Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-09-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

A BREAKFAST LUXURY Take eight
ears of corn and CRATE them, carefully
scraping of the cobs with knife, so as
to get all the milk peel one quart of
the corn season with salt and pepper
put in butter and roll in three soda
crackers let them stew steadily for
one hour.
KENTUCKY Corn CAKES. Take one
quart of corn-mcal and two tablespoons
fuls of common wheat flour, mot pre-
pared J add salt to taste, and mix thor
oughly with sufficient quantity Of but
termilk to form a batter. Next melt
heaping tablespoonful of lard, stir it
with the batter well, and bake on hot
griddle, pouring them thin. BY this
recipe the full flavor of the corn-mcal
is obtained, unmiNcd with the taste of
molasSes, which many mistakenly deem
necessary to cause the cakes to bake
brown.
FLAVOR OF THE PEACH.--Some one has
got up a paragraph that of late years
the peach has deteriorated in flavor, and
is not what it used to be- Some writers
talk this way when they have nothing
else to complain about. 1t is all bosh.
This year, it is true, pears and peaches
are not up to the usual mark of excel
lence, owing to the heavy and prolonged
rains-that is the early varieties but
the late varieties of both pears and
peaches will no doubt sustain their old
reputation IN every particular.
MAIZE FODDER. - To throw cured
maize fodder out in the cattle yard, or
to feed it in the stall as hay is fed, is
highly wasteful. 1t cannot be fed alone
or rs an adjunct to hay to use it
prohtably it must be finely cut and
wall mixed or alternatcd with maize
or cotton seed meal, bran, or some
similar material. Maize meal and sim
liar articles contain too much albumi-
noids, fat and starch for healthy and
economical cattle food maize fodder
contains too little Of these and too
much coarse fibre; the two should be
mixed
THE CELERY FLy.-The larvae of the
celery fly (Tephrites onopordinis) in
some seasons do much mischief to the
celery crops, and as yet no eilcctual
remedy has been discovered When
celery is infested with the larvae the
leaves become blistered and turn vel
low, and as the grubs are underneath
the blisters, they may be crushed be-
tween the finger and thumb. The
grubs, when full-grown, descend into
the earth, and remain in the chrysalis
state until the following spring, when
they give birth to the fly, which in due
course deposits the eggs on the leaves.
Therefore to prevent the attack of the
pest the next year, leaves badly infested
should be removed and burnt, to pre-
vent the grubS attaining their full de
velopment.
LEAVES FOR GARNIsHING FRuIT.-Somo
| kind of leaves are more suitable than
others for this purpose. Strawberries
for instance, look best associated witt
their own foliage grapes may be laid
on their own leaves, but there are Others
which suit them quite rs well. One OF
| the best plants for furnishing leaves fol
garnishing all kinds Of fruit is the curlcd
mallow, an annual of which three
sowings may be made in year in rich
soil-the first early in April, the second
about the beginning of May, and the
third about the same time in June. The
leaves are about the size of small vim,
leaves, and beautifully frilled Wherev
or fruit has to be garnished this plan
ought to be grown. The EGGPLANT also
furnishes good leaves for Summer gar
nishing, its glistening, icy appearance
having a cool and pretty effect on the
table. 1t should be sown in pan o.
box, in heat, in the first or second weel
in April, and planted out in the opel
border in May. In Winter variegateC
kale and bay leaves answer the pur
pose. Bay leaves are rather stiff 70
grapes. while for oranges, apples an,
other fruit they may always be use'
with good effect.