The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.


GREEN wood cannot be burned. 1t is
better to dry it by the heat of the summer
sun, than in the stove.
Neighborhoods should combine and
buy together good portable horse power,
and then have their wood pHr cut up
with comfort and dispatch.
FARMS soon run down that sell all their
hay. Mr.. Mech, the great English farm
er, prefers that the products of his farm
should 60 to market m the foot.
A HOG weighing less than two hundred
and fifty pounds may be more convenient
ly scalded in forty gallon cask filled half
full of water, than in tub.
Mock DUCK.-A steak of beef well
beaten, rich stuffing, such as is used for
ducks; spread it over the beef and roll it
into the sform of a duck then bake
Make rich gravy with onions and pour
over it.
THOSE who house their carts and wagons
in Robin Hoods barn-all out doors-are
often seen travelling to the blacksmith and
wheelwright shops for repairs. The hubs
of wheels are made of elm, which is poor
timber to bear exposure
You had better not keep stock than al
low their manure to be wasted. 1t must
not burn up and fire-fang in great heaps,
nor be washed away by water drenching
it from the caves. The liquid portions
must be absorbed by something, and the
solid kept from heating and exposure.
SIDEwALKs-A correspondent recon-
mends the following as an excellent COM
position for sidewalks, and says it is not
patented: Sand five parts, coal ashes two
parts, Stacked lime one part, fine gravel
@nrto Il
cold or hot, until the same just becomes
sticky with it. Make the walk by ram
ming down, or rolling hard six inches of
gravel. Then put on three-inch layer
of the mixture, and roll or pound very
hard.-ScientLfc American.
A CURE FOR THE HOoPING- CoUGH-
An NJ. ID. writes to an exchange: To one
ounce of the dried leaves of the common
chestnut tree add quart of boiling water,
and when the infusion is cold give cup
full three times day, the last dose being
given when the patient retires. After
twenty four or thirty six hours the patient
will be relieved, and then the dose may
be administered in smaller quantity.
TOAST AND CHEEsE.-Cut a slice Of
bread half an inch thick; pare off the
crust, and toast it very slightly on one
side. Cut slice of cheese a quarter Of
an inch thick, not so big as the bread by
half an inch on each side; pare off the
rind, lay it on the toasted bread, place or
fiat tin plate, and put in the oven fol
ten minutes or so. Mix a quarter of
tea-spOOnful of salt and mustard anC
sprinkle OF pepper stir it into the cheese
: and you will have delicious luncheon.
THE MASSACHUSETTS PLowMAN say
there is close and intimate connection
between the nervous and secretOry sys
TENS of cow, and this explains the fac
| that she will often hold up her milk,
as it is termed. 1t shows also that ever,
mixer should strive to be on good term
with the cow he is about to milk. If he i
perfect stranger to her. he should tax,
time to gain her confidence and goodwill
by handling her gently and petting heI
+ or giving her something she is fond of tt
eat.
THE machinery for working in cork i
singularly curious, and yet exceedingl,
simple. Every edge tool must necessaril!
be so constructed a, to operate with yer,
sliding or drawing cut of the edge. Corr
cannot be worked at all satisfactorily b,
means of crushing stroke. If one at
tempts to white cork with a pocket
/ knife, he finds than the edge must be yer,
J sharp, and the blade must be draw
| lengthwise, ten times the distance tina
the blade enters. And even then the sur
J face cut will be rough.
To mark or label fowl, raise tn
chickens wing until you expose its con
r nection with the body, and you will fin
/ a small surface entirely free from feathers
r take your penknife and just raise the ski
t and insert a few grains of gunpowder Il
5 each incision you make-or you can site
? coarse needles into a cork, points Ou
forming small figures from one to nine
7 Puncture with these, and then rub i
: India Ink, and you will have mark i
appearance like what is often seen on til
: arms of sailors. Gunpowder moistene
: Will do to run into the punctureS, if lndi
t ink cannot be procured.
), WHY do eggs spoil. We find lining th
t shell thin skin, which, when kept in
: healthy condition by the albumen of til
i egg, i, imperviOus to air but if the eg
{ remains too long in one position, the vel
r being heavier than the albumen, gradua
r ly sinks through it, and comes in cOnta,
with the skin-and having none of tt
II qualities requisite for keeping the ski
a fabricated and healthy, the skin soon b
Y come. dry and perviOus to air, which pei
n etrates through it to the yelk, causing Il
O mass to rot. Therefore, the true plan
, to keep the yelk in its central pOsitio
|, By doing this, the egg can be preserve
It for long time.-Egchdnge.
h How TO MAKE GRATING WAx.-Tal
r good, clean becswax, one-third; resi-
two thirds; melt together; boil one hou
J. then pour it into cold water When co
e enough work it with the hands until W
e think it well mixed. If not soft enoue
y to spread easy add little more wax.
20 Bud your peaches into plum sprou
y In budding take the double buds. Ora
1t your grapes into wild grape roots; "
q. will have grapes the next year witho
y fail. One is worth dozen of those "
e get out of the nurseries. / have had the
h to grow ten and half feet long the fir
Ie year.-C0r. Cincinnati Gazette.
REGULARITY IN FEEDING SHEEP. II
d Practical Shepherd says: "All experience
k tlock-masters concur in the opinion th
N sheep fed with perfect regularity as
e time and amount (making proper allo'
d ance for the weather), will do better {
u rather inferior feed, than on the best, wit
d out that regularity. prefer leedil
1t three times day even in the shorte
d days of winter; but many good floc
v masters feed but twice. If fed three tim.
e it should be at sunrise, noon, and {
v hour before dark; If but twice, the la
" feeding should be an hour earlier. Shet
do not stand at their racks and eat well
70 the dark. 1t is not very important at VIII
= period of the day grain or roots are give
, provided the time is uniform
10 THE power of a screw is calculat,
J. from the distance of the thread divide
e into the space described by the power a
q piled in the lever for a whole revolutio
r If the distance of the threads is one Ia
,e inch, while the lever, forming the radi,
;. of circle, is feet long, then the pow
is applied to the end of this lever will d
v scribe circumference of 2x5x3.14-3
= feet, or 3,76S inches. Dividing this
FL half an inch gives 1856, which numb
re indicates how many times the amount
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