The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-08-29
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Fruit raising and poultry keeping
should go hand-in-hand, as the same
land can be occupied for both purposes.
The farm fences of the United
States cost more than the farm build
tngs. The length of fences is rated at
100000 miles, and S2,0000 100000 is |
given as their COST Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Seth Green thinks a profit can
oe derived from marshy lands by rails
ing frogs. He claims that they would
destroy many insects, while in some
markets the frogs are salable at good
prices.
Whatever the stock and whether
breeding or feeding, the owner should
remember that grass, hay and grain,
literally but not unduly allowed, must
ever be the basis from which real profits
are reached. Cleveland Leader.
Preserved Currants-Get your cur
rants when they are dry; to every pound
of currants put a pound of sugar i'll a
preserving pan, with as much juice as
will dissolve it. When it boils skin and
put in your currants. Boil till the juice
iellies. Can while hot or the same as
any canned fruit. This is nice for tarts
The Household.
Bread Pudding-Pour half pint Of
beef tea, boiling, over the crumb OF
French roll, beat well together and let
it soak for half an hour; add two eggs
beaten up in milk; beat all together, add
salt and pepper, put the pudding into
buttered pie dish and bake quickly for
three-quarters of an hour.-M Y
Herald.
Soap bark is admirable for cleans
ing woolens of all colors. Take large
tablespoonful of the bark and simmer
it for half an hour in one quart of wa
ter. Add this decoction to a bucket OF
warm water and wash the wooden in it.
This quantity will be sufficient for i
dress, Iron on the reverse side before
the material is quite dry.-Indianapohs
/ Journal.
An acre of land will produce bur-
den of food Just in proportion to its fer
tility and supply of water from above
readily percolating through the soil.
Stagnant water in the soil is fully as in
imical to the growth of the finger
grasses as to the cultivated grains, and
a soil that is not adapted to the growth
of all the cereal grains is not so to the
cultivated grasses, -Prdirie Farmer.
Cheese cakes.-Take quart of new
milk; put it in pan that will hold two
quarts; let it merely boil then pour in
quart of fresh buttermilk; let boil one
minute, when you will have some fine
curds strain them and beat well and
add sugar to taste, few currants, four
eggs, a scrap of nutmeg and little new
milk. A tablespoonful of either wine
or brandy improves them. Make puff
paste and bake in patty-pans.-7Otedo
Blade.
Every crack and crevice in the
ground is an exhaust pipe or tlue to
carry off moisture from the soil and con-
vey away its gases. For that reason in
The growingse season such apertures should
not be permitted. The way to prevent
them is to roll the ground frequently OF
to work it shallow with shOrt-teethed
implements, as harrows, cultivators OF
lhovel plowS. But don't go deep.-N
Y. Times.
Rugs of soft and pretty effect arc
made in this simple way: Take any de.
sired colored worsted and coarse steUI
knitting needles, east on thirteen
stitches, and knit plain knitting to the
length required; as each strips finished
wet it thoroughly and then let it dry
Take a piece of stout ticking the size the
mat is to be, and sew each strip firmly
on it with strong linen thread on Ii
selvage side. Having done this, Gu
through the middle of the knitting, ant
there VIII bea fluffy, curly carpet.-E1
change.