Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-09-16
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Yorker strongly insists that the kitchens of,
farm houses should occupya position from
which the highway travel and other OBJ
iects to relieve the monotony of kitchen
life can be seen
Land is often injured for years by
blowing while wet Better miss one crop
than hurt the land, but better still prepare
it in the fall, when, if wen underdrained,
there Wrl be but little trouble in the spring,
even in wet seasons.
1t is said that a cement for bottle tops
that will keep the most volatile liquids
from eyapOrating, may be made by mixing
Underground litharge and concentrated
glycerne, 1t dries quickly, becomes very
hard and is easily removed with knife
Green Corn Pudding,-A lady contrib
utcs the following to the Western RUrh
Take Of green corn twelve ears and crate
them; to this add one quart of sweet milk,
me.t0urtl pound of fresh butter, four eggs
well beaten, pepper and salt to taste, three
tablespoons of sugar, and bake three hours
in a battered dish"
Short and Useful Rule to find how
many bushels in > box:-Multiply its
length, breadth ald depth, in feet, togeth,
err and you have the number Of solid
feet which being multiplied by As, and
the product divided by Sc, gives the num-
Der of bushels. Because one solid foot is
Just 1856 Of bushel
--Sulphuret of carbon is said to be an
excellent remedy against headache espe-
Cially when it is Of a neuralgia or nervous
character 1t is used by placing a wad of
cotton saturated with this material in
bottle, and applying its open mouth to the
temple, or part affected. The prickling
sensation which is at first experienced is
soon followed by relief from the pain,
In the agricultural Gazette England,
are published some directions as to the
choice Of cattle for fattening, by Mr. He'd
ly. He thinks the head ought to be the
first consideration, and that an animal
with a broad, full, spacious skull, will be
found every way superior to one with
long, narrow skull A large, bright, open
soft eye he finds denotes aptitude to
tatten.
Corn Vinegar --Boila pint of corn until
it is little soft; put intoa jar; add pint
Of molasses and four quarts of water; mix
well together and set near the stove. In
two days it viii be good beer; in two or
three weeks it will be first rate vinegar.
The same corn viii do for six months
When the vinegar is made, pour it off and
add mOlasseS and water to the corn. In
this way you will have a constant supply.
Western Rural,,
Poultry Manure-The productive
power Of the dropping Of the hennery is
very great as compared with ordinary
barn-yard manure yet many farmers,
with a score or two OF fowls, take little or
no pains to preserve and apply it to the
purposes Of vegetable production. 1t is
an excellent dressing for gardens, and will
repay a hundred fold the care and expense
of preserving and applying it.
Many persons in preparing potatoes
for cooking, pare off thick slice from the
surface. Professor Blot, in his lectures on
the potato, says the skinning process is
all wrong as the strength of the vegeta-
bleS lies near the surtaCe--the starch grow
ing less ABUNDANT as the centre is approx |
mated The starch near the surface con-
tains tbs nutriment, which is not more
than seven or eight per cent, the balance
being mainly water
Almost every one who has had any
experience in gardening knows the i'm ,
portance of pruning newly planted trees
But in transplanting cabbages, beets, to-
matoes, and similar vegetables, few ever |
think Of taking off any of the leaves, an |
operation fully as important as the re-
duCtion Of the branches of an apple tree |
or pear tree. Let every one who is about |
setting ont any Of the succulent plants |
try the cutting off of the larger leaves, and |
we think they will never omit it again.
ELcnnge.
MIR L. B. Arnold gives the Country
Gentleman a marked instance of the fact
that odors inhaled by dairy cows will al
feet the milk. In June he lost a calf, the
carcass Of which was placed where north
west winds carried the stencil over his
pastures. 1t was soon found that the milk !
was tainted, and was tainted or pure as the
wind changed, The cause being traced ,
and removed, the trouble ceased. In an
other case, dead horses in the COW pasture !
caused serious loss to all the patrons Of "A
cheese factory.
The Fruit Room. The Gardeaers |
Clr0H.Cse says that pears andapples stored |
away in fruit rooms should be faithfully eX- |
smined during the winter, for when decay
sets in upon any specimen, it spreads very
rapidly and quickly, and communicates
the disease to those that are placed so near
as to touch it, Where large quantities of
fruit are lying en- Dlasse, and where a linn
tied amount Of air can only be admitted
damp viii assuredly occurinm mild weather
1t will be necessary in instances where hot
water pipes are no. 1t hand, just to treshcn
the damp atmosphere by admitting the air
freely upon a dry day for about half an hour
or 50. Fresh unsacked lime, distributed
in mo5era'e.sized vessels, will tend to ere
ate dry atmosphere, as it has the power
of abStracting the moisture from air which
is heavily laden with it,
How to Shoe a Horse.