The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-06-29
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.

"A mixture of oil and ink is said to be
q good thing to clean kid boots with; the
first softens and the last blackens them.
Bleeding from the nose may often be
stopped by putting bits of lint into the
nostrils, and by raising the arms over the
head.
The shaking of currant bushes at
noon in clear day will cause currant
worms to drop to the ground, and not one
in fifty will regain the bush. -Ezcho,.ge.
Puff Cake.-Two cupfuls of sugar,
one of butter, one of sweet milk, three of
flour, three eggs, one and one-half tea
spoonfuls of yeast powder, extract Of
lemon. Bake quick.
To clean an ell painting that Is In.
jured by dust and particles Of wrapping
paper, an exchange says, take the picture
out of the frame, lay coarse towel over
1t for ten or fourteen days; keep it con-
tinually wet until it has drawn out all the
filthiness from the picture; pass some lin
seed oil which has been a long time sea-
soning over it, in the sunlight, to purify
it, and the picture will become as lively
on the surface as new.
Oatmeal for very young infant NAV
be prepared in this way: Take three or
four tabaespoonfuls of best Scotch or Irish
oatmeal to quart Of cold water and let it
soak all night. In the morning drain off
the water and boil it (not the meal but
the water). 1t will soon thicken and be.
come cruel. You can add salt and su
gar If you like, and mix with milk, or,
it the child likes it without the milk, it
can be eaten that way. The meal that has
been soaked will make very good dish
for the family breakfast-N.Y. Times.
When bulbs, such as hyacinths, Gro.
Gus, etc., have been lowered in water,
they should, as soon as the flowers begin
to fade, be removed and planted in earth,
where they will get little nourishment.
Even then the bulb is much weakened,
and it is useless to try to flower bulbs in
water twice. All bulbs, with annual
roots, which includes pretty much all but
the lilies, can be taken up as soon as the
leaves are ripe and brown, and be slowed
away without the least injury to the flow
ers Of the next season, because the roots
will die if the bulbs are allowed to remain
in the ground. After taking them up,
allow them to dry in the shade for a few
days Then remove the tops, roots and
rough skin, and put them away in paper
bags. properly labeled, in q cool place in
the house until planting time in autumn.
|-Vick's Floral Guide.
"A writer in an exchange says the
greatest evil to which far, lers are exposed
by patronizing travelling threshers, is the
carrying of foul seeds from one farm to
another If one farmer raises red root or
Canada thistle, the seeds are sure to be
carried all through the neighborhood by
these threshers ana clover hullers. The
remedy suggested is tor good, tidy farm
ers to club together and buy a thresher-
not the large six or eight horse powers,
but good tread power as now made, with
a level tread, that will thresh two hundred
bushels day, with one team and three
men. I" II is far safer" he says, "more
profitable because less expensive, costing
not more than one.half, some say not
more than oDe-third as much per bushel
to thresh grain as with the travelling ma
chimes, and it relieves the house of small
army of men. As long as travelling ma
chimes are used from farm to farm, they
should be brushed and swept from top to
bottom before moving from each station.
This is the only precaution that Can be
taken to guard against the dissemination
of foul seeds, except the plan above sug-
gested. "-Practical Farmer.