The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-16
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Household Hints,

10 nuke aye lOr cOlOrlng pine WOOD
green, of a shade like that OF trees aui
plants, take three pints of strong vine-
gar, add four ounces of best verdigris,
ground fine, one-half ounce of sap
green, and one-hslf ounce of indigo.
Boil the wood in this for several hours.
For mending valuable glass objects
which would be disfgured by common
cement, CHROME cement may be used.
This is mixture of five parts gelatine
to one of a solution of acid chromate OF
lime. The broken edges are covered
with this, pressed together, and exposed
to sunlight, the effect of the latter being
to render the compound insoluble even
in boiling water.
To MAKE Coop WATERPROOF BooT
GREASE. sE.-Take one-half pound of shoe
makers dubbing, one-half pint of lin
seed oil, one-half pint of strong solu-
tion of india rubber. Dissolve the
whole with gentle heat Git is very in
fammable), and apply with an ordinary
blacking brush. One application will
insure dry feet for several months.
To KEEP CIDER SWEET If after the
first racking the fermentation still con-
tinues, it is better that the operation
should be repeated as often as any scum
rises to the surface. The final racking
should be performed in fine weather.
When the bottles are filed they should
be set by, uncorked, until morning,
when the corks must be driven in tight
ly, and secured by wire and melted rosin
or any similar substance.
A REMEDY FOR CoRNs.-Bind raw
cotton on your corn at night before
going to bed, and then saturate the COT
ton with spirits turpentine. 1t will re-
move the most obstinate corn, either
hard or soft, in four er five applications.
The skin will be apt to peel off the toe,
but this is rather an advantage, as it
helps to remove the corn.
WHITE LEAD PAINT FROM OLD LEAD
P1PE.-Roll the lead out into thin
sheet and place it in an earthen pot with
a little vinegar in the bottom. Then
bury the pot in fermenting stable dung
or spent tanbark. The acetic acid OF
the vinegar corrodes the metal, forming
a superficial coating of acetate of lead.
The carbonic acid set free by the decom-
posing vegetable matter displaces the
acetic acid, combining with the lead and
forming the carbonate (white lead). The
acetic acid thus released attacks more
metal, which is again carbonized, and
thus, with small charge Of vinegar,
the operation is continued long time,
and a large quantity Of lead changed
into carbonate.
Plowing In Rye.
On the farm OF President Clark, at
p,h Ill
field of six acres, which yielded only
one-half ton per acre. Last fall the
field was plowed, and one ton Of recti-
fed Peruvian guano applied to the
whole and narrowed in. The piece was
then sowed to winter rye, resulting in a
crop this year averaging nearly five
feet IL height when plowed under. and
which g oOd judges estimated would
yield, If harvested, nearly thirty bushels
OF grain to the acre. But President
Clark is one who generally Induces ma
ture to produce about IA he wills, by
following out the principles she has
herself laid down. The soil here was
lacking in organic matter as we'll as in
plant food, aud this was the readiest
means of supplying the deficiency.
The rye was plowei under just before
blossoming, though on general princi-
pies the better way is to turn it under
when nearly ripe, at the time when the
crop has taken into itself the largest
attainable amount of atmospheric and
soil matters. A large siz ID swivel plow
was usel, blowing to a depth of seven
inches, and was followed by a subsoil
plow stirring seven inches deeper. An
other ton of rectifed guanc was applied
to six acres and harro'Ved in, and then
seed to grass and winter rye, Thus
the lot will he qulckly and cffsctually
Supplied with a large amount of organic
and mineral elements of plant food. II
allowed to mature, according to the esti.
mate, the crop plowed in would add tc
the soil of available plant food about
227 pounds OF nitrogen, 200 pounds OF
potash, and 121 pounds of phosphoric
acid, which would nearly in value
the two tons Of guano.
Farm Notes.
AGRICULTURAL W1sDoM.--An EnRlisl
farmer recently remarked that he fed his
land before it was hungry, rested it be
fore it was weary, and weeded it before
it was foul.
CHARCOAL FOR TURKEYs.-A CalifOr
MIA paper highly recommends charcoal
For fattening turkeys, and says that il
should be pulverized and mixed with
mashed potatoes and corn meal, as vel
as fed to them in small Jumps. 1t men
tions that in two lots of four each, other
wise treated alike, there was an average
gain in the weight Of those fed with the
charcoal of pound and half each. Ir
commenting upon this another writer
says: "While we condemn the practice
of mixing the pulverized charcoal with
other food for turkeys. compelling them
to eat it whether they want to or rot, we
have no doubt of the excellent effects oi
supplying them with charcoal broken
into small bits, especially when fatten.
ing for market. We have had evidence
of what we say, and for a number OF
years have recommended charcoal fol-
this purpose.
LUMPs IN UDDERs. Take poke ROOT
and chop it up fine and beat it into
pumice take teacupful and put in 6
quart of meal, and feed to a COW whose
udder has Jumps in it, and they are re-
moved at once. The remedy is infal
ible.
Singular Case.