River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-17
HOME AND FARM.

When potatoes are to go into slows
or chowders they should be first sliced.
soaked and scaldei
There is a Torture waiting for the
man who will invent a humane
method Of starting a ballly horse.
In using seeI corn that which
shows the slightest degree of injury
should be avoided. Smut can easily
he carried from one year to another
by the seed.
Those who will take the trouble to
rip the buttons off dress each time il
is washed will be amply repaid Few
metal buttons look well after they
have been in hot soap suds.
The two oldest trees in the world
are supposed TO DO one in Calaveras
Q unity. Cal. which is believed TO be
1865 years old. q ID the cypress o,
Snmma. in L 'mbardy. Italy. which is
/ 9i1 wears old. plante b C. AZ.
Potato Biscuits: One half pound
Of fiur. one-fourth Of pound of
boiled potatoes rubbed through n
sieve, pinch of salt. three teaspoons
of baking powder three-fourths of a
cup Of butter. fiJur to mike dough;
roll out and cut into shape.
Date Pie: One pound of dates. one
quart of milk and three eggs. Season
the same as for squash pie. 1t needs
no sweetening. Pat the dates in the
milk and heat until they are soft
enough to sifl. This makes two good
sized pies. Use one crust. the same as
for squash.
Tho real value of root crops in the
economy of farm feeding is the change
they furnish from the dry feed to
which stock is subjected through the
long winter months. A light feed
ev.ry few days helps the animal to
digest and assimilale the coarse dry
food that is his sual ration.
Indian Suct Pudding: Three
quarters pound suet. chopped fine;
half pint molasses, one pint milk. an
egg. meal TO make a very thin batter.
loaspoonful allspice. ditto ground elm
namon. one teaspOOnful salt, little
nutmeg. a few currents or chopped
rasins. Boil or steam three hours.
Serve with melted jolly or butter sauce.
Orange Cake: Two cups of sugar.
two caps of flour. one-half cup of wa
ter. n pinch of salt. the yelks of five
eggs and whites Of three three tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder and the
grated rind and juice of one orange.
Beat the whites and add sugar for
frostiug, and the grated rind and jmce
of one orange. Bake the cake in lay
ers and put frosting between.
Orange RollY-Po,y: Make light
pastry rs for apple-dumplings. roll in
oblong sheets and lay the oranges
peeled. sliced and seeded thickly on
il; sprinkle with white sugar; scatter
over all teaspoon or two OF grated
orange peel. and roll up. folding
down the edges closely TO prevent tho
escape of the strip; steam one and
one-half hours S,rve with lemon
sauce.
card board. covered with dry. scaly
lichens from old trees or with pine
scales. scwcd and overlapping each
other. A glass bowl for the flowers is
set within the holder. which needs nc
bottom. A little basket of lichcn
scales 10 hold tumbler of blue and
white hepaticas is most spring-like
off ring Larger baskets may be OF
the large pine scales, not the cones,
filled with fresh moss. wild vines trail.
ing round the edges. and pine tassel
at intervals, the center filed with
violets.
Lemon Short-Clke: Make a rich
short-cake same as for Strawberries or
other fruit. Roll in LAYERS and bake
in jelly tins quite thin. so. when done,
it will not be more than onc-half inch
in thickness Make sauce as follows.
spreading between layers same rs jcl-
~ cake: One cup sugar, one-half cur
butter. on egg. one lemon, juice and
grated rind. two tablespoons flour,
mix well and pour boiling water over
it (use one pinO, let it stand on back
of the stove.
For permanent pasture use Q
variety of grasses. The kind best
adapted TO the location will assert its
superiority. and in time give a god
reward. 1t is not advi able to tnrn
stock on permanent pasture until
the ground shall have been we'll GOV.
cred. Trampling Injuries the grass,
while grazing it too soon Injuries its
vitality. At least three years SHOULD
be allowed for growCh before turning
on stock. The greater the variety Of
grasses the thicker the growth and the
better the pasture.