Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1850-10-09
NO. xLVII.
AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIFIC.
USEFUL RECIPES AND SUGGESTIONS.

USEFUL RECIPES AND SUGGESTIONS.
Remember that, at all seasons Of the year, but mors
especially while your animals are kept on grain, sue.
culen and iermenlable food, the supplying liberal
allowance of SALT is indispensable TO health. Boxes
containing it should be kept constantly where they
can have free TO them, aud pariake Of the san.
alive luxury whenever they are disposed to do 20.
A late French author recommends potatoes, three.
fourths boiled, as substitute for soap in washing
hands. The use Of this prevents chapping IN cold
weather, and retains the skin soft and healthy.
| lfyou manufacture your own candles, immerse
the wcSs in mewater, in which little nilre, (sal-
petre has been dissolved, and dry them before Dip
ping The light from such is much clearer, and The
tallow will not "run"
In furnishing BrltIana ware, rub the surface gen.
ty in the first place with woolIen CLOTH dipped, ia
sweet oil then wash in tepid suds, rub with soft
leather aud whiting. Articles FURNISHED in .h,s way,
retain their iustre lI the last, if carefully used
Brass kettles, before using, should be carefully
ceansed with sal. aud vinegar
Wooen goods should be washed in very hot suds,
bu, never "rinsed." Tepid water causes them 70
shrink.
II is bad plan to put new earthenware into boil
ing hot wafer; il should first be plunged into cold
water and placed over fire where il will heat mod.
cool again. This process greatly promotes the tough.
ness and durability oi common earihenware, which
is generally Objectionable for domestic uses on ac-
count OF its fragty. The glazing on this kind Of
ware will remain uninjured by the boiling f a hand
fu of rye or wheat bran be aided TO the water, and
prepare il to Withstand successfully, and for a long
time, the acuoa Of acid or salt.
Suet will be KEEP: perfectly sweet and good the year
round, If finely chopped aud packed closely in jar,
win the top covered with molasses.
Beds should be filled with barley straw in prefer.
ence to rye, oat, wheat straw. when obtainabie.-
The husk OF Indian corn carefully selected and slis
into srets. make an excellent article for beds. They
are durable cleau notver likely TO absorb moisture,
and are uM objectionable on account ol making dirt.
Never permit your domesrcs TO take up ashes ip
wooden vessels, or TO deposi. them when removed
from the hearlhs, IN places where they will como in
contact with cotnbuslibe matters.
A few ounces of soda will soften hundred gal.
Ions of the hardest water. For washing II possesses
marked superiority over pot or pearl ash, giving
delicate whi,eness 10 the linen, without the least in.
jury.
Gather up all the premature drorpings from your
apple, pear, peach aud plum trees, and either burn or
feed them 10 swine, other domestic animals. The
immature fruit beneath your apple trees contains the
cause of the injury you sustain in your crops, in the
at once. By fencing fruit orchards, and depasturinR
them with swine during the months of June and July,
or even till the close of August, if the fruits Of
late varieties, the future health and productveness Of
your fruit orchards will be projected and increased
Horse-radish may be had all winter by taking The
roots from the soil when a! perfection, grating Them
and placing the articles in jars or bottles filled with
vinegar. The air should be thoroughly excluded by
corking, and covering the nozes with melted sealing
wax. II is a superb article.
Green peas may be had from one years end to the
other, bygathering them when full, sheing and dry
ing them thoroughly in the air. When dried, place
them in air-ght vessels closely secured by corking,
and but them away for use. Beans, green corn and
other vegetables may be preserved in the same way.
Currans and gooseberries, picked when green, care
fully divested of their stems and blossom ends, and
packed in tight bottles, securely protected from the
air will retain their soundness aud flavor unImpalrsd
for years.
Boil aud skim your moasses before using it,
When applied for culinary purposes, this is prod.
gious improvement. Boiling tends TO dvest it Of ils
unpleasant strong flavor and renders equal 10 hon.
ey When large quantities made of it 10 con-
venen. to prepare several gallons at time.
Use hard soap to wash your clothes, if you can
obtain that Of good quality, and so soaPin cleaning
wood la the wash room, soft soap wastes good
DEAL and for this reason less econamcal .han hard.
# you keep hens, and desire to renter them Q
source of profit we'll as luxury, see that they are
properly supplied with Aesh The fish taken in or
dlnary streams afford grateful and most excellent
substitute for the flesh of animals, aud can generally
be obrined in almost any desirable quanuty, and at
comparatively small expense When a. large, the
hen Is carnveious, and procures much of her daily
food from the resources oi the insect world devour-
ing almost indiferenlly, and with lillle dserinna-
non, all such insects, bugs, aes aud worms, - fall
in her wav. These promote fecundily, and in situ-
sions where she deprived of the privilege Of CATER
Ing for herself, either these or some adequate substi.
TUE. in the form of more solid viauds mus: be sup
pled or she will cease lay. Neglect Of this is the
principal cause why hens, closely confined, are 90
generally complained oi as unprohable'-P Pennsyl.
vania Telegraph
ORCHARDS IN VlReINA.-l'he venerable John
Tall,alerro, writing 10 the Editor OF 1.-The Plough,
Loom and Anvil" says: !.
You a.k me. sWas not the practice OF planning ana
cultivation orchards, aud culinary, and flower gar
den. more general formerly within our recollection,
than now" During many years nl my early i"e, a''
those matters were more extensively, aud mnch more
el.c,ualIy attended to in Virginia, my na''ve I's's
.nd continual residence, than they are now' a,u uu-
rinp nany past years. The time was when oil VIZ
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