Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-10-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

TIE Rtrd New Yorker is in favor of
heavy draft teams for farm use, as being
more economical than lighter ones.
To KEEP INSECTS FROM SMOKED MEAT.
While smoking your meat with chips or
sawdust, put on the fire few red peppers.
The fumes, IL is said, will prevent al in
seots from attacking your meat
THE Country Gentleman recommends
making chimney in the centre of each
stack Of corn fodder--cut when green I;
making 1t by placing three rails or poles a
foot apart
IT is asserted that the bite of the cobra,
or any other poisonous snake or reptile,
can be cured by administering prepsra.
tion Of the gall of the venomous crea-
ture. Jr WIS. N.. n
EARLY BREARFAsT.-The earlier the
break fast the more work will be accom-
plished during the day, and the better
will be the health of the household. Itis
q bad custom to work before breakfast,
attending to chores in the damp miasmat.
ic air. a
How TO MAKE NICE CANDLES Melt
together ten ounces of mutton tallow, a
quarter of an ounce of camphor, four
ounces OF beeswax, and two ounces Of
alum. Then dip or mould them as usual.
These candles furnish most beautiful
light. Farm journal.
n A WESTERN farmer noticed that almost
all the potato bugs In his garden had dis
appeared, and short time after he killed
large striped snake with his hoe. and
found that it was full of the larv@ of the
potato bug. It had about cleared out the
garden. He says he will kill no more of
those snakes.
In layering roses and other plants, it
will be found useful to split the layer at
at the point whence it is desirable the
root shall strike, and to keep the cut open
by inserting a bit of chip or shaving.
The soil should be freshened up and en-
riched by wellrotted manure before the
layer is put down. In order to encourage
the young roots the soil should be kept
moist. flIa
DRIED BEEF GRAvY.-Slice two tea
cups of dried beef very thin, add one
quart of sweet cream; let it boil min
ute or two, then thicKen with one table.
spoonful OF flour, one egg, and little
sweet milk, cheat well the thickening be.
fore pouring 1t in) and stir until done,
which will be two minutes. Sweet milk
will do in the place of cream by adding
butter. This is capital dish to serve with
baked potatoes.
To STUPEFY BERs-Put two tea spoon
fuls of chloroform into cup soak bit
of rag in it then put the rag in the box
or hive, closing the entrance. The bees
will almost Immediately begin to drop,
and in less than ten minutes every bee
will be stupeded. They will recover in
about half an hour; but will not fully re-
cover their activity till next morning.
Bee Journal.
SUGAR BISCUIT one quart of
white sugar in tea-cup of milk then
stir in pint of lively yeast with sifted
hour enough to make stiff sponge let
it rise until very light, then work into
the sponge three quarters of pound of
melted butter, with sifted -four enough to
make stiff dough; work the dough thor
oughly, cut into biscuit, let them stand on
buttered tins to rise; sift sugar upon each
and bake in quick oven.
HOUSEHOLD WEIGHT AND MEAsURRs.-
Wheat flour, one pound is one quart. In
dian meal, one pound two ounces is one
quart. Butter, when soft, one pound one
ounce is one quart Loaf sugar, broken,
one pound is one quart. White sugar,
powdered, one pound one ounce is one
quart. Best brown sugar, one pound two
ounces is oneiqusrt. Eggs, average size,
ten are pound. Liquid Measure Six.
teen tablespoonfuls are half pint.
PRESERVATION OF MnK.-The follow
ing method of preserving milk is given in
French technical journal as discovered
by NM. Grapin and Rogier. To each litre
az pint) of new milk add \ ounce Of
bIcarDonate of soda or potash, then close
the bottle and place it for about four hours
in a hot water bath, heated to Just below
1874 Fahrenheit. When the bottles are
withdrawn from the bath, dip them in
melted pitch, and the milk will keep for
long time without alteration.
In an article on guarding against
drought, the Country Gentleman says that
while, for limited areas or in certain locali-
ties, irrigation may be pgacticed to advan-
tage, and while mulching is Of much
value, the most efficacious preventives OF
drought will be found to be Underdrain-
ing; pulverizing by cultivation; a deep
soil, obtained either by deep plowing or
subsoil plowing as the condition of the
land makes most advisable; a porous soil,
obtained by ploWing in yard manure,
clover, and other green crops; good ro-
tation OF crops.
PoT PIE Take chicken, a piece OF
beet, veal, mutton or pork, cut IL into
till several pieces, boil done, put in salt, a
small piece of red pepper, have it in a
large kettle and considerable water.
Peel as many potatoes as you want, mix
dumplings with buttermilk and saleratus
only, and cut as biscuit. Have the water
boiling, drop in the potatoes and dump
ings, cover the kettle and keep it covered
and boiling forty-tlve minutes. Take II
from the fire and eat quickly or the dump.
lings may get heavy.