Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1868 — Paste that will Keep a Year. [ARTICLE]

Paste that will Keep a Year.

Dissolve a table spoonfull of alum in a quart of warm water. When cold stir in as much flour as will give it the consistency of thick cream, being particular to l)eat up all the lumps, tllen stir in as much powdered rosin as will stand on a dime, and throw in half-a-dozen cloves to give a pleasant odor. Have dnlhe file a teacupfuTol‘‘ of boiling water, pour the flour mixture into it, stirring well all the time. In a very few min. utes it will be of the consistence of mush. Pour it into an eart hen or ehinn veroc];—lst-, it lay a cover on, and put it in a cool place. When needed for use, take out a portion aud soften, it with warm water. Paste thus made frill last twelve months. It is better than gum a 9 it not gloss the paper and can be written upon. •—--I^-- •* ••• —The Farmers Union mentions two instances of good results from obtaining seed wheatfrom a distance. Two Minnesota farmers obtained some seed wheat, oue from lowa and one froi.n Canada. With the same*cultivation and on the same kind of laud the yield from,,the imported seed was, in one case twice, and in the other more than twice that from the home,raised seed. ' ■ > . .. -. : W m T —-Mulberry frees are being planted in great in California. There •-ere 4,000,000 trees there in 1867, and it is said that 1,000,000 will be added this year. Tbe production of silkworm eggs has been, stimulated by a brisk from Abroad. . J? ■ ——>* 1 % V_ 4 —When a fowl is sufficiently -j fattened to kill, fasting for half j a day Of more will be found! beneficial. It improve* the appearence of the flesh. „ —Fowls, especially such as are being prepared for jparket, •honld bare a change of food often. Prepared grain; roots and flesh should be fed alternately during tbe feeding season.