River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1878-05-02
HOUSE AND FARM.

Every family should cultivate small
fruits. A convenient plot should be set
apart for their growth.
1t is said that filthy man, with filthy
hands, milking filthy cow, in filthy
corral, into filthy pail, and setting the
milk in one orn.r of hot, filthy kitch-
en-. is the perfection of filth in butter
making, and that the product will be
anything but "gilt-edged. -" Prairie
Farmer.
Cows giving milk need an abundance
of water. The dry hay usually given al
fords little material for milk, and even
with abundance of roots, unless water is
placed within easy reach, cows will tend
to fatten rather than to milk production.
A great difficulty in cold weather is in
having water so far from the yard that
cows will suffer long before going from
comfortable quarters to obtain it.
The Western Farm Journal is of the
opinion that neither cooked nor ground
food promotes growth and increase of
flesh in animals commensurate with the
expense OF grinding and cooking. 1t says
that there are plenty of instances where
feeding the whole grain raw has been
followed by as rapid gain from given
expenditure as when prepared food was
used. The Farmer is entitled to its opin-
len, although there are many stock rails
ers who differ with it.
Let no farmer be deceived. One year
ago, wise political and agricultural edi
tors said prices have reached the low.
est point We are down to bed rock ;
And vet the products of the farm are 81
per cent. below what they were wher
these statements were made. We say Il
the farmers, lay your plans, and manage
your farms for yet lower depths. Con
tract fewer debts, arrange for more profit
able labor, and be prepared for the worst
| We know tins is safe advice.-Ioloa Stat
Register.
1t is stated, on good authority, that (
teaspoonful of cayenne-pepper mixed il
a quart of oil, and rubbing the harnes;
with the oil, will effectually protect i
against the gnawing of rats. 1t is alst
said thai an ounce of aloes to one gallon
of oil will afford the same protection
Our remedy heretofore has been, and WI
have never known it TO fail, to hang thu
| harness up so that no rats can modest it
But as some people are careless in this
respect, the red pepper and the aloe'
and oil remedy had better be adopted
A friend at our elbow says carbonc acid
is sure remedy Germant0aen Telegraph
How many of our fair readers know
| how to make what is called "fioating is
land9" There may be number who
would be pleased to have the receipt, and
we give it: Put pint of milk in small
| tin pail, set it in kettle of boiling water
and LET it scald; take the whites of three
eggs, beat to. stiff froth, then drop &
| poonful at time into the milk ana let
| hem cook about five minutes; then skim
them out into deep siish. Take the yolks
add one egg, sugar, nutmeg, lemon, and
very little salt; beat and turn into the
milk; let it cook until it is as thick as
cream; then turn into the dish with the
islands, which will rise to the top.
A leg of fresh pork, two tablespoonful
powdered sage, two of sweet marjoram
one sweet basil, one-quarter ounce mace,
powdered, one-half ounce cloves, two-nut-
megs, one bunch pot herbs, chopped Fne,
one loaf stale bread grated fine, one-half
pound of butter, two eggs, one tablespoon
full salt, black pepper to taste; mix all
with grated bread and egg; take out
the bone Of the leg of pork, rub the meat
on both sides we'll with salt, spread the
seasoning thick IN the hole made by TAX
ing out the bone, and tie up tightly and
in good shape, and skewer we'll; put in q
dripping pan with water, and bake two
hours. basting well. This makes an &C
ceptable " collared pork