River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-05-24
HOME AND FARM,

A solution of equal parts of gum
arabic and plaster Of paris ccments
china and carthcnwarc.
The horse with plenty of curry
comb outside and cats inside doesn't
show his ribs before midsummer
Coarse bones in fowls indicate
coarse meat. 4 coarse-mcatod fowl
IS poor thing beside fine. juicy
me ated one.
Orange Padding: Z at in n baking
fish three sweet oranges peeled and
[ sliced; pour over one cup of sugar,
one pint of milk. yelks of three eggs,
I one tablespoon of cornstarch boiled
until thick. Whip the whites pour
I over the top and set in the oven to
/ sliflen.
"A very palatable dish in soups
may be made of beef soup, 10 which
J add pancakes folded and then cut fine
after the style If cold slaw. specially
in a country home. where butter eggs
and milk are so handy. and something
unusual is desired TO put before a
guest
Tomato Soup: Take a pint of
( canned tomatoes. or four large raw
I ones. cut up fine. add one quart of
! boiling water and let them boil. then
/ add one teaspoon of soda, when it
; will foam; Immediately add one pint
of sweet milk, pepper. salt and plenty
Of butter. When this boils add eight
| small crackers rolled fine, and serve.
Potato and Corn Mullins: Two
cups of cold mashed potato; two cups
| of sweet milk; two eggs. well beaten;
two cups corn meal or enough for n
batter Soften the potato with the
milk, working out all the Jumps; then
stir in cornmeal till the batter is just
thick enough to drop easily from the
spoon; add the whipped eggs and
beat hard. Drop into the gem pans.
oiled and hot, and bake in an even
oven from twenty to thirty minutes.
If you wish TO clean your copper
teakettles with very little labor and
without soiling your hands or making
them rough or sore. rub them while
filled with hot water with very sour
buttermilk. Other sour milk will
clean them. but buttermilk is pref
cradle. Clean them thus once or
twice a week, and they will keep rs
bright rs new penny. and your
hands will not be made as rough rs II
crater. as is the case when salt and
vinegar is used.
We improve n roads surface with
view, 1. 10 substitute a hard and
smooth surface for the soft and yield =
ing earth. >. To protect the ground
from the action of the rainwater.
Let water once get into the soil be-
meath the road and it is soft aud
yielding. The Object of the firm road
bed is to supply roof that shall pro-
tect the ground from the weather. Ii
is not substitute for the soil under it.
but protection 10 that soil -RuraL
Mem Yorker
strawberry Cream Tarts: Line
patty-pans with paste. bake, I'LL with
stewed Strawberries; stir half u toa-
spoonful of cOrn-starch into half tea
cup of milk with the beaten whites Of
two eggs. and two tablespoons of white
sugar; set on the stove and stir until
thick and smoolhe. let cool and add
half a teacup of whipped cream, beat,
and pour over the larts. Raspberries
or other small fruits may be used in
stead of Strawberries.
In order to improve the oat crop.
take washtub or large barrel. fill
it two-ihirds full of water; pour half n
bushcl or SO of seed oats ut time into
the tub of water. and skim off all oats
that will not sink TO the bottom. Drain
off the water and dry the oats that are
left. You now have a fine quality of
oats 10 sow. They will give you fully
seventy-iive per cent. better yield than
before. besides having a superior lot Of
seed for your neighbors the following
year - Ohio Farmer