The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1880-02-04
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


of horses.
No other animals should be tolerated
in yard with sheep, for il will only re-
suit in vexation and loss.
A bag of hops as large as the fists,
placed in bin or store of grain, will It
is said, kill or eradicate all grubs and in
sects from the grain. The dead ones can
be removed by tanning.
Shelter is one of the first objects in
wintering. sheep successfully. Farmers
often condemn barns and sheds as un-
| healthy places for sheep, when it is "A
want OF ventilation that does the injury.
Milk paint for fences or barns is made
by mixing water lime with skim milk
to proper consistency to apply with a
brush. 1t will adhere well to wood
whether smooth or rough, to brick, mbr-
tar or stone, where oil has been previ
ously used.
A farmer in Bangor, Me-, observing
that wheat was being picked from the
seeds of standing grain, and seeing at the
same time focks of yellow birds iyinp
about, shot some OF them. On opening
their crops he found only three grains of
wheat, and by actual count $50 weevils,
Particular care should be used in
cleaning milk pans and cans. Many
cases are on record of diseases in fami-
| lies from using milk infected with nox-
ious germs from foul milk cans. Milk
men upon again receiving the cans
should cleanse them with boiling ho
water.
Cattle like change of diet occasion
ally, as men do. Keeping cattle on hay
or straw alone is little like living on
bread or potatoes, or meat alone, with
nothing except that one dish. Therefore
feed some roots, as well as hay and meal
or shorts. If you haven't the roots on
hand, be sure and have q supply next
winter.
Cabbage has superior value for feed
ing purposes. English cattle feeders as
sert that their beasts progress faster on
cabbage, mixed with plenty of fine-cut
wheat straw and cotton cake, than with
any other vegetable. Cabbage contains
one part flesh forming substance to three
of heat producing, while in potatoes, the
flesh forming is only one to twenty.
Cabbage Is also rich in mineral matter
lHOusehOld Hints.
Soft soap should be kept in dry
place in cellar, and shou not be used
for three months after it is made.
A French chemist asserts that if tea
be ground like coffee Immediately be-
fore hot water is poured upon it, it will
yield nearly double the amount of its
exhilarating qualities.
To preserve the aroma of coffee,
add the white of one egg to every pound
OF coffee just before it is quite cold. Stir
it thoroughly into the mass, so that
every berry will be wet with it.
To clean lamp chimneys, hold them
over the nose of the teakettle when the
kettle is boiling furiously. One or two
repetitions of this process will make
them beautifully clear. OF course they
must be wiped upon clean cloth.
Table cloths should be but slightly
starched, and folded lengthwise, after
ironing quite dry on Che right side, first
down the middle, then putting each sell
wage edge to the center, pressing them
down on the right side; next placing
the two double parts. thus folded, to.
gether, and then doubling the other way
in the same manner.
To wash black and white cotton
dress, have tub partly filled with hot
water, add one large tablespoonful of
powdered borax; wet only one part of
the dress at a time, the basque first; use
very little soap, and only on the most
soiled places; wash quickly, rinse in
warm water containing tablespoonful
of table salt; starch on the wrong side,
wiring very dry, shake out well, hang
where it will dry quickly; next wash
the overskirt and then the under-skirt
in the same way.
Health Hints.
Glycerineis excellent to rub on chafes
burns or chapped hands or sun scalds.
Olive or sweet oil mixed with warm
milk and water, and drank plentiful un-
til it acts as an emetic, is an antidote to
poisons in general
LGaDS of life says simple remedies are
| frequently the best for headache. A
| cup of sour mix spread upon a thin
| clrth and applied to the head will many
times give relief. Or, mild mustard
| plaster on the back of the neck will
often ease tn, pain, or drinking a cup of
hCt water.
Temporary relief from painful sore
corn may, says an exchange, readily be
obtained by applying strong carbolic
acid. Take the cork out of a small bot
tie of carbolic and apply it (the cork to
the corn. Relief will come at once, and
| you will be able to walk with compara-
| tive comfort till you can find time to
remove the corn with knife.
How to Make Cows Give MIX.
If you desire 10 get a large yield of
rich milk, give your COW every day water
slightly warmed and slightly salted in
which bran has been stirred at the rate
of one quart to two gallons of water.
You will find if you have not tried this
practice that your cow will give twenty
live per cent. more milk Immediately
| g I i.
come so attached to the diet as to refuse
to drink clear water unless very thirsty.
But this mess she will drink almost any
time, and ask for more. The amount OF
this drink necessary is an ordinary water
pailful at a time, morning, noon and
night.
A Female Bandit.