The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-12
rnrm. Gnrden nnd IIonsehold.

One who knows makes it n point to
select COW with yellow skin. One
whose skin is pale or colorless, is not,
he says, half so likely to produce good
butter.
RELIABLE REcErPIs.-For corns, easy
shoes /; for bile, exercise for rheuma.
tism, new flannel and patience for govt,
toast and water: for the toothache, n
dentist for debt, industry and for
love, matrimony.
PoRK.-A Willow Greek, Montana,
correspondent asks II il will pay to pro.
duce pork in country where wages IRE
$50 n month, and grain from two to
three cents poand. Pork made on such
a basis would have to sell for from 90 to
% cents a pound to make it profitable.
BAKED ArrLE DuNPLIX0. = Choose
large russell or sour apples that cook ten.
der; peel and quarter them, take ont tie
cores and use one apple to a dumping
Pinch your pie-crust well, grease your
pie pan, set your dumplings right side up;
do not let them touch each other; set
them in your oven and bake a delicate
brown. Eat hot, with any sauce you
prefer.
Dissolve bushel of salt in barrel Of
water, and with the salt water slack q
barrel Of lime, which should be wet
enough to form kind Of paste. For
the purpose Of disenfectant this home
made chloride Of lime is nearly as good
us that purchased at the shops and drug
stores. Use it freely about sinks, eel.
lars, cutters, and out.houses, and, in
this way, prevent sickness, suffering and
expense.
To FIND THE WEIGHT OF LIVE CATTLE.
First, see that the animal stands
square, then with a string take his cir.
conference Just behind the shoulder
blade, and measure the feet and inches
this is the qirih, Then measure from
tue bone Of the tail which plumbs the
line with the hinder pat Of The bullock,
and direct the string along the back TO
fore part OF tho shoulder blade, and
this will be the ipyh.-Then work the
figures thus: Suppose girth Of bullock
q feet inches, length feet 3 inches,
which multiplied together make %
square superficial feet, and these multi.
piled by 23-the number Of pounds al.
lowed for each superficial foot Of cattle
measuring less than seven and more than
five feet in girth-make T59 pounds.
When tho animal measures less thhn
and more than seven feet in girth, 81, is
the number Of pounds to be estimated
to each superficial foot. And suppose a
small animal to measure two feet Ia girth
and . feet in length, these multiplied
together make four feet, which, multi
piled by 1.-the number Of pounds al.
lowed FOR each square foot when the
cattle measure less than three feet in
girth-make A pounds. Again, sup.
pose a calf or sheep etc, measure feet
6 inches in girlh, aud feet s inches in
length ; that multiplied together makes
u square feet, and these multiplied by
lG-thc number Of pounds allowed for
cattle measuring less than and more
than 3 feet in girth-make 356 pounds.
The dimensions in girth and length Of
the bnck Of cattle, sheep calves, and
hogs, taken this way, are us exact rs is
ut all necessary for common computation
or valuation Of stock, and will answer
TO the four quarters Of the animal, sink
ing the oflal. A deduction must be
made for animals half fat, of one pound
in twenty from those that are fat and
for COW that has had calves, one pound
must be allowed in addition to the one
for not being fat, upon every twenty
PeddLtr5 Land AhdSw'eT.