The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-11-17

INK SrAnSs.--AInk stains may bc re-
moved from mahogany by touching them
with feather dipped ina mixture cont
posed of few drops of nitre and a
tcasponnful of water. To prevent a
white mark being left the spot must he
rubbed with cleth wetin cold water the
moment the ink has disappeared.
RurrKR, CHEEsR AND MIX. IL sixteen
quarts Of milk are required 10 make =
pound OF butter, and ten quarts pound
OF cheese, and butter Is twenty cents
q pound ard cheese twelve cents, il Is
more profitable 10 make batter butter
yielding fraction over emo and half
cents a quart, and cheese fraction less
than one and quarter cents
Moss IN PASTURES or MRApows. This
is always found on poor knolls or wet
fats. The remedy in The first case IS TO
harrow until the moss is torn up. and
spread load Of manure and little lime.
In the second place, drain OF the water.
and harrow and spread lime or plaster,
and salt or ashes. Get rid of the water,
strengthen the soil, and moss will he no
further trouble.
Very NIuE FRrrrERs may be made
by simply rolling the plain Cloagh latter
il has risen OF coQrsei and cutting aud
frying IS doughnufs, 10 be sAtAn With
sirup or sauce BY pRtting lump OF
rissn dough into a pudding bag. tying.
leaving room to swell. put into pot ot
boiling water, and boiling an hour or
more. according 10 sine, you have an eS-
ccllent plain pudding, but Il should be
eaten with rich sauce.
BoRERs n ArrLg TREES -E. F. D.,
asks Hearth C Hoae, If there is any way
10 prevent boreEs nom entering apple-
trees The best plan is TO wrap the base
of the trunk with tarred roofing paper.
A pieco q foot or more wide lin wrapped
around the tree, the lower ridge ot the
paper extrSding lust helow the surface
Of the soil Before this in applied the
trees should be examined 20 ascertain
that borers have already entered. Should
any be found they must be probed out or
cut out. E III.
SHErrIR THE SrocK. season has
arrived when il is positive cruelty 10
permit a beast 30 stay ont Of doors for q
single night A sense of jastice to these
animals, which exist only for our use, IL
he does not consult his own interest,
should irapel every farmer Immediately
20 put every stable and shed oh the farm
into proper condition, to fasten all loose
boards, close all open windows, and
make his stock snug and comfortable.
Thereas money In Il TOO, laS he will And.
Even his hens viii lay better il kept
warm.
WoRK FOR FLL AID WINTER. -Au-
tnmn and winter bring great amount
of work to the industrious farmer.
Flowing, draining, removing stones,
grubbing fence-rowS, and repairing build
ingS keep him busy from morn 10 night.
The accumulation Of manure also is an
item that needs constant thought and
hard work. And these things must be
done il the farm is 10 be improved. Un-
less iit is under constant improvement il
viii deteriorate and fall into bad order
The farmer can never say, Soul, take
thine ease eat, drink, and be merry 4"
he has 10 fight against the general ten
dency Of things to go tothe bad, and he
only wins who fights constantly.
FEED FOR Cattle AND HoEsEs. A
thrifty animal viii consume about three
per cent ofits hve-weight in fodder daily.
For COW of 500 pounds, twenty-four
pounds Of hay should be provided. But
il has beernabundantfv proved that when
this hay is cut, wetfed, aud mixed with
the allowance of meal two to four quarts)
eighteen pounds daily Is ample 20 keep
an ordinary COW in good condition. The
difference then is the amount saved,
which is equal to one fourth. This
represents the gain in digestibility OF
the food by the method of preparing it
In practice the gain is greater, because
no waste can occur in using cut feed.
while in using long hay much is always
wasted.