The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1875-12-23
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

Dutch Pancakes.-One egg, one large
spoonful sugar, one cup milk, two table
spoonfuls melted butter, one teaspoonful
cream tartar, tablespoonful soda, lit
tie salt; add flour enough to make thick.
Bake one-half hour; slice and eat warm,
with butter.-Ohio F.rner
An excellent cocoa nut cake is thus
made: Half pound of butter, one cup
of sugar, six eggs, three.fourths pound
of flour, one cocoa-nut, which should be
grated the night before using. Work the
butter and sugar to cream, add the yelks
of the eggs and mix them we'll, perhaps
five minutes. Have the whites beaten to
q froth and add little at time, with
the flour. Lastly add the cocoa.nut and
bake in a moderate pan.-Cincinaati 'ines
Bedding in the stables is of great i'm
pOrtance, both as regards the comfort of
the stock and the condition of the manure
heap. 1t will pay to cut all the litter with
todder-cutter when it can be done by
horse pow Where leaves or saw.dust
can be procured for bedding, every pound
of straw should be used for feed. Other
wise cut straw, when used for bedding, is
more absorbent than long straw and more
quickly rots in the manure-heap. The
stock can be kept very clean with short
bedding.-MassacAusetts Farmer.
Sheep have abundant protection
against cold in their fleece, but these serve
no purpose in protecting them against
rain and snow. In truth, they serve to
hold the moisture, which makes them un-
comfortable great length of time. Sheep
do not require expensive buildings for
their protection, but they need sheds that
have tight roof, dry floor, and walls
that will keep out the driving snow. The
farmer who neglects to provide these loses
in feed, flesh and feeces.-Rural World
AS to plants, the two great troubles
are dust and insects. A paper or light
muslin screen laid over them while the
room is being swept will keep off great
deal of dust, but even this will not OBJ
viate the necessity for washing and syr-
inging. Broad and smooth -leaved plants
may be washed with a soft sponge, or,
what is better, placing the hand over the
earth, turn the plant upside-down and
move it briskly about for a few seconds
in a vessel Of water. Then set the plant
upright, wash each leaf between the fin
ger and thumb, and afterward give it an
other rinsing. A plant too large to be
treated in this way may be syringed, or
lay it down and let water fall ur ON it from
considerable height from watering
pot. This can be done out of doors in
mild weather, and in cold weather in a
sink or bathing-tub. If plants are fire.
quently washed they will be but little
troubled by insects.-Gardeser's Monthly.
Many housekeepers in the country
know how difficult it is to obtain good
article of bar soap. The yellow soap sold
at stores cuts soft as cheese, and rubs away
as easily, and unless the housewife orders
a box of soap at time, and piles it up in
stacks in the attic or some dry place, the
yearly record will show good sum paid
out for soap purchased by the bar. The
following recipe will prove desirable
item of economy: Four large bars of vel.
low soap; two pounds of sal-soda; three
ounces borax; one ounce liquid ammonia
Shave the soap in thin slices, put it into
eight quarts of soft water (rain- water is the
best). When the soap is nearly dissolved
add the borax and sal-soda; stir till all is
melted. Pour it into large tub or shall
low pan; when nearly cool add the am
monia slowly, mixing it we'll. Let i
stand day or two, then cut it into cakes
or bars, and dry in warm place. NJ
better soap can be made to wash white
clothes, calicoes and tlannels, and it is ex
cellent for all household purposes. l
costs but three cents per pound, and i:
made in less than half an hour. This rec
ipe has been sold for five dollars, and viii
be of service to every tamily.-Hearth ane
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