The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-07-28
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

half pounds of potatoes, one pound of
butter, six eggs, one nutmeg grated, the
juice of one lemon, and very little salt.
Bake in fine puff paste.
PEACH POTPIE.-Put plain pie crust
round the edge of a pan; cut up some
peaches, and put layer of them into your
pan, then layer of sugar and nutmeg;
cover with crust, and bake slowly for two
or three hours.
DRIED APPLE PIE.--To quart Of
dried apples or peaches, stewed and
mashed, take one teacupful Of cream, two
eggs, well beaten, and seasoning of CHINA
mon or lemon. Sweeten it to your liking
Bake in a pie paste.
TRAINING TOMAToEs.-The Gardeners
Monthly says, after trying al kinds Of trcl
lisses recommended, tomatoes will do best
tied up singiy to strong stakes. Thinks,
however, it would be more profitable on
account of the less work, TO let them
grow as they will on the ground, although
they viii not yield as much.
A CORRESPONDENT of Hearth and Home
recommends the following simple, and, rs
he says, efectual plan Of soaring birds
from grain or fruit. Suspend a piece of
looking glass by string, so that 1t may
swing in every direction, which gives the
appearance of something coming, and
scares off the birds. Not even the most
fool-h hardy of birds will remain in the
neighborhOod Of the scare crow.
EXPERIMENTS made to ascertain what
colors are most quickly and easily per-
ceived by the eye, seem to show, accord
ing to the Photographic Meas, that bright
yellow is the color most easily distin-
guishcd, and it is, therefore, suggested for
railway signals. It is remarkable that
yellow yields dark shades in photographs;
thus, yellow haired person isapt to have
black Or dark hair, and yellow dresses
never turn out light.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Entomo,oqist,
who keeps q large number of toads in his
garden for the purpose of destroying
insects, says that when first a toad
is brought into a garden and get at liberty,
he will usually strike for some other parts
the first night, but q few days penang
MP seem to attach him to the locality. He
F may be settled for the season in almost
any particular locality by simply pennipe
him UP in temporary inclosuIe for few
days, and then removing the inclosur,
; without disturbing him.
THE sunilower is very Useful. I'll
leaves soon become large enough to b
used as q covering for young cabbage ant
tomato plants. It's stem affords sd excel
lent hop or bean pole, aud when dead ir
the fall, if cut up and kept dry, it answer
well for kindling wood. The leaves car
be plucked off through the summer with
ont injury to the plant and dried for fod
der, or fed TO mich COWS or horses. 1t
seeds make 2 fine oil, or chick en- feed l
is said TO be an absorbent for malaria, aAt
IS often cultivated as preventive O
! levers near dwellings that occupy low
places.
A CORRESPONDENT of the ldsscchtsstt
Plou9hman gives this remedy for whit,
hairs that appear on horses from the U.s.
or wear of the saddle or harness :--"Talx
pieco Of fresh butter or LAID, larg'
enough to give the spot thorough greas
ing; rub the same with the hand until i
, becomes quite hot, repeating the opera
, ton at lcast three or four times, and tn
2 white hairs will soon come out and hair
5 OF natural color take their place. hav'
) tried this or several horses, and Ieve
, knew il to fail. think the best time f
; DO it is il the winter before the new Goa
starts"
The Canade Farmer gives the fol
, lowing suggestions in regard to wcauin;
; lambs: "When separated from the ewes
lambs should be placed in a field as dis
tant as possible from them, SO as to be on
n Of reach Of their bieating, and they vii
= soon become cODteRted and thriving. TIL
: pasture to which the lambs are put Cugh
, To be somewhat better than that 10 whic.
. they have been accustomed, yet not to
= luxuTiant, and if the ewes and lambs ca
be turned into it together for week, az,
; the ewes then taken away, the lambs vii
{ not then fret so much as would be Il
4 case were they removed to a field that
{ strange to them"
:. To CURE Hoe CHOLERA-Take two O
q more large barrels and place convenieii
= 20 the kitchen. Into this deposit all tn
. pot liquor, dishwatcr, and greasy water Z
~ any kind, refuse pieces Of bacon, and
q few bucketslul Of sOapsuds. Let il stan,
p" few days, or until fermentation begin:
and then add TO each barrel one busl,cl c
Z fire charcoal, and half bushel of cor
d meal, one handful of salt, and :. hal
pound Of COppcras. Let it stand shCi
time, SO that the charcoal may bccOm
} thoroughly saturated with the liquid, the,
c feed to the hogs in the usual manner
3 this has never failed as preventive, an
g in every instance wherein from hegiec
Il the disease made It's appearance, succeed
Il ed in curing it in q feI days. TFestc1'
Rural.
- HARVESTING TIMOTHY SEPD.-A cor
i. tributor to an exchange has the follow
i ing suggestions on this subject: =" Do nC
l. cut until the earlier heads shattcr som,
u Wait until you hare three swaths Gu
10 then cut the binders or rather the band
% that set it up. Put three sbeavcs G
9. lunches together on end, and tie tight
'c around the top. The advantage o{settn
T. three swaths together is that it leave
4. your punches in lows sufficiently Wild
e apart to admit of driving betwea
~ them in hauling in. Let the biz
I. ders stand until the outside is some
u what blcached ard scattered. Tires
out of the shock. If you wish I
t. stack before You thresh, il is better to Il
A in sheayes the same as grain set ST
is sheavcs together, and tie around tie tor
t. Always have tight bottom in your rae
g to save shatteripgs."
d BULwER says that poverty Is only a
~ idea, nine cases out of ten. Some men wit
y $4,000 year suffer more tor the want
u means than others with $500 The reaso
r il the richer man has artificial wants. II
u income is $4,000, and he suffers enoug
ie from being dunned for unpaid debts I
- kill sensitive man. a man who carr
a dollar day and does not run in debt,
g the happier Of the two. Very few peopl
i, who have never been rich will belieV
a this; but Il is true. There are Thousand
at and thousands with prjnccly incomes VIII
1t never know q moments peace, becaus
4, they live above their means. There
8, really more hapr mess in The world anon
at the working people than among tho:
ie who are called rich.
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