Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-05-09

Hoe the cabbage while the dew
is on. but never hoe beans while they
are wet.-Ioaoa State Register.
Sponge Cake.-Three eggs one
cup of sugar; three tablespoons of
water; one teaspoon baking powder :;
one cup of -four.
baking Powder Cake. White of
one egg; one cup of white sugar; one
half cup of sweet milk; one and one
third teaspoons of baking powder; one
and one-third cups of sifted flour.
Soaking peas few minutes in
ben2oline, or warm parailine, before
planting, is said by correspondent of
fine Gardeners Chronicle to entirely
prevent the ravages of mice and birds
on the seed.
-Nurnber Cake.-One cup of but
ter; two cups of sugar; two table
SPOONS of molaSses; three cups of
-four; four eggs one teaspoon OF soda; ;
two teaspoons of cream tartar; one
cup of raisins; spice, to taste.
For cattle that cannot raise their
cud. hold three or four at a time of
ordinary sized stalks of white pithed
elder between the grinders pass them
up as they grind them keep the ami
mails grinding the elders for ten or
fifteen minutes then put some small
ears corn of or little hay into their
mouth. Few, if any, cases occur that
timely application will not cure.
Cattle that have lost their cud are not
likely to take food into their mouths.
Rural Home.
in business no man can be entire
" successful without sufficient knowl-
edge to enable him to make the best
possible use Of his labor and his
means. The most extensive and va
ried knowledge, practical and scien-
tihc, will not always relieve the farmer
from doubt and uncertainty, but he
should improve every means of inves-
tigation and research, and avail him
self of every opportunity for discuss
ing questions relating to production,
markets, etc, within his reach. DE
tr0it Tribune.
Sweet pickles of ripe cucumbers,
or green tomatoes, or both, may be
made Prepare the cucumbers by
sclaping out the inside and pairing the
outside: then cut in small pieces, let
them lay III weak salt-and-water all
night, or half a day; then drain them
out, put them in porcelain kettle,
and cover with one-third vinegar and
two-thirdS water; let them boil about
fifteen minutes, or till you can pierce
with a straw from the corn broom,
then drain and throw the liquor away;
then, for one peck of green tomatoes,
or the same quantity of ripe cucllln-
berS, take two pounds of sugar, two
tablespoonfuls each of allspice, cloves,
ginger and mustard, one teaSpoonful
OF cayenne pepper put Ill the kettle
with two quarts of vinegar, or enough
to cover; when hot, put in the Gu
Cumbers, let them boil and they are
done. | like mine with more sugar.
Cor household.
The roller should be as much an
accompaniment of the farm as the
harrow or drill. After all that has
been said in its favor there are very
few scattered through the country
where there should be many. We use
a roller to pack the earth about seeds
that are soWn, of all sorts, whether III
the garden or on the farm, on our
light land, and aside from this on the
heavy soils TO crush clods and Jumps.
We harrow and roll our old pastures,
our winter wheat and sometimes the
meadows. The lawn, after it is well
soaked with rain, can be leveled more
easily with a roller than otherwise,
and the drive is kept in nice condition
by an occasional rolling. There is a
wonderful difference in the kinds of
rollers used upon the farm. An old
log may be logged up and answer some
purpose, but 1t pays III the end to have
a substantial, well-made implement
that is adapted to the work that is to
be done; then it pays to keep it in a
good state of repair, well housed and
oiled, 50 as not to disturb whole
nelghborhood every time it makes a
revolution. Detroit Free Press.
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