Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-03-04
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.
b TuE rain that falls on tho roof Of bari
will water tho cattle kent inside,

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and then have their wood piles cut up,
with comfort and Dispatch. y
FAnMs soon run down. that sell oil their
hay. Mr.. Mechi, the great Hngilsh arm.
er, prefers that the products OF his farm.
should 20 10 marketon The foot. >
A uoa Weighing less than two hundred
and fifty pounds may be more convenient.
ly scalded in a fortygallon cask filled half
| full of water, than In tub.
Mock DucK.-A steak of beef well
beaten, a rich stufiing, such as Is used for
ducks spread Il over the beef and roll IL
into the form Of duck; then bake,
Make rich gravy with onions and pour
over H.
THOSE who housethe carts and wagons
in Robin Hoods bgrn--all out doors--are
often seen travelling 20 the blacksmithAnd
| wheelwrlght shops for repairs The hubs
of wheels are madsof elm, whichis poor
timber TO bear exposure.
You had better not keep stock than al,
low their manure 10 be wasted. 1t must
not burn up and flre.fang In great heaps,
nor be washed away by water drenching
II from the caves. The liquid portions
must be absorbed by something, and the
solid kept from heating and exposure.
SIDEwALKs.--A correspondent recon-
nends the following as an excellent com.
position for sidewalks, and says IL Is not
patented Sand five parts, coal ashes'two
parts, Stacked lime one part, fine gravel
two parts. Mix cold, and add coal tar,
cold or hot, until the same just becomes
sticky with II. Make the walk by ram
ming down, or rolling hard six inches of
gravel Then put on three-inch layer
of tho mixture, and roll or pound very
hard. Scientific american.
A CURE FOR THE HoopING-CoUeH.-
An M. ID. writes TO an exchange: To one
ounce of the dried leaves of the common
chestnut tree add aquart of boiling water,
and when the infusion Is cold give q cup.
! ful three times day, the last dose being
given when the patient retires. After
twenty.four or thirty-six hours the patient
will be relieved, and then the dosc'may
be administered in smaller quantity -
! Toast AND CHEEsE.--Cut slice Of
bread half an inch thick pare off the
crust, and toast it very slightly on one
side. Gut slice of cheese a quarter OF
an inch thick, not so big as the bread by
half an inch on each side pare of the
rind, lay Il ON the toasted bread, place on
fat tin plate, and put in the oven for
ten minutes or 30. Mix quarter of a
tea-spoonful Of salt and mustard and
sprinkle of pepper stir 1t into the cheese,
and you will have delicious luncheon.
TIE MASSACHUSETTS PLowNAN says
there 10 close and intimate connection
between the nervous and sacretory sys.
tems of COW, and this explains the fact
that she win often hold up her milk,
as II is termed 1t shows also that every
mixer should strive TO he on good terms
with the COW he is about TO milk. II he is
perfect stranger 10 her, he should. take
time to gain her confidence and goodwill
by handling her gently and petting her
or giving her something she is fond of to
cat.
THE machinery for working In cork is
slngularly curious. and yet exceedingly
simple. Every edge.tool must necessarily
be 80 constructed as to operate with avery
sliding or drawing cut of the edge. Cork
cannot be worked at all satisfactorily by
means of n crushing stroke, If one at
tempts to whittle cork with a pocket
knife, he finds than the edge must be very
sharp, and the blade must DO drawn
lengthwise, ten times the distance that
the blade enters. And even then the sur
face cut willbe rough.
To mark or label fowl, raise the
chickens wing until you expose its con
nection with the body, and you will find
q small surface entirely free from feathers |;
take your penknifo and just raise the skin
and insert a few grains of gunpowder in
each incision you make--or you can stick
coarse needles into cork, points out,
forming small figures from one to nine.
Puncture with these, and then rub in
India Ink, and you will have a mark in
appearance like what is often seen on the
arms of sailors Gunpowder moistened
will do to run into the punctures, if India
ink cannot be procured.
Why do eggs spollS We find lining the
shell thin skin, which, when kept In u
healthy condition by the albumen of the
egg, Is impervious TO air T; but II the egg
remains too long in one position, the yelk
being heavier than the albumen, gradual
~ sinks through 1t, and comes in contact
| with the skih-and having none of the
qualities requisite for keeping the skin
fabricated and healthy, the skin soon be.
comes dry and pervious to air, which pen
etrates through it to the yelk, causing the
mass to rot. Therefore, the true plan is
to keep the yelk in its central position.
BY doing this the egg can be preserved
for a long time.- .-Erohdnge.
How TO MAKE GRATING WAx.-Tako
two thirds melt together boil one hour,
then pour it into cold water. When cold
enough work 1t with the hands until you
think it well mixed, II not soft enough
to spread easy add little more wax. N.
B.-Bud your peaches into plum sprouts
In budding take the double buds. GRAFT
your grapes into wild grape roots; you
| will have grapes tho next year without
fail. One Is worth a dozen of those you
get out OF the nurseries. have had them
TO grow ten and a half feet long the first
year.-Cor. Cincinnati GdeeStG
REGULARITY IN FEEDING SHERP-The
frdctics2 Shepherd says :" All experienced
tiock.masters concur in the opinion that
sheep fed with perfect regularity as to
time and amount (making proper allow
ance for the weather. will do better on
rather inferior feed, than on the best, with
out that regularity. prefer feeding
three times \ day even in the shortest
days of winter; but many good flock.
masters feed but twice. II fed three times,
II should be at sunrise, noon, aud an
hour before dark If but twice, tho. last
feeding should be an hour earlier, Sheep
do not stand at their racks and cat well in
the dark. IL is not very important at what
period of the day grain or roots are given,
provided the time isuniform.
THH power of screw Is calculated
| from the distance of the thread divided
into the space described by the power ap-
piled In the lever for whole revolution.
IL the distance of the threads Is one. half
inch, while the lever, forming the radius
of circle, is feet long, then the power.
applied TO the end of this lever win de.
scribe circumference of 2x5x3.i4--Sl4
feet or 3,76S inches Dividing this by
half an inch gives 1856. which number
indicates how many times the amount of
pressure surpasses the pressure applied.
II the latter is, say 100 lbs, the pressure
obtained is 753600 lbs, In practice, how.
ever, variable amount has TO be sub
traotod for friction-say . to 20 per cent.
AT a recent meeting of the Western
New York Farmers Club, oorrespon.
dent from Geneseo asked when and how
TO apply leached ashes TO crops for the
best results. Mr.. Quinby had used over
ten thousand bushels In the last three
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