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HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.
CLEANLINESS and free ventilation are
important for the health Of fowls in
warm weather.
For soft corns, dip a piece OF linen
cloth in turpentine and wrap it round
the toe on which the corn is situated
night and morning. The relief will be
immediate, and, after few days, the
corn will disappear
SUGAR COOKIES. Two cupfuls of
sugar, one cupful of butter, warmed,
one cupful of thick sour cream, one
egg, one teaspoonful of saleratus aud
one teaspoonful OF caraway seeus. Inns
makes sixty to eighty cookies
RANCID BUTTER, boiled in water with
portion of charcoal (say tenth part),
will be entirely Invested of its rancidity,
aud may be used for cooking purposes,
although its fine flavor will not be re-
stored to make it fit for table use.
A CHEMIST under the auspices of the
Agricultural Department is authority
for the statement that the Chinese sor-
ghum, when in full maturity, contains
a larger per centage of sugar than In
dian corn or the tropical cane.
BLUE calicoes and lawns, which
fade so easily, may have their colors
set by washing the first time in salt and
water A weak solution of sugar of
lead viii set the color in most washa-
Bile goods, and will keep the tints in
hosiery.
THERE are several ways to get rid of
ants. Boiling water, soapsuds or coal
oil poured in their holes will destroy
them. Leaves of tansy or catnip will
drive them away. Pulverized borax
scattered in their haunts will also cause
them to leave.
CREAM PIE. To be eaten warm or
cold; very nice. One pint of cream,
three eggs beaten separately, sugar to
taste, pinch of salt, flavor as you like.
Butter deep pie dish or mountain
cake tin, sprinkle with bread crumbs
that have been sifted, about as thick as
pie paste, pour in the custard and
sprinkle over it some bread crumbs and
cocoa-nut mixed.
IT is of the very utmost importance
that stock should have good, pure water,
and plenty of it. The thirst of animals
during the hot weather can readily be
! Imagined from Judging II by the human
thirst; and to deprive the animal of a
sufficient drink is about the worst
| species of cruelty that can be inflicted
upon the brute creation. The agony of
excessive thirst is simply terrible.
CHICKEN AND Corn, (Maryland
/ FashiOn) .-YoI want fresh corn; cut
of the grains from the cob and put it
/ in pot with only enough water TO COW
er it; stew thoroughly; cut the chicken
up and add to the corn; season with
/ pepper and salt, and when the chicken
is tender add teacupful OF cream,
| thicken with a very little flour or crack
| er dust and butter. At the very last
chop parsley fine and mix thoroughly.
CURING FODDER CoRN-The chief
! drawback with fodder corn is the diff
Guilty OF properly curing such heavy
/ crop of succulent green herbage. When
| il is remembered that thirty tons per
acre has been reached, the problem of
curing is seen to be an important one
! The French system of ensilage may in
! time come to the rescue and provide a
method of preservation that retains the
fodderin its green state; but the introduce
tion of such q system must be slow,
and until then the old method of dry
preservation must be practiced. The
putting together of large quantities OF
half-cured stalks must be abandoned.
as it has been the greatest source OF
loss to those who have grown fodder
corn. The NOW should be thoroughly
ventilated by shafts passing up through
its center, and when the fodder Is put
in stacks, they should be of small size,
holding but few tons, aud better still,
provided with shaft, made of few
boards, in the middle.