Rensselaer Union, Volume 10, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1878 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—lt is worth whilefor farmers everywhere to remember that thorough oufture is better than three mortgages on the farm. —To take paint from window glass, apply a hot solution of washing soda, and clean white paint with whiting and Clear water. —Tea Hair-Tonio. —Strong infusion of black tea, one pint; bay rum, four ounces; oil of lavender, ono drachm; alcohol, four ouuues; glycerine, four ounces. —Tea Bisonit. Two pounds of flour, two ounces of butter, ono cup of milk, ono or two eggs, half a oup of sugar, one cup of yeast; set at night, bake in the morning. —Batter Pudding. One cup molasses, one cup sour milk, threo small cups flour, three eggs, one-fourth teaspoonful soda, spice and fruit to taste. Steam three hours. —Sponge Cake.—One cup of sugar, six eggs, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful soda, two teaspoonfuls of cream-tartar and a little lemon; it makes delicious cake. —Rhubar Baked.—Many prefer rhubarb baked when served as a preserve. Cut the pieces about an inch in length; weigh, allow as much moist sugar as rhubarb, and bake in an earthenware dish; put into the dish in layers; add a mite of water; cover closely, and bake.

—Chalk is the most effective barrier against ants. The moment an ascending ant’s legs come in contact with a spot that has been well rubbed with ciiulk, he topples and falls. With all his perseveranco and skill, the ant has never yet been able “ walk cbalk.”— Louisville Courier-Journal. —Stewed Spinach. —Pick one peck of spinach and wash thoroughly, drain and put it in a saucepan with a little salt and cover with hot water. Boil onelialf hour or until tender; when done, pour into colander and press the water out. Cut up fine, season with butter, salt, and set into an oven a nutes. Serve with hard boiled eggs cut in slices.

—Lard to Keep Through Summer.— Prepare it in this way: To one gallon of lara put one ounce of sal soda, dissolved in a gill of water. Do not fill your kettle more than half full, for it will foam and perhaps boil over. No other water is required than what the soda is dissolved in. When it is done it is very clear, and will keep two years. Strain through a coarse cloth and set away. v.,,.,*?' —At a late meeting of the Wisconsin State Horticultural Society, Mr. Tuttle stated that he had accidentally discovered a method by which the codling moths could be destroyed; the plan of putting strips and bandages on the trees was attended with a good deal of labor, and required much care, and did not result in the destruction of but a part of these pests. Finding many moths were caught in an open cask of cider vinegar standing in his yard, he had set shallow pans containing vinegar around among the trees, and succeeded in catching hundreds of them; as a result, his fruit had been nearly free from worms, while that of his neighbors was badly eaten by them; he had great confidence in this plan of destroying them, and thought if we used this remedy properly, we need not fear the moths in future; would put out the vinegar about the time the fruit commenced to drop, or even earlier, when the moths commence to fly in the spring.