The Placer herald., 1870-12-03
HOUSE AND FARM.

manure is salt, and very much of the good
effects from this manure arises from the salt
it contains. A farmer, in Western New
York, depends upon clover and salt "to
keep his grounds in good heart, and he is
very successful He sows his fields with
clover, cuts the first crop, plows under the
second crop, previously sowing some twenty
bushels of salt to the acre. The crops pro-
duced on this system are very fne-qute
equal to any that could be grown by the ap
plication of other fertilizers. This was in a
section of New York where salt was cheap
The grounds were of shaly nature.
We do not propose this system of fertil-
wing on an extensive scale; but would say
that salt is a valuable fertilizer in gardens.
No better application can be made to growing
cabbages than pinch of fine salt OCCASION
ally dropped into them before rain, or an
application of chamber ley about the roots.
The same application can frequently be made
to asparagus; diluted, to beets, and lawns.
On the latter, occasionally, followed by rains
twill cause a peculiar green verdure of the
grass. Salt in ground kill many destructive
insects; and light and repeated liquid appli-
cations will promote the growth and flower
ing of rose plants. Moderate and often re-
peated applications in gardens, will be found
beneficial to most vegetables. - willamette
Farmer
HINTS TO NIGHT- Watchers. A person
who is sick enough to need night-watchers
needs rest and quiet, and all the undsturb-
ed repose he can get. If one or more per-
sons are in the room, reading, talking, or
whispering, as is often the case, this is i'm
possible. There should be no light burning
in the room, unless it be very dim one, so
placed as to be out of sight of the patient.
Kerosene oil should never be used in the
sick room. The attendant should quietly
sit or lie IN the same room or, what is usu-
ally better, in an adjoining room, so as to be
within call if anything is wanted. In ex-
treme cases, the attendant can frequently
step quietly to the bedside to see if the pa
tient is doing well, but all noise and light
should be carefully excluded. 1t is COM
mon practice to awaken patients occasionally
for fear they will sleep too soundly This
should never be done. Sleep is one of the
greatest needs of the sick, and there is no
danger of their getting too much of it.-Her-
aid Of Health.
LET THE BOYS HAVE TooIs.-A writer on
mechanical Recreations, in the lScisnhfc
american, offers this sound advice:
Every man who can afford it should sup
ply his boys with tools and a room where
they may be used and cared for. A boy
takes to tools as naturally as to green apples
or superstitious and forbidden amusements;
ten to one, if he has chance to develop his
mechanical tastes and crafty them to their
full extent, his tendencies to vicious courses
will remain undeveloped. Such result is
enough to compensate for the expense and
trouble the indulgence we recommend would
entail; while the chances that the early de-
velopment of his constructive faculties nav,
in this mechanical age, be the means by
which he may ultimately climb to fame and
fortune are not small This is very sound
doctrine.
To MAKE New ROPE PLIABLE.-Consid-
cradle difficulty is sometimes experienced in
handling new rope on account of its stiffness.
This is especially the case when it is wanted
for halter and cattle ties. Every farmer is
aware how inconvenent new, stiff rope
halter is to put on and tie up horse with.
And new ropes for tying cattle are fre fire.
quently unsafe, for the reason that they are
not pliable enough to knot securely All
this can be remeded, and new rope made as
timber and soft at once as after years
constant use, by simply boiling it for two
hours in water. Then hang it up in warm
room, and let it dry out thoroughly. 1t re-
tains its stiffness until dry, when it becomes
perfectly pliable.
To MAKE PASTE that will keep year, dis
solve teaspoonful of alum in a quart of
warm water When cold stir in -four to give
it the consistency Of thick cream, being par
ticular to beat up all the lumps stir in as
much powdered rosn as will lay on dime,
and throw in half dozen cloves to give it a
pleasant odor. Have on the fire a tea cup
of boiling water; pour the -four mixture into
it, stirring well all the time. In few min
utes it will be the consistency of mush
Pour it into an earthen or china vessel; let
it cool; lay cover on, and put it in cool
place. When needed for use, take out
portion and soften it with warm water
MADE SELOllDE VI I<lhE
ers can manufacture their own chloride of
lime by dissolving bushel of salt in bar
rel of water, and with the salt water, slack
barrel of lime, which should be wet enough
to form a kind of paste. For the purpose of
a dsinfector, this is nearly az good as that
purchased at the shops and drug stores, at
more than treble the expense. Buy a bar
rel and use it freely about the sinks and gut
ters, it may keep the unwelcome visitor, the
doctor from your house at the season of the
year, when you have other more pleasant
matters to attend to.
TO ROAST TURKEY-It should first be
"killed at least two days in advance.
Make force meat of grated bread crumbs,
pepper, salt, sweet maroram, minced suet,
and beaten yolk of egg. Chop the liver
gizzard and heart for the gravy. Stuff the
craw and the body and sew up the openings
Dredge with flour, and put the bird Into the
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