Fair play., 1880-06-12
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

In icing cakes dip the knife often
in cold water.
Kitchen floors painted with boiled
hnSeed oil are easiest cleaned
-Hellebore sprinkled on the floor at
night destroys cockroachcs; they eat il
and are poisoned.
To polish stained floors rub them
thoroughly once 4 week with beeswax
and turpentine.
Strong brine may be used TO ad-
vantage in washing bedsteads; bu, alum
Is also good for this purpose.
Gold Cake.-One cup sugar. three
quarters cup butter, one cup swee, milk.
yeik> of eight eggs. two cups of flour,
one teaspoon cream tartar. half tea
spoon soda.
The principal reason why rye is
regarded as a good crop to seed on, is
that the stalks have few leaves as COM
pared with wheat or oats, therefore
make less shade.
The German growers of sugar beets
SOM from twelve TO fifteen pounds Of
seed 10 the acre So as To be sure of 4
good stand If the plants are too
thick they thin o,lt earl J in the season.
Professor Dana says e COW will
make about seventy pounds of manure
day, or twelve tons 4 year. This in
cludes both solid and liquid, and is
worth from one TO three dollars ton.
In 1867. $4,000 head of sheep pro-
'luced ii7.op0 pounds of wool: in
1917, 3j,0J0,0 900 head produced POS
600, 900 pounds. This shows wonder
full Improvement in the science of sheep
industry.
The Farmers Club of Elmira. n.
T.. has offered premiums of Sl2, IS
and - for the three largest crops OF
corn that may be raised the coming sea-
son on One-tenth of an acre by boys ur-
der sixteen years Of age.
Remove all dust from a garment
every time il is worn. Black especially
should be treated in this way. Shake
it thoroughly and brush with brush
or old silk. or other material. being
particular that the dust that settles in
the folds is all removed.
Remove milIew from linen by wet
ting the spot, rubbing on chalk. and ex-
posing it 10 the air. Diluted hartshorn
will take ont milt:ew from woolen stuffs.
a weak solution Of chloride of lime can
be applied to almost any fabric. but
must be used with care, especially on
some colors.
Strawberry Cordial. quart
strawberries, fully ripe, one lemon. one
orange, three pints of water, one pound
of sifted sugar Mash the Strawberries
through sieve. Add the Juice of the
lemon and orange and the water. and
work well together. Let it stand two
hours. Put the sugar into 4 bowl and
strain the juice over it, stirring till all
the sugar is dissolved. This should
stand on ice several hours before serv-
inw. and makes a delicious cool drink
The wings of turkeys, geese and
chickens should never be thrown away.
This, probably. is needless advice to
country ladies. but many may not have
utilized them in any way but that
of brushing the Stove-hearth ian es-
tablishet ciStOm.) An exchange SAYS
that they are excellent for clean
ing windows, and, of course, much more
economical than clamois. They are
also useful for putting on paste when
papering walls. The country house
keeper will find this suggestion timely
new coat, and finds, after purchasing
the paper, the needed brush has been
forgotten and the store miles away.
Indian Puddng.-One pint OF milk,
three eggs, one tablespoonful of mo-
lasses, one tablespoonful of butter. one
half cup of flour, one tablespoonful of
baking soda, one tablespoonful of mixed
spices, Indian meal to make Il batter
Scaid the milk and when boiling hot
stir in Indian meal till the spoon moves
stiifly. When cold add the eggs we'll
beaten, and all the other ingredients.
Bake in Il buttered dish two hours. in 4
sauce.
TO Cure = Felon.-po not put the
fingers in hot water or put on hot poul-
tices. Apply cold poulliccs. The third
or fourth Gay after Il fclon makes its
appearance il should he opened with
sharp penknfe. making a short. deep
lcngihwiSe cut. This will cause it to
discharge. and it may continue 10 do so
for two days or more. Put on cold poul-
tices until the discharge stops and keep
them on until the wound heals. The
finger or hand should be carefully
wrapped up for two weeks afterwar,l.
as it will be tender. Treated in this
manner, a feion will not deform the fin
ger or hand. ii will require courage to
bear having felon cut. but in short
time the relief afforded by il will be So
great rs to call forth feelings of graft
tudc.
-Co,!lins Moth Traps.-The cheapest
bands for trapping codin@ moths are
made of thick coarse paper. what is
termed carpet-paper answering Il good
purpose. ii may be more or less folded.
according TO lis thickness. the bands
being ahout four inches wide There
are two modes of fastening them 10 the
tree. either of which answers we'll One
is to pass cord around at the middle.
which. when drawn tight. causes the
paper to spread little above and be-
low, and affords 4 hiding place for the
insects: the other is 70 secure one end
of the band bv driving carpet tack in
10 the tree. and then passing the band
closely about the tree. and overlapping
the other end. fasten it by driving in
another tack not quite to the head. So
that the band NAV be removed every
ten days for destroying the pupa. The
bands are put on about the middle of
June. Their length must be adjusted
to the size of the trees
To Cura Fits of Snooyinv