National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-23
Farm, Garden and Household.

Saturatc the spot with lard, and expos,
for day in the hot sun then wash anc
boil without soap. Fruit stains should
also be washed without soap.
To MAKE OLp KID GLOVES NEW
Make thick mucilage by boiling hand
full of flaxseed add a little dissolved
soap; then, when the mixture cools
with piece of white fl ,nnel wipe til,
gloves, previously fitting to the hand
use only enough of the cleaner to tax,
of the dirt, without wetting through
the glove.
MINCED BrEr.-Three and hall
pounds of lean beef, chopped rs sausage
meat six crackers, rolled fine three
well-heaten eggs, four tablespoonfuls OF
'ream, butter the size of an egg mix
MI together (salt and pepper and make
III loaf, and bake in dripping pan,
one and n half hours. Cut cold, in slices,
for relish.
To DRIVE RED ANTS From THE Hous 9.
Drop some quicklime at the mouth of
their nest, and wash il with boiling WI
ter or dissolve some camphor in spirits
OF wine, then mix water This has been
found efiectual. They are averse to
strong scent Camphor will prevent
their infesting "A cupboard, or sponge
saturated with creosote.
CULTIVATION OF THE HoRsERAD DISH -
The cultivation of this vegetable is as
simple as anything can be. The soil
should be deep and moist Cut Off slips
from root with IA little of the crown
and plant three or four inches deep in
rows, if for field culture, so as to admit
of handy working. If in garden il
matters little whether in rows or not. as
1t soon sprouts up in every direction.
Unless the whole crop Is removed, the
bed will supply itself year after year,
and "A bed ten feet square will be enough
for an ordinary family.
BLoATED CATrLE.-G. n. Simpson.
Orange Co., Vermont, writes to Hearth
d. Home: " Il slw in your issue of Nav
18th inst, II note about bloated cattle
and l inclined to send you rel ledy my
father says ne has often used and never
known to fail. 1t consists OF garden
NORWOOD sufficient to make the pill
the SIZE OF n hens egg, lard sufficient to
make the pill, and one tablespoonful of
gunpowder to each pill Two pills are
usually enough to relieve the animal, but
as they are perfectly safe more may be
given.
WHITEwAsHING APPLE TREES. H
Miles, Pine Valley, N. Y, writes the
hnrm NeW POrher that he wbitewasbed
his apple trees to kill the bark louise, but
thinks he shal! never do it again il NJ.
most killed Them. The next spring he
dug up the grass and soil about six inch
es deep about "A foot from the BODY of
the trees, and put in manure from the
barnyard, covered it over with dirt. and
then washed his trees with I've from
wood ashes. Now they are very thrifty.
he does not tell us whether he white
washed them in the fall or spring. We
DO not recommend whitewashIno trees
until late Ill the fall not then in warm
climates.
CURE FOR Poison. - Is there asks n
correspondent an easy and simple cure
for the poison of oak or of ivy, when n
person is really poisoned with il
"nat is the best cure for poison of bees
ana spiders L. A standing autidote
ior poison by dew, poison oak. ivy. &c.
Is to take handful of quicklime. dis,
solve III water, let it stand in water half
an hour, then paint the poisoned parts
with IT, Three or four applications will
never 1all to cure the most aggravated
cases ii. Poison from bees. hornets.
spider bites, &c, is instantly arrested
by the application of equal parts of com
mon salt and bicarbonate of soda. we'll
rubbed in on the place bitten or stung.
FRIED RABBIT. AFTER the rabbit has
been emptied, thoroughly washed and
well soaked, put it into boiling water.
ana let 1t boil from five to seven minutes:
drnn II, and when cold, cut it into Joints.
CUP them into beaten egg, and then into
hne bread-crumbs seasoned with pepner
and salt, and when all ready, fry them
IN butter over slow fire fifteen minutes
Sumner two or three strips of lemon
rlnd IN little gravy until it is well |
Favored with it; thicken the gravy with
an ounce of butter and a small teaspoon-
iul OF hour, add the liver, give the sauce
a minute S boil, stir in two tablespoons
fui OF cream, and, last of ALL small
quantity Of lemon-juice Dish the rab
DIT, pour the sauce under it, and serve it |
quickly If preferred, gravy can be
made IN the pan. MS for veal outlets. and |
the rabbit may be simply fried.
KEEPING ONIONS A correspondent in
kentucky asks how to keep onions
through the winter A cool, dry place
Is All important and in Kentucky we
should select a cool room-perhaps n
ught, warm barn would answer, for il
VIII not inlure onions to be slightly
frozen, provided they are not handled
while IN that condition, but allowed TO
remain IN the dark until the frost leaves
them. Gather in the fall and remove tba
tops then spread upon barn floor or
III any open shed, and allow them to re-
mann there until perfectly dry Put in
10 barrels or small bins or boxes. and
pace In cool place, and at the approach
OF cold weather cover with straw or chat.
II the danger is of very severe freezing.
We have known farmers in New York
State to keep hundreds of bushels of
onions through the winter, in barrels
placed IN one corner of the barn. and
when very severe weather came on the
barrels were covei ed and the interstices
between them filed with wheat or oat
man, and no further attention was paid
to them until spring. The onions were
probably frozen during the winter, but
beng excluded from air and sudden
changes Of temperature no injury fol-
owed
There are very few cellars sufficiently
ufy ana cool To keep onions, and losses
are pretty sure to occur if such places
are used Tor storing, especially if in
arge quantities