Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-06-26
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will drive away red ants.
ScoTcH snuff put on holes where
crickets come out, will destroy them.
COLD rain water and soda will re-
move machine grease from washable
fabrics.
Sailed soapsuds that has been al
lowed to stand until sour, is recon-
mended as means to kill cabbage
worms.
SALT will curdle new milk hence. in
preparing porridge. gravies, ETC., salt
should not be added until the rest of
the dish is prepared.
WASHING FLUID. Sal soda one
pound; stone lime one-half pound;
water five quarts. Boil short time,
stirring occasionally; then let it settle
and pour off the clear fluid into Jug
and cork for use.
STEAMED INDIAN CAKE.-Three cups
of buttermilk, three cups of sweet milk.
three cups of meal, two cups of flour,
one teaspOonful of salt, two teaspoon
fuls of soda; put in a creased pan and
steam three hours.
To SwEETEN RANCID BUTTER.-Put
fifteen drops of chloride of lime to a
pint of cold water, and work the butter
in it until every particle has come in
contact with the water; then work it
over in pure cold water.
LEMON PIE.-One lemon; one cup
sugar; the yelks of three eggs; a small
piece of butter; three tablespOOnfuls
milk; one teaspoonful corn starch.
Beat well together and bake in rich
crust Beat the whites of the eggs with
three tablespoonfuls of sugar. place on
the pie when done, and brown in the
oven.
COUNTRY CAPTAIN.-Cut up chicken
into small pieces, melt some butter in
a saucepan, and put into it an onion
shred very fine, fry until quite crisp,
sprinkle the fowl well with curry pow
der, add some salt. and fry until thor
oughly cooked, turning the pieces fire.
guently. Serve very hot, with the fried
onions on the top.
GREEN crops for manuring should not
be plowed deeper than four inches; if
they are turned under more that this
they will not receive enough of solar
heat and atmospheric air to insure rapid
decay, and when covered too deep their
beneficial effect cannot be realized till
the next blowing, when they are brought
nearer the surface.
FEW sweet herbs should have
place in every garden. Every.coOk and
housekeeper knows the value of the
little patch of herbs upon which she
makes such daily drafts in summer, and
which furnishes her with nice collec-
ton for winter seasoning. without
which the Thanksgiving turkey would
lose all flavor, while strong kinds are
excellent as medicine.
Sailing SroCK-This is very I'M
portant matter, and one that is too
often neglected. Cattle will never eat
enough salt to injure them if they have
free access to it. Place some salt in a
trough in spot where it will be shell
tered from the rain. and let the animals
be their own Judge as to how much
they need. Keep a large lump of rock
salt in the feed box of each horse.
FARMERS who practice soiling would
do well to remember that field of
clover furnishes a very large amount Of
green food, since two to three crops
can be cut during the season. The
scarlet clover is an excellent sort.
Sown in July it does well on almost
any soil moderately fertile. The
Bokhara clover affords excellent food
for bees, and is grown quite extensive
ly by large apiarists.
To MILK kicking cow, provide
yourself with small rope or strap
that being put together at the ends
forms circle eight inches in diameter.
Catch your COW, take up the fore-foot,
slip this strap over the knee, and put
through stick the size of a broom
handle. She must then stand on one
fore foot. and cannot raise either hind
foot 10 kick With gentle USAGE she