Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-02-26

of horses. ~ 'A' ''0-
NO other animals should be tolerated
in q yard with sheep, for il will only re-
suit in vexation and loss.
A bag OF hops as large AS thetwo fists.
placed in bin or store of grain, will, II
~ said, Kill or eradicate all 9rubs and in
sects from the grain. The dead ones can
be removed by tanning.
Shelter is one of the first obiecta in
wlntering sheep successfully. Farmers
often condemn barns and sheds as un-
healthy places for sheep, when II is a
want oil ventilation that docs the injury.
Milk paint for fences or barns is made
by mixing water lime with skim milk
10 proper consistency to apply with a
brush. 1t will adhere welfto wood
whether smooth or rough, TO brick, NOR
tar or stone, where oil has been previ-
ously used.
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 fyinR
about, shot some of them. On ooenine
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 famf-
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 no
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 a 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 tothree
of heat producing, while in potatoes. the
flesh forming is only one to twenty.
Cabbage is also rich in mineral matter
How TO Sweep Resm.
To sweep and dust room properly is
an art, and like all fine arts has a right
method. Well done it renovates the
entire room, and the occupant takes
possession feeling that ''all things have
become new" 1t is not merely a per-
formance TO be done by the hands, but
work into which taste and judgment, in
other words, brains, must enter. Are
these closets opening, into the room to
be swept? Arrange the shelves, draw
eTs or clothing preparatory to sweeping
day; then let this be the first to be
swept. Cover the bed with soiled
| sheets, as also all heavy articles that
cannot be removed; first, however,
having carefully busted and brushed
them. Remove all the furniture that
can easily be set in hall or adjoining
room, having first busted it; then, TAX
ing a step-ladder, begin TO sweep or
brush or wipe the cornice and picture
cords and pictures. Draw the shades
to the top of the window or, If there are
inside blinds, dust them carefully.
Open the windows. All the dust left in
the room now is in the carpet or air, and
the current of the windows will soon
settle il.
Now begin to sweep, not toward
door or corner, but from the outer
edges of the room toward the center,
where the dust will be taken up with a
small brush and dust-pan. Go over the
room once more-this time with a
dampened broom; that removes the
last bit of dust and gives the carpet n
new, bright appearance. Replace the
articles of furniture as soon as the air is
entirely free from dust, uncover the rest
and the room is new and clean. All
this seems an easy thing to do, but there
! is not one in a hundred willfollow out the
details. Some will sweep the dust into
the hall, or from one room to another.
and then wonder why their house is 50
soon dusty again. Others forget cor
nice and pictures, and thus leave a seed
of future annoyance; while third class
will do all but using the damp broom.
which is as the finishing touches TO a
picture. Chicago Alliance.
Household Hints.
Soft soap should be kept in a dry
! place in a cellar, and shou d 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 il. IL will
yield nearly double the amount of It's
exhilarating qualities.
Table cloths should be but slightly
starched, and folded lengthwise, after
ironing quite dry on the right side, first
down the middle, then putting each sell
wage edge TO the center, pressing them
down on the right side; next placing
tile two double parts. thus folded, to-
gether, and then doubling the other way
in the same. manner.
To preserve the 4roma OF coffee,
add the white of one egg TO every pound
of coffee just before IL Is quite cold. Stir
1t thoroughly into the mass, so tha
every berry will he wet with 1t.
To clean lamp chimneys, holdi them
over the nose OF the teakettle when the
kettle is boiling furiously. One or two
vepetitions of this process will make
them beautifully clear. OF course they
must be wiped upon clean cloth.
To wash a black and white cotton
dress, have a tsb 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 I'm
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