The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-27
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

CASTOR OIL is recommended for CHECKER
| cholera DOse-a dessert-spoOnful to
tablespoonful twice day.
| VEAL OMELET- pounds veal, eggs
8 crackers, grated spoonful sage, rubbed
fine; spoonful pepper, do salt, teacur
milk, i teacup butter mix we'll and bake
l = hours.
| a CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
| Hcnan advises American farmers to adopt
the rule of many EOglish farmers, that Is
never allow two white straw crops, such
as wheat, oats, barley and rye, to follow
| each other.
| CABBAG E-FLEAs. "A correspondent
writes 10 ask it we cannot suggest some
thing which will destroy "the flies that
| have eaten oil nearly all the leaves of his
| cabbages just set out. The insects com
planned OF are without doubt cabbage fleas,
| and if the leaves are busted with ashes or
Scotch snuff in the morning, when the
| dew Is on them, these pests will be des-
| troyed. Hearth and Home.
To ENTRAP ANTs.-Peter Henderson, in
his Practical Horticulture, says: GAL
though these are not generally to be found
in the greenhouse or flower garden, yet
and have found the simplest way to des-
| troy them to be to lay fresh bones around
their haunts They will leave everythin g
else to attack these When thus accumu-
lated, they can easily be destroyed by dip.
ping in hot water.
MR.. j. CRANE, one of the veteran fruit
growers of New Jersey, says that the best
! medicine for sick or delicate children is
Strawberries. At late meeting of the
Fruit Growers Club, he remarked, that
whenever any OF his children were taken
sick in winter or early spring, he tried TO
keep them along with as little medicine as
possible until trawberries began to ripen;
then they were let loose in the patch, and
all other medicine WAS Immediately laid
aside as useless. 1t is to be hoped that
every man that lives in the country has a
strawberry patch large enough to allow
his children full supply of this healthy
LAST year an experienced fruit grower,
The owner of fine orchard near Niagara
River, Western New York, wrote us that
in the care of his trees he had practised
one simple method with eminent success.
He takes I've from leached ashes, mixes a
| little grease with it, heates quite warm,
anu WIFI sf Tiuge Throws IL up 1nCO all
parts of the trees, branches and trunk 1t
| will effectuslly kill AL kinds of caterpillars,
and all kinds of worms that are either in
testing the trees in nests or running over
the bark Trees treated in this manner
W, re exceedingly healthy, beautiful and
vigorous in appearance, possessing a
smooth, glossy bark. and bore the best
apples in the country. The remedy is
easy and cheap.-U0yticutur
AS SOON after six o'clock in the morning
as is is compatible with the habits of the
family in which early rising is not essen
tial, the chickens should have meal of
cracked corn. Indian meal wet with wa
ter, generally used, should not be given to
very young chickens. In all subsequent
meals quite enough should be given to
satisfy hunger, but there should be no
Ovcrplus. We fancy we hear some reader
exclaim ooh, must we stay and see the
chickens eat their food to know that they
are satisfied ?" To which we unhesitating-
ly answer Yes But this need neccssa-
rily entail no loss of time, as if there are
three or more lots all may be fed simulta-
neously; and if there is only one, q feeder
who wants to make much of time can
leave and return. AT nine a. m the half
fledged chickens may have q meal Of bar