Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-05-31
AGRICULTURAL AND DOAESTlC.

-Fritters. quart Of milk, one
,opnd of flour, add seven well-beaten
pggs teaspoonful of salt Drop by the
snoonful into hot lard and fry light
brown.
For Maryland biscuits" take one
,sacno of -four, one of lard, one tablespoon
81 salt: make stiff dough, work light,
and bake in quick oven; don't let the
biscuits touch.
For single cup of chocolate, CRATE a
desert. spoonful, dissolve in half cup Of
boiling water; bring to boil cup Of
rich milk, stir in the chocolate when thor
oughlv melted; bell three minutes; pour
out and serve.
When potatoes are planted, if few
meas be dropped in every other hill in
every second row, fine crop of green
meas will be produced, supported by the
potato vines The black.eyed marrow
fats are best for such planting, as they
grow freely and quickly; and the crop Of
potatoes will not be diminished in the
least.
A herd law, as understood by the peo-
ME of the Western States, is a legislative
enactment which requires that animals be
so guarded that they cannot inf1ict injury
upon fields in which crops arc raised.
They must be guarded by enclosures or
attended by herdsmen in order that they
may not encroach upon grounds that are
cultivated, which are not protected by
enclosures. -Ka;ssas Farmer.
The following compound, recon-
mended by French chemist several years
since, may be worth trying on potatoes for
ln,trpxripr no y,nfafn haaf Ia 'fHal.n tun
and a nall pounds of block soap, two and
a half pounds of flour of sulphur, two
pounds of mushrooms, of the species gen
orally found in low, moist grounds, and
thirty quarts of water. Divide the water
into two equal parts; put one-half into
cask with the soap and mushrooms, after
they have been bruised; boil the other
half of the water in kettle, with the sui
phur in bag and kept down to the bot
tom of the water with weight. The sui
phur must be stirred about, in order to
better saturate the water The water thus
boiled must be thrown into an ordinary
sized cask until it has acquired high de-
gree of foul odor, and the cask then closed
up lightly. This solution may be sprink-
led over infested trees, or plants Of any
kind, and il is said to be certain death to
all kinds Of insects.-Rural Nen Yorker.
To make Graham gems in perfection,
put one quart of Graham -four in basin,
10 which add two tablespoons of sugar,
little salt, and two heaping teaspoons of
baking powder. One little dip more in
the baking powder will do no harm, if you
want them extra. Then beat two eggs
light in bowl, fill up with cold water,
mixing them we'll Stir these quickly in
the Hour and stir like lightning, and al
ways have plenty of flour. The batter
should be Just thick enough to barely
pour from the spoon. More cold water
can be added, if too thick. The gem pans
are supposed to be heating on the stove
Take bit of butter on a knife and grease
the pans quickly. If they are heated
right the butter will "siZZle." Fill half
full of the batter, and bake in an oven al
most hot enough to burn anything else up.
Ii my oven is not hot enough on the bot
tom, put the pan up on the CRATE. These
will be good cold, and are healthtul and
economical, as no shortening or milk is
required. ". Y. Herald.