The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1873-05-29
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
Cheap Stew.-Put some raw potatoes,
sliced, into deep frying-pan with some
onions and little water. Put strip Of
salt meat into it; cover it down close, and
let 1t stew an hour.
"A farmer says it is safe enough for all
practical purposes to calculate that 512
cubic feet of hay in NOW will weigh ton:
He recently tested the matter and found it
remarkably correct.
Rye Drop Cakes.-One cup of sour
cream, three cups of sour milk or butter
milk, one-half cup of sugar or molasses,
two teaspoonsfuls saleratus. Mix stiff
enough for the spoon to stand erect. A
little salt improves it.
Tonic Tea for Dyspeptics.-Camomile
flowers one ounce, queen of the meadow
one ounce, skull cap one ounce; pour over
a pint of boiling water and let it stand an
hour or two, then drink freely of the tea
lit will increase the appetite and
strengthen the system.
Drying Umbrellas-Most people dry
their umbrellas, handle upward. This
concentrates the moisture at the tip where
it is close, rusts the wire which secures
the stretchers, and rots the cloth. After
the umbrella is drained it is better to in
vert it and dry it in that position.
-Corn-F odder.-Persons who condemn
corn fodder as "innutritious' are invited
by Paschall Morris to consider the ways
of q prominent dairyman "whose butter
is excelled by no other in the Philadelphia
Market" and who "pretty much sustained
fifty-eight cows on sowed corn from the
middle of last July to the middle of Oc-
tOber, and that, too, from the product of
three acres" His statement is that he took
ninety tons of this 'innutritious" sub
stance from the space indicated, and he
knows that his cows did not fall off in
their milk during these months of
drouth, but that some increased the flow,
and that the butter was fully up to the
standard. There is nothing better for
wintering cattle on, or young horses, and
especially mich cows, than good bright
corn fodder, and where forage is scarce it
is of great value to the farmer.
"A good way to preserve eggs is to
slack quantity of lime in water, forming
milk of lime, and when it has settled use
the clear lime water to entirely cover the
eggs. Set in the coolest place in the
cellar, and under ordinary circumstances
they will remain good for months. The
lime water not only prevents evaporation,
but the alkali which is held in solution
closes the pores of the shell, and prevents
all fermentation, either of the water or
the contents of the eggs. Another plan is
to pack the eggs large end down in layers
of salt, and the box or jar being full,
place in the coolest possible place, cover
tight to exclude air, and do not disturb
the package until they are wanted for use.
A very perfect manner of preserving eggs
is to melt four ounces of beeswax into
eight ounces of lard oil, and rub each egg
separately with the mixture. The oil will
be absorbed and the wax will fill the
pores. The eggs may then be packed in
tight packages, and if kept in cool place
will come out in the winter in perfect
condition.
"A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gazette gives the following directions for
making a ratprof corn-crib: Let the four
corner-posts be eight inches square; frame
the stills which support the floor of the
corn-crib into posts at a distance of two
feet from the lower end. Before putting
the frame together, taper the lower ends of
the posts for the distance of two feet, so
that at the very base the posts shall be only
four inches square. Now when the frame
is set up, let these posts also stand on
tapered rocks. If the crib needs more
than these four posts to bear up the corn
that will be put into it, make legs like the
lower portion of these posts, and set these
legs under the stills. Now lay the joists or
sleepers on the stills, and put on the floor,
making the latter tight, and which will be
about three feet from the ground. Have
the door made tight, and keep it shut, and
no rats will get into your crib.
Kicking Cows.-A few years ago I
had considerable experience with kicking
cows, and by far the best remedy, out Of
quite number that have tried, was the
strap or surcingle drawn tightly around
to the bag. Tighten it up till she does not
attempt to kick. never knew it to fail.
You can gradually loosen it until it will
he sufficient simply to lay it on her back.
But be cautious and do not loosen or leave
it off until she makes no effort to kick
with it tight or not Kick she cannot with
the strap tight The first COW tried it on
was the worst I ever saw. With both hind
legs tied together she would kick back
wards like horse; and then, in addition,
one fore leg. was tied up, and she would
stand upon the other and kick with both
hind legs, as soon as an attempt was made
to milk her, till she tumbled down; then
would get up and kick again until tired
out; so the milk was generally left on the
stable floor, and it was decided to dry her
up, and beef her as soon as possible,
though an extra cow.-Cor. Country Gen.
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