Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1877-04-05
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Draining.-It will pay well to make
deep parallel drains about forty feet apart
over some entire fields. This is called
" thorough draining" 1t viii also pay
well to cut deep bitches between the rows
OF fruit trees where the ground is all in
cllned to be wet and heavy. Drains be-
tween rows of fruit trees should be made
not less than three feet deep. -Four feet
would be prefera5le.-N. Y. Herald.
With many housewives there is great
dread of boiling beet root in case itshould
lose lis color, and minute directions are
generally given in all cookery books as to
washing the roots carefully, so as to avoid
all abrasion of the skin. That beet roots
should be washed absolutely clean before
being put into the pot is, of course, very
necessary; but the most simple way to
avoid spelling the color is to drop the
roots into boiling water.
bohemian Cream.-Take four ounces
OF any fruit you choose, which has been
stoned and sweetened; pass through a
sieve, and add one and half ounces of
melted or dissolved isinglass to half pint
OF fruit; mix it we'll together; then whip
a, pint OF rich cream, and add fruit and
lslnglass gradually to it; then pour it all
into mold; set it on ice or in a cool
place, and, when hardened or set, dip the
mold into warm water, and turn it out
ready for the table Fl
When student at the Massachusetts,
Agricultural College, the writer secured Il
root OF arbutuS from an exposed bank in
the latter days of February, set it in pot
In sunny window, and, giving it ordi-
nary care, IN few days the numerous
buds began to open, and sent forth mass
OF the gWell-known, beautiful, fragrant
blossoms, which held on, or were succeed
ed by others, for several weeks. These
were delicate reminder of the spring
time coming, and continuous delight to
their owner. This beautiful flower can
be had so easily, we wonder that it has
not come into more general use as win
ter towering plant No particular care
need be exercised with it; quite severe
cold does not destroy it. The only re-
quirements are to get it, even from par
TALLY frozen ground as the writer once
did, put in rich earth, place in not too
warm room, and enjoy its beauty .-Scien-
tJfc Farmer. s.lf .t...ts. ...5' -.s.
For grating, take four parts of NUT
ton tallow, eight parts of resin and two
parts beeswax. Melt them all together
overa slow fire. When thoroughly melted
and mingled, pour the mixture off in
small quantities into tub of cold water
AS soon as the masses thus poured into the
cold water cool down sufficiently to be
handled, work precisely in the same man.
ner you would candy, by drawing out and
doubling over, until the whole presents q
uniform color, and becomes hard enough
to mold into balls or sticks This wax,
when it is cold, should be quite hard, but
it should be tough at any ordinary sum-
mer temperature. If, howev, +, it is found
that for the climate where it is to be used
it is too soft, more resin should be used
Tallow will soften it, resin will harden it,
render it more infusible, and beeswax will
tougher it. By slightly varying proper
tions of these ingredients, any desired
consistency may be obtained.