Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-05-05
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Pound Fruit OAKE.-Oiie poutid brown
sugar, ten eggs, one pound -four, one
pound butter, one pound raisins, one
pound cufrants, half pound citron, one
teaspoonful baking powder, bake two
hours.
FLOWING WATER. Water flowing in a
body, such as a river, will run sufficient
ly swift with fall of one foot per mile.
a smaller river will require fall of two
feet per mile. A brook will not keep
un open course under four feet per mile,
while the water in a small covered drain
will require at least a fall of ten feet per
mile to set the water in motion.
TANNING SKINS. s.-The following method
is recommended for private use in 81 kim
tanning; Take equal parts of salt, alum
and Glauber's salt, and half a, part salt
peter; pulverize and mix, Handle the
skins and rub the mixture we'll in three or
four times day, the ottener the better.
If there is not moisture enough in the
skin to dissolve the salts, put little water
into the latter. We are assured that no
moth will attack furs the pells OF which
have been thus prepared.-Rurdt Nelo
Yorker. f'tHH
To RENovATE oil cloths, dissolve two
and one half pounds parafine dnd one
gallon oil of turpentine by the aid OF q
gentle heat, and apply with sponge or
piece of flannel, while warm Let it re-
main on the oilcloth tweuty-four hours I;
then polish with flannel. This solution
not only renovates but preserves the cloth.
l have used it on oilcloths which have
been down four years, and they look as
good as new. The same preparation may
also be used on painted floors When
rubbed with flannel, it will have beauti-
full gloss, equal to varnish.-O0r. Scientific
american.
STARCH paste is best prepared by first
rubbing the starch perfectly smooth with
sufficient cold water not to form too thick
a mass, and pouring into this boiling wa
ter very slowly, with rapid stirring, until
| the paste begins to form, as indicated by
the increased transparency, and then rap
| idly adding the rest of the boiling water
necessary for the paste. Boiling the paste
| is very injurious, rendering it less adhe-
sive and liable to peel off. Rye flour af.
fords more adhesive paste, but of a gray
color. A little alum added to the water
with which paste is prepared renders ii
more permanent, and the use of boiling
| lime water instead of pure water adds to
its adhesiveness. By Incorporating with
the paste a quantity Of turpentine, equal
in weight to half of the starch employed
and stirring well while the paste is still
hot, il will be rendered more imperviouS
to moisture, and at the same time more ad
hesive.-EGchange ,....r..
AS THE corn cob contains less than onC
and one-halt per cent. of albuminoid'
and nearly forty per cent. of crude fiber
it is clearly mistaken economy to grin6
it with the grain for feeding purposes
There is just one way to utilize the col
of Indian corn. 1t is good for fuel, anC
the ash is an excellent manure. Though
the total value resulting from these USE
is not very large, it makes avGry percepti
BILE addition to the aggregate value of tn,
yearly crop. The weight of the col
averages about one-fitth the weight Of tn
ear, or fourth the weight of the grain
while the ash of the cob is very nearl,
equal to three per cent of its weight
Hence for every hundred bushels of cob
that farmers raise, the cobs are equivalen
to 400 pounds of fuel, plus forty-tw
pounds of valuable manure. In a large
view of the case, the annual corn crop o
the country produces, in addition to til
grain and stover, about 100000 tons c
fuel in the cobs, and 210,0 900 tons Of fel
tility in the ashes Of the cob. If this two
fold value of the cob is not realized b
the farmer it is not the fault of the COT
but the fault of the man.-.Chrtst.G
Union.