The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-23
FARM AND HOME.
FAEss u1sTs.


Farm uIsTs.
A VERY clear and transparent mueil- |
! age of great tenacity, may be made by |
mixing rice -four with cold water, and
letting it gently simmer over the FIRE.
. - NffvrE put n he hands into butter. !
There is no exclse for so doingy and
every sense Of cleanliness forbids it.
True, the hands Areelean still, as butter
absorbs any and every impurity with
which it comes in contact, excessive
preparation Of the hands, or any -hpInor
o. the blood, might -thus be impaired to
the butter. A wooden Iadle to lift the
butter from the churn, or to turn it over
while being washed answers iust as well
and a yaAt deal better,zLI9ws State
Register. .. ---e--.,.s j
New YORK continues to be the great
daiIy State. Ibhas l. 139 factories for
chesse-AJ Jefferson county leading. with
l26, followed by Herkimer SO, Oneida
sdisoh y and 81 esany.. The.ayer-
& sass nimhsr Aof cows es8trfbuting. milk
was sos, 1852, owned by 23,OO5 patrons,
and producing 83I16.OO6 pounds OF
cheese, 3,2l3,I25 pounds of butter and
7,S8O,752 pounds of skim cheese. Orange
county sold 10 $4,000 gallons of milk,
Westchester, 3, 244,0O7, Dutchess 5101,-
G1Q, Pdtman 2, 428,602. .---. .,-.F-
..ra y. ONE of the very best preparations for
repairing roofs thai leak is to procure
coal Tar 1t the gas works, and mix finely
siited coal ashes Of. Ioad-dust with it'll
abopg ~ thick as mortar. Plaster with
this carefully around leaky>rqOf valleys
s.v y Iar CUTTERS or ess9pt chimney HashiDgs
Z iDJt viii soon 50 as hard rs stone, and ap>
parently as ihdestructible. This prepar,
atisn.is,ysgy cHeA4tI and Rs4ld probably
answer equally well spread over q root
previously laid with felt or roofing paper.
Once put On properly It would seem to
he there iorahsre for al time.-4[Pf airie
sRAFahtefss sFe s'sTW51t
. - y a7HoRE than 1000 years ago, Socfates,
the iIiustrious philosopher of Athens,
said Of The Sultigstjon of the soil: Gag
ntultnro Is an en- pl6ymeht the m3st
worthy the application of man, the most
aucieRtRad niosFsdited to.his nature. It
is the common nurse of persons in evrey
age aDd-condition of life;sit is the source
of health, strength, plenty and riches,
g9f-aRd OF a tllgvsana sCber delig his and hon,
j
,r,qssRopl Of fe9briety, ltemPeralieeS jhstice,
rengion. gqd y s4lnaFt,s all virtues, civil
and military"
TIIsTLE seeds are tFequentIycarried by
she wind se4etatIniles on tho land, while
they have been seen at sea twenty-ts
thirty miles from land. NYtlatshall we say
TO Q man who dare SOW seed weeds broad
cast over our land? And yet, PRACTICALLY
=, thq@ WIS, permit II istIes to flourish anC
bloom unheeded, either on their own o.
their neighbOrs property, are guilty o
= suicidal neglect. IN England land
owner recovered damages and costs in al
action brought against a neighbor VIII,
refused the. landowners application. Il
h9ye the thistles. cut DOWN 80. ..
AN English writer thinks one cause Q
the greater frequency of blindness il
horses than in any other domesticate,
animals iskhe ipcQpYepieats poHa ton 0
tlfo R9yfheks fromlWhiGh many sOf then
have to feed. Placed, as these fire
quently are, high up on the stable wall
the horse must seek his fodder will
raised head and outstretched neck, an,
ia Temoyaiiis accompanied by shove
of dust and small, sharp-pointed psrti
css of chaff and seed which naturAn,
jail into his-eyes. Farther causes Of thi
very common sflliGtion may be found il
the pungent ammonia gases so freeI,
difnsed in ill-ventilated stalls, 10 tn
tryingE ros4lights common in stabline
and in the indiscriminate employment
of @bIiRders,' which divert the line O
vision from the natural direction.
A,aonEYHkT curious result eof coup
ling two parents of different colors i
mentioned by q correspondent of Ii
Iondon Agricultural Gazette. A sow G
the small black Suffolk bTee1, -havirf
had two filters to apure boan of her o67g
race and color, was put TO a large whit
hog Of the form and strain exhibited: i
the large breed classes, When inlfarro,
divers speculatious as to the color OF he
produce, were Featured BY der owh5
and bis herdsmen. A neighbor VS.
strong on the certainty otiparti colorc
pigs The actual result is a litter ,
twelve, Of which six, are, erltiref yblac
and six are entirely white; not a SD
mars the uniformity of either hue.
is not often the opposing claims
fathers an mothers family to dete
mine the character of the Children a,
so equitably adjusted
HOUSEHOLD HELPS,
SWEEPING CARPETS Danpen cor,
meal, sprinkle it over the carpet, the
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