River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-09-02

to 90 degrees: in very cold weather we may
have to heat il up two or three times. IN sum
mer may have 10 put the can Of water or top
and use ice, but when once the cream has got
warmed through, the water will keep il just
about right for sc hours IL ought TO stay there
to rpeu; you must not FORGET 10 stir IL frequent
ly until it gets warmed through, because, you
know the scientific folks tell u cream Is very
poor conductor Of heat, and / really believe il
would bake on the outside before il would
warm the inside . particle, and 10 is Of the
greatest importance your cream should Tipen
evenly or it will not all come 10 butter at the
same time; il is very apt to be fun Of white
specks aud all sorts Of nayors; II too ripe the
desired aroma is destroyed, IL not ripe euoagh
il viii not be developed and you do not get as
good or mnch butter. II is very hard TO tell
on paper just how u do it., il needs lots Of
watchful experience; hat one thing J am
cure Of, you must have a good thermometer and
learn 70 use II with great exactnoss or you
can not make butter. Watch your cream
carefully and az soon il shows signs Of acidity
put II in the churn and churn it.
SoTEs AND QUERIES.
Give the pigs run out on the ground on
warm days It will do them a great deal Of
good, especially the breeding sow.
The cobwebs, dust and dirt Of all kinds should
be swept from the ceilings and walls Of the sta
BILE quite frequently.
The penalty in France for selling margarine
butter is three months To one years impris-
onment.
To remove mildcw soak the parts Of the cloth
that are widowed, in TWO parts Cf chloTiae OF
lime TO four parts Of water, for about two hours,
or till the mildew has disappeared; then thor
oughly rinse it in clean water.
Burning the stubbie renders the soil easier to
work with any kind Of machine or hard tool.
The fire th0t burns the stubble also consumes
the weeds that grow with the gratis. together
with their seeds 1t also destroys many insects
and their eggs.
Grandma b makes corn meal cakes this way:
Scald good pint Of com meal add two eggs, .
little salt and one-half teaspooHfui bi-carb0natc
soda. ain enough to make stih batter, and
fry by dropping in spoonfuls on hot fat.
Every farmhouse should have a supply Of
lemons on hand during the hot weather, says
the Kansas Farmer. You can make lemonade
at one cent per glass. You VIII get five cents
worth Of benefit out Of it. There you make q
clear profit of 400 per cent.
This country, actually exportiEg more
oleomargarine than butter. In three years the
records show 100010,O00 Of oleomargariue 10
$4,000 900, pounds Of butter.
Making choice farm butter, especially in sin
ter is now and probably ever VIII be, paying
business. But it will require faithful aud close
attention, which Will not allow Of spending &C
much time in town on street corners.
Il is not difficult TO make the wicker chairs
that ARE in such general use very pretty aad ef-
fective pieces Of furniture. By spending little
labor them. we can rig them mp 50 lastly
that they will afford q charming bit Of cOlorne
20 brighten up the corner Uy tie hearth.
The Milwaukee ScatiEtL has been making in
yestigatiOns to ascertain the extent in that city
OF the trade in oeomargarine and huttcrine. II
fnds that imitation butter is used by the ton
3JJ,000 pounds having been sold to traders il
Milwaukee in three months. The retailers dc
clare that the but crime is better than the aver
age run Of butter, and meets with Tesdio- sale
But the customer Is not allowed to know what
he buys.