The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-08-16
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

A TEASPOONFUL OF coal oil to gallon
of water will exterminate insects that
infest flowers and plants.
CORN is said to be sweeter if boiled
with the inner husks on; strip the husks
back, pick off the silk, then put the
husks back again over the ear of corn
and boil it.
To take out tea stains, put the linen
in kettle of cold water; rub the stains
we'll with common CASTLE soap; put the
kettle on the side of the stove, to let the
water get gradually warm; wash it
thoroughly in warm soap suds; then rub
the stain again with soap, and boil then
rinse.
SINGLE trees have been burned in
America in log heaps which, cut in to
veneers, would sell for more net cash
than the whole farm where they grew.
When our forests are as well treated as
those of Europe few trees will be cut ex
cept by advice of forest engineer.
To have gravy always on hand you
must do as the French do, namely, save
gristle, and every bone left from cold
meat or fresh. The bones must be chop
ped small and put on to stew with
enough water to cover. Leave the fat
on until you need to use the gravy. By
this means it will keep longer.
CHARCOAL pulverized and mixed
with water, is now highly recommended
as an agent for relieving cattle suffering
from any arrangement of the stomach,
such as bloat, hoven, etc. This should
be remembered There is no doubt of
its efficacy, if abundance of concurrent
testimony can be relied on.
LARGE evergreens are very much out
of place on the sunny side of house,
while they form an appropriate screen
and wind-break along the cold and ex-
posed sides of the building. Shade trees
| are often planted too near to our dwell
ings, and too thickly, so as to make the
house dark, damp, and cherries.
The Science Of Health says: eff
farmers would avoid suddenly cooling
the body after great exertion, if they
would be careful not to go with wet
| clothing and wet feet, and if they would
not over-eat when in that exhausted
condition, and battle daily, using much
friction, they would have little or no
| rheumatism.
SMALL bones in an animal are an in
dication of good feeding quality, early
maturity and superior, tine-grained
flesh while coarse, large bones, with
prominent joints and angular projec-
tions of the skeleton, indicate poor feed
ing quality, late maturity and coarse
flesh, in connection with a large proper
ton of ofal, and cheap pieces in the car
cass when reaching its final destina ton
on the block.
PROFESSOR Harrington, ina summary
of the experiments begun in 1870 by the
Maine Agricultural College to ascertain
which has the greater value as food
for swine, cooked or uncooked meal,
says, owe have, by an experiment
which has been continued through from
three to four months of each of the nine
years since its beginning, obtained evil
dence that all the money and labor ex-
pended in cooking meal for swine is
more than thrown away"
The reason poultry killed at home
though young, is not as tender as that
bought at the market is, the former is
generally not killed until wanted, and,
when eaten, is still rigid with death,
while that bought at the poulterers has
been killed at least hours-more often
days. Poultry ought to be killed several
days before being eaten, dressed at once,
and with a few bits of charcoal in it,
hung in cool place. If poultry are
kept from food and drink at least twelve
hours before killing, the crop and in
testines will be emptied, and any super
fluffy of secretions exhausted. The
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left three days without food or drink,
though in good condition previously,
the flesh will be dry and tasteless and
the fat soft. Never buy an undrawn
fowl. The gas from the crop and in
testines will faint the flesh, even though
retained but short ii me.