Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-07-11
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

--Hand-pickin aids in the early
part of the season in keeping back the
crop OF potato-bugs, but the only COM
plete and practical antidote for them
known among men is Paris-green. -
loaca State Register.
To make chocolate bread pudding,
soak one pint of bread crumbs in one
boil. Remove this from the lire, and
stir in the thoroughly-beaten yelks of
five eggs, one-half teacupful of grated
chocolate, five tablespoontuls Of white
sugar and tablespoonful of salt.
Bake about forty minutes. Whip the
whites to a stiff froth, with one cup
full of pulveriZed sugar, Spread this
over the top, return to the oven and
brown delicately. When mixing the
yelks with the boiling milk, add very
slowly, but boil constantly to prevent
curdling. Eat cold.
The Louisiana Home Journal
says: Hogs devour sulphur with greed
whenever it is to be found. They will
eat large quantities OF soft coal which
N'ilNolIlS ct EIOtl ttiuptlll vi SulDIul.
Perhaps, in winter. when hogs require
a good deal of carbon, this may be the
most economical method of supplying
them with sulphur. In summer it is
better to feed them On substances con-
tanning less carbon, as they produce
less heat One of the best things for
this purpose is mustard, some of
which should be Sown in every pasture
III which hogs are to be turned. If
hogs are kept in small yards, supply
them with wild mustard or cultivate
the best varieties for them. They will
eat flowers, leaves, seeds and stalks.
The setting of cabbage and other
plants is simple matter, but we have
known persons to fuss and fiddle over
a few plants for long time, and then
not have them half planted. We used
to know an old fellow in New Jersey
who set his cabbage with dab and
punch" and they were we'll set too
But to do it nicely and not hurt your
fingers Will require the -four mo-
tons. That is, first, a plunge Of the
trowel to open the ground; second in
N'4 Alll- llLt I'lllll tlIIip, tlllolltl plunge
of the trowel near the roots of the
plant, bearing upward and against the
roots; and, fourth, sweep over the
surface to level the earth and fill the
hole. The second motion holds the
secret of success the plant must be
tightly fastened in the earth. The
test of good setting is to pull at the
edge of leaf. If well set, the piece
will break off; if not, the whole plant
VIII come up. christian Union.
The best way is to kill or sell all
the hens which have the habit u eat
ing eggs, and start afresh with a new
stock And it is well to be prompt
about it, for whole yard Of poultry
will learn the vice from one hen. The
trouble is usually originated 10y hen
laying thin-shelled egg. which breaks
readily, so that she easily learns how
toothsome "hen-fruit is. The best
way to prevent this is to make the hens
lay hard-shelled eggs by feeding them
with food containing large quantity
Of lime, such as broken oyster-shells,
broken bones, Stacked lime, etc. Some
times single hen may be cured of the
habit by having her own eggs taken
away as soon as they are laid, and
China or crockery- ware limitations put
III place. a few pecks at one of the
latter will sometimes so jar the inter
nal economy of hens head, us to i'm
press upon her for the rest of her life
the fact that everything which looks
like an egg is not bound to be an egg.
Toronto GIobe