Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1886-10-13
ONE WAY 10 MAXI BurrHR.

init. It was then emptied into . pan until next
when the churning commenced
again, and Was perseyered with for four hours
The butter still would not .scome.'
md the effect was to bring butter In fifteen min
ates. It IL then related that the butter was
made up, audit was 'sas beautiful and sweet
lasted % the most fastidious can DESIRE"
II the English nation generally are satithed
with curdled cream, the result Of coagulatiol of
III the solid matter By means OF An acid, they
Ire certainly most EASILY satisfied. This ia one
the ..fakeer'' recipes Of the United states, by
= pound Of butter is warranted {?) for
pound Of cream. But what butter!
1ARnEB's FRUIT CAKE.
Soak three cupfals Of dried apples over night
In warm water; chop slightly in the morning,
then simmer two hours In two cupfuls of
molasses. Add two eggs, one cupful Of sugar.
one cupful of sweet milk, three-quarters Of =
cupful of butter, one and . half teaspoonful of
soda, hour enough to make rather . sti6 batter,
say one quart: spice to suit the taste; bake in
. quick oven. "'
IRISH POTATO r1s Oh PUDDING.
, One pound mashed potato, rubbed through
colander; half pound hutter-crean with the
sugar.: six eggs, whites and yolks separately;
one lemon squeezed into the potato while hot;
one teaspoon nutmeg, SANE Of mace: two cups
white sugar. Nix ~ sweet potato pudding;
bake in open shells Of paste. To be eaten cold.
For good bread three things are needed
good nour, good yeaet and great care . To
make good yeast: Take eight large potatoes
grated, add one cup of sugar, one-half cup OF
salt, and tablespoonful ginger; pour over them
two Quarts water, in which = large handful Of
hops have been boiled, stirring we'll; set away
till next morning. when 1t can be put away In
air tight cans; I use fruit cans.
RATS ExPELLEd.
A gentleman in Burlington, of An investigating
turn of mind, aweek or two ago determined
to try 1t again with the rats which infested his
house.. He purchased = supply of csal oil tar at
the gas works. and placed small quantities of it
in the rat holes in his cellar and elsewhere In
their runawsys. The rats, bedaubing them.
selves, became disguised with the manner of
their entertainment, and speedily left the pre-
misses, and have not been seen or heard from
since:
CALIFORNIA BLACKBERRIEs.
A nne blackberry patch in California is twenty
acres In extent. Daring the hight Of the season
forty.nine men were employed In picking the
large luscious berries, which, hanging thick on
the bending bushes, made a sight of beauty.
CURRENT NOTES.
Infammstions are more safely and far more
agreeably subdued by the application of warm
water than Of cold.
Veterinary surgeons think that the overdraw
%check-rein. by reason Of muscular strain upon
the eyes, produces blindness In horses.
It is . good suggestion to farmers to 60 over
their pastures carefully every two or three
weeks and scatter the droppings of their stock,
20 that the fields evenly. and not only in spots,
may show growths of rank grass.
Is it necessary to keep a sheep until 1t is two
or three years old In order to have frst-class
mutton2 The idea among the English hat
been that the best mutton Is obtained from thre*
and tour-year-old wethere.
cribbing is a habit for which there seems to b.
no cure. The many mechanical contriv ancel
sold in the market and guaranteed to overcome
this trouble are of no earthly account, in its
opinion.
1t 1s a wssteful policy that Of exhausting tn
roil SO that it wilt no longer pay the cost o
cultivation. The feeding of stock, carting ma
| nure on the land and proper rotation will keel
( the soil intact. 1t 10 more profitable every
! where to feed all the coarse grains on the farm
then to sell.
Very excessive effort In a short space o
| time, as in running or jumping the rope, etc.
has repeatedly caused instant death by apoplex,
Of the lungs, the exeret.e sending the bl0oa
| there faster than it can be forwarded to tn
heart and faster than it can be purified by tn
more infrequent breathing on such occasions.
6 The National steckman says that next Il
whitewash for . poultry house . ''black wash
is best. Boiling gas tar applied with An oil
broom Is very penetrating and will effcctuall,
destroy insect life, and close up the small
cracks against them. 1t must be applied hot o
the coat will be SO thick as to run in warn
weather.
Save the small roots Of horse-radish for plant
ing. They should be cut into pieces abou
three inches long, cutting the top end square
across and the bottom slanting in order to know
which IL the top end when planting. 1t is no
advisable to plant the crowns of the plant. q
they will only produce q mass OF small root
| that are not available for use, except for cuttinI
| to plant.
squashes keep best in a dry, rather warn
place; = cellar with a furnace, is q good place
or Z shelf in the kitchen closet, near the chin
ney. Spinach after being cut up. is kept bee
when slightly frozen, and covered. SO az t
prevent thawing. This can be done in . stead.
cold winter, but not easily in the open change
able weather we often have. A pit, like q celer
l pit pfOVlOeO Win bneIVe0 mace OF plckeL6, HI
swers the purpose better than the more elabol
ate spinach houses in fashion . few year
ago.
A Kansas correspondent Of the America
Agricultural writes to that magazine that h
has found common ''blue pill'' to be 3 cure fo
chicken cholera, II given - soon as the fowl
are first taken, but finds nothing of any AVA
for turkeys TINS effected. 1--WE doubt" say
the editor, III any mesns Of cure Can be depend
ed on - effective. The cure comes too latt
and prevention only will avail anything. Thi
consists OF great care % to the feed and watt
and cleanliness at oil times. Halt IN ounce c
sulphur for every dozen fowls given once
week In the feed IL Of great ~value."'
Sheep shouldb be provided with . comfortabl
shelter At oil times of the year. Less sicknes
and loss would occur If they we're regulsrl
folded every night. II would not only he I
their comfort and health, but bring them regu
larly under the shepherds eye, who woul
quickly note any signs OF sickness, or anythin
that IL wrong. Sheep habituated to being yard
ed in the fold every night would give cempara
lively little trouble. They would like it, and {
they are creatures Of habit, would soon learn 1
put in an appearance at the proper time. Her
too, should be provided troughs for salt AZ
racks Tor . little dry feed. They would relis
these mueh, and they would do them good. "A
q ~ul> that 6n>a than 0onH ~a~s