Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-10-21
Gbe gtaunton Winoitator.
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
ADVERTISING RATES

FARM AND FIRESIDE.
> FATTENING HoGs-Sinco so many of oui
readers have recently engaged in raising i'm
proved breeds of hogs, the following sugges-
tons from the Hearth and Home may be
interesting:
BEST AGE FOR FATTENING.
II Whatever may be said ofcther sections of
our country, spring pigs are the best for
New England They should be Uttered
about the first of March, taken from the
mother the last week in April. when the
early calves are sold, and the milk from the
cows is beginning to be plenty. IF the sup
ply from the dairy is sufficient they viii
need little or no neal until the milk begins
to shrink in August and then fattening
should at once commence, and be continued
till the last of November, or the first of De-
cember, when if the pigs are a thrifty herd
and the farmer has done his best during the
summer, a litter of six or eight ought to
average at least three hundred pounds
Nlntered hogs would weigh at the Same
time from fifty to one hundred pounds more,
but the additional weight would be at the
cost of constant care during the winter, and
grain continually fed from December to
May, both making the cost of the pork per
pound from two to four cents higher than if
made FROM spring pigs.
| A recent experiment, carefully conducted
made tl,1 cost of litter of four hogs killed
at thirteen monts old, when compared with
a litter of pigs killed at nine months, as
thirteen to ten
FOUNDER IN HoRsEs.-B. W. Wood
writes as follows: Many years ago [ learn
ed cure Tor founder in horses which is so
simple, and has proved so successful in my
hands that send it to you, thinking that it
Clean out the bottom of the foot thoroughly,
| hold up firmly in horizontal position, and
pour in say tablespoonful of spirits tur-
pentine, if the cavity will hold that much
if not, pour in what it will hold without
running over touch the turpentine with a
red-hot iron (this will set it on fire } hold
the hoof firmly in this position till it burns
out. Care must be taken that none runs on
the hair of the hoof, lest the skin be burned.
If all the feet are affected burn turpentine in
all Of them. Relief will speedily follow,
and the animal will be ready for service in a
short time.
once applied this remedy to horse that
had been foundered twenty-four hours be-
fore 1 saw him, and ne was promptly reliev-
I'd. In another case, where the animal
could hardly be induced to move, his suffer-
ing was so great, he was treated in the same
manner as soon as his trouble was discover
ed, and less than an hour afterward he was
hitched to buggy, and driven twenty-five
miles the same day, all lameness disappear
ing after he had travelled few miles.
| How TO RAISE BREAD QuIcK.-An ex
change says we have way Of making
bread, which, we think, is superior to the
| old method. We take one pint of shorts !;
of sugar, salt, salaratus and ginger, each
one tablespoonful; pour on boiling water
and stir it until it is all wet through, and
!; let it stand over night; in the morning
make it about the consistency of common
omptyings, using warm water, keep it warm
until it rises set this away; and when ma
. king emptings put in a spoonful Of it, and
you can have your bread baked in two hours
and half 1t will keep long time.
Boil RAIs1N PUDD1NG.-Half pound OF
: -four, half pound of bread crumbs, half a
pound of raisins, three ounces of sugar, two
ounces of citron, four eggs, half teacupful
of milk, little nutmeg and ground ginger,
one teaspoonful of brandy. Chop half a
pound of kidney-suet very fine, add it to the
bread-crumbs, with a little grated ginger
and nutmeg the raisins stoned, the sugar
pounded, and the citron cut into slices. Mix
it all together, and then stir with it the bea-
ten eggs, the milk and a tablespoonful of
brandy. Beat the mixture we'll together,
and boil it in Toured cloth four hours and
| and half.
TOAST AND CHEESE. slice Of bread
half an inch thick pare off the crust, and
toast it very slightly on one side. Cut a
slice of cheese quarter of an inch thick
not so big as the bread by hair an inch on
each side; pare of the rind, lay it on the
toasted bread, place on fiat tin plate, and
put in the oven ten minutes or so Mix a
quarter Of a teaspoonfui of salt and mustard
and sprinkle of pepper stir it into the
cheese, and you will have delicious lunch
con.
A RLACKING PASTE FOR BooTs.--A good
paste for backing boots is made from twenty
parts tincture boneblack, twenty parts syrup,
three parts castor oil, and one part sulphur
? ic acid, we'll mixed. A cheaper prepare
ton is ten parts minced potatoes treated
with one part strong snlphuric acid, till the
whole mass is lustrous black, then add foul
y parts Of comeback and two parts of any kind
a of fat, lard or oil.
ScURF.--A simple and effectual remedy
Q for scurf in the head is as follows Into ,
l pint Of water drop lump of fresh quicE
81 - lime, the size Of a walnut let it stand al
night (; then pour the water off clear from
the sediment or deposit, add quarter of
!, pint Of the best vinegar, and wash the heAt
< with the mixture. This is perfectly harm
Il less. You must wet the roots of the hair
SPICE G1NGERBREAD.-Taket three pound
of flour, one pound Of butter, one pound o
moist sugar, four ounces of powdered gin
e ger, two ounces Of powdered allspice, hal
u an ounce of powdered cinnamon, handful
of carraway seed and three pounds o
treacle ; rub the butter with your hand into