The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-05-12
HOME AND FARM NOTES.

American civilization.
HOME AND FARM NOTES.
READY-MADE LEMoNADE.-A writer gives
this lucky thought. When people feel the
need OF an acid, il they would let vinegar
alone and use lemons or apples, they would
feel just as well satisfied and receive no in
jury. A suggestion may not come amiss as
| to a good plan when lemons are cheap in the
| market. person should then purchase sew
eral dozen at once and prepare them for use
in the warm, weak days of the spring and
| summer when acids, especially citric and
malic or the acid of lemons. are so CRATE
full and useful. Press your hand on the
lemon and roll it back and forth briskly on
the table TO make it squeeze more easily;
then press the juice into bowl or tumbler,
never in tin; strain out all the seeds, as
| they give bad taste. Remove all the pulp
from the peels, and tRil in water-a pint for
dozen pulps-to ext act the acid. A few
minutes boiling is enough; then strain the
water with the juice Of the lemons, put
pound OF white sugar to pint of the juice,
boil ten minutes, bottle it, and your lemon
sde is ready. Put a tablespoonful or two of
this lemon syrup in a glass of water, and
have cooling, healthful drink.
| PLEA FOR GEEsE.-The Prairie Farmer
permits this to go into print: Indispensable
as the pig is, however. in this system Of live
stock husbandry, the goose yields a far
greater net profit. Pigs will sometimes
have cholera, and they will coca sionally die
before their time. but the goose never. 1t is
said on good authority that no adult goose
was ever sick or ever known to die a natural
death. They have been known to live sew
enty or eighty years, and their average
term of life is equal to that of man. They
may, If confined, be starved TO death,
of course, and while very young may be
killed by gross neglect, but once fairly upon
their pins and shown around the vicinity 30
as to become familiar with its natural re-
sources, they will manage somehow to live
without appreciable cost to the owner what
ever they may cost somebody else. II IL
probable that the above is all true, but if
the geese are healthy they poison every
thing else that they come in contact with.
To KEEP EGGs FOR SErrING-An English
agricultural paper says that eggs intended
for setting should be stored with the large
end down, because the air-bubble does not
spread 80 much as when the small cid is
down-this spreading of the air bubble being
known to effect the freshness and vitality OF
the egg. Eggs stored with the large end
down will keep perfectly good for Matching
for more than a month, while the others can
not be depended on after two weeks. To
this the New England Farmer adds: A sue.
cessful poultry breeder in Franklin, Mass,
has been experimenting with eggs for set
ting, aud declares the above statement cor
rect, and adds that eggs stored on the large
end for few weeks before setting will all
hatch at once, instead of VARYING several
hours, as is usually the case with eggs net so
! prepared.
GALA LILIES IN SUMMER.-A writer in
the Horticulturist tells how a friend sue.
ceeds wonderfully: In June she takes her
callas out OF doors, and turns the pots con-
tanning them over on their sides under a
! tree, or in some shady place, and there she
leaves them through the hot summer
months, giving them no attention whatever
OF course, the old leaves die and drop off.
and the earth in the pots bake into the con-
sistency OF brick. One would think such
harsh treatment would be the death of the
flower, but, on the contrary, the Gala likes
II. In September she brings the pots in.
and begins TO give the plants water. A yery
short time suffices to start them into growth.
| AS soon as the leaves appear. she makes the
wats,i quite warm. The result is, that her
caliss are SUI rarior to anyI ever saw before.
/ LET IN THE sleepless persons
should court the sun. The very worst spor-
ifc is laudanum, and the very best, sun
shine. Therefore it Is very plain that poor
sleepers should pass as many hours as posi-
BILE in the sunshine, and as few as possible
in the shade. Many women are MARTYRS
and yet they do not know it. They shut the
they wear wells; they carry parasols and
, everything possible to keep off the most
potent Influence W hich is intended to give
!, them strength and beauty and cheerfulness
!, Is it not time to change all this and so gel
7 color and roses on our pale cheeks, strength
: In our weak backs, end courage in our timiC
! souls? The women of America are pale an(
delicate, but with the aid OF sunlight they
e may be blooming and strong.
ABOUT PEAs.-A writer in the Londor
! Gardeners Chronicle planted early and lat,
J, peas at the same time in the same drill. Tn,
: early sorts, he says, "Came up first, caugh
e hold of the stakes. supported the others un
e I'll they got hold Of the same, and the result
= was he had a beautiful crop of peas thre
d weeks before the late varieties were read,
4 to gather. thus giving a double crop off tn
same ground and with the same sticks" h
recommends the plan to persons who's
gardens are rich, but limited in extent. \
: wise old farmer in New Hampshire plants
s. two or three peas in each potato hill and
3. works splendidly.
MORNING GLoRIEs.-Few people seem +
E remember how beautiful dingy back var
,e may become. at the expense OF some labo
1T and a very small amount of money. Dull
q unsightly walls may be covered by tn
is bright green leaves and star-ike blossoms
a the convolvolus, while narrow strip @
= earth may be made to yield flowers enoug
to perfume the whole house. Put in tn
N morning glories everywhere. They are tn
l. best and cheapest trimming to be had, an
ne they never fail with half chance.
"a DREAMING HENs.-When biddy takes
is notion to sit at inopportune times, shut hi
a up for two days without food or drink. Sh
to will then count it q privilege to roam
re large. A very obstinate case may requil
lg the penalty to be repeated.
re Persimmons are becoming popular. Fol-
70 eign borticulturists esteem them, so the
Is will of course come into fashion. They ar
n well worth cultiva:ing.