River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-04-12
HOME AND FARM.


Never borrow trouble if you can
avoid doing so; bat in case you must
borrow it. try aud get it without in
terest KENTUCKY STATE Journal
Tho best results from plaster on
meadow or pasture land are claimed
10 come from applying it in winter or
early spring. while the ground is yet
covered with snow.
According to Dr. Salmon there
are two contagious diseases known rs
hog cholera. The first affects the
bowels aud is genuine hog cholera;
the second affects the lungs and is
swine plague. An animal may have
both at once.
Divide your rhubarb plants at the
roots and make new location for
4 them. This should be done very ear
ly in the spring or in the fall Put
them on very rich ground. with the
buds about one or two inches below
the surface.
German Toast: Cut thick slices
of bread anu dip each side in milk
enough to soften. then dip in beaten
egg; put into frying-pan with just
enough butter to fry; fry until brown
as an omelct. Serve well sprinkled
with white sugar.
Sow grass seed early. but il pos
sible brush il in, so as 10 slightly
cover the seed. The early growth
made by grass crop is very impor-
tant Tor upon the height of the grass
/ depends its capacity to Withstand
drought. should a dry spell com on.
Rice Bread: Boil one pound of
whole rice in enough milk TO dissolve
all the grains. adding it. boiling. as 1t
is absorbed. Sift four pounds of flour in
a pan. and into this pour the rice and
milk. adding salt and n large wine
glass of yeast; knead and let rise un-
til light. Stake into loaves and bake.
Liberal feeding secures liberal
profits. Scantily-fed fowls pay scanty
profits. if any. Neglect 10 furnish
enough means the loss of what is
given them. Either feed the fowls
we'll or give them 10 some one who
win. Give them proper care or kin
them at once.
-Macaroni Soup: Break an ounce
Of Macaroni into pieces, put in a sauce
pan and cover with boiling water
lIcil half an hour. take mp and strain.
Put quart of new milk in aud let
boil, add 10 the macaroni, season with
salt. pepper and tablespoonful of but
ter rolled in -four Serve with plate
of Parmesou cheese.
To cure the pernieious practice
of egg eating among hens an ex-
change suggests that it is a good plan
10 make the nests out of boxes about
ten inches square and fifteen inches
deep This will prevent the hens
from standing on the edge of the
nest and reaching down to tho eggs
after laying them. and they will be
unable to get at them while they are
in the nest
Baked Indian Pudding: Three
pints of sweet milk. one cup of mo-
lasses. one and one-half cups of In
dian meal. two eggs. one tablespoon
full each of flour, ginger and salt,
and soda the size of n pea. Bring the
milk to the boiling point stir the
meal in slowly. beat the eggs, and adj
them and the other ingredients with
a handful of raisins; pour into q
creased dish and bake until brown.
"A Boston gardener says that the
custom of carrying a flower in the
mouth, which has come into vogue
among the ladies of some cities,
should be discountenanced. He says
that dalmation powder and paris
green are often sprinkled over hot
house plants to keep off the bugs. and
that it is therefore unsafe to put the
stem of these blossoms in the mouth,
as lip soreness is liable to ensue il
nothing more serious.
French Pancakes: Beat two ounces
each of granulated sugar and butter
to a cream. Beat separately the yclks
and whites Of two eggs and add the
yelks TO the butter and sugar Stir
one-half pint of milk into these ingre'
dents Butter half a dozen tin pie
plates Sift two ounces If flour will
teaspoonful of baking powder. and
stir it and the white of eggs quickly
into the mixture, put the batter
quickly on the buttered plates and
bake brown i'm quick oven. Dusi
with powdered sugar and spread with
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