The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-11-25
agricultural.

Save the SCOT that falls from the
chimneys. \ pint Of SCOT 20 pailful
of water will make a liquid manure of
the greatest value f,r flowers and plants
of all kinds
Currant Cake: One cup of sugar,
or2-half cup of butter one half cup
Of sweet milk, three teaspooful of ba-
king powder, one cup Of English cur
rants, roll them in -four; one-half cup
of -four.
Potato pudding: One pound Fota-
&c billed and wcil-waShed, and
lee: one-fourih pound Of butter
.t, "a ia Nhiic arm, two ounces SUI
ar. ms - hail lemon chopped fine
he iui-e; two teacupfuls of milk
aat tour EGGS; butter the tins, put in
l4lxtgye an4 bake in a moderate oven
ia an hour.
A man at Mortified, Mass. c
w19 has IT years tried the experiment
IN MS orchar !, says that to cure peach
ICES II the vclIows" the best meth
ri is to pour boiling hot waterover the
Hlbs and body of the trees affected
with tia; 1isease, he remedy to be
p,rlied in the spring, summer and au-
t4inn. 1t will not kill the bark.
Cement for IRON \ cement for
cas.-ir3n ware is made OF five parts of
fire clay and one part Of fine iron fill
mos, mixed into paste with linseed-
III. When this becomes hard it resists
Htr. hut it does not close cracks in 4
-toya unless these are held by means
O.. plate and rivets, as the expansion
caused by red heat causes the cement
70 crack.
JIince pies: Take pound Of beet
free from skin aud bone and chop ii
very fine; then two pounds of suet,
which likewise pick and chop; then
aid ,lree pounds Of currants, nicely
a,uiel aud perfectly dry, one pound
and half OF apples, the peal and juice
OF one lemon, half n pint Of sweet
elder, half Il ii .,-rcg and Il few Glove.
and mace, with pimento in fine POW.
Ter. Have citron, orange and lemon
peel ready and put some in each Of the
pic wnen made,
Yorkshire pudding: Put six large
tablespoonful Of flour into a basin viii
salt spoon of salt, and STIR gradually
into this enough milk to make it into
stlIr batter. When this is perfectly
smooth add about a pint Of milk an,
three eggs, which should be well beat
en-. Beat Che mixture for few min
utcs and poIr it into shallow til
which has been previously rubbed
With beef dripping. Put it into tn
wen and bake for an hour, Thcl
tor h;tif an hour place it under tn,
meat to catch the gravy. Cut tn,
pIddiug into small square pieces, an'
serve with the meat.
The RECEIPT here given was ncve
'snown to fail in making sponge cake
yhen1a little care has been exercise,
u masking and baking. 1t is not onl'
delicious, int very nice to look at o.
The table. 1t should be baked in lon!
narrow tins Beat four eggs very light
yelk- AMI whites together; then beu
lltwo caps Of white ugar-granulate
g,rclered--then one cup Of sitted flour
little at a time, then another cup O
-four with which Two teaspoonfuls q
aat.aL-rcwler have been mixed; lastl
70 small tcacup Of hot water, almo.
,aiiina; Go not put it ali in at once
but SIR in little at time. One
almost certain to put in little NOR
1our, tbs dough is 50 thin; do not he.
tate, or yonr cake Will he lost. Bak
M 81 moderately hot oven.
We We're shown Yesterday, by DI
-. * Marshall, of this city, spec
men of cotton stalk fibre prepared b
nv. T. j. Spear, Of New Orleans.
j. fine, strong and glossy, and W
iauht not that Mr.. Spears VIII succee
in putting il TO valuable uses. 1t seen
to MS that il viii make strong corlag,
opor stock, and thread If tn
hould prove true the stalks Of til
cotton plant will prove more saluab
10 The producer than the cotton an
Tho seed, which now form the large
export crops Of the United States
Tuo sample we saw is now on exh
bi6en at the rooms Of tho Cotto
Planters Assnciation.-[ TieisJ1a
H1Ui.
J. NJ. Marlen, Jr., Of Beltimoy,
owns a large pear orchard which col
taue 5000 pear trees Last We,
he tried the experiment of luidn
fires around 300 of the trees on fro
~ nights. That part OF the orchal
where there were no fires produce
comparati ely II small quantity pear
whjo thltTortion around which fl
Were kept produced 5000 boxes, willie
sold for more than S6069.
To keep celerg through the Wintc