Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-12-20
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

1t takes about five and one-eighth
pounds of corn to produce pound of
pork.
The fashionable skeletons now on
farms are an organ in the house and a
!! mortgage on the farm. Poor but
proud. -Ioaca State Register.
Good, fresh, clean water. and in
abundance. is one of the most import
ant requisites for mich COWS, and it
should be in convenient places, where
stock will not be required to travel
long distances to Stake their thirst.
Quick doughnuts- one cup butter,
two of sugar four eggs, one cup sour
milk, one teaspoonful or less of soda
dissolved in hot water, one teaspoonful
cinnamon, little nutmeg, flour to roll
III pretty soft dough. Fry in hot lard.
After one has toiled through
long life, as many farmers do, and at
the close looks round and sees how
others have prospered while he has
neglected all his opportunities, Whit
tier tells his story:
"Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
To make apple fritters, pare and
core good fair tart apples, not too mel
low. Cut in round slices about half
an inch thick. Dip each slice in sugar
and ground cinnamon, mixed. Then
take on the end of the foretinger and
whirl around in the following batter
till thickly covered with it. Then drop
in hot drippings and fry light brown:
To one pint of milk add three lightly
beaten eggs, pinch Of soda and a
pinch of salt, and flour enough to
make batter about as stiff as ordin-
airy light cakes. Dust powdered
sugar over the fritter before serving.
Chopped apples stirred into this batter
and fried by spoonfuls make a nice
fritter, but not as handsome dish rs
the first way of making them.
Rats, mice and squirrels may he
kept from barns, stables, cribs and
pens only by removing all their hiding
places and leaving these open to light
and the entrance of their natural enc
mies--the cats and dogs. The mis-
chief done by these pests is enormous
and beyond easy belief. 1t is within
easy probability that tiveper cent. Of the
crops grown in this country is con-
sumed by them The money value Of
this loss will easily amount to $50, 000,-
900 or $40, 900, 900 yearly. Ground
floors should be of cement or paved
with stone, and the foundation should
be of stone or brick carefully laid
The space around the walls should be
kept clear, and no hiding places should
be left beneath any of the fittings.
". Y. Herald.
For salad dressing, boil dry and
mealy two large white potatoes and
strain through fine sieve. Into
this, while warm break four raw
eggs, one at a time, and stir to
a smooth paste. Then stir in slow
ly about one cup salad oil, less if
preferred, or some use melted butter
instead Add a little salt, made
mustard and the juice of large lemon,
or instead vinegar enough to make the
dressing as tart as is liked. Keep stir
ring constantly, and add of each in
gredient till the taste is satisfactory.
II should be as thick as cream. Set
aside, on the ice if possible, and pre-
pare the dishes ofNsalad for the table
shortly before needed. Having mixed
the celery, chicken and dressing, build
in pyramid form; garnish the edge
with quartered, hard-boiled eggs, alter
nate with sprigs of bright yellow cell
cry leaves. A great deal of TASTE can
be shown in the ornamenting of dish
of salad of any kind, and it forms a
good relish with plain or elaborate
dinner. Cor. Detroit Free Press.