The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-01-16

laggards ever get to the top of the lad
der. Household duties stimulate
thought, promote activity and produce
the most healthful results.-State Reg
lister.
Water in which potatoes have been
boiled is recommended for the cleaning
of silverware. especially spoons that
have become blackened by eggs. The
remedy is at least much cheaper than
the patent polishing powders sold for
that purpose and often of questionable
value.
The fat and hearty steer, COW,
sheep, or colt will toss his head in the
exuberance of health and strength, bid
ding defiance to the coolest weather,
while the lean weakling stands with
arched back and dropping head, SILVER
ing In the fence corner.-Losca State
Register.
There is q profit in breeding nice
carriage and draft horses. As q gem
eral rule it costs no more to raise q
good colt than q poor one, while the
former will bring two Or three times as
much as the latter. A dark stable is a
very poor place to keep colt.-Des-
Moi'ses Register.
TO destroy warts dissolve as much
common washing soda as the water
will take up; wet the warts with this
for q minute or two, and let them dry
without wiping. Keep the water in q
bottle and repeat the washing often,
and it will take away the largest warts.
|-Chicago Journal.
If horse is shy and hard to catch,
take finely grated horse-castor, oils of
rhodium and cummin; keep them in
separate bottles, well corked; put some
of the oil of cummin on your hand and
approach the horse on the windy side.
He will then move toward you. As
soon as you can reach him, rub some
of the cummin on his nose, give him q
little of the castor on anything he likes,
and get a few dropsof the oil Of rhodium
on his tongue. After this you can make
him do nearly everything you want.
Treat him kindly, feed we'll, handle
gently, and your victory is certain
Turf, Field and Farm.
"A writer in the London Garden
says that he finds fruit to keep best in
perfectly dry sand. He keeps fruit in
that way all the year round. He has
had French crabs two years old. The
Catelac pear has remained sound for
twelve months. The fruit must be sound
when stored, and the sand must be quite
dry. The chief advantages of packing
in sand are, the exclusion of air cur
rents, the preservation from changes of
temperature, and the absorption of
moisture, which favors decay. Much
will depend on the apartment in which
the experiment is tried, dry or cool
one being best. This is not q new dis
covery. The Pennsylvania Dutch farm
ers have long practiced this way of keep
ing apples.
"A farmer who keeps hens should
build hennery for them, 50 arranged
that it can easily be kept clean and
well ventilated. In winter the tempera-
ture in it should be warm enough to
prevent it from freezing-say from 43
deg. to 60 deg. Fab. A supply of
fresh water therein is of great import
ance; hens drink often if they can get
water. Ground feed is best when eggs
are wanted. Corn and wheat mid
dlings form an excellent combination
for food; but meat should be given
them by way of a change, once or twice
a week, if not oftener. With large
flock of fowls this is essential. Nests
should be made of bright straw instead
of hay. Hens are pleased with neat
place for depositing their eggs, and ap-
preciate good care.-Rural Nea0 Yorker.