Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-12-17
FARM AND FlRESlDE.

WINTER CARE OF VEGETABLES.-A
correspondent CT la Revue Agricole,
thus describes his plan for keeping carrots,
turnips, beets, &C., through the winter:
sit is simply to place these roots Or tu-
bers in measures or boxes, whose bottoms
are perforated with sunday large holes, in
trenches in the soil, and cover them with
six iuches of earth or with planks in such
manner that the air may circulate freely
within. By this means have kept car.
rotsu to June as fresh as when they were
first dug from the soil One can thus keep
potatoes and prevent their termination.
For keeping larger quantities, the plants
ON which the potatoes are placed should
be at least eight inches from the soil and
leave vacancies in the plants to facilitate
the circulation Of lair. 1 have employed
this plan for many years and find it excel.
lent. f;.saYs 81 ~ essa
advise your readers to try it, at first
on a small scale if they have any doubts
about its efficacy" 'rae
How TO MAKE GOOD BREAD.-For
four small loaves; boil four large potatoes.
When done pour off the water, and when
the potato water becomes cool, add to it
your yeast cake. Mash your potatoes very
fine, then put through = fine sive: next
pour boiling milk into as much flour as
YOU will need. Let stand until cool, then
add your potato and yeast cake, a handful
of salt, one teaspoon of sugar. Stir very
stiff, adding flour as is needed. Let stand
in warm place until light; then dissolve
one teaspoonful soda in a little hot water
mix we'll through with the hands; mould
into loaves; let rise again. When sufi-
GENTLY raised place them in a moderately
hot oven, keeping a steady heat, and you
will have bread that will suit the most fas-
tidious epicure. r. Esf
WASHING WooLENs.-Prof. Artus, who
has devoted himself to the discovery Of the
reason why wooden clothing when washed
with soap and water will insist upon
shrinking and becoming thick and acquir-
ing that peculiar odor and feeling which
so annoys housekeepers, says these evil
fects are due to the decomposition OF &C
by the acids present in til" r.lvscirati
and other waste of the sLlu which
clothing absorbs. The fat Of tfaa So
then precipitated upon the wool.
effects may be prevented by sleeping
articles in warm solution Of wa
soda for several hours, then adding
warm water and a few drnps of ammonia.
the woolens are then to be washed out
and rinsed in lukewarm water.
How TO CLEAN CARPETS table.
spoonful of ammonia in one gallon Of warm
water will often restore the color Of car
pets, even if dissolved by acid or alkali.--
1t ceiling has been white-washed with
the carpet down, and few drops should
fall, this will remove it. Or, after the car
pet is well beaten ID brushed, scour with
oxgall, which will not only extract grease,
but freshen the colors. One pint of gall
IN three gallons of warm water, will do a
large carpet. Table and floor cloths NAV
be thus washed. The suds left from a
wash when ammonia is used, even il al
well.
A VERY GOOD APPLE PIE.-Take a
large coffee cup full of light bread dough,
work ip it q piece piece of butter the size
OF an egg, fill deep dish with apples
sliced thin, put IA little water on them, roll
out the crust just to cover the dish, and
bake until the apples are perfectly soft:
then, with knife, lift the crust off, lay it
upside down on plate little larger than
the crust; mash the apples with the back
OF spoon'in the dish they were baked In,
put piece Of butter in them as large as a
nutmeg. sugar to your taste, stir well to-
gether, spread them on the crust, CRATE
nutmeg over the top, and you have very
nice pie. Better if eaten with cream.
SPIDERS CAN be destroyed by no prep
aration we know of. If person if anx-
ious to destroy them, the only way is to
kill them and break up their>sests, Fleas
may be driven out of a bed by sprinkling
i'll it camomile flowers. OIL of pennyroyal
will also drive them out. For bed-bugs,
use equal parts of alcohol and and spirits
of turpentine in which corrosive sublimate
Was dissolved Benzine or gasoline will
destroy them. They will not stay in a bed
in which cedar boughs have been placed.
A weak solution of chloride OF zinc used
as wash will also Danish them.
A FRUIT-HOUsE IN THE OPEN AIR.
Under this title the ssMoniteur Horticole
de Relge" describes process of keeping
apples, very simple and Inexpensive, which
is taken from the "Maison Rustique:''
"Choose dry place, naturally protected
by trees, evergreens preferred, and then
place the fruit in conical heap that we
cover with leaves in the proportion of
twice the bulk of the leaves to one of fruit
a NY CAKEs.-One and a half
pounds of flour, one pound Of sugar. half
pound OF butter, one pound nutmeg. lii
tie powdered cinnamon, one egg, half tea.
spoonful OF soda dissolved in q tea.cun of
milk, cover with powdered sugar and Gin
namon; before baking, roll them out and
cut them out with tin, and bake in a
moderate oven, not too hot.
THE EPIzooTIc.-Mr. Murray, well
known as an authority on horses, saws:
The best remedy for the epizootic is 70
feed the horse with soft food, blanket
warmly, bandage his legs loosely, give him
two or three tablespoonfuls of ginger in
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