Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-22
Farm and Household.

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pound of sugar CRATE in the rind Of
two lemons, and Juice of one then add
three eggs make into a roll the size of
the middle finger il will spread in the
oven % u thin cake dip in chocolate
icing.
SHORT CAKES.-One pound sifted flour.
quarter of a pound butter, and half as
much lard, very little salt, II pinch of
soda, well dissolved in just vinegar
enough 10 cover 1t work all we'll to-
gether with ice-cold water enough to
make Il stiff dough; roll it into paste
half an inch thick, cut it into round
cakes; prick the top with a fork. bake
in aquick oven.
MARBLEp CAKE.-One:: cupful butter.
two cupfuls sugar, three cupfuls flour,
four eggs, one cupful sweet milk, one-
half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful
cream tartar siftcd III the flour. when
the cake is mixed take out a ~teacupiul
of the batter and stir into this a large
spoonful of chocolate, wet with n little
milk; fill your pan about an inch thick
with yellow butter, and drop upon this
III two or three places Il spoonful of dark
mixture, forming fancy rings; proceed
with the light until all is used up.
FAIRY ApPLES.-Have some semi-cir-
cular tin moulds about the size and
shape of half a small orange; prepare
some stiff corn starch blanc mango /;
color half of 1t with pink sugar to u
bright color flavor the white with
sherry wine and the pink with rose ex-
tract; dip the moulds in cold water and
fill half of them with the white and the
others with pink; when cold turn them
out, and with n little gum-water stick n
white and a pink together, lhus making
sold balls; arrange IN II pyramid on II
glass dish with leaves or flowers in the
interstices.
REMEDY FOR FELoN.-Take the root
of the plant known rs dragon root,
Jack-in-the-pulpit, or Indian turnip,
either green or dry; CRATE about one
half "A tcaspoonful into four tablespoon
fuls of sweet milk; simmer gently a
few minutes, then thicken with bread
crumbs, and apply rs hot rs possible.
This can be heated again two or three
times, adding II little milk each time. If
the felon is Just starting this will drive
it back; if somewhat advanced, will
draw it out quickly and gently. 1t is
well to put a little tallow on the poultice,
especially afteropening, to prevent stick
ing. This same poultlce Is good for n
carbunclc or any other rising.
SENSIBLE IDEA.-The setting of shade
trees along both sides of the roads in
the farming districts is often advocated
by the rural press, as % means of in
creasing the value of farms, III conse-
quence of the ~pleasantness of such
streets when the trees become large.
There is no mistake in this opinion /;
and farmers would do we'll to club to-
gether and set maple, elms, etc, along
their farms, and then see that no
cattle are allowed to run in the high
way,
A HINT FROM HoLLAND,-In Hol-
land, pastures are stocked with COW
and sheep in equal numbers. The
sheep eat the hard and wiry grasses,
which the COVE reject, and keep the
turf close and fine. Care is also taken
not to overstock. The presence of the
sheep improve the fertility of the pas
ture, besides keeping down the growth
of bushes and shrubs. Our farmers
would find it to their interest to initiate
this feature of Dutch farming. Pas
lures exclusively devoted to the use OF
COWS soon become overrun by bushes
and worthless grasses, which the pres
ence of sheep would keep in check,
To KILL Potato BUGs.-A farmer
writes: Take II large tin pail, say
twenty inches in diameter and eight
inches deep, and arrange a long handle
so that Il mar can walk upright and
push the pan before him close to the
rows, and hold it III a position such ~
will best catch the bugs; then, with
thin piece of board about three feet
long and eight inches wide, shaped like
a paddle, give the vines Il gentle slaI
towards the pan, and you VIII knock
most of the bugs into the pan. | have
about two acres of potatoes, and after
trying many ways to destroy the bugs,
hit upon this. 1t is cheaper, easier, and
takes less time than to use poison. |
have been over one half acre in less
than three hours, and gathered nearly
three quarts of bugs"
BLACK CAP RAspBEREIEs.-This eX-
cellent fruit cannot be praised too much,
nor can it be overplanted in the North
west, rs has been the case with the
grape and some others. In upwards Oh
twenty-five years of cultivation, it has
never failed once of giving a most boun,
tiful and overlooking crop. No insect
foe Of any sort attacks it. Wet weather
or dry, hot or cold. it is always the
same. II is hardy to the extreme tips,
and brings returns, profitable to the
grower. Freshly gathered they are
excellent. They are better than any
other canned fruit except the peach.
Maln into INN or nrnsnrvni with slIOar