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Boston Brown Bread

1 cup rye meal 1 cup granulated corn meal 1 cup Graham flour 34 tablespoon soda 1 teaspoon salt ¼ cup molasses 2 cups sour milk, or 134 cups sweet milk or water Mix and sift dry ingredients, add molasses and milk, stir until well mixed, turn into a well-buttered mould, and steam three and one-half hours. The cover should be buttered before being placed on mould, and then tied down with string; otherwise the bread in rising might force off cover. Mould should never be filled more than two-thirds full. A melon-mould or one-pound baking powder boxes make the most attractive-shaped loaves, but a five-pound lard pail answers the purpose. For steaming, place mould on a trivet in kettle containing boiling water, allowing water to come half-way up around mould, cover closely, and steam, adding, as needed, more boiling water.