Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-01-13
FARM AND FIRESIDE.


there were no under-drains.
AS the soil Is deepened by under drain
ing and deep blowing, the capacity to abb
ly augmented. Hence, in a dry season, if
the seed bed be broken up deep, the roots
of growing plants spread further in every
direction through the soil and as the mel
low earth will absorb a much larger quanti-
! ty of moisture than if the entire stratum was
one solid mass, every growing plant is, in
great measure, fortified against the trying
influence of hot and dry weather. Under
draining and deep plowing, in many in
stances have. been the means of saving
large clys from utter ruin by protracted
drouth. Hence, many farmers have been
led to appreciate the advantages of under
| draining and deep tillage where the soil was
heavy, as they have never done before :
1t will pay we'll to underdrain wet land and
to plough it deep, whether the growing
season is to be too wet or toe dry.
How TO PREVENT CoLDs.-1. Eat plain.
unstimulatng food, and avoid rich pies and
buildings, rich gravies, fat meats. ETC.
Especially guard against over-eating. Ii
TIE bowels are constipated and other excre
tary organs over-worked and weakened by
the effort to throw off the excess of food, the
person is far more liable to cold and other
diseases as we'll
2. Avoid hot, stimulating and alcoholic
drinks of every kind The tendency of all
is to weaken.
3. Always have your sleeping room we'll
ventilated. More colds ere caused by sleep
ing in hot close rooms than in any other man:
ner.
4. Take daily cut door exercise according
to your strength. 1t is better, as rule, to
get out i'll storm even, you are suitably
protected, than to remain in all day.
5. Always breathe through the nostrils,
and not through the mouth, especially when
going from warm atmosphere to cold
enc.
g.. Dress loosely, so as not to inter
fere with respiration or the circulation
of the blood and dress so as to
keep the extremiies, particularly the feet,
warm and dry, ..,
I. Rub the entire surface of the body
daily with sponge, towel, or with the
hands wet in cool or cold water, wipe dry,
and rub briskly with dry, coarse towel
until the skin is all in glow. 1t can all
be done in three minutes. 1t should be
done in a warm room, unless it can be done
in a cool room withou, the least bit of chill
illness being produced. The person should
feel warmer after the bath than before, other
wise he may know that he has not taken it pro-
pelly.
How He DID IT.-Mr. David Ii. Bran
the Brandywine Farmers Club, for the best
four acres of corn, gave supper to the
Club last week, at which he detailed his
mode of culture as follows
applied last fall and spring about one
hundred wagon loads of unlsached livery
and barn yard manure, broadcast, ON 25
acres of clover and timothy sward, fifty of
which were hauled distance of three
miles-all furrowed down during the month
OF April and first week in May last. The
premium corn In addition to the stable
manure, l applied on the sod three OK cart
loads to the acre Of manure from the hog
pen. After having plowed and thoroughly
pulverized the soil, marked out rows one
way 81 feet distant dropped the corn by
hand, two grains from fifteen to eighteen
inches apart applied to each hill one hand
full of hen manure, ashes and plaster, equal
parts covered with hoe May 10th: two
hundred bushels of lime was applied and
cultivated in on II acres, the remaining ID
having previously been lined on the sod.
BEEF CRooUErs. Chop cold roast beef or
veal with one onion very fine add little
sweet marjoram, half a teaspoonful of pow
dered cloves, and as much salt and pepper
as will be palatable. Moisten with rich
beef gravy, from which all the fat has cooled
and been removed. Dip into balls-dip in
| beaten eggs, roll in flour, or bread, or
cracker crumbs, and fry in good, sweet
lard.
10 MAKE MoLAssEs CANDY--One tea
cupful of molasses. half teaeupful Of any
9lna OF sugar, the size Of nutmeg. Iv
the whole in skillet on hot fire, and bell
exactly ten minutes, stirring it all the time.
Then set it off to cool. Pull it as soon as it
is hard enough. Boiling it twelve minutes
will make it too hard. Eight minutes will
not be enough. Ten minutes by the clock
is the exact time.
RECIPE FOR SWEET PICKLE.-Six pounds
of watermelon rinds, Or ripe cucumbers, two
pounds of sugar, one quart of vinegar, and
spices of all kinds to taste boil the melon
rinds in water, or steam them, which is bet
ter, till they are soft enough to run broom
straw through them; then drain off all the
water, add the vinegar and spices, and boil
twenty minutes bottle tight and set in a
cool place.
HEN MANURE. Save every ounce you
can gather Put into barrels or boxes and
cover with earth, and in March next make
compost, mixing about three parts Of good
soil to one part of hen manure, and leave it
where the rain will keep it moist till wanted
for use. A gill of this compost in hill of
corn will act as powerful fertilizer.
t SHUCK TRADE.--A brisk trade has sprung
up between Frederick .burg and the outside
. world for hacked shucks We saw letter
of inquiry the other day from Charleston,
South Carolina, as to whether two hundred
y tons per month could be supplied. Freder-
> icksburg gave the sumac traffic the start,
Il and it has reached gigantic proportions.
To CLEAN Moss FROM Roors. --Sprinkl
'e some fine lime upon them just before rain
4 aud you will be surprised to see how clea
will be taken off