Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-08-01
THE FARM.

uaII q nutmeg, one cup or thin SOU
cream; two-thirds of a teaspoonful o
saleratus, one cup heaping full of flour
beat the eggs, sugar and butter tOgeth
er, then add cream and saleratus, nut
meg and -four last. Ifyou want it extra
nice, put in the whites of two eggs anC
use with pulverized sugar and one
teaspoonful of essence of lemon; leave
out the nutmeg.
Clover is called, and proper
ly SO, the sheet-anchor of American in.
dustry. 1t is capable of doing more tc
bril- G impoverished lands to a high state
of cultivation with less expense than
any other agency. And just in pro
portion as the farmer cultivates this
plan, will he berelieved from the neces-
sity of purchasing commercial fertil-
izers to enrich his land. There is no
system of cultivation to enable the
farmer to keep the fertility of his land
without resorting to such agencies, vet
the use of clover will do for you what
the miracles did for Moses. 1t will do
more; It will cancel notes, cay mort
cages, xtingrlish obligations, and bring
abundance where there is want.
DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS. If the fol
lowing recipe for the destruction OF
insects be one half as effiCacious as it
is claimed to be, it will prove invaluable:
Hot alum water is a recent suggestion
as an insetride. 1t will destroy red and
black ants, cockroaches, chinch bugs,
and all thecrawling pests which infest
our houses Take two pounds of alum
and dissolve it in three or four quarts
of boiling water, let it stand on the fire
till the alum disappears; then apply it
with brusl, while nearly boiling hot, to
every joint nd crevice in your closets,
beadsteads, pantry, shelves and the like.
Brush crevics in the floor of the skirt
ing or mop bards, if you expect they
harbOr verml.
THE "GRAN'' OF BUTTER. When the
butter has come" and appears in
little irregulr masses, from a pins
head to a lare pea in size, is the time
TO draw off he buttermilk and wash
the butter inhe churn. This removes
most of the buttermilk After being
then gatherd and removed from the
churn, worke, washed, ard sailed on
the butter wrker at the proper tenn
perature, we nd upon breaking it, that
it has a glnular look. The mass
seems to b. made of little particles
with slight glistening appearance.
This is caRd the grain" These
small parties are partially kept
apart by films of water, latter sailing,
this water becomes brine, and the pc
culiar texture thus impaired to the
butter is the TT of proper manufac-
ture. Over chrn or over work it.
churn or work at the wrong tempera-
ture, and the gain is gone never to be
restored; and Fith it is gone a large
percentage ofle selling value of the
butter. EnOus water (brine) must be
retained to pduce this appearance,
which distinguishes butter" from
grease" Coequently the most per-
feet grain is obined by washing in the
churn before t. butter is gathered.
| WASHING FNNEL.-I will give a
little of my Experience in washing
tiannels. [ wataught to wash fiannels
in hot water, It it is a great mistake.
In Italy my anels were wonder to
me; they alwa came home from the
wash so soft al white. | learned that
the Italian men washed them in
cold wafer Many a time [ have
watched the kneeling in box,-with
one end tah out to keep them out
of the nud,oy the bank of a stream,
washing in 2 running water and dry
ing on the blk or gravel, without boil
ing; and | ever had washing done
better, and nnels neevr half as well.
| have tried since and find the secret
of nice, sOftannels to be the washing
of them In Did or lukewarm water.
and plenty otretching before hanging
out. Many cipes say don't rub soap
on flannels, t you can rub soap on to
the advanta Of the fannels if YOU
will rinse it Itafterwards and use no
hot water ablt hem. not forgetting to
stretch the resds! in both directions
before dryin Flannels so cared for
will never lone stiff, shrunken or
yellow.-A Is0n Laoly.
A GOOD HRE.-An old horseman
who seems Understand whereof he
writes, says :Wld is the grand secret
of fast hors. Good lungs will ALWAYS
cover a mulitue of faults, while, on
the other hanl, lrfection of shape and
form are usebssHhen the wind is out !
The chest, thGete, in all cases, should |
be large AM c,acious. 1t may vary |
somewhat il slpe, according to the |
service to wlichhe horse is to be put. |
If he is to b. KIT for slow work and |
heavy drawing, e chestm be nearly |
circular In frmoecause this shape is
one for strelgt and bulk to receive
and bear up CAST the pressure of the
collar, while tie same time sufficient
room is secue,fOr that expansion of
the lungs caUe by slow, regular work.
But if the chsis circular, let it be at
the same tinsleep, or else the lungs
may be craned. A horse with a
shallow chest worthless for any pur-
pose. The re, hen, is For draught
horse, circar but deep chest; but
as you pass nragh the different de-
grees of sredlp to the racer and
trotter, the e.eswill increase in depth,
compared jfrOundness, until, for
the highestat Of speed you must take
a chest as tep a that OF a greyhound,
and at the;ame time not lacking in
strength.
WHICH ETHERICHEsT MILK, Morn
ING's OR EENINS.-This subject has
now been 1ut a test of chemical
analysis, ana thesult shows that even
ing's milk IS fod to be the richer.
Prof. Boedeker alyzed the milk of a
healthy COW at ferent periods of the
day. The prosor found that the
solids OF the evA's milk (13 per cent
exceeded those the mornings milk
Q0per cent? Vie the water contained