The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1879-08-20
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Health Hints.

Health Hints.
CURE FOR INFLAMED EYEs.-Grate a
carrot and apply it warm (not hot) to
the eye. 1t should be put in something
thin, such as tarlatan or Swiss muslin.
SICK HEADACHE.-Take a tumbler
two-thirds full of finely crushed ice, the
juice of n lemon and one teacupful OF
white sugar. This mixture, eaten by
degrees OF all at once, will allay the
feverish thirst and quiet the disturbed
qualmish stomach, as it is not sweet
enough to be nauseous.
CURING INSECT STINGs.-Make a stiff
paste by mixing water with common
earth from the garden, and bind it on
the part. It will give immediate relief
to the pain, and if allowed to remain for
a few hours no effect of the sting (not
even the swelling) will remain. Am
monia and many other things have
been recommended, but this is better
than all ofthem.
EARACHE.-Persons will find relieffor
earache, says IN exchange, by putting IN
n spoon two or three drops of sweet oil,
or, better still, almond oil, the same OF
molasses and laudanum, warming 1t
altogether. Absorb some ofthe mixture
in cotton wool, put it in the ear, with Il
piece Of wool outside to keep out the
cold air, repeating the thing if necessary;
A roast onion heart dipped in this and
surrounded with the cotton is also often
very efficacious.
Grass al n Renovation.
MANY farmers labor for years Ignorant
of the fact that q close, well-set sod is
the foundation of good farming and the
basis of good crops. Soil that will pro-
duce an Immediate and firm set OF grass
will bring a good crop of any kind.
There is no better way to test the pro-
ducing capacity of soil than by its grass
production. If a field yields a scant
grass r and is Uneven or full OF bar.
rem spots, it will not be safe to 'epend
on such soil for any other crop without
extra heavy manuring, and even then
the crop is not of so great certainty as II
the ground was covered with a 1lrm soo
ut blowing time. There is something in
q heavy sod that will perfect q crop
even in an unfavorable season. never
have failed Of a good crop on such land;
Soil will soon be renovated after partial
deterioration if grass a be densely set
on the surface; and this mode OF reno
walton, I claim, is the quickest, suiest
and cheapest of any. There was
a mistake made so full of loss to the
farmer as to allow naturally good soil to
d%eteriorate at all; and when the farmers
understand and act on this principle u
productions will neve fall below an
average, or wen to this point,-Corre-
spondence Country Gentleman.
Treatment of n
Meadows that have been run down,
become sod bound orcovered with moss;
sorrel or other weeds, may be renovated
without blowing. The old sod needs to
be disturbed, but a thorough narrowing
or a chopping of the SURFACE with a DISK
harrow will disturb it sufficiently with
out blowing. Fresh seed is needed and
a dressing Of lime may in many cases be
all that is required in the Way OF a fer
t%ilizer. If it al be afforded, a moderate
quantity of fine manure used us q top
dressing, and narrowed in just before
sowing, will be of great benefit. The
work may be done at any time before
September, so that the grass and clover,
the latter more particularly, should be
well set before the severe frosts occur.
Orchard grass will thrive upon soils
that are not rich enough for timothy;
but it is better to have the ground good
enough for the latter even if the former
is to be sown. Grass is a crop for which
the soil cannot be too rich, for II the
growth is excessive it can be cut at any
time and made into hay OF fed green
AgricuturiSt.
Hard VS.. Soft Water.
1t may be pleasant to those who live
in q region Of OUT country where moth
ing but hard water IS to be had to be in
formed, by so good authority as DIR.
Tidy. the well-known chemist, of the re-
suits of his observations on the use OF
hard water for culinary and domestic
purposes:
(D Hard wateris the best d~ietetically,
because of the lime.
(2) It makes better tea, although not
so dark colored, owing to the fact that
soft water dissolves the bitter eXtractive
matters which color the tea, but ruin
the aroma.
90 1t relieves thirst. which soft water
does not.
az 1t does not dissolve lead or organic
matter, which soft water does,
(5) 1t is generally good colored. soft
water being us a rule dark colored and
unpleasant looking; hence, in places
like Manchester, supplied with soft
water. they always put it Tin hotels) in
dark bottles, to hide the color. A soft
water, however, is a better detergent.
and requires less soap. For a residential
town a water which has over ten degrees
of hardness would be best. For manu-
facturingtowns soft water would bethe
most advisable, for commercial consid-
erations only.
READY-MADE LEMoNADE.-To make
lemon syrup, squeeze two lemons into a
dish, not tin, add q pint of water, and
boil q few moments. A pound of white
sugar should be added to 4 pint of the
Juice; boil it again ten minutes, bottle,
and your lemonadei is made. Two table
~spoonfuls of the mixture added to Il
tumbler of water makes a very healthy
and palatable drink.
FRICAssEED CHICKIN WITH GREEN
CoRN.-Cut the green corn from the cob,
out it in the pot, with water enough to
cover it, let it stew until it is nearly
done; then cut up the chicken, put it
with the corn and let them stew together
about half an hour; put in a few whole
grains of pepper, with a teacupful of
cream or milk; thicken with two table
spoonfuls of flour stirred in a lump Of
butter; add the salt last.
MUTTON STEw.-Three pounds Of
breast mutton, one teaspoontul Of salt,
six potatoes, four onions, two carrots,
one pinch of black pepper. Stew the
mutton in water just sufficient to cover
it, until tender. Skim off the fat, and
add the vegetables, pared and cut up
into thin slices. 1t is more ~delicately
favored if the meat before stewing is
cut into small pieces, and when the veg
etables are added, all is put in layers in
a clean stewpan, covered with the
liquor, and then closely covered to keep
in the steam while cooking. Stew one
hour.
Cutting Glass With Scissors.