Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-15
.oxE. FARM AND GARDEN.


Pc kind. TO your sheep; use no loud
"a hoisterous language nor allow others
az AZ 50. Never brighten them. Treat
g oo ~ kindly, and they will show an ap,,
IT, as;af;on Of it and will pay you, In wool
PHI mutton, more than an hundred fold.
ai'N Ia Cream.-One quart of milk, four
half a pound of sugar, one table,
egg, If corn starch. Mix the starch
spoo l;ttle milk, boil the quart, and while
WIZ l;i;nc stir in the starch, eggs and sugar,
po 81, hsaten together. Cool before freez-
nvthing which is kept from air is
n,-ed indefinitely, and if il is kept dry
pies e4eact Is measurably the same. Paint
mo .., buildings prevents the contact of air
Jpn ,,oisture. Ii the whole fence cannot
anu .ainted. the heads, at least, OF the nails
.beTein should be touched.
To make pepper-sauce take two dozen
.a,ner and cut them up fine, with double
pe?pp,,antity of cabbage; one root OF horse
lhs Tth rraied: one handful of salt, one
I1a,nI las, of mustard seed, one table
eannf,,l ot allspice, one dessert spoonful
eIn,.s two tablespoonfuls of sugar and
y ,;+,Ie mace. Boil the spice and sugar in
az .'t onarts of the best cider vinegar, which,
wv ,oan a. removed from the fire and while
a. boiling. pour over the other ingredients.
Wben cold. put it in jars, cover close and
keep in cool place
In driving cattle from the pasture to
~ table they should never be hurried or
- N 90 faster than a walk. Good
. LIZ at this season have well-filled udders,
'rh;ch makes it painful to move over the
n,,nd faster than a walk. Besides, in
s.arn, weather, by hurrying the animal
,hare L always danger Of overheating her
Lioos and milk. and thus not only injur-
~ 4 INIT all the other milk with which
!, Comes in contact Dogs should never
NO allowed in dairy. They are the
soryce of infinite mischief.-Neao York
Herald. ..,,,,.
70 nrevent the sinks becoming foul unless
so,pa chemical preparation is used. One
,,onnd of copperas dissolved in four gal
ions of water. poured over sink three or
tonr times. win completely destroy the Of
fensive odor. Asa disinfecting agent to
scatter around premises affected with any
unnleasant odor, nothing is better than
mixture of four parts dry ground plaster
Of paris TO one part of fine charcoal, by
WEIGHT All sorts of glass vessels and
other utensils may be effectually purified
from offensive smells by rinsing them with
charcoal powder after the grosser impu-
rites have been secured off with sand and
soap-Erclta,age.
An earthly compound for removing
grease-spots is made as follows: Take full
Ter s.earth, free it from all gritty matter by
elutriation with water; mix with half
pound Of the earth so prepared half Il
bound of soda, as much soap, and eight
yolks Of eggs well beaten up with halt Il
pound of purified ox-gall. The whole
must be carefully triturated upon a
porphyry slab; the soda with the soap in
the same manner as colors are ground,
mixing in gradually the eggs and the OK
gall, previously beaten together. lncor-
porate next the soft earth by slow degrees,
till uniform thick paste be formed,
which should be made into balls or cakes
of convenient size and laid out TO dry. A
little of this detergent being scraped of
with knife, made into paste with water
and applied to the stain will remove it,
Boston Journal Of Chemistry.
The following method of starching
linen is recommended by "a German jour
nal: Make liquid paste with good fine
wheat starch and cold water, and then stir
in boiling water until stiff paste is
formed, and Immediately add white wax
or stearine, say about one ounce of wax TO
pound Of starch 0he exact proportions,
however, in any case can only be deter
mined by experiencc). If it is desirable
that the linen should be very stiff, pow
dered gum-arabic may be added to the cold
water with which the starch is mixed
The strained starch should he thoroughly
rubbed into the articles after they have
been well wrung out, after which they
should then be paced between dry cloths
and passed through the mangle, and then
rubbed on an ironing board in one direc-
ton with soft rag, to distribute any
Jumps of starch Collars, etc, should be
ironed dry with hot iron and considera-
bic pressure. The sticking of the iron
may be prevented by drawing it while hot
over wax, and wiping it with rag dipped
in salt