The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-07-03
ITEMS FOR FIELD AND HOUSE.

To cure scab in sheep rub it with
plain petroleum with a sponge three
times a week Dogs can be cured of
mango in the same way.
To can pieplant: Skin and cut as for
pie d; fill glass can full as you can, then
fill up with cold water; screw ON the
cover; no cooking or heating. This is
a reliable receipt. The fruit will be as
nice another year as that fresh from the
garden.
ONE of the plainest indications of un
successful farming is. to see manure go.
ing to waste, or unemployed. When
this is seen there is no need looking be-
yond the stables and wards to find out
the condition of the farm, or to Judge
of the success of its owner.
AN old poultry raiser, who believes
in milk for fowls, says: "It is meat and
drink both. Some of the finest chickens
l ever saw were raised upon the free use
of milk with their food. Hens lay as
well, or better, when furnished with
this than upon any known article
offered them"
A MILLER Of Halliday, ILL.,, who lost
many hogs from cholera, has found that
dry bran, slightly salted, is good rem
edy for it. II the hogs refuse to eat it
starve them until they do. Another
farmer claims that if hogs are given
what salt they need in clean pasture
it will have the desired effect.
The Science of Heath says: off far
mers would avoid suddenly cooling the
body after great Iexertion, if they would
be careful not. to- go with wet clothing
and wet feet, and if they would not
overeat when in that exhausted condi-
ton, and bathe daily, using much fric-
tion, they would have little or no
rheumatism"
EVERY family finds more or less bones
! accumulating. Burn them with your
wood, and the ashes thus enriched is one
of the most valuable of all fertilizers
Money cannot buy any article which
will SO fertilize your soil. Bones thus
consumed will quadruple the value of
wood ashes, which in themselves are
among the best of soil enrichers.
! GERMANS: Two ounces of butter in
half a pint of cream which has been
slightly warmed, and then allow it to
cool; beat into this two ounces of flour,
the same of white powdered sugar, and
the yolks of four eggs, with the whites
of three of them; flavor with teaspoon
full of orange water; mix we'll, and
pour into small cups, which must be
battered; bake thirty minutes. Sift
sugar over them, and serve hot.
Do not give a tired horse very cold
water, as it often produces collie. Many
allow water to stand for some minutes
in buckets. On the road, horses should
be watered once in ten miles at least.
The stomach of a horse is so small, in
comparison to his body, that large
draughts injuriously distend it; conse-
quently, small quantities at regular in
| tervals is the best rule.
SHADE trees are often planted too
near to our dwellings, and too thickly,
so as to make the house dark and damp
and cherries. Large evergreens are
very much out of place on the sunny
side of house, while they form an ap.
propr;ate screen and wind-Dreak along
the cold and exposed 81 les of our build
ings. Set out trees, it is a duty, but
set them out judiciously.
"A MAINE farmer says: Were i to
plant an orchard and had two locations
one in valley surrounded by hills ex-
cept on the south side, and the other a
high elevation exposed to high winds
would choose the latter in preference
to the former. The same holds good as
regards peach orchards. A great OBJ
ject is 10 keep back the blooming as
long as possible. and this can be best
done in northern exposures without
shelter"
EGG soup: Put two large tablespoon
fuls of lard in a pot: when hot add two
of -four and two Onicns cut up fine
when the -four is brown put as much
boiling water in the pot as you desire
for soup add salt and pepper and let il
boil short time; break into the souT
tureen five or six eggs; beat them uI
well, then gradually pour in the soup
stirring the egg while doing SO. Toast
two thin slices of bread, cut them into
small squares, fry in butter and poul
into the soup. Before sending to table
a little vinegar may be added or not, az
taste dictates.