The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1871-12-22

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Farm, Garden and Household.
To RrMovR GREASE FROM IoAr COT
LARS. -Wash with q sponge meistenud
with hartshorn and water
INsRcT SIrNas. Salt il cure for
stings sweet oil, powdered mallows.
or onions, or powdered chalk made into
q paste with water, arc also Hihcacion&
Look our ron SroAars. Have the
harms andsheds in readiness, and be care.
falnot to let the sheep be exposed 10
severe RAIN. Nothing II morn Injurious.
TO ExreAcr GRASS rNoM PArERrn
Walls. Dip piece or flannel In spigitA
of wine, rub the greasy spots gently
once OF twice, and the GREASE win disap-
pear.
To MAKE HAND wArER Sorr. Dis.
solve one pound OF White Rock Potash
Sn one gallon OF water. snd then nse half
gill OF the preparation 10 tab Of
water.
FArrExENc Hoes should bc pushed
forward rapidly, and sold early. We
shall probably be obliged ~ accept low
prices this season, In our section we
aa'e feeding az decided loss. u
MncR Cows should ON no account BE-
suffered to decline I'm flesh at this season
A little bran and corn meal win keep
them wonderfully. both i'm flesh aud
milk Guard against cold storms ON the
one hand, and hot. close stables ON the
other.
SHEEP. There IN an increased and in
creasing demand for sheep and wool, aud
ii nary pay better TO winter poor flock
cf sheep thAn % dispose of them Bet
ter, however, sell the poor aues. and hry
Younger healthief, and more thrifty
sheep. si
To REaoEE STARCH ON RrsT FRoM
FIAr lRoNs Have a piece Of yellow
heeswax tied in n coarse cloth. When
che iron il almost hot enough to use,
but not quite, rub il quickly with the
beeswax. and then with clean coarse
cloth. This will remove ID entirely.
CoroRapo Beers Cameron
stat : that the yield of beets in Colorado
is lf5 tons per are, and Of cahbsgcs 80
tons, which will sell at 3 cents per pound
Here IA she Eldnraslo Of marktt 8Af1eA-
ers, where eabtage produce &S. .NN per.
acre. no manure being required-water
is the only thing necessary.
CARRors wither up ii kent i'm loose
heap in the cellar. A good plan is to
Pit them iR barrels or in a box or bin IN
the cellar. and put layer of sand be
tween each layer of earErts, and an inch
or 70 al sand between the carrots and
the sides OF the bin. Put two or thrce
v = OF sand On top to prevent eyapo-
ration.
10 KILL WHrE GREDs- Ground
which il infested with white grnbs on
cut-wurms should be turned over nuw.
III Id is possible to coax to the field flock
of poultry. they viii take every worn
that their sharp ewes can discover. and
follow the plow very eagerly for them
Grows and skunks viii more readily fnC
these worms when the ground is turnel
up and loosened.
TARRED PAPER UPON TREES. 1t is not
necessary 10 use tacks TO Eassen the tarress
paper around the trunks of trees to keel
off rabbits, The lower edge Of the pa
per should be an inch or so below the
surface Of the soil, and the upper par
fastened hy q string. Tacks would, how
ever, do no appFeciablel harm. In the
cases in which we have known of the use
of the paper it has been left on NIL th,
year, that ii might serve 81 protection
against horers in summer o. well ms against
rabbits In winter
PRzFARAr1os or DRaccArED VEer-
TAB1Rss- TIE A7aslcrR Artisan SAYS =
"a convenient method OF preparing
desiccated vegetables, a. praeticed large
ly in some eonnaies. consists in dryinf
them for d short time and then exposing
them to "a sloW heat in ovens. WheI
soaked for cooking, peas. roots, pota-
toes, beetS, corn and other substances,
swell ont and show very little change IN
their escrilent properties A mod;fca.
t6n OF the process consists in placing
the substances, after being srn-dried, il
paper bags, %hich are pasted UP at the
mouth, and then covered with sand anc
heated until perfectly crisp. but not
burned nor materially changed in color
How TO Cure Hans. The following
recipe for curing 1000 ponds of poft
hams liz the one used hy the gentleman
who won the first premium af the Stat
Agricultural Society OF MARYLAND: Nix
two and a-half pounds saltpeter. finely
powdered. one-half bushel fine salt, three
pounds brown sugar, one-half gallon
mclnsses. Rub the meat with the rliA-
rlre pack with skin down. Turn ovei
once week, and add little salt. After
being down three on four weeks, take
ont wash and hang up two or three
weeks, until IL In dry. Then smoke with
hickory wood three or four weeks, tier
bag, OF pack away In q cool pIace-iiUt d
celiar--in chaf or hay. $500
CARE ROB HcRsEs' FKrr. The foot is
the most important part of the horse
when that In out Of order the horse ia
entirely u@less. AT this reriod of the
year great deal or care and attention
may pFoftably be tnfned f0 the feet vi
our horses. Mud, wet, slrsh and filth oi
any kind allowed TO remain on a horses
feet viii certainly ipiura them. When
horse il brought in from work the feet
and legs should be washed free from dir
ard rubbed dry The h0of should be
occasionally well tarred with common
pine tar. III any injury occurs .fron
"calking, the cut should de kept clean.
and If it il OF the junction OF the hooi
and skin, pains should ,bo taken to heal
it up MI once, lest the hoof may become
permanently injured nv IL grows down.
ward. III it is kept soft aud pliable there
is little danger pf this, Init III it is allow
ed to become dry and bffttIe, BAD Bana-
cracks or spit hoofmay ctcur. .-Hedrf
and Home. fA
%HA#ss #EefF AZ
How TO FAsTEE Cows.-Stancbions
should 5a abolished as n cruelty TO ami
mails Cows or oxen thus fastened have
no opportunity Of relieving themselves
from their close, cramping position. A
much more comfortable and equally snfe
fastening il the ring-and-chain cattie-tie.
The ring slides up and down post firm
ly founded In the floor OF the stable, and
let into the beam or joist above. The
chain IL fastened around the animals's
neck by passing small cross-bar through
ring and by passing It through two or
three oil the rings. it IN absolutely ilnpos-
siole tn t the chain can come nnfastened
A spring snaphook may be used i'm nd
dition, which viii add another perfect
fastening If desired. With this fastening
the COW can Eie down i'm natural posi-.
tion, and while sleeping can turn her
head over towards her shoulder, as she
viii almost always do. The writer has