The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-07-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

"A little kerosene on a flannel an
Iwers very nicely to rub up furniture.
ghe odor quickly evaporates Good
Housekeeping.
The best stock will not be long in
Iegenerating if not properly fed and
Jared for.-Our Country Home.
Good live stock, like good clothes,
AN not be exposed to all kinds of hard
ships, without showing the fact of such
aarsh treatment Ohio Farmer.
The greatest kindness you can do
Ayoung chick is to simply leave it alone
Tor the first twenty-four hours of its ex-
silence. There will be little difficulty
experienced in getting it to eat after
ward.-M Y Times.
Is is suggested that as the odor of
red cedar is offensive to many varieties
Of insects, the boughs, sawdust and chips
Of this wood, freely used about the hen
house, might prove effective in keeping
away vermin.
Permanent pasture lands are the
main anchor of agriculture, and the
farmers of this country will find this out
after awhile, as they already have in
England. and will commence seeding
their land with permanent grasses
Cleveland Leader.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says that COW which at
home will test up to fourteen pounds of
butter a week standard, if taken to a
strange place, among strange cattle,
and MIXED by cross man, will not
make half that quantity.
Ounce Pudding: Nine tart apples
peeled and chopped, Observation-Disclosures
of milk, ten ounces of bread crumbs and
ten of raisins and currents mixed, six
beaten eggs, half a grated nutmeg, the
grated peel of lemon, quarter of a
pound of sugar and a little salt; steam
in a mold for five hours. This is large
pudding.-BOston Globe.
Pineapple Cake: Five eggs, two
cups sugar, one cup butter, one-half cup
milk, three and one-half cups flour, two
teaspoons baking powder, bake in lay
ers, beat the sugar and butter to a cream,
then add beaten yolks and the whites
just before flour, crate pineapple and
sweeten to taste and spread between the
layers; in warm weather cook the pine
apple after it is grated. Boston Budget.
"A suggestive thought was given by
Chas. W. Garfield at the recent meet
ing of the American Pathological So
ciety, during the discussion of how to
make local horticultural societies sue
cessful He said: "H we would have
our horticultural societies succeed we
must have the help Of our wives and
children. If, when a man plants tree,
his wife holds the tree erect while he
shovels in the earth, and the children
stand by with watering pot moistening
the roots, then will horticulture be a
grand success. "-M0ntre0i Witness.
Cherry Batter Pudding: Two cups
sweet milk, two eggs, one ia tablespoon
melted butter, two teaspoons baking
powder, little salt, and flour for batter.
Into this stir as many canned, dried or
fresh cherries as you can afford. Steam
three-quarters of an hour, and eat with
cream and sugar, or the following sauce:
Work four or five tablespoons sugar
with one tablespoon butter; place
smoothly over dish and CRATE nutmeg
over the top.-BOSton Bulletin.
"A prominent English horsemar
travelling in the United States, in a let
ter to the London LiUe Stock Journal,
says: Il there saw better all-around
horses than I've seen since came'to
this country. And | could have got for
$3.50 to $500 what I can not get here at
all-sound carriage horses to draw a
wagon mile in not much over $3.50.
The citizens of the United States have at
much pains provided themselves with
the most useful horses that can be got
any where" As to our noted trotters,
they were pronounced as beautiful and
perfect in form as the finest thorough
BREEDS he has ever seen in England.