Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-07-29
FARM AND HOUsEHOLD
USEFUL AND sUGGEsTIyE.

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POTATO PIE.-The ingredients are
One pound of white Bugaf,f two and a
half pounds of potatoes, one pound of |
butter, six eggs, one nutmeg grated, the
luice o.. one lemon, and very little salt. l.
Bake in hne puff paste, N# GG " Il
PEACH PoFP1E. Put plain pie cfusti
round the edge OF pan; cttt tup some I
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. ri y NNYfI IN |
DR1ED ApfnE PImsATo sNousft Sof
dried apples or peaches, stewed and |
take one teacupful of cream, two |
eggs, well beaten, and seasoning of,cinpa7l
mon or lemon. Sweeten it 10 your liking i
Bake In 3 pie pnsteEa e~F 4N a. ~ j
TRAINING ToMAToss.- The Gdfdehet'8 |
Monthly says, after try ing all kinds of trel-
isses recommended, tomatoes will do best |
tied up singly olstrong stakes. ItthinlSs, |
however, 1t would be more profitable on
account of thegless work, to bet them
grow as they will on the ground, although
they will hotYield as much. n ~
II 1. A. A.ooRREsPoNDENT of Hearth and Home
recommends the following simple, and, as
lie says, effoctual plan Of soaring birds
from grain or fruit Suspend q piece of
looking glass by a stri dg, so that 1t may
swing infevery directionl (which gives the
appearance Of Something coming, and
scares off the birds. Not even the most
foolrhardy of birds will remain in The
neighborhood of the scsre-crow
ExPERIMENTs made to ascertain what
colors are most quickly and easily per-
ceived by the eye, seem to show, accord
ing to the RlotOgTGpAic Nesos, that bright
yell0wsis the color most easily distin-
guished, and II Is, therefore, suggested for
railway signals. 1t is remarkable that
yellow yields dark shades in photographs;
thus, yellow haired person is apt to have
black or dark hair, and yellow dresses
never turn out tight.
A CORRESPONDENT of the EatomologiSt,
who keeps a large number OF toads IN his
garden for the purpose of destroying
insects, says that when first a toad
is brought intoa garden and set at liberty,
! he will usually strike for some other parts
| the first night, but few days penning
mp seem to attach him to the locality. He
may be settled for the season in almost
any particular locality by simply penning
him up in temporary inclosure for few
days, and then removing the inclosure
without disturbing him.
THE sunfower Is very useful. Its
leaves soon become large enough to be
used as a covering for young cabbage and
tomato plants. Its stem affords an excel.
lent hop or bean pole, aud when dead in
i the fall, if cut up and kept dry, it answers
well for kindling wood. The leaves can
be plucked off throught the summer with.
out injury to the plant and dried for fod.
der, or fed to mich COWS or horses. Its
seeds make a fne Oil, or chick en- feed II
is said to be an absorbent for malaria, and
is often cultivated as a preventive OF
fevers near dwellings that occupy low
places. ~. A
| "A CORRESPONDENT of the Massachusetts,
| PloughnlGn gives this remedy for white
hairs that appear on horses from the use
or wear of the saddle or harness a---''sTake
a piecs of fresh butter or lard, large
enough to give the spot thorough greas
| ing; rub the same with the hand until il
| becomes quite hot, repeating the opera
ton at least three,or four times, and the
white hairs will soon come out and hairs
of natural color take their place. have
tried this on several horses, and never
knew it to fail. think the best time tc
do 1t is in the winter before the new coat
starts"
THE Canada Farmer gives the fol.
| lowing suggestions in regard to weaving
lambs: "When separated from the ewes
|lambs should be placed in a field as dis
tant as possible from them, so as to be out
of ,reach9 Of their bleating, and they will
\ soon become contented and thriving. The
pasture to which the lambs are put ought
! to he somewhat better than that to which
they have been accustomed, yet not toe
4 Law vi flt nd "a
be turned into it together for week, and
the ewes then taken away, the lambs viii
not then fret 30 much as would be the
case were they removed TO field that il
strange to them" .--.-
To CURE Hoe CHoLERA.--Take two OF
more large barrels and place convenient
TO the kitchen. Into this deposit all the
| pot liquor, dishwater, and greasy water o
any kind, refuse pieces of bacon, and {
few bucketstul Of soapsuds Let it stant
few days, or until fermentation begins
and then add to each barrel one bushel o
fine charcoal, and half bushel Of corr
meal, one handful of salt, and hal
pound of copperas. q Let it stand shor
4 time, so that the charcoal may become
thoroughly saturated with the liquid, theI
feed to the hogs in the usual manner
this has never failed as preventive, ant
in every instance wherein from Reglec
the disease made its appearance, succeed
ed in curing it in few days. Restt17
Rural.
HARVESTING TIMOTHY SERD.-A con
tributor to an exchange has the follow
ing suggestions on this subjects " Do no
cut until the earlier heads shstter some
Waitsuntil you have three swaths cut
then cut the binders; or rather the bandI
that set it up. Put three sheaves OF
punches together on end, and tie tightly
around the top. The advantage ofsettin(
three swaths together is that it leaves
your punches, in rows sufficiently widI
apart to, admit Of driving between
them in hauling in. Let the bin
ders stand until the outside is some
out of the shock. IF you wish e
stack before you thresh, it is better to Ii,
in sheaves the same as grain set sil
sheaves together, and tic around the top
Always have tight bottom in your racl
to save shatteriDgs."
I BULwER says that poverty Is only al
idea, nine cases out of ten. Some men will
$4,000 year suffer more for the want o
means than others with $500. The reason
is the richer man has artificial wants. Hi
income is $4,000, and he suffers enough
from being dunned for unpaid debts tC
kill sensitive man. A man who earn
dollar day and does not run in debt, il
the happier of the two. Very few peopl,
1 who have never been rich will believ,
this; bus IL is true. There arc thousands
and thousands with princely incomes whC
never know q moments peace, because
they live above their means. There il
really more happiness in the world among
the working people than among thos;
who are called rich.