Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-29
FARM, FIELD and HRESDE.
Well-Tested Recipes ].

ing fish You can arrange one IN this
way: Get piece Of heavy wire net
ting such as is commonly used in cellar
windows; have it cut just large enough
to cover the top Of your dripping pan,
but not to extend over the sides; the
fish may be laid upon this, and il will
drain nicely and will be far more likely
to brown as you like to have it than if it
were laid in the bottom of the pan.
BRINE PICKLES. Take o stone jar
and sprinkle some coarse rock salt on
the bottom; then put in layer OF Gu
cumbers, then layer OF salt until you
have the jar full. They will make q
brine for themselves. As they SETTLE
down, fill up if you wish to. When
wanted for use, take out what is re-
quired, and pour boiling water over
them; soak until fresh enough, then put
into vinegar To keep pickles free from
scum, they must be washed clean and
the little black prickles removed.
BIRD's-NEsr PuDD1Na.-The follow
ing is one Of the incest simple buildings
that I know Of, and is quite harmless.
for children: Pare tart ng-apples,
core-leaving the apple whole--till the
bottom Of pudding dish with them,
set into steamer and steam until ten
der. Pour over custard made of one
quart of milk, four beaten eggs, sugar
and favoring to taste. Continue stream
ing until the custard has "set." !
CUCUMBER PICKLES. Pick and wash
clean with cloth, put them in wood
en- tub or pail, make strong brine of
rock salt, enough to cover them well,
and pour on scalding hot. Let stand
"a hours, then take out and put them
in good, sharp cider vinegar; add table
spoonful of pulverized alum to gallon
of vinegar; spice to taste. Never cut
or bruise cucumber for pickle. I
have pickles that were made year ago,
that are now as free from scum as the
day they were made. They are in the
same vinegar, and never have been
scaIded.
GRAPE WINE. Mash the grapes, and
strain them through a cloth; put the
skins in q tub after squeezing them,
with barely enough water to cover
them; strain the juice thus obtained in
TO the first portion; put three pounds of
sugar to one gallon of the mixture; let
it stand in an open tub to ferment, and
for period Of from three to seven days
skim off what rises every morning. Put
the juice in cask, and leave it open
for twenty-four hours then bung it up.
and put clay over the bung to keep the
air out. Let your wine remain in the
cask until March, when it should be
drawn,'off and bottled Virginia Cook
cry Book, by Mary Stuart Smith.
GRAHAM BnEAD.--Bread that can be
started after breakfast and baked before
dinner is made of one pint and half
of sour milk, two scant teaspoonfuls Of
soda dissolved in little hot water, half
a cup Of New Orleans molasses, a tea
spoonful of salt, and as much sifted gra-
ham -four as can be stirred in with
spoon. Grease large bread tin very
evenly, as the molasses in the bread
renders it liable to stick, put into the
oven and bake for two hours. Have
the oven hot when the bread is put in,
gradually. Or, this bread may be
steamed for an hour and three quarters,
and be dried off in the oven 20 minutes.
Wren it is taken from the oven wrap
towel around the loaf, the tin and all,
and in 10 minutes remove from the tin,
and keep the loaf wrapped in the cloth
until it is sent to the table.
Farming Paragraphs.
The Bucks county Intelligencer states
that Mr.. Louis Williamson, Of Delaware
county, keeps 1 200 fowls. They roost
III several large houses, which are
warmed and we'll lighted with large
glass windows. He feeds we'll, gives
them extra attention, and was so we'll
pleased with his success last season as
to nearly double the number to be kept
next year.
The shrinkage in weight of cattle af-
ter being placed on grass in spring is
we'll known to the experienced grazers,
but we have found Intelligent farmers
who were not aware that this was the
rule. IF more grain or hay is fed for a
few days after the cattle are put on
grass the tendency to lose weight may
be counteracted. 1t is often wiser to
keep fattening cattle on dry feed in the
spring, even though. it be desired to
keep them two or three weeks after the
grass is in good condition. When the
system of the cattle has become accus-
toned to the change the gain is often re-
markedly great. At no season of the
year are SO great gains usually made as
during June.-Breeder' Gazette.
Among the means OF preventing sun
stroke the most i1nportanta are avoidance
of extraordinary muscular exercise to
raise the temperature of the body above
it's natural limit, and the drinking Of
plenty OF water to supply tho loss from
the blood by the way Of the skin, lungs
and kidneys. The food should be most
~ vegetable, the clothing should be
Light, the sleep should be regular, and
the body should be frequently bathed.
For years, writes q correspondent of
the Country Gentleman, I have cured
warts very easily on animals, no matter
where located, by applying butter OF
antimony with feather two or three
times, at intervals of two or three days.
If the warts are dry scaled I scrape
them lightly at first. It simply dries
the wart down to hardness, when it
drops off without leaving soreness or