Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-06-25
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

FARM AND FIRESIDE. ..f.
SALT BRINE, A PREVENTIVE AGAINST
MUT.-Among the many experiments made
to guard against smut in wheat, perhaps
none has been more successful than that of
saturating the seed in brine. Its use is
very old, and the discovery of it wholly ac-
cidental In 1910 ship laden with wheat
was wrecked near Bristol, England After
being soaked some time, the cargo was res
cued and sold to farmers, and most of it
sown. The following harvest the wheat
crop in England was generally damaged by
smut except that obtained from the wheat
which had been soaked in the salt water.
| This marked difference was sufficient to JUS
tify the experiment agaiu, and its success
has kept il In practice ever since.
The following came under our own obser-
walton: Two farmers procured fine sample
of wheat for seed aud divided it equally be-
tween them. The one soaked his wheat in
brine, the other having no faith in it neg
lected to do so. The former had not smut
ty ear in his whole crop, while the yield of
the latter was almost worthless on account of
it Other causes may have existed to pro-
duce this difference, but none that were ap-
parent, and from the remarkable difference
in the two results we are led to believe that
it was effected by the means employed in the
one case. 1t has been fully ascertained that
this preventative will not avail when the
seed is affected with smut, unless the season
is very favorable, which alone will prevent
smut,-lM3yland Farmer.
CELLARS Above all things, says the
Ohio Farmer, don't neglect to give your
cellars good cleaning out. Remove all
decaying vegetables, and everything that
produces mould. Give them thorough ven
tilation, and see that the drain is open, and
does the work for which it was made.
Attention to this may save you and your
family severe sickness during the season at
least it will contribute to your health to re-
move these sources of disease Headaches,
rheumatism, neuralgia and fevers can often
be traced to neglect cellars as their cause
Clean out your cellars, then, without delay
10 DESTROY BoRERs.-S. A. Ladd, in
Journal Of, Horticulture, destroys the apple
borer when he is in the tree too far to be
reached with the point of knife or wire,
in this way: Take piece of half-inch lead
pipe, say three feet long bind one end. to
nearly right angles, and fit the same to the
borers hole, the main. length of the pipe
standing perpendicular; place funnel in
the top and fill the pipe with boiling water
the borer will soon be dead, while the ten
derest tree will not be injured by the pro-
cess.
HooF Bound IN HoRsEs-To cure hoof
bound. rasp the top Of the hoof very thin for
an inch or more all around the hoof, so as to
bring little blood. AS the hoof grows it
will give room for the full play of the joint
in the middle of the hoof Hoof bound is
caused by contraction and lack of elastic-
ty of the outer rim of the hodf 1t takes
about year for a horse's hoof to become
entirely new Six months will remedy The
lameness caused by hoof bound, if treated as
suggested. Am Stock Journal.
TOMATO F1Gs -Collect lot of ripe toma- &
toes about one inch in diameter, skin and
stew them in the usual manner, when done
lay them on dishes, fatten them slightly,
and spread over them a light layer of pull
verified white or best brown sugar; expose
them to summers sun, or place them in
drying house; when as dry as fresh figs,
pack in old fig or small boxes, With sugar
between each layer If properly managed
the difference cannot be detected from the
veritable article Maryland Farmer
~ g 1884, ------ tt 4H,ll fal .tS
Cur OFF THE LEAvEs.-Almost every one
who has any experience in gardening knows
the Importance Of pruning newly planted
trees. But in transplanting cabbages, beets,
tomatoes, and similar vegetables, few ever
think of taking off any of the leaves, an OPP
Grafton fully as important as the reduction
of the branches of an apple Or pear tree
Let every one who is about setting out any
Of the succulent plant, try the cutting off the
larger leaves, and we think they will never
omit it again. -,b b l- .l ~ ID.
TOMATO KETcHUp. To one gallon Of to-
matoes add four tablespoonful of salt, four
tablespoonful of cloves, one tablespoonful
of mace, one tablespoonful of cayenne, two
tablespoonfuls of allspice, eight tablespoon
fnls of white mustard seed, three whole
black peppers, one ounce of garlic, or three
pints Of onions, and one pint of good vino
gar. Boil away nearly half strain, bottle,
and cork tight r3a ie*t 9dtas< uel -
EVERY Day PUDDING.-Put into basin
one pound of -four, one of chopped suet, half
pound of mixed fruit, little spice, grated
lemon peel three ounces of sugar, two eggs,
half pint of milk, or enough to make it a
proper thickness tie it in cloth, boil four
hours, turn it out, and serve with melted
butter or sweet sauce. Bread crumbs in
stead of -four are good, or half of each
ia CRoUP-If hot water is at hand plunge
the childs feet in it and administer dose of
castor oil; rub his feet dry, draw on pair
of wooden stockings, and put him to bed.
A cravat of mashed ice, and lump to suck
is relief as last but filthy resort let
Pap expectorate tobacco juice down the childsl
throat-''any port in storm. "-Muyland
Farmer. ......2 .,.,.,l
Protect your melon, squash and cucum-
Der vines thus: Take sticks four inches long
and one-half inch in diameter-pine is best.
Wrap one inch of one end in piece of cot
ton or linen. Dip this in turpentine, and
stick one or two in each hill, leaving only
the wrapped part above ground. The odor
Of the turpentine does the business. ..
REMEDY FOR CoLIC IN HoRsEs.-Take one
mint of whiskev half oill of shirts of tur