Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-08-12
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FARM AND FIRESEpE.
| SOMETHING WORTH Knowing Recipes
that have been approved By actual use are
always valuable. Thus We have been fur
nished one for an outside coating for rough
brick walls which at the same time prevents
moisture from penetrating through, which is
in use by the United States Government for
painting its lighthouses: and has recently
been applied in several places in the city
1t is said to be & good water proof as we'll as an
excellent substitute for paint for outside
walls Take of fresh Rosendao cement three
parts, and Of clean fine sand one part; mix
With fresh water thoroughly. This gives a
gray or granite color dark or light, accord
ing to the color of the cement. II brick
color is desired, add enough Venetian red TO
the mixture to produce the color. If u
very light color is desired, lime may be
used with the cement and sand, Care must
must be taken to have all the ingredients
we'll mixed together. In applying the wash,
the wall must be wet with clean fresh wa
ter, then follow Immediately with the cemens
wash. This prevents the bricks from alb
sorbing the water from the wash too rapidly
and gives time for the cement to set The
wash must be well Stirred during apolica-
ton. The admixtre tn be n1aio as thick
as can be applied conveniently with white-
wash brush We are assured BY those who
have used it, that this cement. wash will
staud for years. that it is admirably suited
for brickwork, fences. &C.. ,hac tits nearly
water proof, but that it cannot be used to
advantage over paint or y7hitewasb.
RAISING CALVES BY HANp.--Rev, John
Haskell of Lisbon, breeder Of choi &c stock
in a small way, is now rearing by hand an
Ayrshire calf in the following cheap and.
as it seems to us, admirable way lie allow
ed it to suckle the COW FOR nearly two weeks
Ga bad plan, and then. forced it to drink
new milk from the COW After a weeks
feeding in this way, he began to put into
the bottom of the pail a Little bonny elabber,
and, as the days went Oh, increased the bulk
Of this material and loosened the new milk.
until now the calf gets nothing but ;he solid
curd and the little troth that is latt altc. Inc
milk is strained poured GA the top Of the
semi fluid mass, The calf is fat and is
growing at a rapid rate and has been as
healthy as any that the reverened gentleman
has ever raised There i. 10 question about
The economy as well as the wisdom Of the
practice, and when calves are selling at from
eight to ten cents per pound, live weight,
we are not sure but the appropriation of
curd in this way, would De much more
profitable than when fed to hogs
MER1No SHEEP a correspondent lys
[ have never yet found any breed OF sh.tQ
that would realize me as much clear e,in a.
the yaerino. 7 have never found any sr
breed that could keep large foe .,
keep them health. generally kee, ,
500 head and scarcely ever lose more =
2 per cent !; year get from ) to -
pounds Of wool porhead My sheep at 5
years old will weigh from 80 to 10 pounds.
| Gull my sheep every year, never keep any
until they are past 5 years old (unless it be
u choice bre eding eac.) have my lambs
come in the latter part of March or April,
so that they are big and strong by time cold
weather comes on. Perhaps some broader
of Cotswolds will say he can do better than
that If SO let me know it,
TIE BEE Morn Nov is the time to be
Gu the look out for the moth worms Dur
ing lie next two or three months they breed
fast, and every one destroyed now will save
you trouble Of destroying hundreds little
later in the season, and besides, save you
much loss. The best time to get rid of
them are in the morning, when they viii be
found generally upon the bottom boaid of
the hive. Do not neglect IT,
PROFITABLE SHEEp.-A farmer, Levi j.
Branch of Sprague, Conn, has u cosset
sheep that will shear nearly ten pounds of
wool, and from which he has already sold
one lamb which came in April, that. when
two months and twelve days, old weighed
Is pounds, and brought him ten cents
pound, live weight His little hoek Of sheep
cost him no more in food than many mans
that do not return him more than one.half
as much.
"A SURE CURE FoR COINS Mr.. Rcss,
a merchant of San Diego, announces that
these creators of much misery in the world,
can easily and surely be cured by applying
a good coat of gumarabic mucilage every
evening on going to bed. He had them forty
years, and tried nearly all the corn doctors
remedies in existence, without relief, untl
he tried the above, which readily cured him
in a few weeks. 4...-. ....-n.
LIoU1D FOR CLEANING SILVER Add
gradually eight ounces of prepared to
a mixture of two ounces OF, spirits of turpen,
tine, one ounce of alcohol, half all ounce OF
spirits of camphor, and two drachms CT aqua
4mmonia Apply With soft sponge; and
allow it to dry before polish;ug. az 'ni
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70 REMOVE STAIN FROM LINEN 10 re-
move wine, fruit, Or iron stains, wet tise
spot with solution of hyposuIphite of soJa
and sprinkle some pulvorizcd tartaric ae
upon it then wash out as usual Srrong
vinegar can be used instead Of the tartGric
acid .,.r...
Morn POWDER --Lupulin (dour OF hops,)
one drachm Scotch snuff, Two ounces 5
gum camphor, one ounce; bl. elk pepper,
one ounce ced.lr sawdust, four ounces. -
Mix thoroughly, and strew, Or put in pa
pers, among the furs Or woo!len to be pro
tectod.
10 IMPROVE STARCH To each bowl of
starch add one teaspoc,ful of Epson salts,
and dissolve III the usual way boiling
Ar4ieles. starahod with this Will DO sitter,