Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-02-25
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
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fat.
Bits Of meat are thrown out which would
make hashed meat or hash.
The flour is sifted in a wasteful manner,
and the bread-pan left with the dough stick
ing to it.
Pie crust is laid by to sour, instead of
making a few tarts for tea.
Cold buildings are considered good for
nothing, when oftentimes they can be steam
ed for the next day.
Vegetables are thrown away that would
warm for breakfast nicely.
Dish cloths are thrown down where mice
can destroy them
The scrubbing-brush is left in the water.
Tubs and barrels are left in the sun to dry
and fall apart.
Nice handled knives are thrown into hot
water.
Silver spoons are used to scrape kettles.
Cream is allowed to mold and spoil.
Coffee. tea, pepper. and spices are left to
stand open and lose their strength.
The cork is left out Of the molasses jug,
and the flies take possession
Vinegar is drawn in q tin basin and al
lowed to stand until both basin and vinegar
are spoiled.
Dried fruit is not taken care of in season
and becomes wormy.
Potatoes in the cellar grow and the sprouts
are not removed until they become worthless.
Pork spoils for want Of salt, and beef be-
cause the brine wants scalding.
Bones are burned that would make soup.
Clothes are left on the line to whip to
pieces in the wind.
Brooms are never hung up, and soon are
spoiled.
Carpets are swept with stubs hardly ft to
scrub the kitchen.
Teapots are melted by the stove.
Water is forgotten and left in pitchers and
allowed to freeze in winter.
Stops for COW and pig never saved: and
in many other ways a careless and inexper-
fenced housekeeper will waste, without heed
ing, the hard earned wages of her husband.
FEEDING ANIMALS AND FEEDING THE SOIL.
- The Western Stock Journal has the fol-
loving: 1t requires no great experience to
convince any one that the farmer who only
half feeds his stock realizes but little if any
more than half the profits realized by him
who feeds we'll. The person who feeds his
cows amply and judiciously, will be likely
to obtain twice as much milk as he who
feeds sparingly, and with food not adapted
to their wants. So the person who feeds
his swine with what is suited to their ma
ture, and up to the full extent Of their cor
poral abilities Of digesting, will be likely to
obtain double the weight Of pork over him
who feeds sparingly and without reference
to their nature and their habits, And, in
both cases, the increased cost Of the outlay
is not twenty five per cent. of the increased
amount of remuneration. Hence it is clear
that one person in raising stock may lose
money-may not get back the cost of feed
and outlay-while another person in the
same business may make money; the growth
of his stock far exceeding the cost of feed
and other expenses.
The profits of stock raising are precisely
analogous in principle to the remuneration
from cultivating the soil, the amount de-
pending On the manner in which it has been
fertilized. Animals may be over-fed so in
j%udioiously, that diminishing profit will be
| realized. So, in manuring the soil. But
it is clear the soil should have all the food
it needs; if deficient in any particular con-
~stituent for producing q crop it should be
supplied. Hence the Importance of care
fully outstanding all the fertilizing elements
produced on the farm, and returning them
to the soil, that its productive qualities may
not be impaired.
HANDY.-Take the inside bark of sweet
elder, boil a strong infusion !; strain it, then
add equal parts of beeswax and mutton tai
low say to one-half pint Of the liquid a
piece Of mutton tallow and beeswax about
the size Of a hens egg simmer until the
water is out. If a softer ointment is desired
uso fresh butter instead of mutton tallow.
Here you havo q receipt for an ointment
which is valuable as a healing remedy for
e~rysipelas, sores, cuts, chilblains, and sores
Of all kinds, and especially excellent for
burns.
SECRETS OF HEALgA.-First, keep warm;
second, eat regularly and slowly; third,
maintain regular bodily habits fourth, take
early and very light suppers; fifth. keep a
clean skin sixth, get plenty Of sleep at
night seventh. keep cheerful and respect
full company 4; eighth, keep out of debt;
ninth. don't set your mind on things you
don't need tenth, mind your own businesss
eleventh, don't set yourself up to be a char
per Of any kind twelfth, subdue curiosity;
thirteenth, avoid drugs.
HORSE OvERRRAcHINa.-Pare the heel Of
the forward foot low, and the toe Of the hind
foot low. This causes the horse as he moves
forward to raise the forward foot quicker,
ana allows the hind foot to remain longer,
so that before the hind foot comes forward
the fore foot is out Of the way. Also, make
the forward shoe long. If my reasoning is
not plain let any one try experiment,
and they will be satisfied.
SwELLED L1MBs.-When a horse stands
long in the stable his legs are apt to swell.
No horse which is not disabled by sickness
or lameness should be allowed to stand long
in the stable. I~naction produces a dropsical
condition Of the dependent parts of the body,
and tie obvious remedy is to exercise the
horse every day.
WATER PROOF BLAcKINa.-Take one
quarter pound Of tallow, one-quarter pound
of beeswax, %one-quarter pound of rosin, one
pint of tanners oil and lampblack to color.
This is an excellent backing for the leather
and boots and shoes last one-third longer by
its use.
BLIsrERs.-For blistered hands and feet,
the speediest remedy is to light q tallow
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