The Centre reporter. [volume] (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, 1878-05-02
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RnsroRISa TAINTED Mars. Tainted
meat or game may be restored by wrap
ping il up closely in a fine linen cloth,
then. after throwing n shoveltul Of live
wood-coals into pail of water, put the
meat or game in and let il remain under
water five or ten minutes. This will re-
move all offensive smell, but It should
be cooked at once.
To CLEAN BRASs-If the brass is
very much tArnished, use little o1Alic
acid solution. II spots are imbedded,
rub them out with a little powdered
pumice-stoue. Then wash with water
and dry. Mix rotten-stone with sweet
oil 10 paste, and rub il over the whole
surface Of the brass with smooth cork
until il assumes q grsenish- black color.
Then wipe of completely with an old
cloth. Next rub over with lampblack
until thoroughly polished, using a soft.
smooth cork. This gives an excellent
result, and repays the extra trouble il
causes.
To CLEANSE WATER.-u q lump of
alum as large As the thumb-joint is
thrown into four or Ave gallons of boil
leaves the water clean and soft and use
ful for washing. We have often, in an
cient times. Settled "a glass Of Missis-
sippi water, and made il look As clear
AZ bell " in few seconds by tying a
bit OF alum 30 a string and twirling il
around under the surface of the water
in the glass. Halls Journal Of Health.
TESTING SALr.-A Pennsylvania but
ter-mAker tests his salt by dissolving a
little in a glass tumbler; il the brine
formed is clear and free from bitter
taste, he pronounces the salt good: II,
on the other hand. il presents a milky
appearance, leaves any sediment or
throws scum 20 the surface, he rejects it.
House Plants.
Attention should be given 10 airing
and watering, as the weather will admit,
and as the sun becomes warmer. Some
plants may require shading at noondsy.
Plants that are making new growth, and
the roots being crowded into pots, should
be repotted. Shrubs that have done
Towering, should be trimmed. Dormant
lemon verbenas, fuchsias, etc, may he
brought from the cellar and started into
growth by moderate watering and
warmth. Look out for insects. Do not
subject roses and other plants to strong
drafts. The earth in pots should be
kept mellow.
Farm Notes.
In cleaning and oiling harness all of
il should be unbuckled and thoroughly
examined and cleaned.
Feeding chopped onions 10 poultry is
said TO eradicate lice. For young chick
ems three feedings q week in the spring
and part of the summer are sufficient.
The utmost moisture that should be
found in thoroughly worked butter is q
very slight dew, and it should be Of
such fine consistency as TO slice down,
hardly dimhing the surface Of knife
blade.
The best preventive for worms in
celery is TO mix plenty OF salt, SCOT and
lime with the manure that ia TO be en-
ployed in trenches. This should be
added 10 the manure some weeks before
il in used. during which time ii should
be turned now and then. The mixture
above named also benefits the growth of
the celery, which will lift clean and
spotlesS compared with that grown in
the ordinary way.
Good wheat ought 10 furnish at least
seventy-four per cent. of fine -four. The
best samples often furnish seventy-six
TO eighty per cent, and in few rare
instances as much as eighty-six per cent.
of -four has been obtained. Inferior
varieties seldom produce more than
per cent and in instances
only fifty-four TO ffty-six per cent. of
-four has been obtained from bad sam
Piles. On an average, wheat may be said
TO yield seventy-fve per cent. of fine
-four and twenty-five per cent. of bran
and middlings.
A. P. Walling. Worcester, Mass,
writes TO the Poultry World 81 have
tried supfower seeds this year with good
results. At first my fowls would not eat
them, not seeming to distinguish them
from sticks or stones, but in a short |
time they learned to split open the shells
and devour the kernels with gusto,