The Placer herald., 1872-06-29
HOUSE AND FARM.

for prescription for preternaturally wakeful
persons. Tire "high pressure" principle on
which many Of our business men work their
brains and abuse their bodies, begets an irri-
table 'candition of the nerves, and morbid
state of mind, very antagonistic to quiet and
refreshing sleep. Such persons will often so
to bed weary and exhausted, but cannot
sleep; or sleep dreamly and ftfully; or lie
awake for hours, unable to sleep at ALL We
have tried many expedents to induce sleep
with more or less success, have read many
receipts which proved better in theory than
in practice The very best method we have
yet discovered is that of counting. Breathe
deeply and slowly (wthou, any straining ef-
forD and, with every expiration, count, one,
two, three, ETC., up to "A hundred. Some
persons will be asleep before they can count
fifty in this manner. Oilers will count ten,
twenty or thirty, and then forget themselves
and cease counting In such cases always
commence again at one. Very few persons
can count one hundred and find themselves
awake; but should this happen repeat the
dose until cured.
HoME-MADE YEAST. Daisy Eyebrght,
In the Country Gentleman, recomends the
following: "Boil two handfuls of hops,
tied in a small bag, in six quarts of water;
slice thin six large potatoes and boil them
with the hops; when they are soft, skim
them out and mash perfectly fine; add to
them one and half pints of wheat -four
stirred to smooth batter with cold water
turn over the whole the boiling hop liquor,
first squeezing the bag dry; then hang it
aside to rse onotber time, for it will make
two patches of yeast. Stir into this mixture
two tabespoontuls of sugar, one of ginger
and one of salt. When mk-warm, add a
teacupfnl of yeast, set in a warm place to
rise and it will be ready to put in a jug by
morning. Keep in cool cellar or icc-house
and it will last good for six weeks Or more
Always shake the jug before using any Of
its contents. A teacupfnl of this yeast will
make three loaves of bread and pan of rolls.
GRAHAM BnEAD-There is but one way
only 10 make Graham bread, viz: Obtain
frst-class -four and make it in precisely the
same manner as wheaton bread with bakers
yeast 1t is the most natural and wholesome
Of all breads. Some people fancy that with
the addition Of soda, molasses, steaming
etc, it becomes more palatable. This is all
bosh for the manner in which it is generally
made renders it by no means healthy or di-
gestible, while az contrare, the sim pier it is
prepared, the better, like all other food
have used it according to the above plan for
twenty years, only varying from the same
when travelling, and then have been COM
peled at hotels, to worry down trash, ycept
Graham bread, made out of villainous com
pounds and prepared, no doubt, according to
some of the "precious" recipes occasionally
appearing in various newspapers. .-Rural
Ne,c Yorker.
New VARIETY OF CuBUMpER. In Land
and Water we have figure and description
of what is called the new, white-spine Gu
cumber This, when raised on treis,
grows to an enormous size, one vine having
three specimens, each of them three feet in
length, besides many others over two feet
long. The flesh is said TO be very solid !,
with but few seeds, and the favor very fine
This method of growing cucumbers is re-
commended as furnishing a much superior
result to that of allowing them to trail on
the ground AS they thus grow finer, ,straighter,
and with larger yield. This new cucum-
Der has the skin perfectly smooth. 1t is
very short in in the neck, and it is considered
a decided gain to the resources Of the vege-
table gardener.
To PRODUCE LARGE STRAWBERRIES. An ex-
perienced hortculturist recommends the fol-
lowing for producing large Strawberries: Gre
move the soil around each hill TO the depth
of half an inch or more, without disturbing
the roots; then spread evenly over an area
of twenty inches in diameter, pound or
more of finely pulverized linseed meal, and
cover it with mellow SOIL then spread a
mulching of hay or straw two inches deep
over the entire surface between the hills.
Should the weather be warm and dry a lib
eral supply of warm water daily will greatly
promote the growth Of both vines and berries.
Pull up the weeds and grass among growing
Strawberries, rather than cut them up with
hoes, as system Of roots is formed hear the
surface of the ground, which should not be
injured with broad hoe"
SAVE YouR STRAw.-Every farmer should
carefully stack and save his wheat straw 70,
fodder for his stock during the Fall, Winter
and Spring. Good wheat straw, grown in
California, is almost equal in value to hay
in a country where it rains frequently during
the Summer season. The farmer who burns
this straw, or allows it to go to waste, loses
just about one-third the profits OF his wheat
field each year. If you have no stock to
feed your straw to, buy them and keep them,
and thus utilize your straw.-Rural Press.
To Boil Eaas-Who does not know how?
Yet how few people know the way to boil
them in oder to retain all their delicious
flavor. Allow me to tell you my method
put onc-half dozen eggs into tin pail
pour about Two quarts of boiling water over
them and set the pail on the hearth, where
the heat is not kept up, and let them remain
for six or ten minutes, according as we like
them cooked, hard or rare. By so cooking
Che white is always tender and delicious
Try it.