Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-04-11
FARM AND F1REsIDE.

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FARM AND PRESIDE.
WHAT THE BIRDS ACCOUNTABILITY
swallow, swift, and nighthawk are the
guardians of the atmosphere; they check
the increase of insects that would other
wise overload it. Woodpeckers, troopers
and chickadees, ETC., are the guardians of
the trunks Of trees. Warblers and fly
catchers protect the foliage. Black birds.
thrushes, crews and larks protect the sur
face of the soil; saipe and woodcock The
soil under the surface. Each tribe has it's
respective duties to preform in the economy
of nature; and it is an undoubted fact, if
the birds were all swept from the earth,
man could not live upon it, vegetation
would wither and die, insects would be
come so numerous that no living thing
could withstand their attacks. The whole
sale destruction Occasioned by grassbop-
pers which have lately devastated the West,
is undoubtedly caused by the thinning
out of the birds, such as grouse, prairie
hens etc., which feed upon them. The
great and inestimable good done to the
farmer, gardener and florist by birds is only
becoming known by sad experience. Spare
the birds and save your fruit. The lissle
corn and fruit taken by them is more than
compensated by the vast quantities of box
ious insects destroyed. The long persecu-
ted crow has been found by actual expert
ment to do far more good by the vast
quantity of grubs and insects he devours
than the little harm he does in few grains
of corn he pulls up. He is one of the far
mers best friends.-Farm,er' Advocate.
How TO EAT MILK.-There are many
who say, II like milk, but milk does not
like me''-that is, it does not agree with
them. TIE reason for this is, that the
milk coagulates in the stomach in too firm
a curd to be easily digested. But many
who cannot drink milk, find no difficulty
in digesting bowl of baked apples and
milk. Upon this hint the experiment has
been successfully tried, by al physician Of
large experience telling his patients who
could not digest milk, to use apple sauce
as conoomitant, taking spoonful of
bread, crackers or pudding and milk. The
apple prevents the formation of sold
mass in the stomach, and it's juice also aids
digestion, so that no distress or sense of
heayiness follows, after the meal thus ia
ken. This information is given for the
benefit OF all readers, and we think it will
be worthy of trial, though perhaps not
successful in every case.
AN IMPORTANT HINT TO FARMERS
An intelligent farmer who is a very close
observer and successful corn farmer.
says that he always smokes his seed corn.
After selecting the seed he hangs it in his
smoke-house and smokes it well. Some
times the corn is quite black. The result
OF this treatment is that the corn is not
liable to rot before it sprouts and insects
do not disturb it. Where he used smoked
corn there is no necessity of replanting.
He has tested this experiment for num-
Der OF years and has always been success
full. Last year he ran out of smoked corn
while planting one field and used sman
quantity of corn that was not smoked On
the portion where the unsmoked corn WAS
ne was compelled to replant the greater
part.
HICKoRY-NUT CAKE.-Ona cupful Of
butter, two cupfuls of sugar, four eggs.
three quarters of cupful of milk, half
teaspoonfula soda. one teaspoonful cream
tartar, four cupfuls flour, half pound hick-
ry-nuts slightly broken. Beat the butter
and sugar; add the milk, in which You
have dissolved the soda; then add the yolk
OF the eggs well beaten; then the -four,
with cream tartar well mixed with it: then
the whites OF eggs beaten stiff. and finally
the nuts. Bake in moderate oven. and
ice it when DONE
To HEAL SCRATCHES, ETc.-Borax
water will instantly remove all stains from
the hands and heal all scratches and
chafes. To make it, pnt some crude
borax into bottle, filled with water.
When the borax is dissolved add more to
the water until it can absorb no more, and
a reslduum remains at the bottom of the
bottle. 1t is very cleansing and very
healthy BY its use the hands will be kept
in an excellent condition. smooth, soft and
white.
To GLAZE BOILED HAM.-First
brush cold boiled ham, previously re-
lieved of its skin, all over with beaten egg.
Next spread over this evenly, to the depth
OF quarter of an inch, paste made as
follows: To cup of powdered crackers,
add rich milk in sufficient quantity to
maze thick paste; salt and work in
teaspoonful of melted butter. Having
spread this evenly over the ham as already
directed, set to brown in moderately hot
oven.
DoUaHNUTs.-One pint of milk. warm
ed with of pound of shortening (half
butter, half lard) ! pound of sugar, one
half spoonful of salt, or less, one egg,
little nutmeg, two tablespoons of yeast
mix rather thin and cover with light or
small pillow. If mixed in the afternoon
it should be light enough to boil during
the next morning.
To CURE A FELoN.-Take out nor
ton of the inside of lemon, and thrust
the finger into it. Or take the skin of the
inside OF fresh egg and bini it on with
the moisture of the white of the egg next
to the finger, and it will draw the small
globule that causes the sore to the surface