The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1873-10-18
FARM AND PRESIDE.


q, Ii Is found that freezing of the waste
pipes of kitchen sinks, etc., may be pre-
g vented by making them tapering toward
the tap, so that any thin ice thatmay form
on them may fall away by slight change of
temperature, and complete stoppage can
not take place even in continuous cold
weather.
Ii is usual to throw away grape stones
as a waste product, but itnow appears that
they can be turned to good account. When
roasted and ground they possess an aroma
very much like that of East India coffee,
and the beverage obtained therefronl. is
about the same as coffee in taste, though
inferior in quality. No.
A RHODE ISLAND blacksmith has sue
ceeded in changing the gait of a pacing
horse to that of a trotter, by simply fas-
tenins an extra pair of shoes heavier than
Usual to the fore feet whenever he wants
the horse to trot, and taking them off at
all other times. The sudden change Of
weight on his fore feet forces the horse to
change his gait.
SoILING as now practiced by the best
dairy farmers really means stall feeding in
SUMMER, wholly or in part, according to
the condition of the pastures or the cir
cumsfances of the farmer. The old defini-
ton of the word "soil,' according TO
Webster, is to feed cattle or horses, in the
barn or an inclosutre, with fresh grass or
green food cut for them, instead of send
ing them out to pasture; such food having
the effect to purge them, hence to purge
by feeding upon green food; as to soil a
horse. sss
COMPOUND FOR WASHING LENEN.-Ae-
cording to the Moniteua' Scientitfgue, an ex-
cellent substance for washing linen, and
one not possessing the destructive effect of
soda and other washing powders, is pre-
pared as follows: Two pounds of soap
are dissolved In five and half gallons of
nearly boiling water, and to this added
three large tablespoonfuls of ammonia
and one of spirits of ttIrpentine. In this
the linen is to be soaked for three hours,
when it is readily eleansed, requiring but
little rubbing. Ammonia does not affect
linen or wooden fiber as soda does.
BRILLIANT WHIrEwAsH.-Take half a
bushel of nice unslaked lime. Stake it with
boiling water, cover it during the process
to keep in the steam. Strain the liquid
through fine sieve and add to it peck Of
salt previously well dissolved in warm
water, three pounds of ground rice boiled
TO a thin paste and stirred in boiling hot.
half Il pound of powdered Spanish whit
ing, and a pound of clean glue which has
been previously dissolved by soaking it
well and then hanging it over a slow fire
In small kettle within large one filed
with water add FIVE gallons Of hot watt r
to the mixture, stir it well, and let it stand
afew days covered from the dirt. 1t should
beput ON hot Western Rural.
:. HorsE VERsIIN. -C ockroaehes are the
plague of MANY house-keepers, and vet a
little Paris green is death to them. Keep
it in q common flour dredging box, label
it Poison, and apply it weekly to their
haunts. Bed-bugs or eIinch-bugs can also
be dispersed and utterly routed with this
remedy; and both eockroaehes and befl-
bugs viii flee from powdered bora9.
Travellers should always carry paper. of
borax in their bags, and sprinkle it under
and over their pillows, if they fear they
shall become food to the last named
wretehes. Sprigs of NORWOOD will
drive away large black ants and none Of
them, whether black, brown or red, relish
wintergreen, tansy, Paris green, cayenne
or kerosene; so if they invade our pantries