Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-07-31
: THE Farm.

VOlK OF another, one CuD of sugar,
lump Of butter as large as a hens egg
half nutmeg, one cup of thin soul
cream; two-thirds Of a teaspoonfuls O
saleratus, one cup heaping full offiour
beat the eggs, sugar and butter togeth
er, then add screanl and saleratr,s, nut
J, meg and flour last. AIfyou 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.
CLOyER.-Clover is called, and proper.
ly so, the sheet-anchOr Of American in
dustry. 1t is capable of doing more to
bring Impoverished lands to high state
of cultivation with less expense than
any other agency. And just in pro-
portion as the farmer cultivates this
plan, Twill he be relieved 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, yet
the use of clover will do for you what
the miracles did for Moses. 1t will do
more; 1t will cancel notes, cay mort
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 recent suggestion
as an inseticide. 1t will destroy red and
black ants, cockroaches, chinch bugs,
and all the crawling 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 brush, while nearly boiling hot, to
every joint and crevice in your closets,
beadsteads, pantry, shelves and the like.
Brush crevices in the floor of the skirt
ing or mop boards, if you expect they
harbtr vermin.
THE "GRAIN" OF BUTTER-When the
butter has come" and appears in
little irregular masses, from IL pins
head to large pea in size, is the time
TO draw off the buttermilk and wash
the butter in the churn. This removes
most of the buttermilk After being
then gathered and removed from the
churn, worked, washed, and sailed on
the butter worker at the proper tenn
perature, we find upon breaking it, that
it has a glanular look. The mass
seems to be made of little particles
with slightly glistening appearance.
This is called the {" grain" These
small particles 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 test of proper manufac-
ture. Over churn or over work it,
churn or work it at the wrong tempera-
ture, and the grain is gone never to be
restored; and with it is gone large
percentage of the selling value of the
butter Enough water brine) must be
retained to produce this appearance,
which distinguishes Clutter" from
grease" Consequently the most per-
feet grain is obtained by washing in the
churn before the butter is gathered
WASHING FLANNEL.-I will give a
little Of my experience in washing
tlannels. l was taught to wash fannels
in hot water, but it is a great mistake
In Italy my hannels were wonder to
} me; they always came home from the
f wash SO soft and white learned that
J the Italian women washed them in
cold wafer. Many a time [ have
| watched them kneeling in bOx,-with
one end taken out to keep them out
of the mud, by the bank of stream
washing in the running water and dry
ing on the bank or gravel, without boil
| ing; and | never had washing done
/ better, and t1annels neevr half as we'll
[ have tried it since and find the secre,
of nice, soft fannels to be the washing
of them in cold or lukewarm water
and plenty Of stretching before hanging
out. Many recipes say don't rub SOAP
on fannels, but you can rub soap on tC
the advantage of the hannels if you
hot water about them. not forgetting tc
stretch the threads in both directions
before drying. Flannels so cared fol
will never become stiff, shrunken OF
yellow.-A Boston Lddy.1--~-- F.
A COOP HORsE.-An old horsemar
who seems to understand whereof he
writes, says: Wind is the grand secret
of a fast horse. Good lungs will always
cover multitude of faults, while, or
the other hand, perfection of shape anc
form are useless, when the wind is out
The chest, therefore, in all cases, should
j be large and capacious. 1t may vary
:, somewhat in shape, according to the
service to which the horse is to be put
If he is to be kept for slow work anc
heavy drawing, the chest may be nearly
circular in form, because this shape is
one for strength and bulk to receive
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collar, while at the same time sufficient
room is secured for that expansion Q.
the lungs caused by slow, regular work
But if the chest is circular, let it be al
the same time deep, or else the lungs
may be cramped. A horse with a
shallow chest is worthless for any pur-
pose. The rule, then, is For draught
horse, a circular but deep chest: but
as you pass through the different de
grees of speed up to the racer and
trOttpr fha Ghost Wi II iporoo q in 6opth