Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1875-07-09
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

After making a trial Of almost every de-
scription of tbs various scientifically con-
structed and furnished bee-hives, and ex-
pending no end Of money on them, have
not found them to possess any advantages
over properly made, well managed straw
one, in that to us all important CONNER
cial object, the weight Of honey produced
for disposal. The straw hives must he
made with a fiat top, and a hole in the
centre three inches in diameter. When
the bees begin to show symptoms Of swarm
ing, and before you put on an extra or top
hive, place on thee crown an adapting
board, with Sits cut in the centre CORES
ponding with the hole at the top Of the
stock hive; but remember that it is an all
important arrangement that The Sits
through the adapting board be exactly
three sixteenth of an inch in width. I
have found that drones will never pass
through an aperture this size, and the queen
will rarely if ever do SO, as she very FREE
quently does when the opening is left the
full size, causing much annoyance and in
jury, by laying eggs and producing broods
in the supers, to the deterioration in quail
ity and lessening the quantity Of saleable
honeycomb.
The cheapest and as good as any stand
find is an empty American cheese box, of
circular formation. First place four
bricks fiat on the ground, turn the box up
side down, and place it securely on the
bricks, leaning from back to front, the
better to carry off all moisture; place your
hive Of bees on this, and cover them well
over with sack OF artificial manure bag,
and he careful that the ends of the sack
reach below the hive, so that the drips
may be carried to the ground without sett-
ling on the foor-board; and then, with a
milk-pan for a roof over all, the hive is Sc
cure from all weather, and will stand
sound and good for many years.
A DISCOVERY ABOUT CoRN.-A writer
of the ssWestern RuraP' says: An intelli-
gent and reliable neighbor of ours has for
many years been making an Importance
and value in replanting com, which is
quite novel and worthy of publication.
We have always thought that replanting
corn was of very little consequence, but
this gentleman says sit is of so much con-
sequence that he replants whether it is
needed or motor rather, he plants two or
three weeks after the corn is planted, a
hill every fifteenth row each way.'' He
says: eff the weather becomes dry during
the filling time, the silk and tassels both
hoo nd Tn
if it should become seasonable, the silk re-
wives and resumes its growth, but the tas-
sells do not recover. Then, for the wantof
pollen, the new silk is unable to fill the Of
flee for which it was designed. The pol
len from the replanted corn is then ready
to supply the silk, and the filing is COM
pleted." He says nearly all the abortive
ears SO common in all crops, are caused by
the want of pollen, and he has known ears
to double their size in this second filing.
4 PIE CRUsT.-The most healthy pie crust
is made of thin, sweet cream and -four,
with little salt. Don't knead thin.
Bake in quick oven. Another way is to
sift a quart or two Of flour in the pan.
Stir in the centre little salt and half
teaspoonful of soda well pulverised. Now
put in the hole a cup Of soft, not liquid,
lard, or butter and lard mixed; stir 1t
thoroughly with the flour; next add two
scant cups of good sour milk or butter
milk. Stir all quickly with the flour, in
such way that you need hardly touch it
with your hands till you can roll it out.
Bake quick. This will make three or four
pies: ahr fts- .5....
SOAP MAKINe.-A gentleman in the
Cincinnati ''Gazette'' says: After the
family supply of soap has been made in
the spring, the grease that accumulates
and is laid aside during the summer often
becomes s'maggoty." To avoid this, the
following is good plan. Have kettle
full Of I've and throw all bacon rinds, etc.,
into this kettle. And when fall comes you
will be surprised at the nice lot of soap
you have. And even if a rat falls in, he
will be changed to soap just the same.
lon Of sliced tomatoes that are Just turn
ing white and have been scalded in salt
and water sufficient to make them little
tender, mix teaspoonful of ground pep
per, one of mace, one of cinnamon, four of
white mustard seed, two of celery seed or
celery salt, one pod Of green peppers, four
onions chopped fine, and >haH-pint grated
horseradish. Mix all together and put a
layer of each alternate: add one pound of
sugar and cover with vinegar. asys~
USEFUL INFoRMATIoN.-B the
hands entirely free from every trace of
soap and drying then thoroughly, chaps
and skin cracks may be avoided even in
the coolest weather. Most of the toilet
soaps are caustic, or full Of I've, and act
injuriously upon thesskin unless this pre-
caution is vigorously observed.
For hoarseness use the white of an egg,
thoroughly beaten, mixed with lemon
juice and sugar. A teaspoonful taken &C.
easionally soon gives relief.
COOKING AsPARAaUs.-Cut in yery
small pieces and boil twenty minutes in
water pretty well salted; then skim it ont.
throw away the water, put the asparagus
back and pour over it some cream. Take
teaspoonful Of flour and the same Of but
ter, mix them well together and stir into
the cream. Let it boil up and it is done.
Try this and YOU will saw H. ia tha very
best way to serve asparagus you ever heard
OF read of.