Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-08-06
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

USEFUL kEClBES, EICs
A WRITER in the Rural Messenger says
as good crop Of corn as he ever saw was
saved by the persistent use Of the hoe be-
tween showers, In q 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 nsAIHbors who let their
corn alone until thor ground got dry, had
scarcely any corr.
TINS is the way 10 s.st of the neck Of
bottle; With q strong twine a 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 oil
as clean and smooth as If cut by dia
mond. A few strokes or movements with
the string are all required. A bottle may
be cut in Two by the same process, ifstrips
Of paper are pasted around it, to keep the
string from slipping from the place de-
sired
SYDNEY SMITH said Never give way
70 melancholy resist it steadily, for the
habit will encroach. Ionce gave 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 a hox of sugar
plums on the chimney-piece and kettle
simmering on the hob. thought this
mere trifling at the moment, but discover
ed in after fife how true 1t 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 a bucketful of water, allowing
il time to soak gradually away, and when
the surface has dried little, draw in
loosely the soil over il, 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
weight of water, and the harder the soil
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. q.
| Lindsay, of Montrose, Pa, sends to an
Eastern paper the following recipe, which
| will be serviceable when the melancholy
days have come " Boil it fifteen minutes
on the ear, then dry the grain in pans an
| hour in the warm sunshine, next salt 1t
Just 30 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
ieaVe Sn aperture apouS .ne siHe Vl pm
III, III INC cover lol tnc esyap1 y, vio sas'
Ihen place Ine l.ns III heV.lei havlhs III III
IL enough "stvr W lcaoI Ml'nlr en liCi
Oh the top vi tne cams IhSI uoii nlouei
ately three quarters Oh an houT tnen SOL
1e[ up the vent. Inc corn WIN keep per
iectly sweet ana goou as long as " Is re-
qulreu 10 Keep
To REJUvENATE OLD GRAPE VINES
| The editor of the PrdcttcI Farmer says
Having on our premises, planted by
former owners, probably twenty years,
half dozen old grape vines with large
weatherbeaten trunks or stems, which
made annually but little new wood and
yielded but very few poor grapes, two
seasons ago we cut of 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 OH, anu ieaulhg ones ,, AT
proper distances trained 10 the aroor. Ihe I'M,
new growtas are now clean, healthy, ana
strong-suincient enurely 10 cover tne
large arpor tne present season we look
ior bushels els OF lruit from tne new bearing
Wooa. we see olu grape VINES every
wnere, uolng no goou anu when 1 coulu DS :,
maze young ana Ihrllty ny 'hiS process
USE OF RAwuIDEs.-A skin of an ami
NAL, whether COW, calf, colt, or horse,
that dies on the farm, is worth more at
home than at the tanners. Cut them into
narrow strips, and shave off the hair with
a sharp knife before the kitchen fire, or in
your workshop, stormy days and evenings.
You may make them soft by rubbing. A
rawhide halter strap, an inch wide, will hold
u horse stronger, and last longer, than an
inch rope. 1t is stronger than hoop iron,
and more durable, and may be used to
hoop dry casks and boxes, and for hinges.
Try it upon broken thilI, or any wood
that is splintered Put it on wet and nail
fast Thin skins ma Ike the best bag
strings in the world. A rawhide rope is a
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