The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1869-06-23

YEAST FOR HoT WEATHER.-The sub
joined recipe for yeast adapted to hot
weather or hot climates is glven in Morgan's
Trade Journal:
Boil two ounces of the best hops in four
quarts of water for half an hour; strain ut,
and let the liquor cool down to new milk
warmth. Then put in small handful of
salt and half apound of sugar drown ,
beatup one pound of the best flour with
some of the liquor, and mix all welltogether.
The third day add three pounds of potatoes,
boiled and mashed, and let it stand until the
next day. Then strain, and it is ready for
use.
Stir frequently while making, and keep
near fire. Before using, stir well. 1t will
keep two or three months in a cool place.
kept this two months in the cellar, where
the thermometer ranged between so and 104
degrees.
This yeast is very strong; half the usual
quantity necessary for baking is sufficient.
HENS EATING THEIR Eaes-Hens often
acquire the habit of eating their own eggs
and the eggs of their companions. Nothing
teaches this habit to fowls more rapidly than
allowing them to eat egg-shells. And yet
many persons are in the habit of throwing
all the egg-shells into the coop. If you
wish to save the shells as food for your hens
the best plan is to dry them and crush them
to powder. They can then be mixed with
mush or cooked meal, and so fed. Where
hens have access to abundant supplies of
lime, there is not so much danger OF their
attempting to eat their eggs, and there is
less necessity for saving tie egg-shells. But
plan to throw egg-shells in large pieces to
fowls, especially If they are confined in small
coops. Some fowls, it is true, cannot be
taught to eat eggs but then there are others
that learn this bad habit with wonderful
facility. teg ID i, w. 81 aas gs
.WH1TEwAsH.-A little whitewash, SAYS
the Boston Journal of Chemistry, will do a
great amout of good; but full supply,
enough to cover the inside of barns, stables.
cellars, ETC., with two good coatings, is much
better. ~ -f4i isi l& 2EHn iGa &
The lime which enters into this compost
ton is purifying agent, and the wash
serves as disinfectant. The benefits con-
ferred in this regard compensate for all the
laboran expense involved in whitewashing;
but the clean, tidy appearance which it gives
to farm premises is most pleasing and salu-
tary. In no way can farmer make so i'm
posing and even elegant show for trif;ng
expenditures as by free use of whitewash.
Even old buildings glow and glisten under
the whitewash brush. and assume new
appearance. Buildings, in the eye of the
owner, as well as those of his neighbors,
have higher money value after the process
is completed.
Sulphate of ammonia is largely used in
England as a fertilizer on crops of wheat
and grass, and with good results. The de-
mand for it for this purpose is growing
rapidly. 1t has also been found very profit
able when applied to sugar cane and beet
roots. ,e- -.i,ta . di ia
A liquid glue, far superior to mucilage,
may be made by dissolving glue in an equal
quantity of strong hot vinegar, adding
fourth of alcohol and little alum. This
will keep any length of time when placed in
closed bottles, and will fasten horn, wood
and mother-of-pearl.
Good pine shingles, well chosen, split
thick, and carefully laid on, have been
known to last forty years. Twenty years,
however, is the general extreme duration of
this roof; they wash away, rather than
either rot or decay.
Whenever we find country divided up
into small estates, each and every owner
working his lands with his own hands, we
find brave, patriotic and free people. en-
joying competence and domestic comfort
with manly dignity.
LICE ON PoULTRY.-f infested with
lice damp the skin under the feathers with
water, then sprinkle little sulphur on the
skin. Let the bird be covered with insects
or parasites, they will all disappear in the
course of twelve hours. -.... I
A housekeeper caught forty-two. rats in
one night by exchanging for barrel of oats
that had been visited by the varmints a
barrel of water, covering the surface with
chaff. The victims unconsciously pitched
in and met watery grave. ba
A farmer in Ohio had thrifty orchard,
which blossomed freely, but bore no fruit.
He washed twelve of the trees once week
with strong soapsuds, and was gratifed by
fine harvest the subsequent season. 10.