The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-28
Home and Farm.

shOuto not De nercely boiled.
To PREVENT ScoRoHNe.-To pre-
vent scorching, the secret is simply t
keep basin or cup of water in tn
OYen. The steam generated not onl
prevents scorching, but makes the mea
cook nicer.
DESTROYER OF BED BUGS. Th
quickest and best cure for them, | tiud
is TO wash the bedstead with cold wa
ter and then sprinkle we'll with red o
best black pepper, and also sprinkl,
we'll where there is any sign of bugs.
THE PEACH TREE BoRER.-Placins
| leached ashes around the base of tree
was recommended as a means of pre-
venting the beetle which lays the egg.
from depositing them. The ashes were
first applied as manure, and this eff
feet was accidentally discovered
NoOre's Rural.
To GET RID OF BIRD LIcE.-To keer
insects off birds put the least little bil
of kerosene oil under each wing, say as
much as remains on the little finger af.
ter you have let the drop fall of; dc
this every ten days until all are re-
moved; clean the cage we'll every day
scour it in hot water; use powdered
borax, but no soap.
To PURIFY THE CoMPLExIoN.-Eat
an orange or two every morning before
breakfast, drink plenty of lemonade
not sweetened; never drink tea, coffee
nor any kind of stimulants; do not use
soap on the face or neck take a sponge
bath every morning, either cold or tep-
id, in water made soft with powdered
boraX, teaspoonful in quart of wa
ter.
POUND CAKE.-Eight eggs beaten
separately not quite one pound of but.
tel; one pound of powdered sugar; not
quite one pound of prepared flower; OF
-four with two heaping teaspoonsful of
baking powder. Beat the yelks, sugar
and butter together, then add the beat
en- whites and flour by degrees, alter
mating till both are stirred in; favor
with lemon.
VALUABLE MANURE. Is estimated
that nifty head of poultry will make
more than enough manure for an acre
of land-seven hundred weight of qua.
no being the usual quantity applied per
acre, and poultry manure being even
richer than guano in ammonia and fer
tilizing salts. No other stock will give
an equal return in this way, and these
figures demand careful attention from
the large farmer.
SHELTER Your FARM IMPLEMENTS.
Every farmer not only wants shelter
for his hay, corn and other grain-for
his cattle, horses, mules, sheep and
swine-but he wants shelter for his
plows, harrows, cultivators, reapers
and mowers, wagons, carts, etc. Has
the farmer good shelter for all these
If not, now is the time and now is the
hour to provide this shelter. Lose no
time in doing it. The snow and the
cold rain.storms are here. Make com.
Portable everything you have.
For Discussion. N.-Sanitary laws for
our homes. What farmers gardens are
and what they should be. Small fruits
for family use. Trees for the lawn, the
farm, the roadside. The adaptation
of fruits TO soils. The best evergreens
for home decorations. The best trees
for small grounds. The value of ex-
periments in the farm and garden.
The value of botanical studies to coun-
try children. These are topics which
we think worthy of discussion at our
farmers clubs, agricultural and horti-
cultural conventions, and in the fami-
ly circle.-RurGl Nep Yorker.
SELECTING SEED Corn. There is a
difference, If we notice it, in the ears,
which can be seen when husking, some
ears being much harder to break off
than Others. And herein lies the Sc
cret: Those with the large, tough
stems are the male or bastard ears,
which l never take for seed, no matter
how large the ear; but those which are
somewhat hollow and small in the
stem end are the female, and the only
kind that should he taken for seed.
This being the true way of of picking
seed corn, it is of no matter whether it
be the top or bottom ear, as it is all
one. We very we'll know that mixture
or fertilizing between the male and fe-
male stalks takes place. in the later
stages of their growth. Germantown
Telegraph.
How TO BUILD A POULTRY HOUSE.
We advise every man to build hennery
on the same principle that farmer
would build barn: first for comfort,
second for convenience, and then add
as much for elegance and style as he is
willing to pay for. The plan we would
adopt for poultry house is this: Build
on d southerly slope, if you can. Dig
out for back wall, to be cemented
up; then lay upon it shed roof, the
roof and sides shingled, with tarred
paper between the boards and shin
giles. 1t should be ten feet high in the
front and five in the rear. On the in
side have walk three feet wide run
ming the whole length, high enough
from the ground to let the fowls under,
to scratch and go out into the yard.
Lay floor over the rest with the roosts
on the back part, with the shelves un-
der them to catch the droppings, 30 ar
ranged as to be removed and cleaned
once a week. The nests for large hens
shonld be foot high, and small at the
entrance, running beck two feet. With
such nests as these hens seldom learn
to set eggs. Fasten the nests on the
partition which separates the walk
from the coop. A building thirty feet
long and fifteen feet wide may be sep
arTrcu Tnr0 three rUUmS, large enough
for twenty-five fowls to a room. Such
a building Can be put up for $50, and
is worth as much for all practical pur-
poses as the most elegant building,
while everybody that can afford to keep
good fowls can afford such hennery.
Boston Transcript.
HILLNG POTATOES writer in the
Country Gentleman says: ''Much has
been published within few years on
the subject Of hilliDg potatoes, and by
some the hat-culture system has been
highly recommended. At one time
The arguments brought out in its favor
we're SO clear that ! experimented on
.he system, and the result was a very
esn harvest of small potatoes. have
40 doubt, however, Of the sincerity of
hose who recommend that mode of |
culture, which probably has been sue
;essful under the circumstances by
which they were favored. But in farm |
ng, rs in medicine, there are no fixed |
md positive rules of practice. In med /
cine, the constitution, habits. and all /
'ther peculiarities are to be understood /
n order to apply safe and efficient rem
DIES. 30 IN farming, the nature and
Iuality Of soil, and other conditions,
must be understood in order 10 insure
uccessiul practice. When the potsto
OF hrst appeared in thls country, thIr-
y-nve years sgo, it was soon discov-
red that the vines were first attacked
n low grounds, subject to fogs, and