Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

The crow destroys more grasshop- |
pers than any other bird. He must, |
therefore, be one of those blessings in |
disguise we hear so much of.
Extraordinary as it may appear,
says an exchange, piece of brown pa
per, folded and placed between the up
per lip and gum, will stop the bleeding
of the nose.
"A Tennessee lady named Ingram
has discovered that all the mosquitoes
of room may be killed by exploding
small amount of gunpowder in the cen
ter of the room, by the force of ooncus-
sion. Herein is a good use for fire.
crackers.
"A sprinkling of lime, plaster or
sulphur over the leaves of the straw
berry at the first appearance of the
blight is suggested as a remedy for this
disease, which has made such sad work
with the foliage of this delicious berry.
do cabbage worms trouble your
plantsp For every hundred of cabbage
take quarter of a pound of black pep
per and put in box large enough to
sift out well. Go into the patch before
the dew is off and pepper the cabbage.
Two or three times win be sufficient.
Fried Satisfy. the roots;
boil whole until tender; drain, and
when cold mash with wooden spoon
to u smooth paste, taking out all fibres;
moisten with milk; add one tablespoon
of butter, and one and half eggs for
every cupful of satisfy; beat the eggs
light; make in round cakes; dredge with
flour and fry brown.
Collect some SCOT from a chimney
or stove where wood is used as fuel,
put into an old pitcher and pour hot
water upon it. When cool use it to
water your plants every few days. The
effect upon plants is wonderful in pro-
ducing rapid growth of thrifty shoots,
with large thick leaves and great
number of richly-tinted roses.
Corn cobs dipped into molasses
and suspended from limbs in the plum
trees have saved many crop of plums
for Moreland farmer. He has done
this for many years with success. The
curculio will lay his brood into the
sweetened corn cob, instead of the
plums. From six to twelve prepared
corn cobs are sufficient for an ordinary
sized tree.
"A farmer says: "Four years ago
my farm was fearfully infested with
rats. They were so numerous that /
had great fears of my whole crop being
destroyed by them after it was housed;
but having two acres of wild pepper
mint that grew in field of wheat, cut
and bound with the wheat, drove the
rats from my premises. | have not
been troubled with them since, while
my neighbors have any quantity of
them. | feel convinced that any per-
son who is troubled with these pests
could easily get rid of them by getting
a good supply of mint and placing it
around the walls OF. base of their
barns"
Cherry Sirup.-Take the stones
out of the choicest and ripest of cher
ries. Mash the fruit to pulp. Press
through hair sieve into an earthen
pan. Allow to stand in a cool place
for two days. Now filter according TO
previous directions. To each pint of
cherry juice add one pound of best
white sugar. Allow to remain at rest
until the sugar is thoroughly dissolved.
(This dissolution may be fastened by
placing over the fire and stirring with
wooden spatula.) In either case skim.
Now place again over the hre and allow
to boil only two or three minutes. Take
off the new scum and bottle for all sorts
of household uses, "in sickness and in
health"
Jelly for Meat.-Take four pounds
of.white currants; pick them from the
stems, and wash in two waters to rid
them of sand; put them in an earthen
saucepan, and place that in kettle of
boiling water, and let it stand on the
back of the range for one hour; then
strain them through coarse linen
4 jclly-bag; take three pounds of granu-
lated sugar and one-half pint of water;
let this heat; then add the white of one
egg well beaten; stir this in, to throw
the scum to the top; thep skim, until
the sirup is quite clear; tnen add the
currant Juice; let this simmer for one
half hour; then try if it jellys by put
ting in spoon and dipping it in cold
water; this will require longer to cook.
Having less sugar in, it will be found
much nicer for meat; put it up in earth.
en- bowls; and cover, first with tissue
paper, then paste writing-paper over
it; then keep it in dry, cool place.
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