The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-05-16
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

Buy nothing abroad that can be pro-
duced at home.
THE farmer near a market is always
enriching his land.
FARM laborers get largest wages in
manufacturing states.
PROSPERITY is measured not by ex-
ports but by hom e consumption. 4.
BUTTERscoTCH: Take one pound of
sugar, three-quarters of pint of water,
and set over a slow fire; when done add
one and half tablespoonfuls Of butter,
and lemon juice to flavor.
PORTABLE Lemonade: Powdered tar
taric acid one ounce, powdered sugar
six ounces, essence of lemon one dram;
let it dry thoroughly in the sun, rub to-
gether and divide in twenty-four papers.
One makes glass of good sweet lemon
ade.
ANY farmer that has small pond or
lake on his farm, or a never failing
spring, so situated that by damming up
the gully or hollow below it pond can
be formed, may make an acre or two
thus located the most profitable part of
his premises by stocking the water with
fish.
For biscuit: One pint of -four, one
teaspoonful of cream tartar, one table
spoonful of lard, little salt; rub we'll
together; stir in cup of milk in which
has been dissolved one-half teaspoonful
of soda; roll quite thin; cut out with
tin biscuit rings and bake in a hot
oven.
WHEN the land is of even texture and
and moderately loose it may be con-
| sidered that a tile drain will drain ten
| feet of land for every foot in depth that
it is laid. So if the drains be laid three
and half feet deep they should be put
thirty-five feet apart. If the land is
stiff the distance must be reduced.
IT is claimed that the sweet gum
| (Liquidanabar styracifla), so plentiful in
all Southern forests and swamps, is even
a better destroyer of malaria than the
Eucalyptus Globulus. 1t exudes a
sweeter balsamic odor and has also the
dditional advantage of being native:.
tree, of rapid growth, while the gum II
supplies has marketable value.
MULCH is placed about plants to pre-.
vent the sun from evaporating the mois
ture. In many cases it takes the place
of cultivation. No doubt, if it were
not for the expense and trouble, it would
be more extensively used about her
baceous plants. We have found, in oul
trying climate, that a fine mulch Of
manure completely covering the grounc
is an excellent thing for bedding plants
INDIAN pudding: Two quarts milk
one cup meal, one-half cup -four. two
heaping spoonfuls sugar, one teaspoon
full salt, one nutmeg, one teaspoonfu
butter. Heat the milk boiling hot; re
move from the fire and add one-half cuE
cold milk stir in the meal and the othe
ingredients, and bake in a slow over
three and one-half hours. Raisins, o.
sweet apples sliced thin, may be addet
to the articles named; but it is yer,
good pudding without. The secret O
making this pudding lies in having th'
milk precisely the right temperature; j
too hot, the pudding will not whe,
out" properly if too cold, the meal will
not settle at the bottom.
SoFT gingerbread: l. Dip up, shak
off lightly, six even cups of flour; put il
pan and add one tablespoonful sal
eratus, two of ginger, one cup butter, tw
cups molasses, and two of good butter
milk; let the butter be soft enough t
mix easily with the other ingredients
but not melted; stir all together enougl
to mix, and bake Immediately in tw
tins about eight by twelve inches square
If the oven is right, twenty minutes vii
bake them. II. Stir two teaspoopfuls O
soda and one tablespoonful of ginge