The true northerner., 1873-11-07
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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as the other flesh.
To MAKE Doors WATERPROOF. -
Warm little beeswax and mutton suet,
and while it is liquid rub some of it
slightly over the edges of the holes
where the stitches are.
FADED HAIR-I have used the fol-
lowing recipe, and consider it perfect I:
Six ounces of castor oil, two ounces of
alcohol. Flavor with few drops each,
of musk, lavender, and bergamot.
IT is well known that leather articlea,
kept in stables, soon become brittle in
consequence of ammoniacal exhalations.
which affect both harness hanging up
in such localities and the shoes of those
who frequent them. The usual applica-
tions of grease are not always suf
ficient to meet this difficulty but it is
said that by adding to them a small
quantity of glycerine, the leather will be
kept continually in a soft and pliable
condition.
BEB-sTINGs.- "A correspondent of the
Gardeners Magazine writes as follows:
"On fhe 10Th of April last, young man
employed near bees had the misfortune
of being stung. No remedy being near
at hand, l recommended him TO apply
the common soil to the wound, and it
Immediately relieved the pain and pre-
vented the swelling. Such a recipe is
of more value than gold to all who
hvve anything to do with bees. for
merly used common blue for bee-stings,
but common soil is preferable.
New WAY FOR FATTENING Fowl
The Paris correspondent of an English
medical journal gives the following de-
scrintion of a new method for fattening
fowls: The birds, which consist of common
fowls, ducks, and turkeys, are confined
in small open stalls, which are just
large enough to receive them, and in
which they are so fastened that they can
hardly move. Here they are fed with
an emulsion composed of milk and oat-
meal, which is pumped into their giz-
ards, and, with the exception of the
ducks, which are allowed little water,
they have no other drink. The fowls
are taken at from three to ak months
old, and are fattened in from 12 to Is
days, at a trifing cost.
AN important consideration in the
vessels, from the press TO the fermenting
tub, thoroughly cleansed from all i'm
purities and acidity. The stems of the
grapes should be removed by rubbing
the grapes, either before or after press
ing, on wine sieve. If the stems are
allowed to remain in the vat during fer
mentation, they will impart sharp and
disagreeable taste to the must During
the fermenting process, the tempera-
ture of the must should be nearly up to
80 deg and be maintained at that point,
so that all the sugar of the grape will be
converted into alcohol or spirits. / am
informed that this temperature is main
tanned in the wine cellars of California
by means of steampipes throughout the
cellars.
THE more bed of Canada thistles is
dug into and plowed ont and spaded up
the better will it thrive, Under such
adversely it takes comfort and spreads.
Such is its nature. If, on the contrary,
it's growth is encouraged until it is fair
ly in blossom, and is then mowed-as
if it were the most useful forage plant
and carefully carried off the ground and
burned or buried in the compost heap,
it Immediately resents such care, and
sends mp weakly growth in place of
its former vigorous one. Then these
new stems shonld be cut off Just below
the surface of the ground with weed
ing chisel, but the roots must in no case
be touched. The root left intact make
such drafts upon the weakened plod as
it cannot supply, and they simply die
G., nf xuh hni
nutriment.
SODA WASH AND FRUIT TREEs.-The
beneficial influence of weak alkali
wash upon the bark of fruit trees is of
long acknowledgement. It's action is in
expansion of the pores, while at the
same time it is destructive of all insect
life, sporadic or otherwise. Writers or
theorists differ as to the best time to APP
ply it but we have always found that
if good common sense be used in pre-
pairing it, the time of application is al
ways good. And now for the prepara-
ton. If you use purchased potash, re-
duce it so that you can bear your finger
in it half minute or more without a
tingling or sore sensation. If you can
obtain good soft soap from the refuse
BredSe anu lye Ol dSlleS SdNeu up urY,
then take it and reduce it (the soap)
down, not to suds, but so that it Will
not be ropy when used by a soft white
wash brush. Use it freely, and 1t mat
ters not materially just when any time
in the spring previous TO the 1st of July
is the best time to apply it. After that
time it is perhaps better to wait till
the next year.-Americdn Farm Jour
nat.
How TO MAKE STALLS FOR CATTLE
Now is the time TO make preparations
for building stalls for stock. 1t should |
not be neglected until cold weather, as
the animals will frequently need pro-
lection during the cold and stormy
nights of autumn. Stalls should be
wide enough to admit of the animals
turning in them, the sides closely |
boarded up, the floor raised seven or
eight inches above that of the passage |
way in the rear, with an outward pitch |
Of about three inches in the length of |
the stall, the entrance of each closed |
with two-leaved folding doors opening
inward. There need be no rings, |
or any tying or fastening by
the head. No animal not absolutely |
fool will ever stand with head down hill.
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