Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-02-25
Agricultural ana D0mstio.

iron rack. Coating the woodwork
in a manager with crude petroleum is
also recommended. The bad taste
will soon cure the animal of all de-
sire to bite his crib.-Rural Ne,c
YORKER.
To take mildcw from linen, mix
soft soap with starch powdered, half
the quantity Of salt, and a piece OF
lemon, and lay it on both sides with
a paint brush; let it be in the open
air-on grass is preferable-till the
stain is removed.
For orange ilavoring, cut orange
peel in long, thin strips, and stew it
in water till all bitterness is extracted.
Then chop fine, and stew it half an
hour in a thick syrup, allowing one
pound Of sugar to one pound of peel.
Keep in a cool place.
Experts say, hang up a quarter of
meat with the cut end up, being the
reverse Of the usual way, by the leg,
and the juice will all remain III the
meat and not run to the cut and dry
by cvaporatiou 1t is worth a trial,
aud when made vii, be continued
A correspondent of the New York
Times thus alludes TO the proper time
to sell farm produce: :" If You have
anything to sell, and are offered a fair
price, sell it. 1t is better to sell than
to run the risk Of lower prices. This
is especially true OF perishable ar
ticlcS IN cntcrprising but cautious
farmer was offered, during the late
war, ninety cents per pound for wool,
but he held it for dollar. He held
it for tire, or four years and finally
took forty-tirc cents. He learned :
lesson, and enjoys telling his expert
encc Il is not safe TO wait till the
market is at its highest point
\ very pretty pen-wiper can be
made in the form OF! Il closed parasol.
Sharpen thin wooden lead pencil
that has an ivory tip. Cut circle of
silk, and another, somewhat smaller.
of thin black cloth. Point or scollop
the edges al! around, pierce hole in
the centre Of each circle and run the
point Of the pencil through, leaving
the sill, circle on the top. BY a little
ingenuity you can now crease, fold
and secure these circles close to the
handle, so that the whole Will look
precisely like closed parasol; by ex-
perimenting first with a piece of pa
per you can best get the size OF the
circle required to suit your pencil.
Fowls of all kinds are very fond of
charcoal, and will eat it with great
relish if properly prepared. Pounded
charcoal is not in the shape in which
fowls usually find their food, and
consequently is not very enticing to
them To please their palate the
charcoal should be in pieces the size
Of grains Of corn, and If these are
strewed around their quarters they
will readily eat thereof. Corn burnt
on the cob, and the refuse (Which
consists almost entirely Of the grams
reduced to charcoal, and ret9ining
their perfect shape) placed before
them, make such marked improve
mcnt in their health, that it is shown
by the brighter color Of their combs,
and their sooner producing q greater
average of eggs to the flock than be-
fore.
When persons are thirsty and
feycrish beyond what is natural, one
Of the best " coolers" internal or eX-
ternal, is to take a lemon, cut off the
top, sprinkle over it some loaf sugar,
working it downward into the lemon,
and then suck it slowly, squeezing
the lemon and adding more sugar rs
the acidity increases. lnvalids with
fevershness may take two or three
lemons a day in this manner with
the most marked benefit, manifested
by sense Of coolncss, comfort and
invigoration. \ lemon or two thus
taken at tcatime, as an entire substi-
tutc for the ordinary supper, would
give many y man q comfortable
nights sleep and an awakening of
rest and lnvigoratlon, with an appc-
titc for break fast to which they would
otherwise be strangers.
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