South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1877-11-30

Farmer and House Keeper.
REMEDY ron AsrHMA.--The follow.
ing receipt 10 said to have been used
with wonderful results: Take one quart
Of water. heat It until it simmers; then
add ak ounces OF sugar. When the ca.
gar 10 melted. add two ounces or iodido
OF potassa. When. dissolved cork M
for future use. For q dose q table
spoonful before each meal IL euficieut
for IN adult.
To CLEANSE THE WooDwoxK II.
ROUND DooRs.-Take apail Of hot wa
ter; put in two tablespoonfnls or pull
verified borax; use good coarse house
cloth.an old coarse towel does splendidly
and wash the painting; do not use .
brush; whom washing places that are Ak
ira yellow or stained. soap the cloth them
sprinkle 1t with the dry powdered boraxs
and rub the places well. using plenty OF
iinsing water; by washing the woodwork
in this way you will not remove the
paint, and the borax will soften and
make the hands white--a fact we'll
worth knowing. The uses OF borax in
NoAhcostO GCouOtHy Sf0 uunctOu8, AuU
one OF the most valuable is its employ
ment 20 aid the detergent properties Of
soap.
SALT AND SMOKED MEATs.-These
meats are best when they are put over
the fire in cold water. brought gradual.
ly to a boil and then set back from the
| fierce heat of the fire, so as TO keep
scalding hot without boiling they take
longer to cook this way, but they are
tender and delicious. and very little fat
is wasted.
CHARCOAL FOR TURKEYs.-A California
paper highly recommends charcoal for
fattening turkeys, and says that it
should be pulverized and mixed with
mashed potatoes and corn meal, az we'll
as fed to them in small Jumps. 1t men,
tions that in two lots Of four each,
treated alike, and one lot given this
mixture and the other not. there was an
average gain in the weight Of the first OF
one pound and half each. In COM
menting upon this, another writer says:
while we condemn the practice OF mix.
ing the pulverized charcoal with the
other food for turkeys, compelling them
to eat it whether they want to or not,
we have no doubt Of the excellent effects
Of supplying them charcoal broken into
small bits, especially when fattening
for market. We have had evidence of
what we say, and for a number OF years
have recommended charcoal for this
purpose. "-Anserican Poultry Journal.
|
DMr. r. Galloway recommends,
as q means Of rendering salt meat moro
nutritious, the addition OF the phosphate
of potash. The principles which that
substance would restore are naturally
in the beef, but they are destroyed IN
the sailing process. He further claims
an antiscorbutic property for the beef
treated with the phosphate of potash,
without producing an evil said to be
caused by lime juice. Whether the
meat to which the phosphate has been
added will do all that is claimed for it
or not. IL ought TO have fair trial, as
no bad consequences can ensue.
| A New FUEL.--Justice Joseph Pad
gett has been making some experiments
Mt his office in the utilization OF ashes,
and has succeeded beyond his expecta.
tions. He finds that by making IN
small balls OF coal ashes with water. and
putting them on coal fire, they burn
as well and throw out nearly as much
heat as the coal ITSELF The justice had
fire made from this fuel in his office
and it was viewed with interest by many
citizens, including the Gazette's reporter.
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