Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1870-10-19
Useful and Suggestive Hints.

and one cup of butter boiled together;
when cold ndi one third of a cup of gin
ger. one tablespoonful of soda. -four
enough TO loll. Roll thin and bake.
CARBoLINE is said to destroy all in
sects, and, in weak solution of water.
will prevent flies from teasing horses. if
they are washed with it, care being taken
not TO get it into the eyes. Pennyroyal,
STEPPED in water, used rs wash, will
produce similar effect.
WHEN horse refuses to eat, he should
not be made TO do any more service that
day, for it may he known that he is tired
out or sick. 1t is barbarous to compel n
horse 10 perform labor when in such
condition that he refuses grain. yet Il is
often done, and by men. too, who think
they are merciful.
PEARL BARLEY PUDDING.--Bo.l one
and half cups of pearl barley 10 an
earthcrn pipkin or hominv boiler, five
or six hours or until very soft. To three
cups of this boiled barley, add two cups
chopped apple, one cup raisins (previous
ly stewed for half an hour, and one half
cup OF currnnts, the juice of one lemon,
and one cup sugar. Mix thoroughly,
put into an carthern pudding dish and
bake in a moderate oven one and ba (
hours
A COOP WORD FOR THE CRow.-A
correspondent of ah English paper, ad
vocating the protection of the crow, states
that having shot crows in corn field, he
opened their stonaches, expecting &c ind
them full of wheat. On the con-, airy,
he discovered that they contained large
number of caterpillars, whose ravages
upon the crop were quite evi lent. Be-
fore farmers become perfectly ruthless in
in theiI destruction of birds round their
farms, it might be well for them 10 re
peat this experiment and ascertain which
are their friends and which their enc
mics.
Asserting PorAToEs.-The proper
time to assart Potatoes is just Ms soon as
they are dug. and while scattered over
the field. At this time every tuber can
be plainly seen. aud no extra handling Is
required in asserting the lsrLe from the
small. as will bc necessary if all are pick
ed up together. The boys will want to be
in school next winter. AMI asserting po.
tatoes in cold cellar, either evenings or
on vacation days, is not the most agreea
bIe recreation. Wa hope they will in
sist on saving themselves from this dis
agreeable task by having the potatoes as
sorted NJ the proper tIms aud in the
proper place.
SWOLLEN UDDER.-The Toronto
Globe says: Swollen bag. or iufismna
ton Of The ulder, is ususiiy treated best
by cold applications. Apply broad
web of cloth around the cow, AMI cut
holes in ii TO keep out the leats, then
place some tow between tie cloth and The
ud'ler. and keep it constantly moist with
cold water. Give good dose os purga-
tive medicine. as three quarters of
pound of EPSON salts, dissolved in three
quarts of water. When the swelling
subsidies, hand rub thu udder several times
n day, and give internally one drachm Of
the iulide Of potassium daily for eight
or ten days. The COW should he kept in
cool box or stall, and not exposed 10
the hot sun.
DESTROYING WEEDS In many fields.
the {. nee corners are full of rank. coarse
weeds. The potato aud corn fields on
some farms are M better, aud it is not
economy to allow this mass to fall down
and rot on the same spot where it Inns
grown, but it should either be gathered
together and burned or pa ell in the rot
heap. We perfer burning, as the saeds
will then be destroyed. and manure made
from weeds is seldom Of much value. 1t
only requires n little forethouglt or cal
culatiou on the part of the farmer to find
time for attending to these little matters
at the proper season. There are farmers
who always manage to keep every thing
in order, and DO not work nearly as hard
TO do it rs others, whose places are in
the widest confusion, the difference being
the result of calculation.