South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-11-03
Farm. Garden and Household.

Farm. Garden and Household.
NANTUCKET CoRS CAKEs-To u pini
Of boiling milk, stir in one coffee CUP Of
white Indian meal; when cool add three
eggs, beaten separately, a little salt
bake in small tins.
HARNESS BLAoKNe.-Three ounces of
beeswax, four ounces ivory black, one
pint neatsfoot oil, two ounces CASTLE
soap, two unces lard. one ounce aloes,
to be boiled together, and podred into
a hollow vessel.
KEEPING HoNEY.-To keep honey al
the year round, let it lun through a fine
sieve to separate it from particles of wax.
then boil it gently in an earthern vessel,
skim of the foam which gathers on top.
and cool it in ars. After covering these
tightly, set them away in a cool cellar.
CRACKS IN PLAsrER1Ne.-In some cases
the plssterer has used too little real plas-
fer and too much lime. Pure plaster of
Paris viii never crack but as it sets too
qI1ek for re convenience of the operator
a little lime is mixed With it. If You try
to plaster with pure lime alone, it will
crack all over in drying, and come off in
patches (; and this viii show you the ne
cessity of always using as little lime as
possible, either in the sand used for
bricklaying, or in the plaster used for
coatingtie walls.
WATERING PLANTs.-Let it be remem-
bered that nearly all plants thrive best
IN moist, not in wet soil. We think
that most house plants are wet too much.
Never po1r water in the slucers. but
into the pots, and then never until the
surface is dry. The saucers NAV he
used for neatness, but not for holding
water. Rain water is the best hard /:
well water the worst. The morning is
the best time to apply the water. Always
use a fine sprinkler.
WASHING FLUID.-Five pounds of sal
soda; pound of borax one-half
pound of unslacked lime, must be fresh /:
four nee of liquid ammonia. Pour
n gallon of boiling water upon tbe
soda and borax. when If is dissolved and
has cooled, add the ammonia and salts
OF tarter. Slack the lime In one paIlen
OF hot water, and let it stand till entirely
settled ; when the clear fluid must he
carefully poured of. Turn it upon the
solution of soda and horax, and add 20
the mixture eight gallons of cold water.
Put the clothes to soak the night before
washing day, with six tabieSpoonsfuI of
this fluid to a tub full of clothes.
PREPARING Fowls FOR EXHIBITION
An allowance Of hemp-seed and buck
wheat for q fortnight, is recommended
by fanciers, to produce a gloss upon the
plumage of birds designed for the show
room. But a fine luster of the feathers
depends more upon the general health
than upon anything else. Liberty and
q range where there are but a few fowls.
and a diet embracing cooked vegetables
and meat and a variety OF odds and ends
from the table, in addition to the insects
and heritage they gather for themselves.
are indispensable from the time of hatch
ing until the show, if it is desired to
have the plumage exhibit a nice bloom.
Hearth and Home.
PREPARATION OF CARMNE-PURPLE-
The dye recently invented, aud known as
carmine-purple, is obtained by the solu-
ton OF uric acid in nitric acid, care being
taken to prevent boiling over and too
great an increase of temperature. The
mixture should remain standing quietly
for some days, after which a thick, pastv
or doughty substance is obtained, which
Is to be treated with warm water, filtered,
and the residum again treated with warm
water. The filtered hJuid possesses a
reddish or yellowish color, decomposed
by the nitric acid. This liquid is now a
mixture of ~alloxan, alloxantin. urea.
paraban acid, dialuramld, and other pro
HT10<c Of r1rf0 odd t. . l.
evaporated In a large enameled iron yes.
sci, but not heated to the boiling point,
which would destroy the murexide pro
duced- After The liquid has been evapo-
rated to a. sirupy consistency, and has
assumed a beautiful brownish-red or
violet color, it is to be allowed to cool.
The entire quantity of the liquid should
never be e~vaporated at one time, nor
heated to the boiling point.
LsAKY Soils.-Are any soils leaky, in
the sense IN which the word is generally
understood We do not believe it.
The writer own and works a farm that
was said to be leaky, had no bottom,
would not hold any manure, and all that.
Not thus understanding the nature of an
srable sol, though it might happen to
be underlaid with gravel, we had no fear
of our leaky farm not responding to a
proper feeding with manure and growing
fat on 1t. We have suffered no disap-
pointment In our case, and do not doubt
that Others similarly situated will equally
escape disappointment. A leaky farm
is n that has the advantage of being
naturally drained for it viii not hold
water, but everything held in suspension
and almost everything held in solution
by that water will be given up to the
soil as it passes through it. Pure sand
will filter and render clear the foulest
water, and agricultural clay will absorb
bad odors and decompose chemical solu-
lions. Then a mixture of clay and sand
must absorb the soluble parts of manure,
and prevent the finely divided particles
from passing through it to the subsoil.
At least such is our belief, and our ex-
perience confirms it. We have no fear
of leaky soil. We know many farmers
who prefer a soil that has the character
istics of those that are called leaky to a
heavy clay that is beyond suspicion in
this respect. Ease of working, a quick
recovery from a state of wet, warmth,
and generally earliness, are valuable
qualities of a farm, and all these pertain
TO soils that are called leaky.
Will PARENTS TAKE HEED. On all
hands comnlaints ara made nj fha in