Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1872-07-12
Ube Staanton Winoitator.
FARM AND FIRESIDE.
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10 RESTORE WORKOUT LAND.-Plow the
land three or four inches deep as soon in
the Spring as it is dry enough to work. If
the ground is rather fat, pillow into
lands or beds twelve feet wide Sow three
bushels Of good seed corn to the acre
: About the middle Of July plough the green
corn under, going an inch deeper than in
the first blowing. Sow again Immediately
three bushels to an acre, and about the Goth
Of September, pillow it under in beds and
little deeper than before About the mid
die of May the next Spring mark your
ground and plant in corn three feet apart
both ways, leaving only three stalks in a
bill when four inches high. Cultivate shall
low until the last going through; then with
an old-fashioned shovel-plow 60 twice
through the rows, in the centre both times.
AS soon as possible after the corn is cut,
pillow six or seven inches deep, SOW one and
half bushels of good rye to the acre and
harrow it in. About the middle of Novem-
Der pillow the green rye under about eight
inches deep. The next spring cultivate in
corn as before, and proceed thus for three
years, and you will find your land much
improved. This method is cheaper and bet
ter, and surer than the clover process. l
may also add that farmers who sell their
corn in the ear may greatly improve their
land by Smelling their corn and grinding the
cobs and blowing them into the land, espe.
cially if the land is dry.-En.
RAISING M11ET.-The following extract
from an address of member of the New
Hampshire Board of Agriculture, delivered
at meeting of the Board at Hillsboro',
February 10th, 1872, may be of interest at
this time. He says.
| 81 earnestly hope that millet may be
more generally raised than heretofore, for I
am convinced it is paying crop, where hay
is scarce and high; and I like it much bet
ter than fodder corn for winter, because
you can raise it on much poorer land, with
| one-third the expense of seed and oultiva-
ton, and as easily cured as English hay,
much more valuable to feed, and can be
raised in an ordinary season after the hay is
mown from it, if sown on warm land, and
properly MANFRED.
The first of July, the past year, I
| ploughed piece of land which was moved
| the day before, dressed it with six hundred
pounds Of Bradley's phosphate to the acre,
seeded with one-half bushel millet seed,
costing one dollar, and in September, when
| in the milk, cut and nicely harvested two
tons to the acre, which is now in my barn,
looking as green and beautiful as anything
I ever saw, and which my cattle and horses
prefer to the best hay in the barn. l have
never raised crop more cheaply or with
more satisfactory results, and cannot too
strongly urge its cultivation to my brother
farmers of the State.
INSECTS ON PLANTs.-To exterminate the
insects, mix one ounce of carbonate Of am
monia with gallon of water, and with this
fluid water the plants.
| To get RI id of moths and reaches from
| closets and bureau drawers, sprinkle DOW
dered boraX over and around the shelves
| and cover with clean paper.
Kerosene oil is the best furniture oil; it
cleanses, adds polish, and preserves from
the ravages of insects.
Oil.cloth should be frightened, after
washing with soap and water, with skim
milk
Salt and water washing preserves bed
steads from being infected by vermin; also
mattresses.
BAKED BATTER PUDDING WITH APPLES
Take half pound of -four and the whites of
two eggs. half teaspoonful of salt. Rub
the powder till smooth, mix it well with the
flour, adding the salt, and as much milk as
will make it stiff batter, beat it until quite
smooth, then add the remainder of the milk
and the eggs, we'll beaten. Put some ap-
pies, cut as for pie, into buttered dish,
pour the batter over, and bake it in mod
erately hot oven. Damsons, currants,
gooseberries or rhubarb, may be used in the
same way.
LEMON BUTTER.-We find the following
highly recommended: One pound Of white
sugar, one quarter pound fresh butter, six
eggs, juice and grated rind of three lemons,
taking out all the seeds. Boil all together
few minutes, till thick as honey, stirring
constantly /; put in small jars, or tumb!ers,
covered with paper dipped in white Of egg
One teaapoonful is enough for tart or
| cheese-cake. This will keep long time in
cool, dry place,
Some one gives this receipt for the diar-
rhoea Roast some rice as you would coffee
| then grind it in coffee mill; then dissolve
two ounces of gum arabic in one pin. of hot
| water when dissolved put in teacup of
| rice, and let it boil twenty minutes, or I'M
til it is the consistency of mush. If too
thick, as you use it, thin il with hot water.
l saw a desperate case cured by this most
valuable remedy.
BAKED APPLE DuMPLNas. Choose large
russell or sour apples that cook tender peel
and quarter them, take out the cores and
use one apple to dumpling Pinch your
pie'orust we'll, grease your pie-pan, set your
dumplings right side up; do not let them
touch each other get them in your oven
and bake a delicate brown. Eat hot, with
any sauce you prefer.
BARK LICE ON APPLE TREEs.-Abous
the last week in June, by examining apple
trees which are affected by bark lice, a white
substance resembling fine lint may be seen
adhering to the bark. In this substance
are concealed the eggs Of the bark louse.-
BY putting mitten on the hand, this sub.
stance can be easily rubbed off and the eggs
destroyed.
NEW FERTIL1zINa AaENT.-It has lust
been discovered that a solution of sulphate
of iron sprinkled upon fruits and plants has
wonderful effect. Beans gained 60 per
cent. in size and quality, and pear trees
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