Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-09-08
The Farm, Garden, Kitchen & Shop.


washing it with sponge moistened
with hartshorn and water.
GRAHAM BREAD.-"A young house
keeper" is informed that the process
of making graham bread is similar to
that relating to other kinds. As the
flour ferments easily, especially if I'M
bolted, it will require less yeast, but
more water, as its power of absorb
ton is greater than that of fine flour.
"The loaves should be we'll soaked in
the oven, but not Overbaked.' A por-
ton ofrye -four is said to improve the
quality of the bread.
To PURIFY A SINK.-In hot wealth
er it is almost impossible to prevent
sinks becoming foul, unless some
chemical preparation is used. One
pound Of copperas dissolved in four
gallons of water, poured over a sink
three or four times, will completely
destroy the offensive odor. As dis
inlectant agent to scatter around
premises affected with any unpleasant
odor, nothing is better than a mixture
OF four parts ground plaster of Paris
TO one part Of fine charcoal by weight.
GIVE THEM AsHEs.-When fowls
are confined in considerable numbers
to restricted enclosure, they should
have a good supply Of wood ashes to
wallow in. 1t will pay to have a large
box with ashes and place it under a
shelter where the fowls can use 1t at
pleasure. 1t is pleasure to them,
as Is manifest by the eagerneSS with
which they avail themselves OF this
means Of publication.
INFALLIBLE CURE FOR DYsENTERY.
DR.. Page Of Washington, commune
Gates to the Republican Of that city
the following simple remedy, long
known in family practice, and which
was recently tried in the camp of the
New York I'D regiment, where there
were from eighty to one hundred cases
daily, and with rapid cures in every
case:
Recipe.-Iu a teacup half full Of
vinegar, dissolve as much salt as il
will take up, leaving a little excess of
salt at the bottom Of the cup. POul
boiling water upon the solution til
the cup is two-thirds or three quarters
full. a scum will rise to the surface
which must be removed and the sOlu
ton allowed to cool.
Dose.-Tablespoonful three times
day till relieved.
The rationale of the operation of
this simple medicine will readily oc
cur to the pathologist, and in many
hundred cases | have never known il
to fail in dysentery and protracteC
diarrhGa.
WORTH TRYING. Reaches, it i,
said can be cXterminated by scatter
ing fresh cucumber parings about the
house. Pulverized boraX is also said
to drive them away, if scattered III
cracks, corners, &c, where they are
prone to harbor. A sure preventive
Of their Entertainments, know to be
the presence Of leaves, twigs or bios
SONS Of sweet elder bush, scattered
wherever they are found.
No fly will alight on a window
which has been washed with water II
which a little garlic has been boiled
The NORWAY OAT.-Three new va
rieties of oats, the Norway, New
Brunswick and Surprise, have recent,
been pressed on the attention Of farm
ers, and sold at high prices for seed
And we believe all Of them have ger
orally been considered of value wher
fairly tried. A correspondent send
a letter from which we extract som
notice of the Norway. He says :
"a party of gentlemen, interested
agriculture, lately went to Vernon
to investigate the claims Of the No
way oat, visiting the farm of Mr.. |
W. Ramsdell, the originator; ais
that of Gov. Martin r. W. Hyde, Pre-
ident Of the Orange Co., Agricultur,
Society, and others. Their repo
seems to fully sustain the high prai.
accorded to those oats last season.
They say that the large fields of No
way oats then growing, were won
er to behold, the grain standing ovt
six feet high, with well filed head
averaging from IA to Is inches
length, and estimated the yield at full
100 bushels to the acre. Mr.. Ram
dell had one head standing in his ga
den, which is presumed had had ext
culture, which measured twenty-Ol
inches in length, and stood seven fe
high. A remarkable feature of til
grain is the large number of stall
which shoot from a single kernel
those sOwn broadcast averaging fro
twenty to forty, while in some insta
ces they have reached as high as sixt
These oats have been tested in t
West aud South, and are found
yield equally as well in those sectiU
as in the New England States. Tn
all spring from single kernel fou
in package of peas supposed
have come from Norway"
How TO Produce LARGE STRA
BERRIEs.-RemOve all the soil arou
each hill to the depth of half an il
or more, without disturbing the roo
then spread evenly over an area
twenty inches in diameter, a pou
or more of pulverized linseed meal
oil meal, and cover it with NELL