Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1868-01-10
Che 5touutom Dlnoi.asor.
ADV ERTISING RATES.
FARM AND FIRESYDE.

FARM AND FIhESIUE.
ADVANTAGES oE Streaming FooD FOR Stock.
Eleven years ago the writer commenced
cooking upon small scale for his cows and
horses, and although he encountered some
difficulty in arranging his apparatus to suit
him, yet from the beginning it was evident
that the food was much improved, even by
imperfect cooking. He has continued it
every winter since, and sometimes steamed
for SO head of cattle and six horses.
He found the advantages to be: First
That it renders mouldy hay, straw, ETC.,
sweet and palatable, and satisfies the ami
mails better, so that after eating they lie
down contented Second-It enables the
feeder to mix different qualities of food, hay
and straw-good and poor hay, etc. renders
it all palatable, softening the hard, tough
fibre. and thus enabling the farmer to save
all. Third-1t improves the manure, rem
dering it always ready for use, decompos-
ing more readily, and therefore more valua-
BILE when used in a fresh state, than that
from nnsteamed food. Fourth-It will cure
incipient heayes iii horses-has remarka-
BILE effect upon horses with sudden cold,
and in pation-keeps all animals more
healthy, and appears to answer all the pur-
poses Of grass. Fifth-It improves the APP
pearance of the animal at once, causing the
coat to become smooth and of a higher color;
enables fattening cattle to eat with less la
Dor, and fatten in much less time; gives
working animals time to eat all that is nee
essary in the intervals of labor Sixth-It
saves at least one-third of the food Two
bushels of cut and cooked hay will satisfy
COWS as well as three bushels of uncooked,
and the cooking of hay and straw destroys
all foul and troublesome weeds.-E. ".
Steuard IN Country Gentleman.
Mr.. Felix Bodley, of Oregon. Holt coun-7
ty, Mo-, says the Sentinel, has produced
this year from one-twentieth. Of an acre. of
sround one hundred and sixty GALLONS of
wine. AT this rate three thousand two
hundred gallons can be made from an acre.
Mr.. Bolley readily diSposes OF his product
by the barrel at three dollars per gallon. So
bring the sum of $4,000. 1t requires four
years to bring the vines up to this bearing
standard, and partial crop may be coun-
ted on for the third year.
SwEENy IN HORSES. We have used the
following lnimcnt with perfect success. and
have never known it to fail: Alcohol, II
gills tnrpen'ine, ] do; hartshornc, ] do;
sweet oil. J do; oil Of organum, ] do; oil
OF wormwood, of an ounce. Apply twice d!
day to the part affected, carefully, as:wher-
ever it comes in contact with the skin, the
hair is temporarily removed. Keep the part
well creased if it becomes sore, and after a
few applications, drop off twice day to once
in two or three days. until the liniment is
used up.-Ma,ylond Faymer., ...-., f.
A New GRAss The new grass which
has made its appearance in the Southern
States since the war is called Les4,idoso
sf,iofo. and is said to bea native OF China
and Japan. 1t appears to be a dwarf clover
very thick set. much relishcd by cattle, and
is complete exterminator Of Bermuda, joint
scdge and other grasses 1t was not seen
before the war, and how it was introduced
is mystery among planters and botanists.
A WASH FOR FEulr Trees. Mtssa-
c1usctts Ilo,tmam gives us this:
''Take pint Of crude petroleum and
gallon and half of soft soap Mix init
natcly and let the mixture stand till the
whole is intimately blended, and then dis
solve in twenty gallons of water. Il is per-
fectly safe on trees, and it will extirpate all
kinds of insects that infest them where it
comes in contact with them" - STA ;at
MANUREs the management Of ma
nures, care should be taken 10 prevent tro
great heat by composing and forking
over Loan and muck if mixed freely un-
der the stables will preserve the heap, pre-
vent fire fanging and thus prove very useful.
1t is d good plan to lay in a store of these
substances to be mixed occasionally with
the manure heap through the winter, Hess
Plounlan. .
CnuRN1Ne IN WINTER make milk i
churn easy in winter, gather the cream
where it will not freeze :: take it over night
into warm kitchen. Scald the churn next
morning before putting in the cream. and
it will seldom take more than an honr to
churn it.. Should the milk or cream swell
put nearly quart of hot water into it,
Cor. Country Gentleman. l.fs .e9 .isfr.
STuFFING FOR TURKEY, Fowls AND VEAL.
Chop finely one quarter of a pound of suet
and Iwithit mix double the quantity Of bread
crumbs, large spoonful of thyme and ma.
joram, mixed one-eighth ola nutmeg, some
grated lemon peel, salt and pepper, and biud
the whole with two eggs A teaspoonful of
finely shred shalot or onion may be added
at pleasure. ,
QUAKER PUDDrNG.-Scald a quart of milk;
when almost cold put to it four eggs well
beaten, spoonful and half of flour. some
nutmegs and sugar; tie it close in butter
ed cloth boil it an hour. Turn it out with
care, lest it should crack: melt butter,
little wine and sugar.
ABERNETHY BIscUITs. Make into stiff
biscuit paste, one pint of milk, three eggs.