The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-02-07
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
GsrmI Hints.


20 apply cotton batting soaked with o
Imminent made OF equal parts OF linseod
oil and lime water. BE careful not to
break the blisters, should any form.
Tho finest quality OF indigo Inns the
least specific gravity, and floats upon
water.
To prevent the skin discloring after a
briIise, take little dry starch or arrow
root, merely moistcn it with cold water,
and place il on The injured part. This
is best done immediately, so rs to pre-
vent the action of the cir upon the skin.
Invaluable for black eyes.
The cause OF streaked butter is the
imperfect working OF the butter after it
il sailed. Salt III butter sets tho color,
or deopcns and brightens it 30 that il
the salt is worked into the bntter and
not so fully worked Ha to salt ovcry part,
then tho fresh butter retains the color it
had whsn it came from the churn, md
tho salt butter grows so much darker
that it is decidedly streaked. The
remedy is to work the strcaked butter
more thoroughly.
Leather pump packing requiring to
be very tight, for small work, should
not be more than one-thirty-sccond Of
M inch thick, and not be bent up
round the bore or sides Of tho barrel
more than one-sixtcenth OF m inch.
Black lead well mixed with white Of
egg is II good stove backing. Lay on
with paint brush, and when dry polish
with a hard brush.
To prevent fat irons from rusting,
melt ono quartcr OF m ounce Of camphor
and ono-half OF q pound Of fresh
hogs lard over n slow fire, take on tho
Scum, md mix rs much black lend with
tho composition as will bring it to the
color of iron. Spread this over the arti-
cics for which it is intended. Let it lilo
for twOuty-four hours, and then rub it
well witl'a dry liucn cloth. Or smear
tho irors over with melted suet, and
dust thereon some pounded unslakod
lime from n muslin bag. Cover the
irons with baize in a dry place when not
in uSc.-.SciCntiGc american.
How Much Corn to mn Aercs
Experience proves that, rs rule, the
larger the yield is per acre the less is the
cost of production per bushel. It is
therefore important not ouly to be able
to get uniformly large Yields, without
impoverishing the soil, but also to know
how largc n yield ono may aim TO pro-
duce with q reasonable prospect Of sue
cess. How much corn is it possible to
grow on m acre As was remarked in
the Era ashort time ago, onour fertile
Michigan lnnds eighty to ono hundred
bushels Of shelled corn ought to be IN
ordinary crop, aud it ought not to cost
over thirty cents per bushel exclusive Of
interest on the capital invested in tho
land. But the yield which by iudici-
ous system Of high farming it is possible
to obtain with u tolernble degree OF Ger
tainty is probably far in excess Of one
hundred bushels. The results OF Il
series Of Observation-Disclosures by mem-
hers Of The Eluira (N. " farmers
club seem to hint Mt tho possibilities of
the ease. In oue experiment the yield
from n single grim was twenty.four
ounces, equivalent TO n bushel from
thirty.sevGn grains, and this rate of pro-
duc!iou for IN entire acre, allowing to
each grain four square feet OF soil, would
give 29i bushels OF shellcd corn. Iu
another experiment tho yield from q
single grain WIS thirty.one and one.half
ounces, which would give bashcl from
twenty-eight grains, or 3SS bushels per
acre. In another the yield was thirty
seven and one-half ounces, equivalent TO
n buslel from twonty-four grains, or 4j3
bushels per ucrc. In the most success
fnl experiment of tho series the yield
from single grain was forty-thrce and
ono half ounces, which is Mt the rate OF
n hushcl to twenty.one grains. or five
hundred bushels per acre. What has
been done can be done again. What
ole grain OF corn Inns been. made to pro.
ducc, every grain OF ten thousand like
it, allowing reasonable margin for acct;
dents may bG made to produce. What
Il iielA has been made to produce il
favorable season, it and every other field
like it may be made to produce in every
favorable season. Ayyet we have scarce
ly begun to realize the possibilities Of
high farming.-Ne,r Era.
Advantages of IiorInE.
Too many persons who use the hoe
suppose that the chief benefit derived
from it is to kill the weeds. That GER
tlinly is al Important work, aud one
greatly neglected. Weeds are not only
in the way. Of .cnItivating the crops
which We plant, but they rob them OF
much Of tho autriment which they need.
Hoeing, then, is i'm essential service in
respect to destroying the weeds. There
are other advantages, however, Which
are commonly overlooked. Let us see :
The looSeuiug OF the soil in the opera
ton Of hocing is beneficial 10 the
plnuts, rs much rs the destruction Of the
weeds or more so. Moisture abounds
in the atmosphere during tho hottest
months, md is absorbed and retained
most NbIrdantly by n soil which is i'll
tho most tri1blc state. Then, NgNin, pull
vnrizing soil enables it better to retain
tho moisture absorbed. Tho soil, in
order TO DO healthy anil active, must
breathe. \ light porous soil admits the
mir, and thus it is invigoratod hy tho MT.
mosphere. The suns rays heat hard
soil much more quickly than loose
one, and the hotter tho soil is, 80 much
greater will be the evaporation from it.
So that the hard soil is deprived of its
moisture much sooner than one OF a
looge texture. The soil that has been
kept loose near the surface by the. ac-
ton OF the hoe will receive and hold the
rain water that falls, while n hard soil
will allow most OF it to run of into the