American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-09-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Plants set against walls and piazzas
frequently suffer from want of water at
this season, when even ground near by
them is quite wet Draw away the soil
around each plant SO rs to form n basin;
fill it with water, allowing it time to
soak gradually away, and when the sur
face has dried Il little draw in loosely
the soil over it, and it will do without
water for some weeks. This applies to
all plants wanting water through the
season. If water is merely poured on
the surface, it is made more compact by
the weight of water, and the harder the
soil becomes, the easier it dries; and the
result is, the more water you give the
more is wanted.-GaFdencr's .NOhthly.
An excellent and innocent cosmetic
used bv the Orientals is made of jasmine
pomadc and bcnZoin. This looks like II
thick white cream, and brings Il lovely
but transient bloom to the cheeks. For
Il simple and harmless cosmetic one can
recommend tincture of benzoin added to
| water until it assumes Il milky hue and
consistence This is a fragrant wash and
| infuses life into sluggish blood. Another
| is medicated soap melted and made into
balls with Underground oatmeal. Dat
meal and buttermilk together possess
wonderfully identifying qualities, and
oatmeal by itself now occupies place
on many washstands, stepped in water in
small quantities. Its balsamic quail
ties and glutinous oiliness make the flesh
beautifully soft and white. A little
lemon juice may be added advantageous
| wallpapers Bdzdr.
The Gardeners Woathly states that
the evil effects of severe pruning on fruit
| trees are clearly recognized. All prun
ing, winter or summer, is an injury to
vitality. Freqently the injury is so
| slight that the tree soon RECEIVERS, and,
some other advantage being gained,
pruning, on the whole, may be a benefit.
1t is we'll, however, to always keep in
view the principle that pruning always
weakens in order to do as little of it as
possible consistently with what we wish
to accomplish. At this season we may
do some good in saving the necessity for
winter pruning by pinching out shoots
we do not want while they are in young
and immature state. 1t should be Il
main object to make all transplanted
trees not merely have leaves but have
new shoots at the earliest possible mo-
ment. If they are growing very well
they may be allowed to perfect a few
fruits. Overwhelming on a ncwly-planted
tree is, however, one of the best ways of
making it stunted for years.
This matter of the science of cattle
feeding and the study of the laws of nu-
triton is receiving a great deal of atten-
ton at present in the experiment stations
in Germany. AS the investigation pro
crosses the methods become more and
more refined. The eXperimenters have
found that if they will learn how food
shall best be economical they must first
learn not only what are the different
constituents of the food rs albuminoids,
fats, carbohydrates, etc, and what pro-
portion of these are digested by the an
e., .,f
these substances in the animal body. 1t
is of course impossible to watch the
food as it is doing its work inside the
body of the animal. So these questions
must be solved by learning the amount
and composition of the food and of the
products of its transformation which are
given off by the animal. In other words,
not only the solid and liquid eXcrements
but also the gaseous products of respira-
ton through the lungs and skin have to
be measured and analyzed-Neao En-
gland Farmer.
"A Hygienic Breakfast.-The La,os Of
Lite gives the following: For a private
family, first, a saucer of oatmeal pudding
with creamy milk sugar or maple slrup
if desiredD and light, warm corn gems is
set before us. This answers the same
purpose, healthwise and otherwise, as
soups at our ordinary dinners; and
though III some ldlllHlcS, WI mere tllc warn
part of the breakfast is put On the table
at first, it may not be desirable to leave
it cooling while eating first course, yet
it is considered better to give the stom-
ach this preparation before beginning
the harder, dryer part of meal. So
next, if convenient to the hOusekeeper,
we will be served with warm mashed
potato, milk toast and nicely prepared
Lima beans, with a continuation of the
corn gems. This may sound scanty, but
we are sure from experience that such a
breakfast makes up richly, both in guam
tity and quality, for what it lacks in
variety, and gives better satisfaction than
IA table loaded with SO many different
kinds of breads, buildings and sauces
that the partaker must either go through
an ofttimes perplexing process of selec-
ton, or fall a weak victim to the effects
of taking as many kinds as are offered
him.