggs, and then stir in tea
cupful of powdered white sugar, and
beat for five minutes; add slowly tea
cupful of -four, beating all the while
grate-half lemon into it, and bake in
scalloped tins.
SUGAR SNAPs.-One cup of butter,
two cups of sugar, four cups of -four,
one egg; stir sugar and butter to a
cream; add the egg we'll beaten, and a
small teacupful of water with a quarter
of a teacupf1l of soda dissolved in it;
stir half spoonful of cream tartar into
the flour; roll out very thin, and bake in
a moderate oven.
CHOCOLATE KIssEs.-Three heaping
tablespoonfuls of grated chocolates; one
pound of granulated sugar; the whites
of four eggs; beat the eggs to froth;
not too stiff; add the and sugar choco-
late, and stir well together; favor with
thirty drops of vanilla; drcpon buttered
paper with teaspoon; bake in a mod
crate oven for ten minutes.
LEMON TARTLETs.- Rub teacupful OF
sugar in Jumps over the rind of fresh
lemon, so as to absorb all the essential
oil; squeeze the juice Of the lemon over
the sugar; crush it fine with sponge;
add to it two eggs well beaten, and two
tablespoonful of sweet butter; beat all
together, and bake in little patty-pans,
lined with puff paste.
LEMON CAKE.-Stir to cream one cup
of butter with two of sugar; add the
whites of six eggs beaten to a stiff
froth, one cup of milk (one-half tea
spoonful of soda dissolved in it,, and
flour enough to make it as stiff as
pound cake; with the -four stir in one
teaspoonful of cream of tartar, enc