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bread, and of course common water must be added, as 
much as is requisite.* 
As the sour taste of bread is lost, much more salt may 
be used to give it a palatable quality. 
As to the amount of lime in the bread, 1 lb. of lime is 
sufficient for 600 lbs. of lime-water. In bread prepared 
as above, there is nearly the same amount of lime as is 
found in an equal weight of leguminous seeds— (peas and 
beans.) 
It may yet be established as a physiological truth, by 
investigation and experiment, that the flour of the cereal 
grain is wanting in the property of complete nutrition, 
and from what we know thereof, the cause would seem to 
lie in its deficiency in the lime necessary for the formation 
of the bones. The cereal grains contain phosphoric acid 
in abundance, but they contain far less lime than the le- 
guminous seeds. This fact may explain many of the 
phenomena of diseases observed among children in the 
country, or in prisons, if the food consists principally of 
bread ; and in this connection the use of lime-water by 
physicians merits attention. 
The amount of bread produced from a given quantity of 
flour, is probably increased in consequence of an increas- 
ed water-compound. From 19 lbs. of flour, without lime- 
water, seldom more than 24 1-2 lbs. of bread were obtain- 
ed in ray house; the same quantity of flour, baked with 
5 lbs., oflime-water, gave 26 lbs. 6 oz. to 26 lbs. 10 oz. of 
good, well baked bread. Now, since, according to Heer- 
en’s determinations, the same quantity ot flour gives only 
25 lbs. 1 3-5 oz. the increase of weight, in consequence of 
the use of lime-water, appears to me indubitable. 
Cake Yeast. — Take a spoonful or two of brewer’s or 
distiller’s yeast, or if it can be had, a yeast cake left from 
a previous supply, which should then be thoroughly dis- 
solved in a little water. Stir this into a pretty thick 
sponge of flour and wai-m water, and let it stand till night. 
Boil a handful of hops down strong and strain, stir in 
flour while boiling hot, till you have a stiff batter, let this 
cool to blood heat, then stir in the sponge and let it stand 
till perfectly light, when Indian meal should be added, 
enough to make a stiff dough. R-oll it out, cut into cakes 
half an inch thick, and lay them on a board and dry about 
ten days, in the shade, turning them each morning. Keep 
them hung up in a close bag and they will remain good 
for years. A little boiled potato impro7es the sponge. — 
Ohio Cultivator. 
To Keep Away Ants. — Spirits of turpentine placed in 
their way, or placed around sweetmeats, will effectually 
intercept these troublesome insects — it must be kept up 
for two or three days. It will also remove the striped bug 
from vines, by wetting a string and placing is around the 
hill. 
Johnny Cake.— 1 pint of sour milk, 1 egg, 1 spoonful 
of molasses, 2 spoonfuls of wheat flour, Indian meal suf- 
ficient to make a light batter, 1 teaspoonful of salertetus, 
dissolved in warm water. 
* As many persons may not be familiar with the pro- 
cess of preparing lime-water a recipe for the same is add- 
ed : 
Take/owr OMwees of lime and one gallon of distilled, 
water. First, pour a little of the water upon the lime, 
to slake it; then add the remainder of the water and stir 
well together ; cover the vessel immediately, and set it : 
aside for three hours. Keep the solution, together with 
the undissolved lime, in stoppered glass bottles, and pour 
off the liquid when it is wanted for use. Water free 
from saline or other obvious impurity may be employed 
in this process without distilling.— rmns. 
Slhutiseinratr!. 
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