The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-09-12
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.

pounds of pork in a bushel of corn
and the effort of every farmer should
be to endeavor to get out as much as he
can of it. And to do this, he must have
the right kind of hogs, they must be
placed in the right conditions, and fed
in the right manner, with a view to
profit.
PoTATo FLOUR FOR POLISHING SILVER.
DR.. Elsner says that the accidental use
in his house for cleaning silver-ware of
the water which had been employed to
boil potatoes led to the unexpected re-
suit that this was superior in its cleans
ing action to the polishing powders so
generally employed. 1t was found that
by simply rubbing the article with the
fine deposit of potato -four it took on an
excellent polish, without the disagree
able necessity of subsequently using
the brush to remove the material, as is
necessary where powders are used in
stead,
CLEANING SwKETMEAT JARs.-This
can be done without scraping them by
pouring in the jars hot water and tea
spoonful or two of pearl-ash. The con-
tents which remain sticking to the sides
and bottom of the jar will be olsen
gagged by the pearl-ash and float loose
IN the water. Wash bottles the same
way, or kettles or any other vessels
which you wish to purify or clear from
grease. Strong I've poured off clear
from good hickory ashes will answer
nearly as we'll for the same purpose,
and for kegs, buckets and other large
cooking utensils, I've from good ashes
may always be used.
To Cook SWEET CoRN.-Sweet corn is
frequently injured by overlooking, for
if the ears are fresh and tender, from
20 to 25 minutes will boil them sufici-
emily, and greater amount of cooking
only serves to extract the sugary flavor
Like all summer vegetables, it should
be put into boiling-hot water, sailed
slightly. 1t is nicer when eaten from
the ear, but many persons prefer to
have it cut off and seasoned with salt
and cream, or butter, pepper and salt.
SWEET BRIKR AND LAVENDER IN GAR
DENs.-NO garden is perfect without
sweet-brief and lavender. Ever so small
a garden should find room for one or
two of these, on account of their fra
GRANGE. One sweet-brier, well cut every
year, will last an age. Lavender be-
comes untidy in its third year; but so
easy it is to propagate, that few strips
pulled off the plant, and put into the
ground in early autumn, will be sure to
make new plants. Gardening does not
consist in buying few geraniums and
calceolaria, and setting them out for
ones own qualification of color. It's
true aim should be, not only to please
the owner of the garden, but city-pent
friends, to whom few things are more
acceptable than fragrant nosegay.
POISONOUS CoLoRNGs.-G Greens are
not the only colors which contain ar
senic, nor wallpaper the only fabric
cOlored with arsenical pigments. A
correspondent of the Chemical News,
who is in position to know, states that
the French use the following pigments
containing arsenic, in calico printing,
and that they are equally suitable, and
doubtless used, in the coloring of paper
hangings. Light scarlet pigment con-
tanned alumina, arsenious oxide, and
aurine scarlet poncea contained car
Donate of lime, in addition to the in
gradients just named; dark green, a
preparation of aniline green and arseni-
GUS oxide; cream chocolate and catechu
pigment both contained the arsenious
oxide. The presence of arsenic in red,
as well as in green-colOred wallpaper,
has been demonstrated by Hallwachs.
The proper feeding of horses has
much to do with their condition, and
likewise with their remaining sound.
Food should be proportional to work,
and it should also be of the best quality.
Hay that has been much heated in the
stack is above all things to be avoided,
as, from its powerful diuretic properties,
it debilitates and creates thirst; and
now burnt or heated oats are equally
productive of mischief. HAY which is
produced on dry upland ground is best.
Indeed, we are far from thinking that
rich meadow hay, finely scented as it is,
and apparently so full of nourishment,
is fitted for any description of horse
that is required to go fast, and it is
suite certain that thousands of horses
are destroyed annually by the effects
of hay and water The latter cannot
be too soft, and, when not so, it should
be given with a small portion of bran in
it.
ARTIFICIAL FIBRN.-Artiicia fibrin
is said to be an admirable dietetic sub
stance, being unparalleled for hghtness
and digestibility, and a great delicacy,
besides. 1t is obtained by exposing al
luminous material to the action of cold
water for a time the hens egg, from
its great abundance, being the most |
suitable source of the albumen. When
the contents of an egg are immersed in
cold water for twelve hours, or there
abOuts, they undergo a chemico-mole- |
cular change, becoming solid and in
sOluable; a change indicated by the
Opaque and snowy whIteness of the
white. The action of heat, to the boil
ing point. is now brought into the pro-
cess, and the fibrin is then ready for
use. In cases of deficient nutrition,
and rejection of food, this artificial
fibrin has been found to be of the
greatest service, as even the weakest
stomOchs are able to retain it, and its
use appears to promote the appetite for
food.
REMOVING ACID STAINs.-Tf you have
been picking or handling any acid fruit
and have stained your hands, wash them
in clear water, wipe them lightly, and
while they are yet moist strike a match
and shut your hands around it so as to
catch the smoke, and the stains will
disappear. If you have stained your
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pants with berries, before wetting with
else, pour boiling water
through the stains and they will dis
appear. Before fruit juice dries it can
often be removed by cold water, using
a sponge and towel if necessary. Rub
bling the fingers with the inside of the
parings of apples will remove the most
of the stain caused by pairing. Ink
also, if washed out or sopped up from
the carpet with cold water Immediately
when it IS spilled, can be almost entire
ly removed. Ink spots on floors can be
extracted by securing with sand, wetted
in oil of vitrol and water. When the
ink is removed rinse with strong pearl
ash water.
farmers DIARIEs.-If our farmer
friends knew how little trouble it is to
keep a diary, and with what satisfaction
they would look over it in a few years,
we feel sure they would many of them
be induced to begin one. A simple
record of the weather and the opera
tons of the farm, the writing of which
would not occupy two minutes day,
will, in after years, be not only a source
of pleasure, but also of great practical