River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-08-09
HOME AND FARM,

Wash fat-irons in soapsuds and
dry thoroughly, if they at all give
trouble by dropping black specks.
To entirely remove paint from
wood, apply thick coat of two parts
freshly slaked lime and one part sal
soda, mix thick. After twenty-four
hours wash of.
1t is recommended, sometimes. TO
change the garden spot. in order TO get
rid of weeds. II SO, it viii benefit it
greatly to SOW it with clover. if only to
tighten up the subsoil, and this the
clover roots will do.
! old leather contains considerable
percentage of ammonia compounds.
which are very slowly soluble A good
way to dispose Of old boots. therefore,
is to bury them at the foot of an apple
I tree.
-Currant Sherbet: One pint of cur
rant juice, one pint of sugar. the juice
, of lemon and a quart of water Boil
I the water and sugar together for
twenty minutes, then add the currant
and lemon juice, Cool and freeze in
an ice-cream freezer
Apple Meringue. Line pie-plate
with crust, and fill with stewed apples.
s~oetened and favored. Bake until
tile crust is done, then cover with
meringue made of whites Of egg and
powdered sugar.
"A pretty rug may be made from
old hose of bright colors. by cutting
strips lengthwise and raveling them
into fringe, leaving enough unraveled
tor heading by which to sew the
fringe on canvas. Sew the rows so
closely as to overlap each other.
The GUif Coast Progress makes tho
sensible remark that 1.-The most profit
able of all farming is that which gives
the most diversified crop. coming in at
all times of the year. Truck farming
an infant industry at present, through
out the South, is proving this beyond
a doubt.
In tie savings banks of Rhode
Island the deposits amount to s52, 000,-
900. The population is little more
than 300, 600. so that the average saw
ings represented by the deposits
in the savings banks alone are about
$l77 per capita for every man, woman
and child in the State.
Go over the orchard at least once
a month and search for the bOrers, or
they will bore in too far to be reached. /
Remove the earth from each tree and
examine the trunk carefully. The /
horror. rtaax- no Lrpotrr, nv l,o
of the tree where it enters, and also by
the chips it throws out.
DO not plant asparagus roots too
close together If given plenty of
room the roots will soon fill up the 4
vacant spaces, have greater feeding |
capacity and produce larger stalks. A 1
liberal application of manure should |
be used both in fall and early spring I
on the beds.
Fig Pudding: Soak pint of dried |
bread crumbs in a pint of milk in /
which you have dissolved pinch of /
soda. Add three well-beaten eggs. /
One-half a cupful Of finely-chopped /
suet, and five tablespoonfuls of sugar. /
Mix thoroughly and then add six figs /
which have been washed, dried and 4
chopped very fine. Boil III tin pud /
ding boiler for three hours. Eat with /
hard sauce Good housekeeping
Dried Apple Cake: Soak three
cups of dried apples over night in warm /
water, in the morning drain off the /
water and chop fine; simmer two hours 1
in three cups of molasses; cool and add I
one and One-half cups shortening, one I
cup of sugar, three eggs, one teaspoon
full cinnamon, one-half teaspoonful each I
of cloves and nutmegs, one cup of sour 1
milk, two teaspOOnfuls of soda dis
solved in hot water, five cups Of flour;
add raisins and currants if desired,
flour them and stir in just before put I
ting in the oven; bake in moderate 1
oven. This is enough for three large |
cakes.
A Nebraska farmer, who claims to
have had much experience in growing
cottonwood trees from cuttings, states
that those taken from the tree in early
spring and put Immediately in the
ground do best. He plants them where
he wants them to grow, using spade
10 make an opening in which to insegt
them. He leaves only one or two buds
above ground, and presses the earth
firmly against the cutting. Planted in
this way not one in a hundred will fail
to grow if the season is favorable. II
the cuttings have been taken from the
tree some time they should he soaked
in water for week before theu are