Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-08-15
THE FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

STIR them into the milk. beating hard MI
the while; add sifted -four enough To
make n good batter, one te~aSpoonful
salt; then, nj the last, one teaspoonful
soda dissolved in hot water; bake at
once in a quick oven.
a REMEDY FoR BED BuGs.-A cores
pendent writes TO the British Medical
Journal as follows: The best remedy
for bugs in hospitals is a bug-trap made
by boring a series of holes in a piece of
wood with a gimlet, and placing this
under the mattress of each cot. The
piece of wood is to be placed periodi-
c.ally into a basin of boiling water. This
Is an Indian hospital plan"
B%uTTERMILK BREAD.-Heat one pint of
buttermllk until it is almost scalding
hot; stir III slowly, while the milk is hot,
slfted flour enough to make quite a
thick batter; then add half n gill of
yeast, and let it stand five or six hours
to rise; If made over night, do no use
the yeast, substitute one tablespoonful
of white sugar. In the morning stir in
TO the sponge, a teaspoonful of soda dis
solved IN hot water; add n little salt, two
tablespoonfuls butter, work in Just flour
enough to handle comfortably; knead
well, make into loaves, and let it rise
until light.
CocoANuT CAKE.-Onc half cupful Of
butter and three eggs beaten to a cream;
two cupfuls of powdered sugar, one cup
full milk, two cupfuls sifted flour, two
teaspoonfuls ear tartar, one of soda;
bake in shallow pans and let cool; have
ready one half of a grated and pared
cocoanut, mix it with the well-beaten
whites of three eggs, and one cupful of
white sugar, lay this mixture between
the layers of cake; take the other half
of the cocoanut, pare and CRATE it, mix
it with four tablespoonfuls powdered su-
gar, and sprinkle it thickly over the top.
EFFECT OF SMOKE ON TREEs.-Mr. Al
cock, who for twenty-five years has been
making experiments with trees planted
in the vicinity of his cotton mill, near
Manchester, England, finds that the
plant which does better than any other
tree in London smoke will not grow ut
all in that of Lancashire; but, on the
other hand, he has been very successful
with the beech, sycamore. birch, wych
elm and Turkey oak, but the lime does
best of ell. Here is a hint for Pittsburg
and Cincinnati. There is n society in
Manchester called the Field Naturalists'
and Archeologists' Society, which is
urging the planting of trees in and about
Cottonopolis.
TURNIPs AND CoRN.-A Wcstchester
county IN. ~ farmer is in the habit of
sowing yellow Aberdeen turnips among
his corn at the last passage of the cult
vator, when the plants are about five
feet in height. The turnips do not make
much growth until the corn is cut, after
which they swell rapidly. The cost is
nothing except for seed and harvesting.
and corn already cut is not injured when
the turnips are gathered in. From one
to four hundred bushels of turnips per
acre have been thus obtained without
~lessening the corn crop. Weeds are not
tolerated, and the whole strength Of the
land is developed, as it should be, to
useful crops.
CUCUMBER PICKLEs.-Make n pickle in
a clean tub that will bear Il small pota-
to; wash the cucumbers put them in;
cover WIN cabbage leaves ana pace
sonieIhihS leaVy on the top TO keep
,heih uluer tnc prime; lei thcm lie us
ons as you WISH. 10 MAKE Il lew AT a
.iihe, lake tllem OUT n lei them remain
III cold wafer oyer h'sht; 'hen put nan
piece of alum in the kettle with the
pickles, and set them on the back of the
range. DE careiul not 10 let tliem boil'
lurn them Over every titeen minutes,
50 they VIII all get done through. You
can Tell by breaking n N nan, ana II
II O. !. Is uohe; lake out;