The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-08-19
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

b To Clean Jeweiry.-Wash ms soap.
,uds; rinse in diluted alcohoi, anu lay
in box of dry sawdust to dry.
Butter Cookies. One cupful Of SUI
gar, one cupful of butter, two eggs, one
and quarter teaspoonfuls .Qf cream
tartar, one teaspoonful of saleratas, and
caraway seed or lemon extract. This
makes forty to fifty cookies, which will
keep for months. ~
One of the best tonics for chickens,
and probably one of the simplest. is to-
keep handful of old rusty nails-the
more rust on them the better-.iin each
dish from which they drink The rust
is the oxide of iron sold by the drug
gists, and the homemade is as good as
the sale article. grs
Mosquitoes and Flies.-If water in
which quassia chips have been boiled is
put upon the exposed parts Of the body
and left to dry there. mosquitoes and
dies will not trouble the surface so
protected. Quassia water is harmless to
children and grown people but death
to insects.
Preserved Peaches. Pare and
stone; allow one pound of sugar to one
pound of fruit; make q strip of the
sugar, and let it first boil; lay the peach.
es in and let them boil until tender and
clear; take the peaches. out with a
skinner; boil the strip until thick
and clear; fill the jars twozthirds full
of fruit; pour on the boiling sirup.
The Maine experiment of offering
rewards to boys for successful farm
work is to be initiated in Vermont. Two.
of the trustees of the State University:
have offered one hundred and fifty dol.
lars in prizes to boys not over seventeen.
years of age for the best crop of .pota-
toes and corn on nezeighth of an acre.
The practice is a good one, and might,
be wisely adopted with benefit to our,
agricultural interests as well as boys.
-Pot-roasts Meat of any. kind,
chicken, prairie-fowl, or pigeons, may
be pot-roasted. Slice an onion. and a
few slices Of pork, and put into the bot
tom Of a kettle. Place on top whatever
meat is to be cooked; add just water
enough to stew it. Be careful not to
use too much water; it can be easily
added if it cooks away, but it spOils the
dish to be obliged to take out any. :
Keep turning the meat, and let it stew
or roast slowly till brown or tender,
then take out the meat, strain and
ssickcn the gravy, pour over the meat
and serve hot.
-Windgalls in Horse.-The A,neri-
can Dairyn,0,s says: "a windgall is a
puffy swelling along the course of the
back tendons, or about the hook joint
1t can not cause lameness, because it Isl
itself caused by an infamed condition of
the membranes covering the sinew of
incident effect with the lameness of the
Inflammation. But it may remain after
the disease and the lameness have dis
appeared. If the horse is lame apply
cold water bandages until the lameness
is removed and then apply astringent
liquids, as solution of alum, to the puffs
and put on a bandage with a pad un-
der it similar to the pad of truss"
Weeds as we'll as all other plants
are now making vigorous growth. and
the annual job of destroying them has
been commenced. Some farmers APP
pear to do this with but little trouble.
while others fail every Time, and come
to the conclusion that they have the
weediest farm in town. The only way
to get rid of them is not to allow one
to 90 to seed anywhere on the prem
Uses. Most of them are annual, per-
ennial plants depending on the seeds
for their continued growth, and when
this supply is cut of they will be very
materially reduced in few years. One
of the worst nurseries for the pests is
among the rubbish that is allowed by
some farmers to accumulate around
their buildings, or where the wash from
the barnyard or other sources has
killed the grasses. These must be de-
stroyed as we'll as those in the ground
that is cultivated. To do this, pull
them up by the roots before their seeds
ripen, and remove them to the hog pen,
or the compost heap.