Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1880-01-01
HOUSE AND FARM.

Within the past five years the acreage
If cereals IN the United States has in
creased from 74,000,000 to 95,000,000
The rain annually pours into the soil a
quantity of nitrate of ammonia fully equiv
alent to thlec pounds per acre.
New liuen may be embroidered more
easily by rubbing it over with fine white
soap; it prevents the threads from crack
ing.
Guinea fowls will keep all bugs and In
sects OF every description off garden vines.
They will not scratch like other fowls or
harm the most delicate plants.
Graham Bread.-0ne pint of sour milk,
one egg, one small tablespoonful Of soda,
one-halt cup molasses, enc quart Of Gra-
ham flour; mix well together; bake one
hour,
A slow mixer makes a COW impatient,
which causes her to hold up her milk.
The strippings are the richest part, and if
n COW is MIXED quietly as well as quickly |
there will be more as well as richer milk.
The land office at Washington never
was so busy as it is now. As much land |
has been sold in the last four months as
was ever disposed of previously in year. |
The purchasers are nearly all actual set
tiers,
He who administers medicine to his
horse when IN good health does injury in
stead of good Too much medicine i, |
given to our domestic animals under the |
false impression Of benefting their condl- |
tiOn.
The product of scrub COW by thor
oughbred bull will be haIt-blood. This, |
coupled with thoroughbred bull, would |
produce a tbree-quarter blood, The next
cross would be seven-eights, and next ff- |
teen.siXteenths.
Over %, 600 car loads of live and dressed
poultry are carried into New York City
yearly, and 2j,000, 900 dozen of eggs go to
the same market. According to tie best
estimates, the United States produces o.
100000, 600 eggs annually.
Plant tansy at the roots Of your plum
trees, or hang branches Of the plant on the
branches OF trees, and you will not be an
uoyed with curculiO. An old and success.
fuI fruit grower furnishes the above, and
says it is the most successful curculO pre-
ventatlvc he has ever tried.
The average yield OF wheat in great
brllMn was II bushels IN lH2S' 81 bushels
u. ,o-- i9'g ~ - ~ ru-5'ls IL Ioi" uuiuIlS ~
60 81 III 80 "n'' "nl 40 %us5S 400 ona
o'y' EHE,"nu mus, ~ d66 6Gipo6G 0o6 iti,vVViVUO
HS IuSl.,ls Il!S AtmHr, %, ,VVu'ooy nlo'e ''"n
'"r Average VI '"e P"'' 'wo Ic"'S' ii
The Southern COW pea has a very rapid
growth: IN Ninety 4ays II reaches dens'
mass ot ioliage winch destroys other yege'
,ItIpn ION anu anu projects p,p 5hc S1a 'iohl .he rays
VI .ie un, ~. Iuan'a TnHel G;a ~ nuEuat "
tnop oa .nr,I 'iI IV", IL Irlit't" ~ ,qu"'
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PlckIcd Mutton Hams; Three gallons
OF soft water, one pound OF coarse sugar,
Two ounces OF SdItpfter, three pounds Oh
common SAT-. Bon aud remove the scum,
ana ana whIn coid PouI, oyer the NJ meat. IN
iw1 or liIrt WtchS l"c iii:n, VIII oe eAcfl,
lcl. lgr ""nIng oI oo'''hE' IL may oc
S'noheu Il Ple'erreu'
Keeping sheep is pleasant and profit
able, II attended to properly. Wool Is a
sure thing every year and brings cash. 1t
has It's up 5 and Towns, but let any man
maze up ms m'nd that none D1t ms VIII,
or IlS aulhlliSIri'toI er, SllalI sen MS wGoI
LOT 'tSS Vlah my GEMS per pouhu ana he
viii CONF out an f'Eht'
The Ruai Messenger, published at Pc
tersburs, Va, has received the following
about farmer in l)mwdjie county, that
State: "llc seeded last fall a field of four
acres, on which he put four bushels and
three quarts oi Seeds and he threshed
0nt OF tiie ''r4" mace on thoSe iour acres
l2l ouSheIS Oh wheat
How to Make Tea 20 Further.-A
method has been discovered for making
more tnan the usual quantity Of tea from
any given quantity OF the leaf. The whole
system consists in steamIng the leaf before
sleeping BY this process 1t Is said four.
teen pint, of good quality may be brewed
lfom one ounce os tea
To Soften Putty. Slack three pounds OF
stone qulckl1me in water, then add one
pound Of pearlash, and make the whole
about the consistency Of paint. Apply it
to both sides OF the glass, and let 1t re-
main for twelve hours, when the putty will
he so softcncd that the glass may be easily
taken out of the frame.
The year in England has been especial
y hard on the weather prophets Holly,
UeIrieS were iew, Dut ihr wlht'! was not
mud as they predicted; ana the summer
{ was hArdly the hottest 'On record, Dul
f drearlly moist and chill. In june July,
I anu august the iaGe OF inc sun wat seen
f only 4OC honrs OF the l,40O during when
| 1t was above the holizor'
, Tho lnet timn m cn gtrotn n,nln ni,,e &c