The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-11-12
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

tniS+ Is not objectionable Tor butter
making, but 1t is objectionable for cheese.
making. Cream from a farrow cows
milk will not all come If churned with
cream from new mich cows; the mixed
cream will make more butter than the
cream from new milch cows alone, but
not as much as if the cream is churned
separately. Ii l were receiving milk
from low, swampy grounds, or from pas
lures hlled with weeds, or from prairies,
would scald it; by heating to 100 de-
grees would drive away the faint, but
the scalding would also drive away the
aroma of the timothy, clover, or June
grass. Cream can be raised by freezing,
but this is not practised in this country.
To MAKE HARD SoAP.-The follow
ing is recipe for making hard soap
which is excellent and economical.
Nearly every family accumulates through
the winter drippings from beef and NUT
ton. These can be utilized for the grease
by boiling in water, allowing it to cool,
then removing from the water and boil
ing till all the water is expelled. OF
course the winter the grease the nicer
soap. Take six pounds of sal soda, six
pounds grease, three and half pounds
new stone lime, four gallons soft water,
half pound borax. Put soda. lime and
water into an iron boiler: boil till all is
dissolved. When well settled pour off
the clear I've, wash out the kettle, and
put In the I've, grease and bOrax; boil till
IL comes to soap, pour into a tub to cool,
and when sufficiently hard cut into bars
and put upon boards to dry. This is
very nice for washing white flannel and
calico.
CLEAN AND DRY STABLEs.-A horse
will endure severe cold weather without
much Inconvenience, so long as he is
furnished with dry stable. But require
him to stand on a wet, foul floor, and
his health will soon begin to fail. Horses
often suffer from cold feet and legs, and
many stables have damp and wet floors.
Few men who handle horses give proper
attention to their feet and legs. Espe-
clally is this the case OH farms. Much
time is spent of a morning in rubbing,
brushing, and smoothing the hair on the
sides and hips but at no time are the feet
examined and properly cared for. The
feet of horse require more care than
the body. They need ten times as
much, for in one respect they are almost
the entire horse. All the grooming that
can be done won't avail anything If the
horse is forced to stand where his feet
will be filthy. The feet will become
disordered, and the legs will get badly
out of fix; and with bad feet and bad
legs, there is not much else of the horse
fit for anything. Stable prisons gener-
ally are very severe on the feet and legs
of horses; and unless the buildings can
afford a dry room, where a horse can
walk around, lie down, or roll over they
are not half SO healthy or comfortable to
the horse as the pasture, and should be
avoided by all good hostlers in the coun-
try.
LIME VS.. AsHEs.-Place piece of iron
or steel in damp ashes, and it will soon
corrode with rust. Place the iron or
steel in lime mortar, and it will remain
bright, and the rust will disappear Sow
small grain where brushpile or log heap
has been burned, or where liberal dress
ing Of ashes has been applied, and there
will be rank growth that will probably
fail and never mature. Sow the grain
where the lime has been applied to the
soil, and the grain will grow with stout, |
stiff straw, and plump, hardy heads that
mature well. Ashes cause rank growth |
OF the herbaceOus part of the plants,
such as leaves, straw, and grass; lime |
induces a growth of the woody part of |
the plants, and the grain or fruit.
Ashes stimulate heavy muck, and rich or
virgin soils. They appear to disintegrate
or make available what is already in the |
soil. They seem to act especially on vege-
table mould and manures from the barri-
yard. Apply them to the most offensive
pile of compost, and they will render it
inodorous and worthless as fertilizer,
their effect being that of releasing the
ammonia from the compost. Ashes used
with compost heap Of decaying veget-
able matter would be wasted-wOrse
than wasted-as they render the compost
inert as fertilizer. Applied to an Ofiens-
sive sink or cesspoOl, they serve an excel
lent purpose as disinfectant. They
promote the growth of grass, and forage
especially, proving very valuable on low
lands; will stimulate trees, etc, to q
vigorous growth when the soil is strong.
They exhaust strong soils and injure
poor Ones Lime improves poor soils,
especially sandy ones, by rendering them
more compact and capable of retaining
fertility when applied. AS a promoter
OF health and vigor in apple trees it is
one of the best applications that can be
made to the soil. Under its influence
trees mature well, the fruit is finer, and
trees are freer from disease. Lime may
be applied with benefit on most soils and
many plants, but is of special value to .
the apple tree and strawberry plant
while ashes are valuable on heavy or rich ,
soils for the grOsser feeding of plants, ,
such as our native plums and currant {
bushes.
BREAD WITH Potato YEAsT.-Some !
have trouble to produce
good bread with potato yeast. This is !
how Lucy G. Hoods does it, as she re- a
ports to the Country Gentleman: 81 take G
Dne quart of tepid water, one pound of q
tomato yeast, two teaspoOnsful of salt, b
and flour enough to mix the dough stiff II
enough at first; / knead till very smooth; U
place the dough in the bread-pan, sprin- il
kle over it very little -four, to prevent G
she cloth, with which it should be COW 1;
cred snugly, from sticking; then turn d
,ver it small pan, or what is better, a t
arge, round, earthen pudding dish, and n
vet it to rise in warm place. When a
luite light, i divide into four parts and o
mead thoroughly; then grease two square il
Die tins with butter-which gives a q
pleasant taste to the crust; place two G
caves in each tin; cover closely with Il
10th, three or four thicknesses, to keep Il
he surface moist; set where it will keep b
warm, and, when light enough to be an Il
nch above the tins in the center, bake, Il
n not very hot oven, an hour and ten h
minutes. l turn occasionally while p
'aking, and, when the upper surface is cl
ust brown enough to be nice, cover with SC
'aper, or, what is better, tins the same p'
hape as those in which the bread is bak- re
ng. When taken from the oven, wiring pl
cloth out of cold water and cover the m
rust of it all hard then, outside of that, al
rap closely in dry cloth till cold. OF
recommend potato yeast, al
ecause the moisture it produces (Which OF