The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1881-12-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Boiled Goldfish. Soak over night;
put in pan of cold water and simmer
two or three hours; serve with drawn
butter with hard boiled eggs sliced on
it.
Butter Sponge ke,-Three cups
of sugar, one cup of milk, one spoonful
of butter, three eggs, three cups OF
Hour and two teaspoonfuls of baking
powder.
Mock Mince Pie. -Four rolled soda
crackers, one cup sugar, one cup mo-
lasses, one cup vinegar, one cup water,
one cup raisins; spice like mince pie.
An upper crust is required.
-Oil-cloths should be washed well to
free them from dirt, and then have two
coats of copal varnish given them. II
this is done once year, it would insure
the lasting of the cloth as long again as
it otherwise would.
Mullins. One pint of milk, butter
size OF egg, half cup of yeast. two eggs,
-four. Boil the milk and put in the but
ter; when nearly cool stir in the eggs,
which should be well beaten, then the
yeast and flour; set them to rise for six
hours, and bake in mullin rings.
Tough beefsteak may be made
tender by beating it with mallet,
pouring vinegar over it and giving it
sprinkle of pepper, but do not put any
salt to it, This treatment will cause
She toughest steak to be tender and
palatable. Pour off the vinegar before
cooking it.
Snow Pudding. Pour over three
tablespoonful of cornstarch dissolved
in cold water) one pint of boiling
water, beat whites of three eggs and
pour ia earthen dish; steam ten minutes.
Sauce: Beat the yelks of the eggs, one
cup OF sugar, one cup of milk, and but
ter size of a walnut; boil till thick.
This is incest to be eaten cold.
Pumpkin Pie Three tablespoon
fuls stewed pumpkins, one tablespoon
tul Hour, one egg, pinch of sat, lit
tie ginger and any other spice to suit
the taste: Be careful to put in SO little
that the pie will not taste of any one in
particular. Take out of the oven as
soon as the pie is well-baked, which
will be when it rises in an oval in the
middle.
1 Smoky Chimneys. Trouble with
smoky chimneys caused BY their being
used for two or more stoves, NAV be
\ averted in most cases by inserting YER
tically in the ilue piece of sheet iron,
| dividing the fue in the center for about
two feet above the point where each
/ pipe enters, turning the bottom of the
sheet iron under the pipe, so as to shut
it completely off from the part OF the
| flue below it.
--Blood-spavins. The soft, puffy
swellings in the neighborhood OF the
/ hook joint, are known as bog or blood
spavins. They are soft and yield easily
to pressure. They are caused by in
| flammation of the synovial membrane,
and may be brought on by sprains or
other injuries, or by natural weakness
and defect in constitution. They are
best let alone. They rarely cause lame
ness, and are never permanently cured.
Cold water bandages, with pressure
pads, is the best treatment. -Ne1o York
Tribune.
AS to the manurial value of differ,
ent cattle foods it is found that the oil
cakes yield the richest manure, as they
contain the largest amount of nitrogen
and phosphoric acid, with cOnsidera-
BILE amount of potash. Next these beans
and peas, malt dust and bran. Clover
hay yields richer manure than oats,
wheat, barley or corn, while meadow
hay stands before the cereal grains
The various grains and the roots, like
turnips, carrots and Swedes, contain
about the same proportion of nitrogen
in their dry substance; the roots, how
ever, supply much more potash. Pota-
toes stand below other roots in ma
nurial value. Straw takes the lowest
place as a manure-ylelding food, bean
and pea straw being more valuable for
this purpose than the straw of the
cereals.