Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-01
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FARM AND FIRESIDE.

FARM AND FIRESIDE.
! A GARrNER's ADVICE Always cultivate
with YOUR ewes turned towards the nearest
market. This ought to be the first rule Tor
farmer: for, witt conyenlences to sell
your products at fair prices and to get your
manures easily and cheap, farming VIII not
pay we'll, if it pays at all
s'Rise early in the morning." anu nave
your eyes on everything. A good STARTS
worth many an hour of labor through the
day r"
Be YOUR own overseer and foreman
You are no longer an independent man as
soon as there is an indispensable individual
upon your farm. Be ready to part with
the best, and to take his place. That Will
do away with exaetions and impertinenee.
Be kind, just and fair, in dealing, WITH
your hands but "keep up your heages.
In other words, don't let others Interfere
with your authority
Don't neglect good advice, but 90 not ac-
cept it readily from every one: and, chieny'
do not consult your helps; you are sure to
spoil them Keep up your authority any
how.
SAFETY FROM MoTHs.-The Home and
Health says: A lady of large experience
writes as follows: There is no absolute safe
ty from moths except in the absolute
exclusion of the miller. If put away early
in the season, before the millers make their
appearance, furs can be kept in their own
boxes without danger of any kind by simply
pasting thin paper closely around them
No aperture must be left for the entrance
of the miller, though the paste need not
touch the boxes. Articles Of any kind can
be tied up very tightly in pillow cases, or
sewed up in sheets. To keep dresses, cloaks,
ETC., without creasing, suspend them near
the upper edge of the sheet, then lay an
other sheet over, sew the two sheets togeth-
err at the edges, then sew loops at the upper
edge of this bag, and hang it up wherever
you please. Be careful that there be no
hole for the miller to enter. In order to
secure further safety, it is we'll to beat and
brush the furs and garments well before
putting them away, and if it is anything that
can be heated it may not be amiss to heat 1t
enough to destroy the eggs that may be al,
ready laid. 'al 5s'.i A--
CULT1vAT1NG Wharf.-The results of
sowing wheat in drills at such distance
apart that the crop could receive cultiva-
ton with a horse hoe, have been very favor
able. Sowed at the rate of three pecks per
acre, in drills twenty inches apart through
which, in spring, garden harrow was run,
the crop amounted TO twenty~nine bushels,
while the remainder of the field, sowed in
nine.inch drills, not cultivated, yielded only
nine bushels per acre. Numerous other ex-
periments, both here and in England, have
had similar results, proving that cultivation
tends to increase the crop, and pays many
times over for the extra labor performed
In England especially where labor is cheap
enough to permit it, the wheat crop receives
a hand hoeing and wedding, and the conse-
quence is that the average crops are forty
bushels per acre, while the grain often
weighs sixty-six pounds per bushel. We
| would suggest sowing one acre the present
season in wide drills, as an experiment.
| SICK HORSES. tea is not only
valuable restorative for sick horses, but is
exceedingly useful in cases of inflammation
Of the membranes peculiar to the organs of
respiration and digestion it shields and lu-
bricates the same; tranquilzes the irritable
state of the parts and favors healthy action.
Put couple of handsful of the seed into a
bucket, and pour gallon and half of boil
ing water upon it, Cover it up short
time, then add couple of quarts of cold
water, when it will be fit for use In case
of an irritating cough add some honey
SALLY LUNN.-Three pints of sifted -four,
one Of new milk, in which has been dissolv-
ed quarter of pound of butter, three eggs
broken into it, two teaspoonfuls Of sugar,
one gill of homemade yeast. The flour
should be well stirred in before the eggs are
added about teaspoonful of salt. This
should be baked in two Turks heads
TEETH Dissolve two ounces of borax in
three pints of boiling water, and before it is
cold add one teaspoonful of spirits of CAM
phor, and bottle for use. A tablespoonful
Of this mixture, mixed with an equal guam
tity of tepid water, and applied daily with
soft brush, preserves and beauties the teeth,
extirpates all tartarous adhesion, arrests de-
cay, induces healthy action of the gums,
ono lh"Aoo tnSHl iooh Poaiiy Wuile'
TOOTH POWDER. --The American Dental
Association recommended the following re-
| cipe: Prepared chalk, three pounds; pull
verified Peruvian bark, two pounds; Orris
root, one pound white sugar, one and one
half pounds CASTLE soap, one ounce; car.
donate of soda, one ounce, oil of sassafras,
eighty drops To make tooth paste add
to the foregoing three ounces Of glyoorino
and sufficient quantity of honey to mako
the preparation Of the proper consistency
HAR.--The best way to preserve it is to
wash the scalp often and thoroughly with
water, drying with towel Oils, pomades,
etc, clog the pores of the scalp and prevent
the healthy growth of the hair Keep the
head we'll ventilated; if the hat is close,
raise it often and let in the fresh air; never
wear the hat indoors
COLDS AND CouGHs,- Common sweet CT
der, boiled down to one.half, makes most
excellent syrup for coughs and colds for
children-is pleasant to the taste, and will
keep for a year in cool cellar.
CURE FOR FOUNDER IN Cow.--A cores
pondent writes US from Harrison county
that the half of salt mackerel given to