Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-07-12
State Historical Society
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
To Make Bov. Good Farmers.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
To Make Boys Good Farmers.
| The american AgricuIturiSt says ain
duce them to take an interest in the
farm, in implements, in stock; tell them
all your plans, your successes and fail
ures give them history of your own
life, and what you did and how you
lived, when q boy but do not harp too
much upon the degenerate character of
the young men of the present age, but
praise them when you can and encour-
age them to do still better. Let them
dress up in the evening, instead of sit.
ting down in their dirty clothes in o
dirty room. Provide plenty of light.
Thanks to kerosene, our country homes
can be brilliantly lighted as the gas-lit
residence in the city. Encourage
neighbors to drop in during evenings.
Talk agriculture rather than politics
speak of the importance of large crops,
of good stock. of liberal feeding, and
of the advantages of making animals
comfortable, rather than OF the hard
times, low prices and high wages.
Above all, encourage the boys to read
good agricultural books. Papers are
wants something more. Get him some
good agricultural book to study. Read
it with him, and give him the benefit
of your experience and criticism.
When he has mastered this, give him
another In our own case, we owe our
love for farming principally to the fact
that our father told us of eY erything
that he was dong on the farm answer
ing all the questions, and encouraging
rather than refusing our child-like de-
sire of helping him TO plow, to chop,
to let off water and fire the brush heap.
Grating Wax,
This is an article that tvery farmer
should keep on hand, ready for use
whenever needed, for it is valuable for
various other purposes besides that of
grating. Wounds made in pruning
large trees will heel over much sooner
if coated with this wax, and if piece
of bark is accidentally stripped from a
tree, the place should be covered over
with it, and the wood will remain
sound and healthy underneath. There
are several recipes for preparing this
wax, and | have found the following
better than any other one tried: Melt
in basin one pound Of tallow, two
pounds of beeswax and four pounds of
resin; stir we'll together, and keep in
a cool place in the dish in which it was
melted. If beeswax is a very costly
item, one.third less quantity can be
used.
This wax is most excellent for seal
ing the corks of bottles whose contents
are desired to be air.tight, and for COW
ering cloths to tie over preserve jars.
1t can be melted over when required
for use, and it will spread with knife
upon bandages, etc. is the best seal
ing-wax that can be used for many
purposes. ). y. j.
Necessity of Green Food to Fowls.
The last requisite in the shape of diet
is regular supply of green food. Here
again, fowls kept on grass will need
no attention; but for birds penned up,
the daily provision of it is an absolute
though most beginners are
ignorant of it, We well remember, in
our own early experience, how our
fowls died, we could not at first tell
why; and one fine buff Cochin cock,
whose only fault was q strong vulture
hook, was, III particular, greatly regret
ted. An experienced friend let us into
the secret; and after that we had no
diff Guilty in keeping fowls, even where
it is often said they cannot be kept in
health-viz., in n yard paved with large
flag gstones. The best substitute for
natural grass is large fresh turf thrown
in daily to each four or five hens; and
even in towns it is often possible to
procure this, by giving children few
pence every week to keep up regular
supply. Where turf is not allowed to
be taken, grass may be cut or pulled
but in this case must be cut into green
chaff, with shears or q chaf machine.
The latter plan is how we actually man
aged for years in a-yard only 81 by 35
feet, divided into six pens; paying some
child few pence to bring frosh-cut
grass daily, cutting it up and mixing it
with their soft meat. - WighfS NeO
Serial Work on Poultry,-tor April
.-...s Useful Recipes.
WATERY PoTAToEs.- potatoes have
proved watery, put piece of lime into
the pot the size of hens egg; and
when the water is poured off they will
be dry and mealy.
BRUIsEs.-Apply repeatedly cloths
wrung out of hot water. This will pre-
vent discoloration of the skin, or a
" black eye," if applied Immediately.
70 Boil MEAT.-While the meat is
boiling add to every three pounds two
spoonfuls of brandy. Even tough meat
will be made tender in this way with
out retaining any taste of brandy.
OIL1NG the points of nails will save
g elbow grease in driving them into
hard wood. The philosophy of taking
care of furniture is thus concisely sum-
med up by the TschnoIogist: "Keep
water away from everything porous, al
cohol from varnish, and acids from mar
ble."
TO REMOVE STAINs.-Table linen or
any white cloths that have coffee or
fruit stains on them, before being put
into soap-tuds, should have boiling wa
ter turned on them, and remain in it
till the water is cold. If they are put
into soap-suds with the stains on. they
will be set by it SO that no subsequent
washing will remove them.
A REMEDY for stings of wasps, bees, ETC.,
that often proves effectual, Is simply to
hold a chest key or any hollow key
over the place stung, press it hard into
the flesh for minute or so, and when
taken off the poison will be on the sur
face of the flesh and do no harm.
thimble with tight top will do,
but not quite so well.
BUNIoN REMEDY.-Let fall stream OF
very warm water from tea-kettle, at