The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-08-12
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

cask ma tull OF good strong I've and
drop all your refuse grease therein; stir
up the mixture once or twice a week.
Cream Cake.-Whit of four eggs.
one cup of white sugar, two teacups of
flour, one cup of sour cream, three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and pinch
of salt. Flavor with vanilla.
-Beefsteak should not have salt or
pepper put on TO it until after it is
brOiled and then it should be mixed
with butter and not put dry on the
meat 4 beefs,e3k to De good, should
be constantly turned while cooking,
not lett to scar on one side and 90 raw
on the other.
To Keep of Mosquitoes and Other
Insects Camphor IS a most wonderful
agent. A camphor bag hung up in an
open easement viii prove IN efectual
barrier to their entrance. C.smphOrated
spirit applied rs perfume to the face
and hands viii act as an effectual pre-
ventive: but when bitten by them, aro-
matte vinegar is the best antidOte.
-Genuine Scotch Oatmeal Cakes
Ingredients: oatmeal, water and salt
Mix very stiff into oblong cakes one
eighth inch in thickness and bake on
boards before an open fire. BY the adj
ditiCn of one or two eggs and substi-
tuting milk for the water these Oat cakes
can be made more appetizing, but this
is, of course, departure from the orig
inal recipe.
The american Dair7naGB says:
"When an animal gains access to feed
bin and gorges itself it is dangerous to
let it have any water. The best remedy
is to give quart of linseed oil and
every fifteen minutes pour a pint of
water in the mouth to mOiSten the
throat and assuage as far as may be
safe the excessive thirst. After two or
three hours, give injections of warm
water.
Every farmers family should have
all the grapes they can eat from Sep
TENDER to January. 1t is not necessary
to have a large vineyard for this. A
few vines, each of the best sorts, and
properly treated, will give a great
amount of fruit. There are hundreds of
out-of-the-way places where a vine may
be set, such as along fence, or it may
be by the side of a shed or barn. With
good soil and care in pruning satiSfac-
tory returns may be expected.
Gear Apple Jelly.-Pare, core and
cut two dozen apples into quarters and
boil them with lemon peel until tender.
Then strain off the apples, and run the
juice through a jelly-bag. Put the
strained juice, with the sugar and ISM
glass, which has been previously boiled
in half pint of water, into lined
sauce or preserving pan. Boil all to-
gether for about half an hour and put
the jelly into molds. When this jelly
is clear, and turned out well, it makes
a pretty dish for the supper-table with
a little .custard or whipped cream
around it.
The Boston Journal of Chemistry
thus refers to the use of silos in which
to deposit green fodder for winter use:
Several years ago it was discovered
in Germany that when a pit in the
ground, properly constructed, is filed
with green forage. a. grass, cornstalks,
beet-tops, etc, they do not, during the
winter, undergo destructive fermenta-
ton, as one would suppose must occur,
but that the Preventative change adj
vances only step or two and then is
arrested" Then adds: 1.-The claims
for silos, as put forth by a party having
one the past winter, are eXtravagant,
and cannot be sustained in practice.
Still, they are worthy the attention of
farmers, and should come into use"
How to Preserve Flowers. Fruit
and flowers may be preserved from de-
cay and fading by immerSing them in
solution of gum arabic and water two
or three times, waiting Z sufficient time
between each immersion to allow the
gum to dry. This process covers the
surface of the fruit with thin coating
of the gum, which is entirely impervi
Gus to the air, and thus prevents the
decay of fruit or the whitening of the
flowers. Roses preserved in this way
have all the beauty of treshly-plucked
ones, though they have been separated
from the parent stem for many months.
To insure success in experiments of this
kind, it should be borne in mind that
the whole surface must be completely
covered; for, if the air only gets en-
trance in at a pinhole, the labor will be
lost. In preserving specimens of fruit,
particular care should be taken to cover
the stem end and all with the gum. A
good way is to wind a thread of silk
about the stem, and then sink it slowly
in the solution, which should not be so
strong as to leave particle of the gum
undisSolved. The gum is so perfectly
transparent that you can with difficulty
detect its presence, except by the touch.
Here we have another simple method of
fixing the fleeing beauty of nature