The Placer herald., 1869-12-18
HOUSE AND FARM.

WASH tne wool, UFst IetlIHy Tue WAt6T coo
so as to be slgbty warm to the band In
the mean time. pix out all the dir; from
the wool that Will come oct; then scrub it
we'll on wasbbosrd. A tablespoonful oi
Kerosene added to three gallons Of warm
suds will greatly help the cleansing process.
Wash in another suds, or, ill the wool loofs
white and clean.
ef Then put the kin into cold water enops -
to cover II; aud dissolve half pound OF sais
and the sans quantity oi aium ~ three
pint' OF boiling water; pour the mixture
over the skin and linse 1t tip and down IN
the water. 1t :, soak in ibis water twelve
hours. then hang il on a fence or line to
drain. When we'll drained. stretch it on a
board TO dry, or ua il on the side Of a wall
of the wood-house or barn, woo-sids to-
wards lhe boards. When neatly dry. rob
into the skin one ounce each of powdered
alum and saltpelre (if the skin is large
doutls the quantlly); rub this n for an hour
or so. To do this readily the skin must be
taken dowo and spread on. table or h't
surtsre. Fold tbs skln-sldes together, ard
hang the mat away; rub every uav for three
days, or ill perfectly dry.
Scrape fl The shin with a stick or \ blnat
knife til clear of all impurities; then rab it
with pumce stone, or, il more easily pro-
cured, rolon-stone will do. Trim j, TO
good shspe, and you have an excellent door;
mat. Any intelligent housewife can dye it
green llue or scarlet with the So ca He'd
Family n,es" -ilbrr in powder or Iquid
and she will have as elegant a dUor-nat as
SIZE could desire.
Lamh-skins can be similarly prepared
and made INTO caps and NIT ems. DYED
handsome black or brown. they equal import
ed skius. Stubborn lambs, or those who
die very young, furnish very soft sklns,
which II prop-:ly prepared would make as
handsome sacks. mutf' and tpp-ls as he
far famed Aslrarhan. Any farmers daugF-
ter could easily prepare skins enough to
furnish herself with u handsome su t.
READING FOG FARMEa BoYs.-Du' for the
co-orera,lpg of my bows, should have
failed, fear. | worked hard, anJ so dad
they. The eldest is nea,v lwen y on, and,
while o:her bows ia the neighborhool.
youuger. have left their parents. mite
bave stuck to me and been faithful to
me, when most needed rleir e,fplces And
] attribute this result to the ract thet have
tried to make h"me ,,'-asan; te them. |
have furnished them wilh atiGacrve and
useful reading matter; and when mig htcomes
on aud the DAYS labor is ended, ns'ead Of
run ing with olher boys to the railway sta
,ion aud adjoining towns, they gather
around 'he gleat lamp and bscome absorbed |
In her books and papers.
Such is sUbsiqnlia, The testimony at the |
farmer VII" has known boa hard the strug
gle Toe footing on free soil without rapIral
is, aud bow valuable aud comparatlv-ls
cheap are the aids which good reading al
WAYS hri"gsto bind. c. B, IL Chicago
Rccablicoa
Two (Rors OF MELoNs--A cul'ivarcr
of r.feluns 10 AIatama Is l. 'lclng over bs
second crop of me Ions from the same vines
,!bis sessop, The old vines were cut back
onlrp ~e,e,ely after the first crcp bad ma
,uf-d. and from The old sumps new vines
stsil-d, from which a crop is now be'"g
gathered. 1t is quite probable. that IN
climate where there ate no most, All The
members of the melon and squash fanny
could be made perennial, instead Of annual
Our florists understand this art, and have
applied II to many plants in culvatlan
BY proper pruning. and preventing the ma
turity Of seeds. the lie OF ANIMALS and ben
mails may be prolonged number OF years
Cosr OF KEEPING RABBlts.-An expeli-
mepl WAS tried :, me ytals sibre to deieIiblne
the actual cost of keeping Wild rabbits. 1t
was found that four hares consume as much
as a sheep: but HAT the sheep. eating the
same amount Of food as the four rabbits, it,
creased in weight sev-u>told more laau they
did in ihe same length OF time. The sheep
consumed in one month fifteen stones tin 20
and half pounds Of swede turnips. oats
and bran, aud increased in weight Il e
pounds and half; while the rahbis aIe
fifteen stones four pounds Of The same .pod.
and only added three quarters ot a pound 10
10 their weight
SuNFLowsR SEEp.-An addition has been
made to the mauv known qualities Of sun
flower seed. A French chemist saws tia,
when roasted, ground and prepared the same
as et flee, the result /, "A liQuld admirably
sdsp'-d for summer complaints. Diseases
of This ma ure are common enough durug
our summer, but IL should IN no case be Tor.
COTTON that however dam eruus summer
complaints are IN themselves, lhe;r sud len
etrppage is more dangerous SUI and reme-
dies should be employed with caution The
seed Of sunlJwers make good poultry feed
WHEAT IS MlNNEsorA-1he progress Of
Minnesota IN The production If wheat Is
among HE agriculture marvels of the ag-.
Ii is rs imaIed that The surplus whea' # that
Safe The present year viii he fully l5,000.-
600 bushels, while Lutte Of the great gram pa
teau emh' ared within Its llrn has yet been
brought under cultivation. One farmer, the
past year harvested ! 900 acres. with an
average yield OF toity bushels TO the acre.
THIS section, while much Of it is too far
north for growing corn. will evidently be-
come The Odessa OF America in The produc-
tlon of h.at