Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-04-23
FARM AND PRESIDE.

III DuLloTullk, sour Oh COURSE. IL Is AVV
quite agreeable we know. Take a rag,
dip it into cup of buttermilk and wash
every part of the face, neck and hands II
there has been greater exposure to the
sun than usual. after washing the face
we'll, squeeze GU the cloth and just wipe
the skin off, and let it remain on without
washing till morning. You will be aston
ished to see how soon the freckles and tan
will disappear. For keeping the hands and
skin soft. there is nothing equal to butter
milk. When one gets burned with the hot
sun, one or two bathings in butternilk
will cause the smarting to cease, take out
the Inflammation and render it comforta-
BILE quicker than any remedy ever tried
There is something in the acid contained
in the buttermilk that does the work.
When one has stained fingers with either
berries, apples or nuts, it will remove the
stains almost Immediately. 1t is particu-
larly cooling to the skin. You will never
try any other lotion for identifying the
complexion after using the buttermilk, if
it is possible to obtain that.
ADULTERATED COFFEE.-In these days,
when the whole country is flooded with
parched and ground coffee, it is of inter-
est to housekeepers to be able to tell wheth-
er they are getting the real article, or an
adulteration of chickory, a vastly cheaper
material. The following simple test is
recommended by an authority, as never
failing
Spread a spoonful of coffee gently on the
top of water in bowl or glass. Ii pure,
the coffee will not sink for some minutes,
and will scarcely color the water, and
when fully saturated, if rubbed between
the fingers, the grains will feel rough and
hard; but, If chickory be mixed with it,
the chicory will sink to the bottom at once,
rapidly absorbing the water, like bread
crumbs, and, as it sinks, it will give
dark.reddish tinge to the water. Take up
some of these crumbs, and, instead OF feel
ing rough and hard like the grains of pure
coffee, they will rub soft and mash between
YOUR fingers like fine bread-crumbs.
EGYPTIAN CoRN.-Egyptian corn is at
tracing considerable attention in Califor-
mia. The yield is enormous; it requires
little care and makes excellent food for
man and beast. 1t is not produced IN ears
at all, but in a much more condensed
form. 1t does not grow as tall, but branch
es more than Indian corn, and each branch
is tufted with large head containing
thousands of seeds. The climate of por-
lions of California is similar to that of
Egypt, and it is thought this grain will
prove to be very valuable product. One
grower in that state claims to have har-
vested crop averaging eighty bushels to
the acre. The grain resembles hulled bar
lev, TO which it is easily mistaken. There
are two varieties. white and brown. diff
fering in color and flavor. The white has
as fine a flavor as rice, while the brown
has an acrid taste while green, and till it
is perfectly dry, that makes it undesirable
as an article of food.
SETTING EGGS EARLY.-If you do it,
do not be too anxious and give the hens
too many eggs in the nest. This month s
or 10 are enough; and If more are placed
under the hen, the outer ones get first
chilled; they find their way to the centre
of the nest, and the centre ones get to the
outer edge and in turn all get chilled and
nest of added eggs is the result. Bear in
mind that all white eggs. in comparison
with dark or buff colored eggs, are thin
shelled. So do not place under a big clum-
nh; tn LOT, hac
thick shells for the Asiatics, and eggs from
any of the varieties that lay white ones
should never be placed under these heavy
fowls.
CLEAN MILK.-Good butter means but
ter made from clean milk, and that the
latter is not a common article can be
vouched for by those who purchase milk.
Not many farmers make it their business
to see that the udder of the COW is proper
ly washed before milking. The work is
done by farm hands or careless children,
and the pail gets good share of dirt and
hair from the cows udder;these Impurities
the strainer cannot perfectly separate from
the milk, and their presence can be detec-
| ted by the dark color of the milk at the
bottom of the pan or pitcher. The cows
| should be we'll washed about the teats and
udder every time. before milking, using
warm water in winter.
| TRANSATLANTIC AT NIGHT.-A gen.
| tleman, anxious to ascertain the effect Of
transplanting at night, instead of by day.
made an experiment with the following
results: He transplanted ten cherry trees
willie in bloom, commencing at O'Clock
| in the afternoon. Those transplanted
during the daylight shed their blossoms,
producing little or no fruit; while those
transplanted in the dark maintained their
condition fully, He did the same thing
with ten dwarf trees, after the fruit was
one-third grown. Those transplanted
! burning the day shed their fruit, those
during the night perfected their crop. and
showed no injury from having been re-
! moved.
! RAISING CABBAGEs.-The failure in
gardens so frequently to raise cabbage, is
owing PROBABLY to two or three things, all
of which could be overcome. It is want
of deep culture and very heavy manurings
in the autumn. ComMence early in the
spring to get the ground in thorough con-
! dition, manNY2ng again after setting out
the plapss and covering at the first hoeing.
| Ra particular that the plants are all right
that they are short and StOcky and have
J not been allowed to grow too fast or too
much in the cold frame under cover. We
/ fancy. however, that the ground has a