The Placer herald., 1870-08-06
HOUSE AND FARM.


build costly bee houses, provide high priced
untested patent hives, purchase a large num-
ber of colonies, or buy ''three banded In
dian queens at a time, when, as yet, they
can hardly tell drone from a worker. Be-
gin moderately, and hasten slowly. The
needful experience in practical bee culture is
much more easily and far more efficiently
acquired by careful attention to few choice
stocks, than by hurried supervision of
large number, even with the aid of manuals
and text books. Plain, simple, movable
frame hives, too, will be found better suited
for the requisite manipulations than fanciful
and complicated contrivances devised by per-
sons really ignorant themselves of the habit
and want of bees. And colonies placed in
an open situation, with their hives readily
accessible from all sides, and somewhat
sheltered or shaded by trees or vines, will be
much more conveniently managed than when
placed in ordinary sheds Or out door bee
houses. Study first to know what is re-
quired for success, and then extend your
operations when you are sure that you have
the business "well in your hands.
CANNING TOMATOES. the Syracuse
Union we find the following: "The most
thorough and reliable mode of canning to-
matoes is as follows: They are just sufli-
GENTLY steamed, not cooked, to scald or
loosen the skin, and are then pc ,,red upon
tables and the skin removed. care being
taken to preserve the tomato in as solid
state as possible. After being peeled, they
are placed in large pans, with false bottoms
perforated with holes, so as to strain of the
liquid that emanates from them. From
these pans they are carefully placed by hand
into the cans, which are filled as solidly as
possible-n other words, all are put in that
the cans will hold They are then put
through the usual process and hermetically
sealed. The cans, when opened for use,
present the tomato not only like the natural
vegetable in taste and color, but also in ap-
pearance; and moreover, when thus sealed,
they are warranted to keep in any climate,
and when opened, will taste as naturally as
when just plucked from the vine
MEDICAL PROPERTIES OF EGGs.-We find
the following in an exchange: "Thc white of
an egg has proved of late the most effica-
oious remedy for burns. Seven or eight ap-
plications of this substance soothes the pain
and effectually excludes the burned parts
from the air. This simple remedy seems
preferable TO colodion or even cotton. Ex-
traordinary stories are told of the healing
properties of new oil which is easily made
from the yolk of hens eggs The eggs are
first boiled hard, and the yolks are then re-
moved, crushed and placed over the fire,
where they are carefully stirred until the
whole substance is just on the point of catch
ing fire, when the oil separates and may be |
poured off. One yolk will yield nearly two
teaspoonfuls of oil. 1t is in general use
among the coonsts of South Russia as |
means of curing cuts, bruises and scratches" "
TEA AND MULBERRY PLANTATION The |
Folsom Telegraph of July 9th says: Mr..
Schnell of the tea and mulberry plantation
in FL Dorado, has over a million of japanese
silk worms of the most valuable variety now
feeding they are fed by the leaves of mul-
berry trees planted out by himself over a
year ago, but which were rooted in Japan. |
His tea trees are doing spenddlv, both !
those rooted in Japan and those grown here |
from the seed The tree is allowed to grow
only.three feet high, and has tap root of |
great length that strikes deep into TIE soil |
for moisture. The celebrated japanese silk |
worm that feeds upon oak leaves picked upon |
the surrounding hills is also fiourishing. Mr.. |
S.will astonish the people Of this State this |
year at the State Fair, and prove to all that |
the rough hills of El Dorado contain the ele-
ments of prosperity in ten fold degree |
greater value than the richest mines vet |
worked or unworked.
CREAM CAKE.--One quart of cream, four
eggs, sufficient sifted -four to form thick
batter, small teaspoonful of saleratus and
and spoonful of salt. Beat the eggs light,
and by degrees stir them into the cream;
then add gradually, enough -four to make
thick batter, and then put in the SALT dis
solve the saleratus in as much vinegar as
will cover it, and stir it into the mixture
Bake the cakes in muffin rings send them to
the table quite hot; pull them open and bat
ter them. For these cakes sour cream i,
better than sweet, but in this case use double
the quantity of soda.
How TO BEAUTIFY THE TEETH.--An ex-
change gives the following remedy for beau
tifying teeth: "Dssolve two ounces of borax
in three pints of boiling water, and before it
is cold add one teaspoonful of the spirits of
camphor and bottle for use. A tablespoon
full of this mixture, mixed with an equal
quantity of tepid water, and applied with
soft brush, preserves 'nd beauties the teeth,
extirpates all tartarous adhesion, arrests de-
cay induces healthy action of the gums, and
makes the teeth nearly white"
WHEN the color of a fabric is destroyed by
acid, ammonia is applied for the purpose of
neutralzing the same. The fact is pretty
well known, but is not understood that after (
the color has been thus neutralized, the ap-
plication of chloroform will in most cases TT
store the original color. The use of chloro-
form in removing paint from a garment is
successful when almost everything else fails.
WORMS, BUGS AND BRps.-A cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Times says that /
the folloWinp recne will ureservo ,,a rdap