Centre Hall reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1868-1871, 1871-03-10

WATERPROOF BooT-SoLFSs---t hot
Car is applied 10 boot-soles, il will make
them waterproof. Let il be ON hot aS
leather viii bear without injury, applied
with q swab, and drying in the fire The
operation may be repeated two or three
times during the winter, II necessary,
It makes the surfare OF the leather quite
hard, so that il wears longer, as well as
keeps the water out It is good plan 10
provide boots for winter during the sum-
mer, and prepare the solos by tarring, rs
they will then become, before they are
wanted to wear. almost as firm as horn,
and wear twice as long as those unpre-
pared.
RNcBoNR REMEDY. About three years
ago / found one of my mares seven or
eight years old suffering from one, and
after trying everything / could hear OF
and read OF, 1 found, about twelve
months afterwards, q remedy which tried
successfully. Take one-half pint spirits
turpentine, one-half ounce blue stone,
one-half ounce red precipitate. Shake
well and use every morning keep the
hoof well CREASED, This win not only
take of the hair. but cause a severe hlis.
Ter, which, after healing, II there still be
signs Of lameneSS, repeat the remedy.
The mare has been performing all kinds
Of heavy farm work ever since, without
the least prospect of its returning.
To DESTROY QuAcK GRAss.-C Beck
er writes to the Farmers Club Il
have succeeded in destroying quack grass
by cultivating thoroughly with a hoed
crop then plow well in the fall, and as
soon as the ground becomes dry in the
spring put ON good cultivator, work up
the roots and expose them 10 the most at
night and the sun by day then put on
harrow with the teeth pointing little
forward when the drag gets full raise il
up and drop the roots in rows so as %
gather them up and put into the COM
post heap, and by thoroughly working
the land every other day for six to ten
days the roots will be mostly extracted
and the land brought under good eul6-
vation-"
How TO WARM Com FEEr-An ex-
cellent mode of warming cold feet by
exercise, which is the true way OF warm
ing them, is by means OF an ordinary
iron dumb-bell. the balls Of which are
from four 10 six inches in diameter, or q
cylinder of heavy wood some six inches
in diameter and foot and half lone,
may be used. The bell or cylinder is
placed upon a smooth floor and the
patient, with slippers or shoes on. steps
upon it and rolls it along backward and
forward. balancing at first with rod, on
by taking hold OF another persons hand
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enable hum TO balance hims III and move
along easily, without assistance. All
who are troubled with cold feet, and are
strong enough, should try it.
RnEDY FOR CONTRACTED Foor. When
horse has q contracted foot his shoe
should be beveled from the heel about
half way to the toe, 50 that when he seta
his foot down the hoof viii spread. The
frog should not be cut away. His owner
must get an old paint keg and fill il hall
full of urine, and every time he goes in
the stable give the contracted foot good
soaking when the horse comes
in from work. III the horse stumbles,
his foot must be shortened all that il can
be by pairing off the toe on the outside
instead of pulling the shoe back and
chopping the toe of. Leave the heel a
good length, which VIII take the strain
of from the back side of the leg. III the
horse continues to stumble, have the
toe-cork hammered down flat, and keep
n lot Of bedding under his fore feet al
the time. / have tried this system a
number of years, and know that it viii
afford relief but perfect cure / never
saw.
WNDBREAKs- - Many of our most
thoughtful agriculturistS all through the
country are calling attention TO the plant
ing of hedges and belts of trees TO serve
ns windbreaks. The undiscriminating
destruction of our forests has been an
incalculable injury. Trees are protec-
ton against droughts and against severe
winds. BY protection against the winds
al our crops would be benefited, and our
homes made more pleasant. The effect
Of winds on our pear crops is one of the
most obvious examples of the loss we
suffer from them Often a single wind
storm viii blow from the peqr-tree large
number of their finest specimens, and
the owners hopes of pleasure and profit
from his fruit are blasted. Not, unfre-
quently peach trees, exposed 10 the
sweeping winds of spring, give no crop,
while but a few rods distant, trees that
are protected yield abundantly. The
farmers cannot too soon turn their atten-
tion to the matter. II is of the deepest
importance 10 them whatever branch of
agriculture they may follow. BY careful
foresight, they can often preserve belts
OF trees on their farms, which VIII give
some returns by m annual Yield of wood
and timber. which VIII add much to the
beauty of the farms, and which will be
invaluable rs a protection against winds.
We have often visited farm of forty
acres IN Vineland, the owner of which
has taken the wisest care in preserving n
bet of the native growth of trees around
every field wherever it was possible for
him to do 50. Each Of his fields thus
has beautiful setting Of green, and he
already experiences benefit In the shell
ter afforded - Vineland Journal
DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. -Sodl Cake in
SheeEs.-Haf cup of butter, two cups
sugar, four cups -four, three eggs, one
teaspoonful soda dissolved in a cup OF
milk, two teaspoonfuls cream tartar,
mixed in the -four.
Birdsnesg Pudding. pare and core
without sphttingl as many tart apples as
viii cover the bottom of the pudding
dish, fill the cavities with sugar and
cream till you can run straw through
them. Have ready one quart OF rich
milk boiling hot; stir into this four well
beaten eggs, one cracker powdered fne),
two-thirds Of a teaspoonful OF sugar, o
teacupful of salt, and teaspoonful Of
essence of lemon. Pour it over the ap-
Piles, and bake till light To be eaten
with foam or other rich sauce.
The Formers Oacn Pndding.-Three
pounds sifted corn-meal, three quarters
of a pound finely minced beef suit, one
pound dried currants (wen wished and
rubbed dry, one-half teaspoonful Of soda
(super-carbonate) incorporate the whole
while dry add one and one half pint Of
molasses, sufficient quantity of boiling
water, stirring hard all the time, until
the mixture is the consistency Of COM
mon mush stand over night in mod
erately warm place next morning tie il
In wide-mouthed bag, leaving it full
space to swell boil necessarily four or
five hours (plate placed in the bottom of
the pot); serve with boiled or hard sauce,
according to taste, the same as with
plum pudding. By many, this pudding
is considered even better heated in the
oven next day. The above recipe makes
quantity sufficient for twenty people.
FeLons.-The following simple recipe
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