, 1875-01-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

1t does not pay 10 staTve stock oee
cause corn is high. The best way LOT
farmer j. 20 rely on bis stock foT MS
profits, and feed literally ~ all times
-Ranroad Emptyings-One pint
shorts, one ieaspconful soda, ginger ana
sugar, each. Pour boiling water on
until thick enough for rising. Set IN
warm place 10 rise When hight sci IN
cool place This vill take two or three
weeks. When YOU want 20 haAe, take
four spoonlUis Of milk, little soda ana
pour one teaCup Of hot water on H.
When cool, thicken with four add one
tablespoonful OF the emptyings made OF
the shorts; set in a warm place To rise
When light, mix vour sponge with milk
or water. and raise once before maAInS
into lOayeS.-CiHciHHdfi Times.
-HouSckccpers ami millerS are often
annoyed with Weeviis breeding IN Hour
in hot weather, and frequently also IN
winter They are the product OF an IN
sect which Laws lis eggs between the
slaves of the barrel and the meSheS oi
muslin sacks. Paper sacks VIII exclude
them completely, aS they cannot oe pen
etrated by insects to lay their eggs
through them. Weeyils are more annoy
ing than injurious and can easily be silt
cd out. Still many housekeepers throw
away flour infested by them, 10 avoid
this loss il is only necessary to keep Hour
stored in papeI sacks, especially IN hot
wcather.-PraiTie Farmer
According 20 Liebig, oatmeal is al
most as nutritious As the best English
beef and is richer than wheaton bread in
the elements going 10 form bone and
muscle Prof Forbes, of Edinburgh,
was in the habit, for some twenty years,
of measuring the breadth and height
and testing the strength Of both the arms
and loinS of the students of the Univer-
si'v. As the result Of these experiments,
be found that, in height, breadth OF
chest and shoulders, and in muscular
strength, the Belgiaus were at The bottom
Of the list: little above them were the
French; very much higher were the En-
gliSh: while above them all were the
Scotch and Scotch-lriSh from Ulster, VINO,
Ike the natives of Scotland, are accus-
toned, in their early years. to have one
meal day of milk and oatmeal purridge.
This evidence Is held aS strongly sup
porting the conclusions of Llcbig.
About slX years ago had Il saw-mill
set on my farm At first they washed
the dust. as the sawyerS called il, by let
ting a stream of water run underneath
the saw. As the water got low il would
not work; then they had to wheel it out
in a pile, and when they Went away
had big pile of SawduSt on my hands
As il was on a good piece of bottom land
that desired to plov wanted it out of
the way. tried to burn it, but it would
not burn. ! concluded at last to turn il
10 some account; 50 when put my hogs
up to fattCn | hauled load every few
DAYS and threw it in the pen. They
mixed il up with their manure and the
cobs, and III the spring | had about
twenty wagon loads of the very best
manure, besides keeping the hogs clean
and dry. used the sawdust for bed
ding the horses and COWS; | put ii
around my grape vines 10 keep down
grass and weeds and the ground moist
The vines improved wonderfully. Sony
pile of sawdust is used Up, and it has
paid. If | was 10 have mill again
would make the bargain 10 have the saw
dust left on the ground-Cor. ohio
FH7aer.