The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-07-06
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Coffee has much finer flavor when
it does not boil. 1t should he stepped as
tea is to retain its flavor Grind only suf-
ficient for a meal at once.
-Palatable Graham bread can be made
by making a sponge of white flour at
night, in the morning add two tablespoon
fu1s of molasses for each loaf, and make
it as thick with Graham flour as you can
stir it with spoon. Fill your pans half
full; let them rise till full; have the oven
pretty hot at first, and cool it off after the
crust has set. A great deal of Graham
bread is baked to death.
The editor of the Rural World, and
who is good authority on such subjects,
says: A corn is bruise of the sole of the
foot, producing extravasation of blood,
and in a majority of cases is the result of
faulty or neglected shoeing The treat
ment consists in removing all pressure of
the shoe from off the seat of the corn and
its contiguous parts. A bar shoe answers
the purpose best when properly adjusted.
The green outer husks of walnuts
contain yellow brown and remarkably
fast dye, which is we'll suited for dyeing
wooden or cotton materials, staining wood,
etc. Wool thus dyed requires no mordant,
is very soft to handle, and not like that
dyed with vitriol. The shades of color
obtained are from bright to dark brown
The husks may be simply kept dried till
used, or packed moist in tubs, by which
means their coloring power is further in
creased.
My attention was drawn to notice the
amount of corn cobs that are thrown away
daily, from feeding one pair of horses
The cobs looked so clean and nice it does
seem as though they were made to do a
farmer more good than to add to the bulk
of the manure heap. Being of rather a
speculative turn of mind 1 tried a little
experiment with few cobs, by pouring
over them q small amount of coal oil,
and then put them in the cook-stove to see
what the effect would be. was entirely
satisfied that had produced an excellent
fuel, They furnish kindling cheaper,
and equally as good, than the patented ar
ticle sold in the cities and towns. Farm
ers who have to haul wood long distances,
and then prepare it for use in the busy
seasons of the year, will find this hint of
value. I think it would be better to let
the cobs lay awhile, after pouring the oil
over them, before using.-Cor. Prairie
Farmer.
Where all other m cans have failed to
exterminate bedbugs, sulphurous acid gas
has succeeded. Take everything out of
the infested room, plug up all the win
dows tightly, close all chimneys, and
empty about one ounce of powdered sui
phur on pan of hot Goals, placed in the
middle of the floor. Shut the doors and
cover all cracks; let the sulphur burn as
long as it will. When the room is large
it is good plan to fasten bit of tin tube
to the bottom of the pan, and to this con-
meet enough small rubber pipe to lead out
of the nearest door. By blowing into the
end of the pipe with the bellows, the sui.
phur will be caused to burn more quickly
by the draft created and to give densel
smoke. After the sulphur has burned
out, paint all the cracks in the floor and
around the mop-board with strong solu.
ton of corrosive sublimate, and treat the
furniture to the same before replacing it
We have seen a room frightfully infested
completely freed by this plan.-Scient!6t
american.