The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-01-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE,

"A small amount of leached wood
ashes given TO swine will have a gre At
effect, both upon the health and the fat
tening,
AN Ohio farmer, who in 1850 plant
ed locust tree seed Oh thin land TOO
rough to pillow, sold in 1870 81 900 worth
growth-tive or six inches in diameter
was more valuable than the first.
An exchange contains the follow
Ing caution in regard to this fertilizer
Persons whomay use nitrate of soda rs
fertilizer ought to be careful about the
cows; if they get it they will eat it, and
If they do death will ensue. In small
quantities 1t is a medicine; in larger
doses a poison.
Spice cakes to serve with coffee are
made of one pound of sugar, four eggs,
one teaspoonful each of cloves, cinna-
mon, nutmeg and a pinch of pepper.
Stir in flour enough to make dough
which can be rolled out; cut oul with q
plain cooky cutter; let them stand foi
from ten to twelve hours, then bake.
An elegant lp-salve may be made
in the following simple manner: Put
with an ounce and a half of white wax:
set on slow fire till it is Melted then
take a small tin DISH fill it with water
and add few chips of alkanet root: let
the water boil till il becomes a beautiful
red color; strain some of it and mix it
with the other ingredients according as
may be desired; scent it with some
agreeable and fayorite extract, and then
pour it into small white jars or boxes.
An economical and delicious way OF
cooking a rabbit is to take nice fresh
rabbit, cut it into joints and fry it
brown with some slices of picked pork
and some onions shred finely When
nice and brown take it out of the frying.
pan and put it in a stew-pan with water
sufficient to cover it. Pepper and salt
to taste, thicken with some flour and
butter; add forccmeat balls, but be sure
not to pour the fat out of the frying
pan. Let the gravy be of the richness
of thick cream.
Frosted Oranges. large. sweet
oranges peeled and every particle of
white skin removed. Take a cup OF
powdered sugar, divide and stir into
one part few drops OF liquid cochineal.
Spread on a dish in the sun to dry, and
if lumpy, roll to powder. Beat the
whites of two eggs to a stiff froth. dip
half of the lobes into the whites and
then roll in the pink sugar. the other
half into the egg and white sugar.
Place upon q piece of white paper to
dry. saFa rt.E
The white wheaton loaves, consid.
cred so desirable, are by no means the
nI1t1ifinnl Of tho
nourishing principles of the wheat are
lost in the whitening process. BY this
process the flour is deprived to a great
degree of its gluten and phosphate, both
important elements of food. Unbolted
-four has been offered to the public, but
its dark color has interfered with its
sale. Bread made of such flour needs
no yeast, as enough carbonic acid is
evolved in its preparation to secure suf-
ficient lightness of the dough Some
persons have supposed that lack of the
phosphates in the flour generally used
by Americans was one of the causes of
the Effectiveness of the teeth so common
in this country.
The early ripening of grapes, about
which a friend inquiries, depends more
on winter protection of the vines than
on pruning. Even the hardy Concord
will often have its buds and canes so
dried out, if left through winter upon
the trellis, that they will be two weeks
late in opening their growth in May,
and consequently as much behind-hand
in forming and ripening the berries.
Nor do fertilizers favor early ripening,
but rather protract growth and cause
late maturity, unless the lunches are
well thinned out This, next to Judi
cious pruning has most do with the per-
lection and full excellence of the fruit.
Full sunshine, and large, entire, clean
healthy leaves to receive and appropria-
ate it, are imperative conditions. The
use of paper bags, pinned on early in
June, is recommended as means of
giving longer time for full maturity and
flavor.-N J, Tribune.