The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-09-12
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The CuttiUGtor says there is little
nutrition In corn fodder before it bios
SONS.
1t is claimed that one ounce of
carbolic acid to twelve quarts of water
timely syringed win prevent grape rot.
- The Massachusetts, Ploaqhman
thinks it more economical to stack hav
than to build barns expressly to store it.
Eastward more flowers are grown
than Westward. but with every year of
increased age in the Western States
comes an increased demand for flowers.
Scrambled eggs: Heat one cup of
sweet milk; then rub a tablespoonful
of butter with ateaspoonful of -four md
stir into boiling milk. Into this put six
beaten eggs. The Household.
"A key or bag of charcoal kept in
milk-rooms or cellars where there is
milk will be found advantageous, espee-
tally if the cellar is inclined to be at all
damp, says the Indiana Farmer. The
charcoal will absorb both dampness and
odors from the air, and thus preserve
the milk, in great measure, from faint
The remaining contents of pill-boxes
and potion and lotion bottles are dan
gerous kinds of family supplies to keep
about the house. When the occasion
for which they are procured is over It
is good practice to put pill-box con-
tents in the fire and to empty the bot
ties into the nearest culYert.-M 7.
Times. 1ah
Baked Fish: "Clean, wash and
wipe the fish; make the dressing of
grated bread-crumbs stepped in sweet
milk, butter, pepper, salt, one beaten
egg, and herbs. Stuff the fish and
sew up. Lay it In a baking-pan with
one and half cupfuls of water to keep
1t from sticking. Bake one and half
hours. - Toledo Blade.
-Frozep Peaches: Take two quarts
Of rich milk and two teacupfuls of
sugar; mix we'll together and put into q
freezer with ice and salt packed around
it. Have ready one quart of peaches
mashed and sweetened. When the
milk is very cold stir them in and freeze
them all together. Strawberries can
be used IN the same way; but will re-
quire more sugar.--N. Y. Times.
To preserve plums whole pierce the
skin of The plum with large needle;
take one pound Of sugar to one pound
of plums; boil th@sugar with teacup-
full of water for twenty minutes. put in
the plums and let them simmer very
gently for twenty minutes or half an
hour; put into pots. If in day or two
the sirup looks watery pour off, boil
again twenty minutes, and pour over
the plums Boston Budget. ms
ga gardener who was pestered with
moles in his fower-beds where he could
not without iniuring his "cafpet bed
ding" place traps to catch them, stic-
ceeded in getting rid Of them by boring
small holes over the mole tracts and
pouring into them water mixed with
kerosene oil, at the rate of gill to fotil
gallons of water, after which he had no
trouble from the animals. = Troy Times.
"A good relish to take with a lunch
is made of ham. Pound some pieces
Of ham in mortar, just as fine as yott
can. Season it with pepper and spice,
and 1loisten it with clarified butter.
Put this into mould or earthen bowl
and press it in very tightly. Put it into
the oven for half an hour. Let it get
perfectly cold. It can then be cut into
thin slices. 1t is nice if used for fill
ing for sandwiches. IN 7. Post.