The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1874-12-03
Farm, Garden and Household.
The IinuseNYife,


specific against epidemics-not as an
esculent, but sliced and kept in sick
room, where they will absorb any at
mospheric poison. They should be re-
placed by fresh ones every hour. It is
noticed that in the room of q smallpox
patient they will blister and decompose
very rapidly, but will prevent the
spread of the disease. Their applica-
tion has also proved effective in the
case of snake bites.
FISH RIssobEs.-Take some fish,
either fresh OF that has been cooked,
shred it, and let it stew with some but
ter, covering it over until sufficiently
done. Soak roll in milk, beat up the
fish and this together in mortar with
a little finely. chopped mushroom and
three eggs ; season with salt and pep
per. Mix all well together bake in
small cups, first buttered, and turn out.
Serve with or without sauce.
THE BEST WAY To SERVE R1cE.-Soak
it for some hours in cold water, to
which little salt has been added.
Have stew-pan ready, containing boil
ing water, into which put the rice, and
boil briskly for ten minutes. Pour it
into colander, and set it by the fire to
drain. The grains will be separated
and very large.
A good method of keeping potatoes
for family use is to pack them in bar
rels with sun-dried sand, covering the
tops with turf, and keeping them in q
dry and cool atmosphere. Then they
will neither shrivel nor shrink to any
real extent.
ECONOMICAL CovERLET. Sheets of
brown paper pasted together at the
edges and laid over blanket on the
bed will give the warmth of two more
blankets, and the article, with care,
will last a considerable time.
Medical Hints.
A CURE FOR Soft CoRNs.-Dip bit
of soft linen rag into turpentine, and
wrap it around the soft corn wet the
cloth in it night and morning, and in q
few days the corn will have disappear
ed but the relief to the throbbing,
burning pain, comes almost immedi-
ately after the first or second applica-
tion. Wear cotton between the toes
and the corns will not reappear.
To REMOVE STINGs.-In many cases
instantaneous relief from the pain can
be obtained by pressing upon the place
containing the sting with the tube of a
small key. This extracts the sting, and
then drop of aqua ammonia will neu-
tralize the acidity of the poison, and
allay the smart of the wound. A little
bit of saleratus moistened and laid over
the affected part will also heal it.
COURT THE SUN.-Sleepless people
and there are many in Ap2erica-should
court the sun. The very worst soporifc
is lRudanum, and the very best is sun
shine. Therefore, it is very plain that
poor sleepers should pass as many
hours of the day in sunshine and as
few as possible in the shade. Many
women are martyrs, and yet do not
know it. They shut the sunshine out
of their houses and hearts, they wear
wells, they carry parasols, they do all
that is possible to keep off the subtlest,
and yet most potent influence, which is
intended to give them strength and
beauty and cheerfulness.
Preserving Fodder.
Corn fodder and oats are preserved
fresh by German farmers, with entire
success. This is done by closely pack.
ing fodder on the roots after they are
pulped and mingled with cut-straw, IN
pits or troughs dug in dry soil, and
covering the mass with thick layer OF
earth TO exclude the air. In this way
fresh beet or turnip leaves, green-corn
fodder, clover, lucerne, pulped beets,
mangels and turnips are perfectly well
preserved during Il whole year. After
being thus stored fermentation sets in
and is completed in two months. The
food thus preserved goes by the name
81 sour hay, but it is not sour, being,
on the contrary, alkaline from the pres.
ence Of ammonia. When fed with cut
straw it is especially valuable as pre-.
venting the constipating effects Of the
dry food. Stock eagerly consume the
fodder, and are kept in heathful con-
dition during the winter season by it's
use. Among the products Of the fer.
mentation a variety of fatty acids, with
some alcohol and other carbohydrates
unusual i'll fresh fodder, have been de-
tected. It contains less water than
green fodder, and is therefore to be
considered rs to that extent concen
trated food. Probably upon dairy
farms where fresh food is desirable dur
ing the winter and early spring this
plan of preserving fodder might be
found valuable addition to our re-
sources.
The Profit of Sheep Raising.
n. G. Abbott, of Vassalsboro, Me-,
had a moving field of forty acres
covered with white and yellow daisies
and the grass was killed in many places
He thinned out ten acres of it for sheer
pasture and allowed them to feed on il
two years. The third year he moved
it and got the heaviest crop OF hay that
he had ever grown on it even with top
dressing. Timothy and red-top came
in, and in some places the clover wal
so heavy that a moving machine coult
not be used. What rush of capitalists
there would be, if there was an invest
ment to be made that would pay so o.
100 per cent. Farmers might make
Just such investments in tile draining
their lands and seeding them witt
grapes, with no more manure than they
now let run to waste.
Saving Seed Corn.
The best plan, as general thing, il
to select the best ears at the time o.
husking, and spread them on the barn
floor, SO that the cobs can become
thoroughly dry. The old method o.
leaving the husks attached to the corn
so that it could be braided together
and suspended in dry and airy place
brought about a similar result. In al
cases, the corn should be kept where
it will be free from dampness. Man,