Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1880-09-04
HONE, FARM AND GARDEN.


sacks are admirably preserved by steep
ing them in a solution of tannin for
twenty-four hours and instantly drying
them; two pounds of tan is allowed to
steep in twelve quarts of boiling water
for one hour. and is then filtered.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Massachu-
sets Poughman gives the following
remedy for choked cows: One pint of
milk, half pint of soft soap simmered
together. Give the cow half the guam
tity. Hold the cows head up and rub
the throat. Then let the head go down
suddenly. If that does not relieve, give
the other half. l have never known
case where the second dose has been
required.
The Iowa Madisonian, gives another
reason why farmers should keep few
bees: And then you want a few hives
of Italian bees to fertilize your red
clover and make it yield seed (for
clover will not produce seed where
there are no humble bees or Italians.)
and gather up the fragments in the
shape of honey, and take the sweets
from the fruit blossoms, the buckwheat,
the smartweed, the linn and the golden
rod"
TOMATO SoUP.-Take a shin-bone,
have it broken, and put in soup-kettle
with five quarts of cold water; allow it
to boil steadily, and skim. In an hour
put in two dozen good-sized tomatoes;
do not skin them; boil until your soup
is reduced to one-half; take potato
masher and crush the tomatoes; pass
through a strainer; return to kettle, and
remove beef before serving; season with
salt and pepper. This is a plain coun-
try tomato soup.
COLORING PICKLES AND SWEETS
GREEN.-The following green coloring
extract is said to be destitute of any
poisoning properties: Dissolve five
grains of saffron in one-fourth ounce of
distilled water, and in another dish dis
solve four grains indigo carmne in one
hall ounce distilled water. After mix
ing thoroughly let stand twenty-four
hours, then put together, and the result
will be q green solution capable of
coloring four or five pounds Of sugar.
APPLE CHEEsE.-Peel and quarter a
quantity of apples, stew them with
little water, good deal of sugar, the
thin rind of a lemon and few cloves,
or stick of cinnamon. When quite
done pass them through hair sieve;
and to one quart of the PURGE thus OBJ
tanned add half packet of gelatine,
dissolved in water; mix well, pour into
q mold, and when set, turn it out and
serve with a custard poured about it.
1t is well to remember that the PURGE
must be thoroughly well sweetened and
favored to carry off the insipidity of
gelatine.
NANCE in calves, says the New York
Times. is caused by mite burrowing
in the skin. The cure is reached by
dressing the part with an ointment COM
posed of four ounces of lard, one ounce
of sulphur and one drachm of creosote,
well mixed together. Rub this into the
skin every morning, and give each calf |
one teaspoonful of sulphur daily for two |
weeks. By giving this quantity of sui
phur for week, twice or thrice in the !
year, this disease is prevented. The |
sulphur is absorbed into the blood and |
passes through the skin in the perspira-
ton. and in this manner reaches and
destroys the parasitic mites, if present
there, or secures such a condition of !
the skin as to repel them if they attack
the skin.
Cut FLOwERs.-The main feature
in arranging cut flowers is to show each
flower separately and not a quantity !
together, forming . mass of
metals lint that each flower may he seen