The Placer herald., 1874-10-31
HOUSE AND FARM.


earth about the roots, so they are ready for
an early start. But there are two things to
look 10 or they will be likely to be worse off
than Spr ms set trees. The wind often
whips them about and makes hole around
the stem, greatly to their injury. In such
cases dig the earth away from them with a
spade down TO tie roots, and replace good
mellow earth mot bard lumps) about them
press ng it well about the tree with the foot
The other difficulty is the hardening OF the
surface of the earth into a crust. This must
be dug up and made mellow if you would
have the trees do well through the summer
Trees sctout in Spring often have the ad-
vantage of Fall iransplanted trees, because
the earth is left mellow, after setting, instead
of hardened into q stiff crust by inter and
Spring rains. But If the care is taken here
pointed ont the Fa!l-set trees will do the
best.
KEROSENE CANS EoR FRUiT.-- cores
pondent of the Rural Press says: For sew
cral years we have preserved onr fruit IN
kerosene cans, for cconomys sake, and we
find that the fruit keeps much better in these
cans, when sodered--ihan in small bulk.
Objections may be made owing TO the fact,
that it is hard to clean the can thoroughly;
our method is thus: Clean the can by
rinsing with hot water aud washing powder;
when well cleansed by this method, we pour
INTO the can about pint Of vinegar, and set
it. on top Of the stove; the steam OF the vine
II. q ii
70 that we have never found single
tant of oil in the fruit so preserved, Sol.
dering is preferable to wax, as it excluces
all possible chance for the atmosphere 10
gain admittance to the fruit. Last season
we put up fifteen cans, or seventy five gal
Ions of almost every variety of common fruits
and did not lose one can so far When we
open can, we use what we require, aud re-
can in small cans or bottles; what would moi
keep otherwise keep until used up; thus one
dozen small cans, or bottles will be sui-
fcient for the season. | give you this more
for economy's sake than for amy superiority in
the preservation of the fruit; we generally
slightly boil, and add very little sngar
when canning.
Why CHILDREN DIE--Ihe reason why
children die is because they are rot taken care
Of From the day of their birth they are
stuffed with food chokcd with physic, suffo-
Gated with hot rooms, steamed wi h bed
clothes. So much for indoors When
permitted to breathe breath Of air once "A
week in summer, and once or twice during
the cold months, only the nose is permitted
to peer into daylight. A little later they
are sent on with no clothes at all, as TO the
parts of the lody which need most protection.
Bare legs, bare arms, bare necks, girted
middcs, with an inverted umbrella 10 collect
the air chill the other parts Of the body. A
stout strong man goes out on a cold day
with gloves and overcoat, wooen stockings,
thick double-eoled boots. The same daya
child of three years DID, an infant in flesh
and blood, and bone and constitution, goes
out with soes AS thin as paper, cotton socks,
legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare; an
exposure which would disable the nurse,
kill the mother in a fortnight and make the
father an invalid for weeks And why? 70
harden them to mode of dress which they
never expected to practice. To accustom
them to exposure, which a dozen years later
would be considered downright foolery. 70
rear children thus for the slaughter pen,
and then lay it to Heaven, is too bad
Scientific Press.
A RAPID CukE FOR TApEwoRM. A. j.
Schafish, of Washington, says that in treat
ing some cases of tapeworm he employed no
preliminary provisions beyond forbiddng the
patient to take no breakfast the day on
which it is intended to remove the worm,
and giving him large dose of Rochelle salts
the preceding night AT 10 o'clock in the
morning he had the following at one dose.
Recipe, bark sof pomegranile root ] ounce
pumpkin seed one half dram; ethereal extract
of male fern dram; powdered ergot J dram
powdered gum arabic, 2 drains; croton-o 2
drops. The pomegranite bark and pumpkin
seed were thoroughly bruised, and, with
the ergot, boiled ms ounces of water for
fifteen minutes, then strain through course
cloth. The croton oil was first rubbed W
with the acacia and extract of male fern, and
then formed into emulsion with the de-
coction In each case the worm was expe
led alive and entire within two hours. No un-
pleasant effects followed. In each case the
worm was passed with the head firmly fasten-
ed TO the side of its body at about the widest
pllt, from which it was with difficulty re-
moved; and the worm was twist,d aud
doubled into various knots Tile Druggists
Circular.
How TO KEEP APPLES. s.-Isaac l.. Thur
her brought to the Santa Cruz Sentinel Of
flee, Tuesday last, "a sample of apples, sound
and perfect, of lart years growth. They
are of Newtown Pppn variety, but re-
semble the yellow Winter Pearmain. Mr.
Thurber keeps his apples in river sand and
boxes. Ovsrhauling his apple bank to make
fresh deposits, he found the fruit, which had