The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1876-11-09
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD



AN ExoEInENT JELLY FOR THE SICK
hooM.-Take rice, sago, pearl harley,
hartshorn shavings, each one ounce;
simmer to three pints of water to one,
and strain it. When cold, it will be n
Jelly, OF which give dissolved in wine,
milk or broth, in. change with other
nourishment.
PRoTEoTIoN FOR WEAK EYEs.-Dr.
Magnus is strongly opposed to the use
OF blue glasses, so much used in Ger
many to protect the eyes, and prefers
the gray and smoky glass. He considers
blue glass especially irritating to the
eye, and says that many biras, reptiles
and amphibians possess yellow or red
dish oil drops in the eye to neutralize
this blue color and ,,rotect the eyes.
The PROBABILITIES OF SICKNESS -
The business of life insurance is largely
based on purely mathematical calcula-
ton, involving the laws of probabili-
ties, the object of which is to determine
by careful comparison of extended sta
tistical returns, and like information,
the probable duration of persons life
oh every year of his existence. On the
tabulated results is founded the scale of
premium charges, proportionate to the
risk assumed. While every one is, of
course, interested in knowing how long
he is likely to live, he has a more imme-
diate aud vital interest in learning how
often he is likely to be sick, and for how
many days per year he will probably, by
i'll health, be incapacitated for work. DIR.
Reginald Southey has recently been de-
hvering course of valuable lectures on
Individual Hygiene in London, and
in one he introduced table of "Expec.
tation of Sickness which he had pre-
pared, and which is as follows: At
twenty years OF age, calculate on four
sick days yearly; at twenty to thirty,
five or six days; at forty-fve, seven
days; at fifty, nine or ten days; at fifty
five, twelve or thirteen days; at sixty,
sixteen. days; at sixty-fve, thirty-one
days; at seventy, seventy-four days. OF
course this refers to people of average
good health, and not to those who may
be afflicted with any ineradicable or
chronic ailment.
Corn Culture.
A paper by Conrad Wilson, read be-
fore the American farmers club, on corn
culture, reported the success of the Will
sou competition. In this the writer
said: 1t will perhaps interest the mem
bers of the club to know that the COM
petition in corn culture under the offers
made to farmers last spring has been
fruit ul of good results. The results
thus far received are of much interest
as indicating the possibilities yet to be
developed in the cultivation of this ce-
real. Some changes that were found ex-
pedient in the plan of this competition
hox- Olr lxy l.
petitors, and will be more fully explain
ed when the report is published. have
long been convinced that the average
yield and profit of the farms of this
country might be largely increased, and
in some cases doubled in amount, with
comparatively small addition to the
present outlay, and that this result is en-
tirely within the reach of great ma
jority of American farmers. When it is
considered that to double the leading
crops of this country would go far to-
ward doubling its wealth and prosperity,
it is easy to see that the Importance of
such question rises to immense pro-
portions.
A possibility so vast in its conse-
quences may we'll inspire the tillers of
the soil with new energy of purpose,
tiiN WIN iC" NohSCptlohS VI tDolI Cdll-
ing. It is to the promotion of such re-
suits as this that my own attention has
been directed for number of years
P'"t, aud tho premiums vTereu III Jn1s
competition are simply but parts of q
general plan looking to this ultimate
result. When the results of this COM
petlon are given to the public shall be
able to present some facts and figures of
sufficient Importance to fully justify the
effort that has been made, and, in addi
t1on to these, still other facts and figures,
accumulated from various sources, all of
which will tend to show that the posi-
bIllty of yield and cost for Indian corn
are such as to warrant the position /
have assumed-namely, that seventy
bushels or shelled corn per acre, and a
corresponding reduction of cost per
bushel, are so entirely within reach of a
majority of farmers as to leave no rea-
sonable excuse for coming short of this
result, and still further to show that if
the census returns at the end of the
present decade do not indicate such an
average for the whole country, it will
be the fault, not of those intelligent
farmers whose yearly crops already ex.
ceed this average, but of the large class
OF unprogressive farmers who invariably
fall below this standard.
Grensins Wagons.
good wagon costs a considerable
sum, and it should be taken proper care
OF, and made to last as long as possible.
Few persons understand the importance
of thoroughly oiling the axles, etc., Of
wagons and carriages, and still fewer
know which are the most suitable lubri
Gators to use, and the proper way of ap.
plying them. A we'll made wheel will
endure ordinary wear from ten to TWEEN
ty-five years, if care is taken to use the
right amount of the proper lubricator
but if this matter is not attended to, o
wheel will be used up in five or six
years. Lard should never be used on a
wagon, for it will penetrate the hub and
work itself out around the lemons of the
spokes ard spoil the wheel. Tallow is
the best lubricator for wooden axletrees.
and castor oil for iron. When oiling an
axletree the spindle should be wiped
clean with cloth wet with spirits OF
turpentine, and then apply few drops
OF castor oil near the shoulder and end.
When greasing an axletree, just enough
grease should be applied to give light
coating; more does more harm than
good by working out and damaging the
hub.
To Dispose of CurcuIIos.
A correspondent of the Ohio Farnae,
states that he kept plum tree from cur.