The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

RED CHAFF SPRING WHEAT the Can
ada Farmer calls ga bad variety of spring
wheat and says that while it is only
since last harvest that much of it has
come into market, except for seed, lit
has already become pretty well known to
millers, bakers and grain buyers, who are
unanimous i'm the resolve to avoid it as
completely as possible. No miller who
duction in price below what the Glasgow
and Fyfe variety will bring, as It Injuries
the appearance and depreciates the value
of any brand of -four which it may be
used to make" 1t urges farmers not to
waste their time growing it,
COUGH IN SwINE.--A Hamilton county
Qowa) correspondent of the Rural World
says: eff the shoats are not doing well,
and the hair or bristles do not lie smooth
ly--the shoats having been fed principally
on corn, and they go coughing around
we come to the conclusion that they have
got worms, and teaspOonful of turpen-
tine is then given to each, in the form OF
a drench. If the coughing does not cease
i'm the course of week, give another
spoonful; usually the first dose will be
sufficient. If hogs are fed plenty Of salt
and ashes, the worms hardly ever get the
advantage of them. Sulpher and stone
coal and charcoal are good preventives of
diseases in swine. Hogs are very fond of
charcoal, and also of salt.
SEX OF EGas.--Science and experience
have sufficiently demonstrated that every
thing that bears must possess both the
male and the female qualifications; but
perhaps it is not generally known that
such is the case with eggs. have found
by experience that it is, and by the fol-
lowing rules: / raise as many pullets
among my chickens as / wish to, while
some of my neighbors complain that
their chicks are nearly all ROSTERS, and
they can not see why there should be
difference. l will tell you here what /
have told them, and for the benefit of
those who do not know, that the small
round eggs are female eggs, and the long,
slender ones are males. This rule holds
good among all kinds of poultry, and
dare say all kinds of birds. So, if you
wish to raise pullets, set the small, round
eggs; if you wish to raise ROSTERS, set
the long, slender ones; in this way you
will be enabled to raise whichever sex
you wish to.
CUCUMBER PICKLEs.--Put into jar or
barrel one pint of molasses to each gallon
of cold water; add the cucumbers daily,
as you pick them, having them first
washed with feather brush, and see
they are not scratched or bruised, and
that the stem is cut, not broken or pulled
off. Put weight on them, and when
they have become sufficiently sour re-
tbov, 20, thA a r,Ia
but never let them freeze If more liquor
is needed, add molasses and water as be-
fore. Since hOrseradish was recommend
since, have used it with the best results,
and now put it among all pickles to pre-
vent scum or mold. Add spices if de-
sired. These pickles are as good as GU
cumber pickles can be made, will keep a
year and are ready for use at any time
after the first few weeks. / think all
housekeepers, to whom it is new, will hail
this recipe with delight, as l did, for
was tired of "salting down." and too
much of temperance woman to use or
make whisky pickles for my family.
A MEDLEY PICTURE.--One of the pref
tiest pictures have seen lately, among
the picture-loving people, too, was med
ley picture. AS it is composed of many
smaller ones, almost any lady of taste
and ingenuity can make one, provided
she has liberal supply of engravings as
basis to start from. If one has enough
pictures representing some particular
subject-as school or rural scenes--it is
more interesting to choose a subject and
then so arrange the pictures that they
may represent it as nearly to perfection
as possible. 1t will not do to make such
picture in a hurry, as it requires con-
siderable time and patience, as well as
artistic skill, to do it well. While some
of the pictures will jut on to each other
nicely, the objects must be cut from
others and pasted on wherever they will
produce the best effect, for they must be
so arranged that one could hardly imagine
so many engravings had helped to make
such beautiful picture. A large, blank
sheet of unruled, white paper should be
used as foundation, and upon this mark
with pencil the exact size you design
the picture to be, leaving white margin
of about two inches.
PRESERVING GRAPEs.-A French grape
grower has succeeded in preserving bunch
es of grapes until the month of April,
when they were as beautiful, fresh and
savory as in October He has kept his
method secret for long time, but recent
ly concluded to give it publicity. He
leaves the punches attached to the vine
as long as possible--until the end of Oc-
tober or, if the weather permits, to the
beginning of November. Before the first
frost they are cut, with the precaution to
leave attached to every bunch piece of
branch with four or five knots, of which
two or three are to be below the grape
and two above. The upper end of the
branch is closed by covering it with wax,
so as to check the evaporation of the
liquids contained in the pores. The i'm
perfect grapes on the bunch are then
carefully removed, and the lower end of
the branch is placed in bottle contain
ing water, in which few ounces of char
coal are present. The latter is the whole
secret of the process, as it prevents the
water from spelling, keeping it fresh, and
the grapes also. The bottle is closed with
a good cork, cut in half, and followed
out so as to pass the branch of the bunch
of grapes through, and the cork covered
over with wax, when the whole operation
is finished. The bottles are then placed
on the shelves of dry room, in sup
port which prevents them from falling
by the weight of the bunch, and at
proper distances so as not to touch one
another. By this inexpensive method
beautiful grapes may be kept till late in
the winter, and even until the beginning
of the spring; but it is necessary to ex-
anime the grapes from time to time, and
cut those off which commence to spoil,
as this appears to be contagious. The
temperature of the room must never be
allowed to descend below the freezing
point.
HOUSEHOLDS Helps.
FRUIT CAKE.-By sitting -four over
the raisins and currants, and rubbing
it over them well, there is no
trouble from the sinking of them in the
cake.
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