The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

n WRITER III lne IluFUC 1u6SStftytT say
as good IA crop of corn as he ever saw was
saved by the persistent use of the hoe be-
tween showers, in a season as wet as this
has been All the boys that could be hired
in the neighborhood were employed in
hOeing the corn and keeping the hills clear
of weeds The neighbOrs who let their
corn alone until their ground got dry, had
scarcely any corn.
THIS is the way to cut off the neck of
bottle With strong Irvine yard or
less in length, make one turn around the
neck, rapidly move the bottle from one
end of the string to the other, that the
| friction may heat the part; while hot, dip
| in cold water and the glass is cracked off
| as clean and smooth as if cut by dia
mOnd 4 few strokes or movements with
the string are all required. A bottle may
| be cut in two by the same process, if strips
| of paper are pasted around it, to keep the
string from slipping from the place de-
sired.
SYDNEY SMITH said Never give way
to melancholy: resist it steadily, for the
habit will encroach. L once gave a lady
two and twenty recipes against melan-
choly One was bright fire; another was
to remember all the pleasant things said
to her. another to keep box of sugar
plums on the chimney piece and kettle
| smmcring on the hob. / thought this
mere trifling at the moment, but discover
ed in after life how true it is that these
| little pleasures often Danish melancholy
better than higher and more exalted OBJ
| jects and no means ought to be thought
too trifling which can oppose it in our
| selves or in others"
| WATERING PLANTs.-A writer in an
exchange says: Plants set against walls
and piazZas frequently suffer from want OF
| water at this season, when even ground
near them is quite wet. Draw away the
soil from each plant so as to form basin ;
fill in with IA bucketful of water allowing
it time to ssak gradually away, and when
the surface has dried little, draw in
loosely the soil over it, and it will do with
out water for some weeks This applies
to all plants wanting water through the
season If water is merely poured on the
surface, it is made more compact by the
becomes the easier it dries; and the result
is, the more water you give the more is
wanted Exchange.
How SHE CANS CORN.-Mrs. A. z.
Lindsay, of Montrose, Pa, sends to an
Eastern paper the following recipe, which
will be serviceable when the melancholy
|
on the ear, then dry the grain in pans an
hour in the warm sunshine, next salt it
Just so much as will season it for the table;
fill tin cans, leaving half an inch of space.
Put gill or so of water in each can, and
leave an aperture about the size of pin
in the cover for the escape of the gas.
Then place the tins in kettle, having in
it enough water to reach within an inch
of the top of the cans; then boil mOder-
ately three quarters of an hour; then sol
der up the vent The corn will keep per-
fectly sweet and good as long as it is re-
quired to keep"
To REJUvENATE OLD GRAPE VINES
The editor of the Practical Farmer says
Having on our premises, planted by
former owners, probably twenty years
half "a dozen old grape vines with large
weatherbeatcn trunks or stems, which
made annually but little new wood and
yielded but very few poor grapes, two
seasons ago we cut off the branches, and
laid the main stems down in the trenches
covering with about a foot ofearth. Wig
orous and healthy shoots sprang up in
great abundance-the weak ones OF which
were broken of, and leading ones al
proper distances trained to the arbor. Tho
new growths are now clean, healthy, and
, strong sufficient entirely to cover the
large arbor the present season; we look
for bushels of fruit from the new bearing
wood. We see old grape vines every
where, doing no good, and which could be
made young and thrifty by this process.
USE OF RAwIuDEs.-A skin of an ami
NAL, whether COW, calf, colt, or horse
! that dies on the farm, is worth more al
, home than at the tanners. Cut them into
or c1, Nfft 1,a,r
, Il sharp knife before the kitchen fire, or il
your workshop, stormy days and evenings
You may make them soft by rubbing.
I rawhide halter strap, an inch wide, will hole
, - horse stronger, and last longer, than al
inch rope. 1t is stronger than hoop iron
and more durable, and may be used tC
hoop dry casks and boxes, and for hinges
! Try it upon a broken thill, or any Woo
that is splintered. Put it on wet and mai
fast Thin skins make the best bae
y strings in the world A rawhide rope is
good substitute for chain. 1t is valuabl,
: to mend a broken link in trace chain
: For some purposes it is best to Us,
: it in its natural state. For other purpose
7 it may be dressed soft.-Erctdnge.
| How TO MILK.-Cows should be no
only MIXED with perfect regularity as re
: CARDS the hours of milking, but they
should be MIXED to the last drops; and i
hired girls or men are employed to mill
f the cows, the dairyman, the farmers wife
. or whoever has charge ofthe dairy, should
go round with small tin pail, and mill
each COW dry before the work is to b,
q considered complete, and they are allowed
to return to the field enclosure. Th,
> udders should be washed with tepid wate
! before milking, so long as the cows remain
r in or about the byres and yards, but attel
, they are put on pasturage it will seldom
: be found necessary to do more than wasl
the teats occasionally. The habit acquired
. by many servant girls of dipping thei
hands in The milk while milking the cows
; is "a disgusting practice that should not b,
a tolerated Cows are just as easily milke(
, with dry hands, and if they are not, tn,
! teats should be softened in tepid water
and great care taken to allow nothing t.
drop from them or the hands into tn,
! milk pail, while the operation of milking
is going on.-AgricuLtur6 Paper.
e The Currant Worm.