Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-07-01
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

HEARING CHICKENS In these days of
high prices for poultry and eggs, the follow
ing directions, if followed, will be found to
be worth more than the price of many years
subscription to our paper, for all who have
a small corner to devote to the birds
1. Keep the chicks in clean, warm and
dry coop. iii,
2. Don't let them run out in the morning
until the sun has dried up the dew from the
grass.
8. Let them have plenty of food and fresh
water .-..- 5.....t
4. The coop must be rat-proof.
O. Don't let the chicks have access to
Stops OR stagnant water,
.. See that they are housed when storm
is threatening.
In addition to these directions, VIC will
give few rules for keeping the henerv in
good ORDER
l.. Clean out every day sprinkle a handful
of lime.
2. Give a large hen ten or twelve eggs
medium sized nine or ten and small
one eight or nine.
3. Don't let the hen come out of the set
ting room until she has Matched but keep
her supplied with gravel, food and water.
4. When the chicks are Matched, leave
them in the nest for abou, eight or ten
hours. -.
D; Don't NEEDLE with the eggs during
incubation. Turning them once dav."
and all such foolishness, is apt to prevent
the eggs from Matching.
LAZY FARMERs.-Laziness prevents man
from getting off his horse to put up the first
rail that gets knocked off the fence, and
through this lazy neglect whole field of
corn is seriously damaged
Laziness keeps man from driving one
nail when one would d. and finally costs q
carpenters bill for extensive repairs.
Lazness allows gate to get off the hin
ges and lie in the mud or stand propped by
rails-or stable to wreck and damage
hundreds OF dollars worth of provender.
Laziness, ia short, is the right and proper
name for nine-tenths of the excuses given
for bad farming. But by the most prolific
OF the many wastes that arc due to lazincss
is the waste of ignorance. But the waste
is III itself so great, and has so many ramica.
tons, that we shall have to defer its discus
sion for another time
BI-SULpHITE OF L1ME.-''Now that the
hot weather is upon US" writes the Kyne
ton Observer, 'several housekeepers have
been induced to try the preservativc powers
of the bi-sulphite of lime, and the result, as
reported to u.s. has been very satisfactory -
" tS Of
perfectly sweet for month, and even milk
has been preserved for eight OR nine days by
covering the vessel containing it with cloth
dipped in the preparation. AS the bi-sul
phite is procurable at Is. Cd. per bottle, and
the process of applying is simply to brush
over the meat with the preservation the. ex-
pertinent is within the reach Of everybody.
Joints treated after this fashion can be hung
as long as required, and thereby the meat
becomes tender and palatable. The practice
of eating fresh killed meat in hot weather is
very unwholesome, and can be avoided by
the use of the bi-sulphite"
A SUMMER DE1NK.--Prepare fye-gal-
lon key, "a ten-gallon if you prefer in
proportion to the size of the family-draw
piece of coarse bobinet. or very coarse book
muslin over the end of the faucet that is in
serted into the key, to prevent its choking,
a good tight bung, and near to that gimlet
hole, with peg to fit in tight. For five
gallons take one quart of sound corn, put
into the key, with half gallon eff molasses;
then fill with cold water to within two inches
of the bung, Shake well, and in two or
three days it will be fit for use Bung tight.
If you want spruce favor, add one teaspoon
full of essence of spruce-,lemon, if lemen is
preferred ginger, or any flavor you prefer.
The corn will last to make five or six brew
ings; when it is exhausted, renew it. When
the beer passes from the vinous to the asce-
tous fermentation it can be corrected by
adding little more molasses and water.
REMEDY FOR THE B1TE OF MAD Doc
A Saxon forester named Cartel, now Of
the age Of eighty-t two, unwilling to take
to the grave with him secret of so much
Importance, has made public in the Leipsie
Journal, the means which he has used for
fifty years-and wherewith he affirms he has
rescued many human beings and cattle from
the fearful death of hydrophobia. He says:
Take, Immediately, warm vinegar or tcpa
water, wash the wound clean Herewith, and
then dry it; pour upon the wound few
drops of muriaae acid-mineral acids des-
troy the poison of the saliva, by which means
the latter is neutralized
1t is advised that calicoes be stiffened with
starch made of coffee water, to prevent any
whitish appearance. Colored articles should
mover be hung to dry in the sun, which is
sure to fade them.
In boiling onions or cabbage, place a dish
Of vinegar on the stove at the same time
The boiling vinegar will, it is said, destroy
the odor of the vegetables.
Dry white wooden stockings on shingles
cut the right shape and size. Each member
of the family should have pair Or more of
of these stocking boards. Pin the hose over
the upper edges and hang on the line by
strings, to dry. They cannot shrink and
need no ironing.
Do NOT Use CRACKEDDIsHEs.- is
trouble often attendant upon badly cracked
fishes; such dishes absorb oils Or fats from
The different kinds of food placed upon them.
These fats soon decompose in the pores Of
he dish, and no amount of cleansing can
.emove the nauscating and poisonous deposit.
Such dishes are filthy and unfit for use. The
unpleasant taste sometimes noticed