Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-10-04
.GRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

-Lemon-iuice, thickened with salt,
powdered starch and ssft soap, laid
over stains, mildew or iron-rust. will
remove them if the articles are spread
ON the grass where the sun will strike
them. This is sure, and does no in
ire the fabric christian Union.
"A horse, no matter how vicious
and obstinate he may be when at
tempts are made to shoe him. can be
rendered quiet and manageable by
making him inspire during the opera
tion few grains of the ethereal oil of
parsley dropped on handkerchief. A
large number of trials of this substance
have been made with the most trouble
some and violent animals. and in every
ease with perfect success. Wichigan
LumbefHtdH.
-Plums may be preserved nice with
the skins on or off. If on, they should
he pricked at the top and bottom with
a large needle. If you take them off
turn boiling water over them. Prepare
a sirup of a pound of sugar for each
pound of plumS, lay in your fruit to
simmer, not to boil; let them remain
in a scalding state until soaked through,
at least two hours. Then skim out
and boil the liquor down about an
hour. 1t must be thick to keep well.
The flavor Will be much improved by
boiling in the strip half pint Of the
kernels cracked. country Gentleman.
To preserve pears, cut the pears
in half and take out the cores. Place
them over the fire and boil them in
little water until they are just soft
enough for fork to penetrate them.
Take them out and place them on a
dish to drain. 70 each pound of fruit
allow pound of loaf-sugar; add the
sugar to the water in which the pears
were boiled, put in the fruit with the
rind and juice of fresh lemon. Boil
the pears gently for fifteen or twenty
minutes take them out of the sirup,
lay them on a broad dish until cold;
then place them carefully in glass jars.
Boil the strip until thick enough, pour
it over the fruit hot, and seal up.
Ills one COW gives all the milk
wanted in a family of eight, and from
it, after taking all required for other
purposes, 260 pounds of butter were
made last year. This is, in part, his
treatment: If YOU desire to get large
yield of rich milk, give your COW every
day water slightly warm and slightly
sailed, in which bran has been stirred
at the rate Of one quart to two gallons
of water. Iou will find, if you have
not tried this daily practice, that your
COW will give twenty-five per cent.
more milk Immediately under the
effects of it, and she will become so at
tached to the diet as to refuse to drink
clear water unless very thirsty: but
this mess she will drink alnost any
time and ask for more. The amount
of this drink necessary is an ordinary
water pailful at a time, morning, noon
and night. -.Southern Farmer.
Whenever you perceive a horses
inclination 10 rear, separate your reins
and prepare for him. The Instant he
is about to Iise slacken one rein and
bend or twist his head with the other,
keeping the hands low. This bending
compels him to move a hind leg, and
of necessity brings his torefeet down.
Instantly twist him completely round,
three or four times, which will con-
fuse him very much and completely
throw him off his guard. The moment
you have finished twisting him round
place his head in the direction you
wish to proceed, apply the spurs, and
he will not fail to go forward. If the
situation be convenient, press him into
gallep, and apply the spurs and whip
horse will not, perhaps, be quite salts
fled with the first defeat, but may feel
disposed to try again for the mastery.
Should this be the case, the process of
twisting, etc, must be repeated
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