The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-05-29

the corn llliSE IL Ia Two ~ tAA-SS We
tiers put it into cold water, and let It
boil up turn off that water SO as to ex-
tract all the I've; Ell up with boiling
water, and cook for four hours slowly;
add salt to your taste: let it boil half
an hour more, and serve. 1t must cook
a great while to be paIatable.
A MILK cellar VIII be the coolest
when sunk into the earth, and not much
above its surface. Eight feet would be
a good depth. The windows near the
top of the wall shonld be protected
from the sun either by trees or shrubs,
or with blinds or shades; and wire
screens inside should be made to ex-
clude all insects. Covering the bottom
with hydraulic cement viii give it neat
ness, but as. cement IS not a good con-
ductor Of heat, it will render the cellar
warmer in summer and cooler in the I
winter, by preventing access to the
earth. Good stone tagging would be
better in this respect, and hard burned |
brick would be better than common
brick. There should be ventilating |
fue run up from the upper part of the
apartment, IN which the current Of air
may be regulated by the means of a
register County.U Gentleman.
WASHING CAnIcoEs AND MUsLNs. =
The first requisite is plenty of water;
this is even more essential for colored
than for white clothes. It should not
be hot enough to scald, and should
have moderate suds of hard soap before
the garments are put in. Very white
and nice soft soap is preferable to hard
for hannels-dose not shrink them as
much but the latter IS best for cotton
/ goods Wash caIicoes in two waters,
using but little soap in the second.
When clean, rinse them two or even
three times in tepid water. Good
laundresses always assert that the great
secret of clear muslin is through rinsing.
The quality of starch used also affects
light colors. and for muslin dresses es-
pecially only starch of the purest quail
ty should be used. When no great
stiffness is required, it is a good plan to
stir the starch into the rinsing water !;
it assists in setting the colors where
they show 4 tendency to run. For set
ting the colors Of fading goods I have
used ox-gall, alum borax and salt-all
witlr good result, though they will not
''clinch'' green and blues that are de
termined on taking French leave. One
benefit in using a strong solution of
alum water is that it will prositively
make cotton fire proof Mothers who
''sit on the thorns" at school concerts
and exhibitions, watching the danger
Gus poximity Of gossamer dresses to
the foot-lights, viii appreciate this adj
vantage And so far from iniuring TIE
looks of the muslin, there is no other
treatment that viii so brighten and i'm
prove the colors. Colored clothes
should be wrung very thoroughly
dried in the shade and turned about
two or three times while drying. ohio
FarHJer.
To TRAIN FUcHLas. When slip hal
grown six or eight inches high, nip on
the top down to the last set of leaves
it viii then throw out branches on eacl
side. Let these grow eight or 10 inches
Then nip them out as before; the top
of each branch, when grown the sam,
height as the others, nip out again thel
procure a stick the size of your finger
Is inches in length take a hoop-skir
wire, Irvine back and forth alternately
through holes made IN the stick equa
distances apart place this firmly in tn,
pot back of the plant, tie the branches
: to it and you VIII have, when IN flower
a beautiful and very graceful plant.
TURKEY RAISING Farmers who liv
4 in sparsely-settled districts, aboundin.
, in a large dry pastures can afford to Civ
a the time of faithful and intelligent la,
:, the whole summer through to be devot
= ed exclusively to raising turkeys. TIL
!, young broods must be watched as con
stantly as ever a shepherd watches shee-
in a region infested by wolves. Ever
= night, or during the day, on the az
:, proach OF rain, they must be driven to
roomy shed with a tight roof. Tn
> mother birds and the young can be 500
trained to being driven as easily as COW
- are driven to pasture. Give good forage
ground, and keep out of rain an
: dew, and success is alz>ost certain.
= Poultry World
- SoL FOR FLORIoULTURE. Most flow
ers, if not all succeed best in sandy loan
= made rich by the addition of welI-rotte
- manure, which should be thorough
:. mixed with the soil. Such a soil, TIN
+ prepared. viii not become hard or bake
# but VIII become loose and porous.
If viii not only afford the small and tend,
plants a chance for existence, but it wi
IF also enable them to perfect thenseIv
q with vigor and beauty. If your gard,
~ is composed of a stiff, heavy soil, a goo
~ dressing of sand and manure viii asst
ze it wonderfully in the way of pIa
10 development; and some OF the mo
or delicate plants, that would not succe,
ne at all in such soil, in its unimprov,
o. condition, VIII, after such preparatio
hit flourish IN the most satisfactory mamie
en- A heavy soil is greatly benefited !
an being roughly spaded up in the ia
and remaining in that condition throu,
70 the winter. In all cases, before sown
NO the seed, it is Of the utmost importau
va that the soil should be thorough
w pulverized. This importat particul
al should never be overlooked. -Bost
10 Journal Of Chemistry.
,sa HEAD LETTUCE. A correspondent
Inc the Massachusetts Plouahnaan gives t
al following account of his treatment
all lettuce plants, to make them head
rid arrived in the country the 18th of Jun
me and the first complaints were, "7
shall have no head lettuce; as usual
be viii all run to seed. The plants 10,
,on ed fine and healthy, but already indie
IA ed the running up symptoms. I thiur
is it out, then carefully slipped a C
.r / ton Irvine r4n1er tbo lowest Ice,