Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1877-03-28
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

DO not pillow heavy soil when it is
so wet that it will not crumble to fine
atoms.
Roll lemon till soft. then cut a
thick slice and bind on a corn at night.
If white III the morning it can be
easily extracted, a very bad corn
may take several applications before a
cure is effected.
There are rich stores of experience
among Woodworking farmers which
would prove of the greatest benefit to
thousands if they could be brought
into view. To a working business
man the story of poverty, of small be-
ginnings carefully managed, of their
gradual increase until large fortunes
were amassed. is one of the most in
teresting and profitable that can be
told him.
Grease spots may be taken from
white linen or cotton by soap-suds or
weak I've, and from calicoes with warm
soap-suds. Grease spots on Woolens
can be taken out by soap-sudS or am
monia. On silks, use either yelk of
egg with water, magneSia, ether, ben
zme, ammonia. or French chalk.
Either is good. These are mostly used
by the French, who have great skill in
cleansing spotted or stained fabrics.
Most of them we have used, and know
them to be reliable. - EnchaRge.
The praise of farming usually
comes from those who know nothing
about the business, practically or per-
sCnally. Farmers know that their
occupation in reality does not chiefly
consist of singing praises ON lowery
beds of ease and tranquility. The
business of farming is not likely to be
made more attractive by the silly adu-
latiOns bestowed on the farmer bv
second-rate politicians and pettifog-
gers. Yet there are few farmers who
really understand the business who
would be willing to exchange it for
any other calling, as long as yigor and
health is vouchsafed to them Detroit
Trjblne.
Are all your plans for vernal seed
time arran ged as Won desire to have
them? Have you decided understand
ingly what crops are to be cultivated
in different fields or on the various
plots of large fields? Let a part Of
some day be appropriated to a recon-
sidcratiOn of the proposed plans Of
field operations. Recall the system of
management during few years past.
and think what crops have been raised
here and there, after which consider
whether it Will not be advisable to
abandon the old routine of cultivation
and introduce some new features. If
the ground has produced oats, corn and
wheat for long time. why not try
beans. pease or flax, or some other crop
that has not been cultivated for many
years past ?-N Y. Hey0ld.
Soap and pulverized chalk spread
over mildewed spots on linen, and laid
in the sun, will remove The mildew
without any injury to the material.
The juice of a lemon added will hasten
the cure. Or dissolve an ounce of
oXalic acid IN n quart of water: wet
the spot widowed in this solution and
lay it in the SUM- it will disappear in a
few minutes; or hold the spot where
thus wet over the steam of a boiling
teakettle, and it will vanish instantly.
The goods must be washed, boiled and
rinsed Immediately. We do not think
this any more effectual in its opera
ton than the soap and chalk with
lemon-juice added, and it certainly is
not so safe, as it may injure the fabric,
even with the greatest care, and the
solution is a deadly poison-neyer safe
where there are children about. There
seems to be no place so inaccessible, no
spot so secret that these troublesome
comforts" are not able to search out
and invade. If oXalic acid is used,
keep it closely corked, and. if you can.
place it too high for any infantile as
pirant to reach or climb -ChriStian
Union.