Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-05-13
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

The Practical Farmer says six quarts
to the acre of clover seed is the proper
quantity to be sown.
Fried Cakes.-One pint of butter
milk or sour milk, one teacup OF sugar,
two tablesPoonfuls of lard or pork drip
pings, which are better, one egg, little
salt, one tablespoonful of saleratus.
Very good plain cakes.
TO Make Pies of Dried Elderberries.
Stew the berries as for eating, having
plenty OF spice over them; sweeten
while cooking; fill the under crust as
full as you wish Il then dust over the
berries spoonful pf flour; wet the
edge Of the under crust with cold water,
put On the upper crust and press the
edges together slightly, to keep the juice
from running out.
--Stewed Shoulder of Mutton.-The
shoulder must not be too fat. Bone it,
tie it up in cloth anc boil it for two
hours and half Take up, put little
cold butter over it and strew it thickly
with bread crumbs, parsley and thyme,
pepper and salt, all properly mixed. Let
it be in the oven half an hour so that it
may be perfectly Drowned. Serve it with
Jumps of currant jelly on the top and
gravy or spinach round the dish.
-Currant Jelly.-Pick over the fruit,
but leave it on the stems put it into the
preserving kettle and break it with a la
die or spoon; when it IS hot squeeze it
in a coarse bag until you can press out
no more juice; sift the sugar. and heat it
hot as possible without dissolving or
burning it; boil the juice five minutes
very hard, and while boiling add the hot
sugar stir it well, and when it has boiled
again five minutes set it Off The time
must be strictly observed.
Minced Callops-Mince finely one
half pound of rump steak and one onion !;
| fry the latter in butter TIL of pale
| brown; add to the beef and onions one
ounce of butter or two ounces Of clari-
| fed beef-drippings, salt, pepper, tea
| cupful of hot water, a tablespoonful of
| lemon juice or of mushroom catchup,
and small bunch Of savory herbs. Put
all into stew-pan and boil gently for
| ten minutes garnsh with sifiets of
toasted bread, and serve very hot,
Scrap Pudding-Put the scraps of
bread, crust and crun.b, into bowl, with
sufficient milk to cover them well.
Cover with d saucepan lid or plate, and
put it into Che oven to soak for hale an
hour Take it out and mash the bread
with fork until il is pulp; then add a
handful of raisins and as many Currants,
| teaspoonful of brown sugar, half a cup
OF milk, some candied lemon peel and
one egg. Stir it up well, grease pud
ding dish, and pour the pudding in. Crate
ever little nutmeg put it INTO moder-
rate oven and let it bake for an hour and
| half.
Bone Spavin.-Muratia acid eight
| ounces, pulverized cantharides, one
ounce; fill dram phial about one
third full with the medicine, and after
grcasing below the lump with lard or oil
apply it upon the lump, covering space
the size of Il tive-cent piece. Apply it
once every day for four days, then keep
the sore well creased with lard or oil un-
til it heals up. If one course of treat
ment fails to cure, apply the medicine as
before; the second never fails. | can
warrant il sure cure. | have tried it
Cor Cincinnati Times.
Apple Dumplings.-Peel and core
sufficient apples for the family
dinner, and put them in pressed
tin stewpan with sufficient water
to cook them, then make a crust as
for rich cream biscuit and roll it about
thrce-quarters OF an inch thick and cover
the apples in the stew pan; then cover
tight and cook twenty-five minutes, not
removing the cover until it is done, as
that will make the crust heavy. This is
the only way can ever make dumplings
successfully, and my husband says they
are delicious, eaten either with butter
and sugar or sugar and cream. Cor
Household.