The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-07-10
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

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| stand in the water in which it runs, as
the part remaining in the water softens
| 80 much that it wears unequally.
CLEANING TSwARE. Acids should
never be employed to clean tinware, be-
cause they attack the metal and remove
it from the iron, Of which it forms a
thin coat. Rub the articles first with
rotten-stone and sweet-oil, then finish
with whitening and n piece Of soft
leather. Nothing else will give so good
a polish.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Prairie Far
mer writes hat ticks may be kept from
sheep, and ever driven from them, by
putting sulphur in their salt once a
month. He keeps lice from his cattle,
horses and hogs by the same means. II
lice troubled hogs, he puts sulphur in
their food. If chickens are troubled
with them, he puts sulphur in their food
and sprinkles it in their nests.
TAPIoCA PUDDING WITHOUT EdGs.-
Soak four large spoonfulls Of topioca in
about one quart Of water for an hour
or two about one hour before dinner
place it on the stove, and let it cook
until nearly transparent, adding water
if too thick, sweetcn 10 taste and add a
little nutmeg then have two or three
good juicy apples peared and quartered
in pudding dish, pour the topioca over
them. Set in the oven, and AZ sOon as
the apples are baked the pudding il
done. TO be eaten with sugar and
cream.
To CAgDY LEMON PEEL. Clear the
lemon peclings from the pulp, let them
lie two days in salt and water, scald
and drain them dry, then boil them il
n thin syrup till they look quite clear,
Take them out, and have ready a thick
syrup made with fine loaf sugar, put
them in it and simmer till the sugar
candies about the pan and the pecling,
Lay them separately on n hnir sieve, tc
drain strcw siftcd sugar over them
and dry in a slow oven. Orange pee
should be soaked in several waters till
all bitterness il gone, and then candlec
- IL. 800. ,l.,,,. p4t G,piI
COMPOSITION CAKE. One and three
quarter pounds Of -four, one and one
quarter Of sugar, three quarters Of
pound Of butter, four eggs, Il pint 0
good milk or half n pint Of cream, on
pound Of fruit, half II nutmeg, one-hal
%teaspoonful Of cinnamon. Sift thor
onglly with the flour one tcaspOOnfl
Of soda and double that quantity 0
cream tartar rub the butter and suBa
together, break in the eggs and worI
them in we'll then add the flour n lit
tie ut II time, till it is well stirred in
then the spices, then the fruit, havinI
previously Toured and dried it. ST
fifteen minutes, pour in pans and bak
Immediately.
THE MODEL HoG.-ln a recent di'
cussion before tho Farmers Club Of S
Louis, Professor G. W. Murtiicld said
Since the attention Of farmers has bee
given to developing the hog, animal
eleven months old that weigh 300 or 80
pounds nrc often seen. 1t used to
considered a good hog that reached &c
pounds in his eighteenth month. TIL
il the most desirable hog for packer
and the Z" Berkshire" fills the bill nca
= err than any other breed. The "P
land China" is considered %unproftabl
except for the matter of lard. In tn
latitude, and south of it, II black hog
preferable to n white one, because
cnn stand the heat better. If | wantc
a pig to eat, drink and sleep, | shoul
choose the Suffolk" but the mod
hog is tho Berkshire"
WHY Glover IMPROVES THE Soil.
Professor Voelcker thus explains ii
- action Of clover in increasing the fc
=. tility of soils All who are practical
! acquainted with the subject must ha
seen that the best crops of wheat n
ia produced by being preceded by Gro
70 Of clover growing for seed. | ha
- como to the conclusion that the vel
., best preparation, the best manure, if
- good crop of clover. A vast amount
/. mineral manure il brought within rea
~, of the corn crop, which otherwi
would remain in n locked-up conditi,
in the soil. The clover plants take
troIon from the atmosphere, and man
facture it in their own substance, whic
u on decomposition Of the clover roc
u and leaves, produces abundance of nj
II monia. In reality, the growing of CT
i yer is equivalent, to great e~xtents,
3 mnnuring with Peruvian guano, and
I this paper of mine | show that you o
ID tain n larger quantity of manure th'
. in the largest dose of Peruvian guaI
u which n farmer would ever think of n
" applying. 1t is only by carefully i
{" vestigating subjects like the one und
! consideration that positive proofs a
given, showing the correctness of inte
= ligent observers in the field.
OATMEAL, BONE AND MusoLR.-Lieb
, has shown that oatmeal is almost as n,
!, t%ritious as the very best English bee
and that it is richer than wheaton brea
-, thn ,Ian,apto tbot un \, form, bn,