Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1878-05-09
Agricultural and Domestic.
ABOUT THE HOUSE.

Agricultural and Domestic.
ABOUT THE HOUSE.
Make paste Of soft soap and eme-
ry for polishing steel.
Dip candle-wicks into spirits of
turpentine and then dry before using.
Old paint pals and cans may be
Thoroughly cleaned with strong, hot
I've.
A small quantity of turpentine adj
ded to stove blacking will make the
stove easier to polish.
To keep stoves from rusting du-
ring the summer, rub with kerosene
and wrap well in paper.
A bottle OF flaxseed oil, chalk and
vinegar mixed to the consistency of
cream, should be kept in every house
for burns, scalds, etc.
To MAKE BOOTS WATER PRooF.-Four
parts mutton tallow to one part ros-
in-mutton tallow alone is excellent
put on the tallow after the boots
are blackened with common black
ing
JELLY cAKE.-Two eggs; one cup OF
sugar: butter, the size of a walnut;
two-thirds of cup Of butter milk;
and one-half teaspoonful of soda;
three cups Of flour; flavor to taste.
Bake in layers.
GINGER BREAD. pint OF mo-
lasses; one cup of sugar; one cup OF
butter; four eggs; six cups of flour;
one pint OF butter-milk; two table
spoonfuls OF ginger; enc table spoon
full Of cinnamon; two teaspoonfuls OF
soda.
CREAM FOR cAKE.-One cup OF sweet
milk; put one-half on to boil, thicken
the other half with beaten egg and
little flour, and pour into the milk
on the stove, stirring constantly; let
it boil up, then remove from the fire,
sweeten and flavor to taste.
To MAKE yEAsT.-Boil one handful
OF hops in two quarts water till
strength is exhausted; in the mean
time CRATE three good-sized potatoes;
pour on the hop water, boiling hot,
which forms starch; add third
cup OF salt and two thirds cup OF su-
gar; when milk warm stir in one cup
or less of good yeast; set in warm
place to rise. This yeast will keep
longer than any other l have used.
RELIEF FOR BURNING EEET.-To re-
lieve burning feet, first discard tight
boots; then take one pint OF bran
and one ounce of bi-carbonate OF So
da, put in pail, and add one gallon
Of hot water; when cool enough, soak
your feet in this mixture for fifteen
minutes. The relief is instantaneous.
This must be repeated every night
for week, or perhaps more. The
bran and bi-carbonate should be
made fresh after a weeks use. BIZ
carbonate OF soda can be purchased,
for about ten cents a pound, from
wholesale druggists. The burning
sensation is produced by the pores of
the skin being closed, so that the
feet do not perspire.
AROUND THE FARM.
The Rural World says: "If you
want to keep hogs, horses, cattle and
sheep healthy, give them salt regu-
larry. There is no better vermifuge
than salt. Much OF the so-called
hog cholera is due to intestinal
worms. Plenty OF salt would pre-
vent the accumulation of these
worms. All animals desire salt,
showing that it is want OF their
nature, and undoubtedly for wise
purposes"
II there is profession upon earth,
which must be practiced in order, il
is that of farming. There should be
time for everything as well as q
place, and more depends upon timing
work on plantation than on almost
anything else. Good seed, good
sowing, good blowing. good cultiva-
ton. are good only when employed
at the right time. and many a man, II
he looks back over 1877 will see that
his failures arose from disregard oil
natures first law.
In an old agricultural paper of for.
ty-seven years ago, we learn that it i:
a good plan to put piece OF chalk in
the pen with young calves. They
will lick it and thus correct the acidi.
ty Of their stomachs and assist di,
gestion and prevent dyspepsia, which
often leads to scours. There is nc
doubt but that this Is the most ex.
cellent practice. Prepared chalk is
often prescribed by doctors as RENE
= dy for heartburn, which is symp-