Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-07-13
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4 FRESH APPLES THE ENTIRE YEAR.
DR.. Sylvester told the American Farmers
club that he has now in his cellar apples
of 1875 and 1876 standing side by side. APP
| pies so kept are within the reach of almost
every family. The process is as follows; =
| Let the apples be picked on a dry day,
and carefully placed in bins in a cool out
house, where they will in two or three
weeks have completed the sweating i'pro-
cess. Then they are carefully assorted and
the first quality placed in barrels, headed
up, and placed in acool, shaded position to
remain there until the weather is soI cold
that there is danger of freezing, when the
barrels are removed to a good cellar, where
temperature from thirty toe forty degrees
should be maintained. In this manner ap-
pies will keep soundly until the season of
ripening arrives, wien they should be con-
tinued. g, The King, the Hubbardson, the
Baldwin, the Gre ening, the Spy, the Spitz-
enburg, the Swar, the NewtOn Pippin, the
Roxbury Russell and the English Russ
will ripen nearly in tip order indicated by
their position in the list, and will then ex-
hibit their best ,qualities and aroma, and
the last mentioned will keep the entire
summer if desired. It is DR.. Sylvester's
custom to cease the use of apples when the
small fruits arrive in their season, keeping
up a daily supply of fresh and luscious
fruit for each and every meal the entire
year. - t..+,E
The USE OF ,AMMoNIA.-Put a tea
spoonful ammonia in quart of warm
soap-suds. Dip cloth in it and go over
your paint and see how. rapidly the dirt
will disappear mo scrubbing will be nee
essary. To a pint Of hot suds add a tea
spoonful of the spirits, dip in your forks
and spoons Tor whatever you have to clean,)
rub with soft brush, and then finish with
a chamois skin. For washing mirrors and
windows it has no equal. It will remove
grease spots from every fabric without in
juring the garment. Put on the ammonia
nearly clear ); lay plotting paper over, and
set hot iron on it for a moment. Also a
few drops in water will cleanse and whiten
laces and muslin beautifully. A few drops
in bowl of water, if the skin be oily, will
remove all greasiness and dis ,sreeable
odors. Added to hot-bath, it, entirely
absorbs all noxious smells, and nothing is
better to remove dandruff from the hair. 4,
EARLY CUT GRASS BEsT.7The Ger
man papers publish details of series of
experiments carried on at the agricultural
schools in that country for the purpose of
testing the nutritive properties of grass
aud have at various stages. By an elaborate
series of analyses it is shown why young
grass is more nutritive than mature grass.
The physiological experiments show that
it is more easily digested. Thus, grasstwo
and one half inches high contains nearly
fifty per cent. more of albumenoids than
grass which is six inches high, and ten
more of ''crude fat.'' The mature grass
contains more woody fibre and less flesh
forming matter than the young grass, and,
besides this, it is found that the nutritious
albumenoids exist in less soluble form in
hay than in young grass. Hence the diff
ference ofnutriJive value and digestibility.
Autumnal hay was found to be more nu-
tritious than summer hay. +
WHITE WASH RECIPE.-A correspon-
dent of the journal and Farmer wri-
ting from Black Hawk, Miss, under date
of April II, 1877, says: 81 see some of
your correspondents, asking for recipe
for making white wash that will not rub
off, I send you one, I have been using it
ten years, and if used on rough ceiling or
pointed log rooms will, after being used
several times look almost as smooth as
plastering. Recipe: Slack one bushel of
lime with boiling water. cover, let it stand
ten days, stirring every day. When ready
starch about as thick as used by washer
women put quart of salt into lime and
pour the starch boiling hot into the lime,
stirring fast until well mixed; it is then
ready for use. ,a,. ,...a.5,-
ScALDs OR BURNS. Instantly and hber-
ally apply dry flour, and keep it in it's place
by bandage. Another excellent applica-
ton is prepared lard''-that is, lard with
out salt If only salt lard is at hand, wash
out the salt in cold water. Do not apply
cold water, salt, spirits, or vinegar. If
the burn be in the leg or foot, slit the
stocking so as to avoid breaking the skin.
Do not wash the wound, and do not dress
it oftener than ON alternate days. DO not
rub or roughly handle the affected parts.
If there be much discharge do not wipe,
but gently sop with a soft cloth. mo ul-
Ger should be often dressed, as by re-
moving the excretion we are likely to rub
off also the new flesh"
For WEAK ,EYEs,-Make an eye-water
of one teaspoonful of pulverized white vi
triol and two teaspoonsful of satpetre dis
solved in one quart of rain, water. Put
one drop in the eye, and keep it in as long
as possible, # the eye is infamed repeat
the operation every five or ten minutes un-
til the ball Of the eye feels cool, after which
repeat two or three times a day. The
mixture is perfectly harmless, cooling and
cleansing. It is also good for fostering
sores. jsrm sa teail !Ad a. s4aos.3
/ Hot LEMoNADE.-A hot lemonade is
one of the best remedies for cold. It
acts promptly and efficiently. and has no