Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1878-02-15
Farm and Home.

a sure way to render the hands white.
is to rub them after washing, while wet,
with dry Indian meal. -Afterward wash
them with honey or glycerine soap, and
tepid water.
Put n or two red peppers, or a few
pieces OF charcoal, into a pot where
ham, cabbage, etc, is boiling, and the
house will not be filled with the offens-
i've odor.
To make Devonshire Pudding take
n pound of -four, one pound of suet,
n pound OF currants; eggs enough to
wet it. Boil five hours, and eat it with
hard wine sauce.
A writer in an exchange says:-"I
have just cut my foot with an axe for
the fourth time in my life, and yet |
have never lost an hours work. The
secret is in doing up the wound. / close
up the wound in the blood as soon as
possible, by winding fax or tow around
the part cut; fill that with copal warm
ish, and in eight days undo the same,
and find it as sound as ever"
Cows in milk may be made greatly
more profitable by feeding wheat mid
dlings freely it will pay to feed as
high as four quarts of corn meal and
three of wheat middlings to some COWS
producing butter-thc butter is increas,
ed in quantity and improved in quality
and color. The kind of COW, however,
is important. as some will fatten upon
this feed, while others will only increase
in milk and cream.
BEST WAY TO MARKET CoRN.-The
best way to market corr is an important
question to the farmer 1t Will pay but
very fer persons, especially those living
some distance from market, to gather.
shell and haul corn by the load to some
railroad station Or steamboat l%aneing.
1t will be found far more profitable to
send the corn to market on four feet. in
the shape of hogs or beef. Whenever
it is possible to feed corn to good stock
on the farm, that there is always a de-
mand for, it will pay best. OF course a
man should use skill and judgement in
feeding, as in everything else-for hard
ly anything will pay when poorly done.
a KICKING HEIFER.-A yearago last
January, we had a heifer drop her first
calf. | used to let her into the pen and
milk one side while the calf sucked the
other. When we weaned the calf, she
kicked so that father threatened to sell
or kill her. | took a long strap and
buckled it around her body just in front
of he udder. | buckled it tight, and
when she kicked buckled it tighter. |
did not have to do it but a few days.
She dropped another calf two weeks
ago. We are bringing it up by hand,
but have no trouble in milking the COW.
Cows that are gentle will sometimes
kick IT one commences milking IA full
stream, but would not if he began slow.
~ orrespondence Erchange.
THE Fowls DusT-BATn.-Use a
shallow boX-say six to eight inches in
depth and at least two or three feet
wide by as many long. The exact di-
mansions are of no importance; the
larger the better and on no account
should the width be less than two or
three feet, as the fowls must have an
opportunity to flutter their wings with
out striking the sides Of the box. Fill
the receptacle with dry loan or fine
sand, free from stones or gravel. as
these hurt the fowls when they are 90
ing through with their violent motions
Pulverized clay makes an excellent bath.
IN summer dry road-dust may be col
lected for the purpose and, if nothing
better offers, use coal-ashes. Keep un-
der cover in a dry place, and if where
the sun shines all the better. PoaLiry
World.