The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-02
Home and Farm.

Suet chopped me, one half cup o
molasses. little salt, one cup of Sui
tanA raisius; steam two hours.
DoGs.-The curse of worthless cur
throughout this country Is shown b
the loss of sheep, subStanIisted by invos
LEGATIONS. The io:sl loss from dogs
wolves and diseases aggregates IS, 600,
600, of which much the largest part i
traced to dogs.
How To EAT PINEAPPLE.-Do no
peel. Cut off the bottom. Insert
fork over one of the lower ''eyes,
press downward, ard thus pull off 1
little cone. The cones gradually tori
OF are much softer than slices Of the
pineapple bitten across the grain.
TURPFSTINE ON SEED. - Steering
turnip seed in spirits of turpenune is q
complete preventive against the hy.
IL docs not injure the terminating of
the seed, and the young plant comes
up tasting and smelling of turpentine,
the odor remaining on it until it is in
the rough leaf.
GRUBs.-Sprinkle an ounce of sui.
psur along the back of the animal from
the horns TO the tail, two or three times
| during the season, and rub il IN well.
The probability is that your cattle will
not he troubled with grub. The insect
that lays the egg which produces the
grub does not appear 10 like sulphur.
JERSEY CATTLE.-At the Bath agri-
cultural meeting in England the Jersey
cattle appeared in force, and well pre-.
served their character for ueer.like
grace and beauty. A uniform silver.
gray Is the fashionable tint, grading
irto darker shade on the tanks and
launches; the frame is elegant, and in,
cllned to leanness; the head deer like,
and furnished with beautiful black
| eyes.
REMEDY FOR lNSECrs ~ PLANTS. A
correspondent whites that weak solu-
ton OF carbolic acid, about half dczeu
drops to gallon of water, will destroy
worms and grubs OU ii 'wer pots with
out lpJuIing the plants. Pdrafline OH
lntec) is also said to have the same
fleet. We have MT tried these rene,
dies, having always found perfectly
clear lime and SCOT water eirectual
"ituOut pclHS Injurious.
ONIONS FOR SLEEPI EssNEss. The
| Family Doctor says. when MUG h pressed
with work, and feeling an inability to
sleep, eat two or three small onions,
the fleet of which is magical in pro
duclng the desired repose. Such a
remedy has great advantage over the
supplying dTags commonly resorted
to for this purpose, and is even prefer
able to the Hq~or opii Se,ldt, and chloro-
dine, of medical practice.
How TO CHoosE A GoDD Cow:
crumply horu is good indication, q
full eye aaother. lIet head should be
sma,l and shor'. Avoid a r oman
nose, winch imnctas thin milk and
| little of il. See that he IS dishcd H.
! the tace-suuk between the eyes
| Notice that she is what stock men call
4 good handlcr-skin soft and loose,
like the skin on dog. Deep from
| the loin tn the udder, aud Il very slim
tail. A COW with these marks never
fails to be good mixer.
Mr.. Bradley, writer on gardening
and huSbandry, informs us that pair
Of splrrows once carried to their nest,
on an average, forty caterpillars every
hour during the day. Hence, nearly
i've hundred of these destructive in.
sects were disposed of in twelve hours
by two little birds. Ten pair Of spar.
rows would therefore destroy thirty
thous md caterpillars per week-enougli
to ruin any garden or fruit orchard in
the land.
SHIPPING BEEF Freight on fresh
beef in steamers for England costs about
two cents per pound, not including
cost of ice and attendance. 1t costs
about fifteen dollars per head more tc
transport a live steer than to freight
| the carcass uai A. f--.o'-. - u U.-IIaSNi "a
| the other side is enough greater, and
the facility with which it can be held
over awaiting a favorable market be
fore slaughteriDg is sufficient induce
ment to incur the extra cost. Dead
meat, on dull market, is frequently
sacrificed at less than cost.
RYE FOR BUTTER. Cows pasture d
on rye will fatten and give a gre, tel
quantity of milk than they will when
pastured on the wild range or fed corr
in the ear. Even in winter the butter
has a nice golden color and sells well.
If sown early on well prepared land rye
will afford more pasturage to the acre
during fall, winter AMI spring thar
blue grass or timothy. Rye pasture is
cheaper and easier to be had in winter
than root crops, and grows faster IN the
early spring than the usual pasture
grasses. SOW in spring for summer
pasture, and in the fall for spring pas.
ture.s
KITCHEN CRYSTAL SOAR. - Every
housekeeper in the land should use it,
scrub with it, seour with it; polish with
it-in fact this soap Is one OF thu
greatest blessings to the poor, who
have to do their own work, and TO the
servant who likes clean kitchen. II
r moves all kinds OF grease, dirt an
,tains, without injury to the ware.
Tin, brass, copper, steel, zinc and al
kinds of metallic ware can be cleaned
and polished beautifully with thii
kitchen crystal soap. Nothing can sur
pass it for washing knives, forks
dishes, cleaning paint, polishing win
dows and scrubbing floors. This soar
can be had at tny of the groceries fo
the same price paid for ordinary soap
To DESTROY INsECTs.-The sulphatt
OF iron, called in commerce greer
vitriol OF copperas, may be bought il
market for five cents per pound or less
1t may be applied as u wash for fruit
trees. 1t appears to be destructive t.
insects that infect the trees and pois
onous to The animalcul;e that prey upoI
the roots and their fibrous ramIfca
tons, and, it is good fertilizer o
every tissue Of the tree, trunk, ROOT
leaf and branch, making it strong
vigorous and healthy, and able to re
SYST all those causes, whatever thei
tame or nature, of insect animalcula
electricity or sun scald, that creates o
causes the pear blight.
Corn As FEED.-One pound OF con
Is equal as food to about three anC
three-quarters pound of potatoes, o
eight and one-half pounds of cabbage
or to eleven and one.hslf pounds o
white turnips. Analysis gives the nutri
tive value OF corn to be, compared will
that of oats, as seventy is to sixty. Al
average of several tables takes tn
value of given quantity Of oats 10 re
present one hundred, while the valu
Of the same quantity OF corn would b
ninety five, weight being identical il
each case. In practice, one bushel o
corn is equal to two Of oats for fatten
ing; but oats are altogether better 70
the growing animals than corn.
CASE or Sow.-The Henry count,