The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1876-11-22
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Household Hints.

Household Hints.
GREASE SPoTs.-To remove grease
spots from worsted or WOODEN goods, rub
with dry megnesia and a wooden cloth.
PICKLES IN ALCOHOLIC one gallon
of best vinegar add one pint Of alcohol.
Rub the cucumbers clean with a towel,
and put them in.
STAINED KID GIovEs.-The white
spots on kid gloves, from damp, may
generally be removed by wrapping them
up with small Jumps OF gum oamphor.
CURING BUN1oSs.-Thes terrible tor
ments can be easily removed by using a
weak solution of carbolic acid on them
for about n month. They will entire
~ disappear.
LEMON JUICE STANs.-Touch the
stains with little aqua ammonia (spirits
hartshornl applied by means of q
sponge or cloth, we'll rubbed in, and
they will instantly disappear.
To CAN ToMAToEs.-Scald, peel, and
cut the tomatoes into a colander, and let
all the liquor that will drain off do so.
Stew the tomatoes till we'll done, and
car. The liquor that drains off may be
boiled down and made into catsup.
RoAoHEs.-Any house can be rid of
reaches by free and continuous use of
powdered borax. In crevices where
borax cannot be put, pour in boiling
water. These two things p%ersevered in
will exterminate the pestiferous insect.
ANBERRYDUMP11Na.-One quart OF
-four, one t~easpoonfnl Of soda and two
t~easpoonfuls of cream of tartar sifted to-
gether. With sweet milk mix into a
soft dough, using a spoon for the pur-
pose. Roll the dough out very thin in
oblong shapes, and spread over it one
quart Of cranberries, picked and washed
clean. Add half a pound Of sugar,
sprinkled over evenly. Fold over and
over a.; then tie in a pudding cloth and
put into a steamer, where let it cook
over a steady fire for one hour, with
faith, never looking into the pot. Serve
with sweet sauce, or sugar and cream.
OYSTER AND OKRA SoUr.-Boil fifty
large oystrrs with their liquor, a little
water, white pepper, grated nutmeg,
very little salt and a piece Of butter;
when cooked take the oysters out with a
skinner and pass the liquor through a
6ne strainer; then put in another sauce
pan two ounces of butter, a chopped
onion, two ounce of lean ham cut in
small square pieces; fry slowly for five
minutes; add to it two quarts of veal or
beef broth, the liquor from the oysters,
four tablespoonful of rice, eight sliced
raw tomatoes without the skin and seeds,
half a green pepper cut fine; boil slowly
for an hour, add the oysters, boil again,
skim well and serve. 1t is also served
with plain boiled rice in a separate dish
and none in the soup.
Taking Care Of the Roots.
These include turnips, carrots, beets
and parsnips, and they will keep equally
we'll when properly pitted out Of doors,
and lose less by shrinkage, than If stored
in a dry cellar. All of these roots may
be harvested at any time in November,
before cold weather sets in. If there is
much of this sort Of work to be done it
is better and a great saving of labor to
commence early whilo the weather is
mild. Topping turnips, beets or carrots
in the garden or field in frosty weather
is anything but pleasant. Within q
few years those who. grow roots in a
large way have bit upon a method that
is cheap and rapid, reducing the e1-
pense from about seven cents to less
than two cents q bushel. The roots are
pulled and placed in rows close to-
gether, the roots all in the same rela-
tive position. Then, with an ordinary
cassknife, a man or boy goes along chop
ping off the tops without moving the
roots from their position, doing more
work in a day than four mon could
possibly do in the d fashioned way Of
pulling the roots and throwing them
into heaps, and afterward topping. In
storing for winter consumption, select a
high and naturally dry spot of ground,
level off the surface six feet wide, and
as long as needed for the quantity of
roots to be put away. Haul them to this
place, making the heap six feet wide at
tho base, and sloping the sides, and
about four feet in height, when it should
como to a point. In the latitude OF
New York to protect such roots from
frost will call for a covering of thirty
inches of soil in thickness. In putting
on this covering conform to tie outlines
Of the heap.
1t is better to run these "root pits"
as they are commonly called, east and
west, and with very severe weather in
midwinter it may be found necessary to
cover over the north side of tho heap
with long manure. All sorts of roots
will keep better when the soil comes in
direct contact with them ; formerly it
was the general practice to put a cover
ing of salt hay or straw over the heap
before putting on the oil.-Scri6ner's
Monthly. -.
Fall Flowing.
Whom the. wheat and rye have been
sown and the corr husked it is too fro
quently supposed that nothing more re-
mains to be done in the field. But there
is no season in which more useful work
can be done in the field than the fall.
The paow should be kept going until
frost puts a stop to the work. There
are many reasons why fall blowing is
beneficial. The effect of tho weathering
OF clay Coil is such that no implements
can produce it. The repeated frosts
and thaws so break up and mellow the
soil that. there is IL the spring a finer
seed bed than could be obsainsd with all
the blowing and narrowing that could
be given to it. The work done in the
fall is not only better done, bat 80 much
is put out of the way in preparation for
spring crops, the blowing for which
is often delayed by u%nfavorable weather
80 much so as to endangor tho success
OF tho crop. The corn stubbles should
by all means be plowed now, 10 that
oats can be sown as carly as the mellow
soil is dried by the first warm SUNS in
the spring. This early owing is some
times the safety OF the crop !; and the