The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-04-02
Sundries- Useful and Otherwise.

OAT MEAL IN DRINKs.-This is highly
recommended by those who have tested It.
One writer says: 'Last summer we attend
ed field trial of plows, and for a drink in the
field we had buckets of cold water with oat
meal stirred in, which we found to be both
victuals and drink, aud mighty refreshing"
Scottish Medical Journal also saws of oat
meal that in its raw state, when il is mixed
with water, it is becoming tavorite dish.
The brose of "Auld Scotland is becoming
favorte dish,-and we are glad to bote this,
because we believe it to be healthy and
muscle-formng commodity-by the hunters
and trappers of the West, who are substitute
ing oat meal in this form for parched Indian
corn. The same brawny fellows-whose
powers of endurance are ,'rovt rbial, and
whose scorn of fatigue is known to all readers
OF travel and natural hi,tory-have found out
that a very acce ptable drink is made by put
ting about two teaspoonfuls Of cat meal to a
tumbler OF water. This they-the hunters
and trappers-aver to be the best drink they
can use, and it is at once nousishing, unstim-
ulatins and satisfying.
To HAVE APPLES EVERY YEAR.-A cor
| respondent of the New York Tribune tells
| three ways of having apples every year:
1. Take scions from tire, in 1873, ard
put them into good thrifty tree, and do the
same in 1874, and you will get fruit in al
ternate years.
2, If you cut off the thrifty trees, the
growth of 1878, in the last of june leaving
three or four buds that would come out in
1874, you would force out the next years
buds and gain one year.
3. If you remove all the blossoms on one
half of your tree in the bearing year you will
have fruit on that half the odd year. These
things have done successfully.
l have now in bearing the Victory apple of
the odd year produced in this way; next
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the regular year.
CHICKEN CHOLERA.-A correspondent of
the Toledo Farm Journal, after great many
experiments, has discovered remedy tor
chicken cholera. 1t is this: Take one table
spoonful of tincture of rheubarb, one table
spoonful diluted gum arabic and one table
spoonful water; give one teaspoonful three
times per day.
CURE FOR FoUNDER.-A gentleman gives
cure for founder in horses, which, he says,
he has never known to jail in many years of
trial. It's as follows: As soon as the horse
is fouLd to be stiff swab the legs aud ieet
with hot water, so hot that the hand can not
bear to touch it, but it mus; not be so hot as
to scald. After short time the legs should
be rubbed dry and the horse gently exer-
cised.
BRITTLE TooLs.-If an edge tool is so
hard as to crumble, grind it on dry stone
until the edge turns blue; it will then erase
TO break and the temper will generally prove
to be about right. Scythes and axes are
sometimes too hard at the edge, but If treat
ed in this way will give no further trouble
ROLLED JELLY CAKE.-One cup sugar,
one cup -four, three eggs, two teaspoons
cream tartar, one teaspoon soda. Bake in
two parts; spread with jelly and roll very
soon after it is baked. Cheap and very put
fly.
DELICATE CAKE.-One cup white sugar,
five tablespoons butter, whites of six eggs,
one teacup sweet milk, two teaspoons cream
tartar, one of soda, and lemon extract.
! SPLIT RoLLs.-One egg, well beaten; one
tablespoon sugar, one yeast cake dissolved in
a cup OF warm milk; two teaspoons salt:
-four enough to make stiff batter: set to
rise. When risen, work in large spoonful
of butter, and -four enough 20 roll; roll out
an inch thick, spread over with butter. fold in
half, cut out with biscuit cutter, let it rise
again and bake.