The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-17
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

To Scour Zinc.-The Rural Nea0
Yorker is authority for the following:
I" Housekeepers will find that zines may
be secured with great economy OF time
and strength by using either glycerine
or creosote mixed with little diluted
sulphuric acid"
-Saltfo Mich Cows.-Care should
be taken that mich cows have salt
twice week and that they have access
to water soon after taking the salt; be-
cause salt in its crude state is poison
Gus and will create high fever in the
stomach unless diluted by water which
relieves the animal from burning
thirst.
-Immersing the Feet in Hot Water.
Remember never to have the foot
bath so hot as to occasion a disagreea-
BILE sensation; this would drive the
blood to the head, instead of drawing
it from it. If possible, when bathing
the feet, have a warm bath for the
hands also; the object being to bring
the heat to the eXtremities.
"A balky driver makes a balky
horse. In breaking in colts, the trainer
should never lose his temper. A firm
hand and gentle manner will bring any
colt, however spirited it may be, into
subservience to the driver. The ami
NAL must be made to rely entirely upon
its master. 1t cannot be made to do so
by brute force. The same means should
be used as with child.
Cutting Hedge. "A young hedge
of Usage orange or honey locust should
not be cut until it is two or three years
old, not, indeed, until the shoots are
one or two inches thick, when they
should be cut even with the earth in the
winter time, and the following year
they will throw up luxurious mass of
sprouts, which may be trimmed into
shape the next June, and before fall we
have a complete, impenetrable fence.
-Cranberries.- and pick over
a quart of cranberries. Put them in a
porcelain lined saucepan or an earth
enware crock, with cup and half of
sugar and half a cup of water. Put
them on the back of the range and let
them stew very slowly for two hours
without stirring. When turned out to
cool every cranberry will be found
plump and whole, and imbedded in
firm, ruby colored jelly.
Professor Mcbride, at an English
farmers club, said When you want
to dose pig halter him as you would
for execution, and tie the rope end to
a stake. He will pull back until the
rope is tightly strained. When he has
ceased his uproar and began to reflect,
approach him, and between the back
part of his jaws insert an old shoe from
which the toe-leather has been cut.
This he will at once begin to suck and
chew. Through it pour medicine and he
will swallow any quantity you please"
Cure for Felon. When q finger
pricks as though there were thorn in
it, and throbs intolerably when held
downward, and yet there is no external
sign of mischief, the probabilities are
that felon is in prospect, says an ex-
change. Go at once to the butchers
and procure some of the spinal marrow
of beef creature. Take a piece, say
about two inches in length, and, hav-
ing cut it open lengthwise, wrap it
around the affected finger, covering, of
course, with cloth. In few hours
change the piece of marrow for fresh
one, and continue to keep the finger so
encased until all pain has ceased, and
there is no discomfort when the mar
row is removed. The finger will look
strangely white and porous, but the
cure is complete. This remedy ought
to become professional. 1t is vastly
better than the surgeons knife, and
more effectual.
Baked Mackerel. Wash and clean
three or four mackerel, divide them
down the back and once across, making
four pieces of each fish. Arrange these
pieces compactly in a pie dish in layers,
with three or four bay leaves, six shall
lots sliced, dessertspoonful of pepper
corns, half that quantity of pimento
berries, eight cloves and a little white
pepper. Make sauce with half pint
of good stock, wineglass of vinegar,
one tablespoonful of mushroom catsup,
and the same of anchovy and Harvey
sauce, with teaspoonful of Worcester
sauce and soy. Bake in a moderate
oven with cover on the dish until the
fish is quite done; take it from the
sauce, and place it on the dish you in
tend serving it on; strain the sauce and
pour it over the fish. Serve it cold,
garnished with sprigs of parsley or fem
mel. Fish cooked in this way will keep
good for two or three days if left in the
sauce and covered over.