To make four small loaves—Take three tablespoonsful of flour and scald with two teacups of sour or butter milk, curd and whey, add a pinch of sugar and salt, when cool add one cake of yeast. Let it stand in a warm place four or five hours, or over night. From this set a sponge, which should be light in two hours. In your bread pan dissolve half a tea cup of sugar, two tablespoonsful of lard, one tablespoonful of salt, a pinch of soda, with one quart of hot water; when cool add sponge and mix well. Sift and add flour as for cake and knead until smooth, not too stiff; rub a little lard over the top and set it in a warm place until light, make into loaves and bake one hour. The secret is to keep it in a warm place from the start. It has never been known to fail.

N. Priestman.