1910 . 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
846 
Destroying Roaches. 
Please inform me how to get rid of 
cockroaches which were brought from mill 
iu cornmeal that was taken to be ground 
at mill. We have tried turpentine and 
borax with no effect. J. F. s. 
To use borax in the most satisfactory 
manner, it should be mixed with pow¬ 
dered chocolate or cocoa, ground to¬ 
gether with a pestle, so that each par¬ 
ticle of chocolate will carry some borax. 
The‘insects are very eager for chocolate, 
and this makes them take the borax, 
which is fatal to them. We have used 
various commercial roach powders, which 
are sold by all druggists, and found 
them efficacious. A simple plan is to 
mix one part of plaster of Paris with 
three parts dry flour. Put this in saucers 
where the roaches are found, and near 
by put a saucer of water; place sticks 
leaning against the rim of the saucers, 
so as to make a bridge for the insects. 
They eat the flour mixture, drink the 
water, and perish quickly. Powdered 
mothballs, or powdered pyrethrum, or 
buhach, blown into cracks where the 
insects abound, will he found helpful. 
Sweep up and destroy insects paralyzed 
by these powders. Burning pyrethrum 
powder in a tightly closed room is us¬ 
ually very destructive to them, and to 
a variety of other insects. Phosphorus 
made into a paste with lard or other fat, 
and spread upon bread cut into small 
slices is used about greenhouses to de¬ 
stroy these pests, hut this is too poison¬ 
ous to be left about carelessly. The 
borax, plaster of Paris or vegetable in¬ 
sect powders do not involve risk to 
humans or domestic animals, and are to 
be recommended for that purpose. 
fectly sterilized the top remains firm anc! 
tight. Then seal again and stand in cool, 
dark place. If lid is loose I throw con¬ 
tents away or turn into a puree, as vege¬ 
tables are plenty. 
From asparagus to end of season 
nearly everything can be used in Win¬ 
ter by this process. Corn must be 
canned as soon as picked. Cut from cob 
and pack firm. Lima beans must not be 
shortened in time of cooking, and suc¬ 
cotash may be cooked half hour longer. 
Young beets are very good. Cut off 
tops and boil V/ 2 hours. Skin, slice, 
pack in cans and proceed as before. 
They may be sterilized in diluted vine¬ 
gar, sweetened and spiced as wished. 
Spinach, if heated before putting in can, 
will pack better. Egg-plant is sliced, 
pared and put into boiling water for 
about half an hour, less will do. Drain 
and pack in cans. Then use process. 
Squash is sterilized for V/ 2 hour; if 
cooked soft before filling cans more 
is put into a can. Gather vegetables in 
the cool of the morning and only the 
young and tender growth should be 
taken. _ faikfax. 
A Batch of Cake. 
Maple Sugar Spice Cake.—Mix a cup¬ 
ful of grated maple sugar with a half a 
cup of cream—sweet. Sift a teaspoon of 
baking powder into one and a quarter 
cups of flour, a teaspoon of cinnamon 
and half as much allspice. Stir in the 
yolks of three eggs, beaten light, sugar 
and cream; add the flour and then the 
stiffy-whipped whites of the eggs. Pour 
into buttered floured pans, and bake in 
a moderate oven. Use any desired frost¬ 
ing; cocoanut is very nice with it. 
Removing Watermelon Stain. 
Wliat is most effective in taking out 
watermelon stain in tablecloths? 
(MRS.) X. W. M'C. 
All fruit stains are removed by boil¬ 
ing water, unless the stain has been set 
by putting in the general wash first. 
Stretch a fabric containing the stain over 
a deep bowl, and then pour boiling water 
from a teakettle directly upon it. Con¬ 
tinue this for a few minutes and the 
stain will be removed. Where the stain 
has been set by washing, or is obstinate 
because not fresh, it is usually removed 
by dusting chloride of lime over the 
stain, and then pouring on the boiling 
water as before. When chloride of lime 
is used it must be rinsed out very thor¬ 
oughly with ammonia and water to coun¬ 
teract its corrosive effect, or it will 
destroy the fabric. We have found this 
last treatment efficacious in removing 
the stain left by cooked tomato, which is 
difficult to remove. Of course this 
treatment is not safe for colored fabrics. 
Canning Vegetables. 
In canning vegetables I have excellent 
success by using the process given in 
the Government bulletin, which I found 
in an alleged farm paper. This was 
worth the cost of the paper anyway! 
Use only glass-tops cans, of the 
“Lightning” type. Pints are best. Pre¬ 
pare vegetables as for cooking for table. 
Pack firmly in well-scalded jars. Add 
level teaspoon salt and fill with cold 
water. Put on rubber and top. Turn 
wire over top, but do not press down 
the spring at the side. Leave lid loosely 
fitting. Use cleaned wash boiler, put¬ 
ting a grate, or a board, that will cover 
the bottom, in first. Set cans on this. 
Add cold water to nearly half height of 
cans. Cook steadily for one hour after 
boiling begins, being sure the lid of 
boiler fits perfectly, as the steam is the 
chief agent in the work. Then seal the 
cans as you lift them out. Leave until 
next day. Unseal again and repeat proc¬ 
ess, sealing when the hour’s boiling is 
over. Next day unseal and repeat for 
the third time. This time the sealing is 
permanent. To test, after standing until 
the third morning turn the spring down 
releasing the pressure on top of can. 
Lift across table by thumb and finger 
on the edge of the glass top. If per- 
Brown Marzipan.—Melt one cupful of 
butter and one cupful of lard; add one 
cupful of brown sugar, one cupful of 
molasses, one-half cupful of sour milk 
or cold water, one teaspoonful each of 
cloves and cinnamon, half a nutmeg 
grated, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved 
in a little water and enough flour to roll 
out the dough. Divide it into three por¬ 
tions ; mix anise seed through one and 
chopped citron or candied orange peel 
through another. Roll thin and cut into 
stars, crescent, animals, etc.; then bake. 
Moisten two large cupfuls of powdered 
sugar with cream or milk and frost the 
cakes. The frosting may be divided and 
colored with fruit or vegetable coloring 
extract. 
Spice Cake.—Beat together one and 
one-half cups of “A” sugar and half cup 
of butter; add to this the beaten yolk of 
three eggs and half cup sweet milk, also 
one teaspoon of ginger, half teaspoon 
cinnamon, one of allspice and tablespoon¬ 
ful of grated chocolate. Stir into this 
two cups of flour, into which has been 
thoroughly mixed two tablespoonfuls 
baking powder. Lastly add Whites of 
eggs beaten stiff. Bake in layers and use 
any preferred filling (or icing). 
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Instead of getting a large pack¬ 
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pantry with small tight pack¬ 
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Fresh soda crackers every time 
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moment they leave the oven. 
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