Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1877-10-27
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

Household Hints.
To REMOVE STAINS FROM TABIE-L1NEN.
Use borax when washing do not boil,
but bleach out the stains in the sun !;
wet the spots occasionally with a weak
solution of borax.
To DESTROY Morris IN FURNITURE.
Pulverized borax well showed in all the
cracks and seams; if necessary, sprinkle
all over the furniture; it will not dis
color or iniure in any way the furniture
or carpet.
A REMEDY FOR WHooPnG- COUGH. -
Two-thirds castor-oil, one-third syrup of
ipecac. Dose: Half teaspoonful from
4 two to six hours apart, according to the
severity of the cough. Shake the mix
ture well before using. 1t is almost
infallible.
REMEDY FOR A CANARY's ASTHMA. -
Dip small feather in pure sweet oil
and pass up the nose; if once does not
effect cure, try again, being careful
not to get any oil around the eyes; at
the same time give the bird red pepper
tea, well sweetened, and little milk
in it,
To PREPARE AN INvIGoRATING BATH. -
A teaspoonful or more of powered borax
thrown into the bath-tub while bathing
will communicate velvety softness to
the water, and at the same time invigor-
ate and rest the bather; persons troubled
with nervousness or wakeful nights, will
find this kind of bath great benefit.
To CLEAN BLACK CAsHMERE.-If the
cashmere only requires cleaning, not
washing, first give it q thorough dusting
and brushing; then sponge it all over
with q weak solution of borax water
teaspoonful of powdered borax to quart
of hot water. If grease spots are to be
removed, add more borax, and use a
brush with a very little soap; rinse off
with clean hot water. If necessary,
press with hot iron on the wrong side.
! WASHING FLUID AND WATER Take
sal soda, one pound /; stone-lime about
half pound; water, five quarts; boil a
short time, stirring occasionally; then
let it settle, and pour off the clear fluid
into stone jug and cork for use. Soak
your white clothes over night in simple
rain water; ring out and soap your
wristbands, collars, and dirty places ;
and when at scalding heat put in one
common teacupful of the fluid stir !;
put in your clothes and boil for half an
hour; then rub lightly through one suds
only, rinsing we'll in bluing water, as
usual, and all is complete.
The Care of Calves.
To feed the best calves for the butcher
| a n frApJ1ant h11f tlxy, icto 10 do hy
both farmers and dairymen. The ex-
cuse is that it costs more to raise them
than they are worth when mature. This
is wrong, but If it were not, the excuse
would not be valid one. To raise a
calf costs more in time and trouble than
in money, or what could be made to pro-
duce money. There is no necessity to
feed calf on sweet milk for more than
a few days. After the first week the
, young animal may be made to thrive
equally well on many of the substitutes
for cream that may be made use OF.
What is needed for the growing animal
is not cream, but milk not fat-pro-
ducing, but muscle and bone making
material and this is all contained in
the skinned milk. For some time after
its birth the calf requires its food warm
and in small quantities, frequently given.
But generally it is filled to repletion
twice day with cold skinned --often
sour-milk, and the consequence is in
digestion, stoppage of growth, and a
puny, sickly condition, until the young
animal suddenly drops and dies. We
would give only one quart of warmed
SKINNED milk at time until the calf is
two or three weeks old, and not more
than four times day. After this time
the quantity may be gradually increased,
until at two to three months old it is
doubled. When milk il plentiful the
calf may receive this allowance as long
: as it can be afforded, but never in excess
J sive quantities at one time. When a
/ more copious drink of milk is given to a
: calf than can be quickly digested, the
7 residue sours in the stomach or intest-
J ines, and these are overloaded with an
| indigestible mass, which quickly causes
} young animal will eat solid food, there
may be given, along with the milk, oat-
) meal, Gnseed-oil cake meal, or other con-
centrated food, mixed with some moist
r ened cut-hay. At the same time the milk
: will not suffice for drink, but the calf
will need an ample supply of pure fresh
J water and small quantity of salt should
, not be forgotten. BY raising the best
} calves we get the best cows.
Tar Water for Insects.
For the last five years have not lost
, , cucumber or melon, vine or cabbage
plant. Get barrel, with few gallons
of gas tar in it; pour water on the tar;
always have it ready when needed, and
: when the bugs appear give them liberal
,, drink Of the tar water from garden
sprinkler, or otherwise, and if the rain
washes it off and they return, repeat the
dose. 1t will also destroy the Colorado
potato beetle, and frighten the old long
potato bug worse than threshing with a
brush. Five years ago this summer
both kinds appeared ON my late potatoes,
; and I watered with the tar water. The
; next day all Colorades that had not been
well protected from the sprinkling were
dead, and the others, though their name
was legion, were all gone, and l have
never seen one of them on the farm
9 since. l am aware that many will look
I upon this with indifference, because it is
7 80 cheap and simple q remedy. Such
should always feel both their own and
their neighbors' bugs, as they frequently
do. Chicago Tribune.
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