Osage Valley banner., 1880-09-30
HOWE, FARM AND aARnEN.


ONE Of the best remedies for sunburn,
especially when there Ia tendency 10
pulling up of the skin or blistering, is D
mixture Of lime-water and sweet-oil.
Bathe the affected parts frequently, and
the heat and soreness viii soon be sub
dued.
THAT often fatal disease, chicken
cholera, usually prevails during the
summer IL IS often caused by feeding
too much whole corn when tho fowls
are deprived OF coarse sand and gravel.
Damp, musty corn. gases from manure
piles, and stagnsnt water to drink will
produce il.
A NOTED nura for neuralgia Is hot
vinegar yaporized. Heat fiat-fron
sufficiently hot 10 vaporize the vinegar,
cover this with some wooden material.
which is moistened with vinegar, and
the apparatus Is then applied at once TO
the painful spot Application may be
repeated until the pain disappears.
SHORT-CAKg lin layers) One quart
of flour little salt, two tablespoon
fuls Of butter; rub into the flour; two
tablespoOnfuls of sweet milk, three
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder, add
enough water Ito Mix 10 roll out;
divide into three parts, and now take
one of those parts, roll il and put it ia
buttered jelly tin; then butter the
top Of IL; then roll each part the same
way, but do not butter the last layer;
bake; when baked separate the layers
with sharp knife; have your fruit
prepared and place between each
layer.
MILK fever Is disease OF the blood
consequent upon disordered circula-
tion and is sort of apoplexy, the
brain being inhamed aud congested
aid the nervous system prostrated.
Usually COW affected with this dis
ease lies still. with the head ON tho
flank, but sometimes dashes the head
about violently. Mild cases alone are
amennble to treatment, which should
be TO give strong Experimentation
to twenty ounces of epson salts, with
half an ounce of carbonate Of ammo
MIA, light feeding aud rest in dark,
clean, cool, quiet stable. American
DairgnlTI.
WHEN lice once take possession of n
poultry-house, il is difficult to dislodge
them, and methodical means must be
used. First take up the floor and use
/ the bare ground; tear away every cleat
| or other fitting behind which the lice
| can harbor; these viii be found full Of
I young lice and eggs. Then whitewash
I the house with hot lime wash. in which
/ pound Of crude carbolic acid has been
( dissolved DO this thoroughly. Then
I smear the roosting-poles with MKT
ure of grease ard kerosene-oil so thick
\ ~ that the hens get it upon their feet
I and feathers. Keep the roosts thus
/ covered with grease for week or ten
/ days, and in time the lice will disap-
pear. Grease is fatal to all such in
sects, rs ii closes the breathing pas
| sages, which are situated in their sides.
GRAPE JELLY.--Grapes that are too
/ coarse or acid for table use make very
good Jelly, only have them firm,
sound, and ripe. Pick grapes from the
! stem, wash them in cold water. drain
the water from them, and put them in
a stone jar; place the jar in a pot Of
| cold water, and let 1t boil steadily un-
Ill the grape skins are loose. Take off
the skins, saving all the juice--the
skins will darken the jell and make IL
| slightly astringent. Boil the pulps
once again, and pour all into flannel
| bag and squeeze through; measure
/ your Juice aud allow pound of lump
sugar for every pint of Juice. Mix
and boil steadily. but not too quickly,
until it will jell when you try ON q
saucer. Put up In small glasses,
which you wet first in cold water,
Tie up closely and keep in a cool place.