Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-01-28
HOME AND FARM.

| PARAFFINE OIL on whetstones Is su-
perior TO any other liquid, and will keep
the stone In better order.
In some recent experiments at Paris
the fumes Of burning coffee were shown
to have d disinfecting power quite re-
markable. ~ aHWlT ,.'t n H7.
IT IL said that a bag of hops in each
grain bin win keep grubs or weevils out
or kill them II already in Aniseed also
attracts and kills weevils and prevents
their harboring.
CHILDREN's PLUM PUDDING.- Hall
pound raisins, half-pound chopped cur
rants, half-pound suet, one pound bread
soaked in milk, beaten smooth, quarter
pound flour, two ounces candied peel,
half-pound sugar, little spice, pinch
salt; boil six hours or less, according to
size. .. G.- .ff ,,t
DRESSING FOR ROAST TURKEY.--T
onions, five ounces OF soaked and
squeezed bread, eight or ten sage leaves,
an ounce of butter, one egg, a small
piece of pork minced and pepper and
| salt to taste. Mince the onions and fry
them before adding to the other ingre-
dients. Some chopped celery is always
a good addition.
CoRN-BREAD.-Mix together half a
pound each of sugar and prepared flour,
one and a half pounds of Indian-meal,
two ounces of butter, melted, four eggs,
and three pints of milk; put the batter
into q hot buttered pan, and bake it half
an hour in quick oYen, but do not burn
| it. If prepared flour is not on hand use
the ordinary kind, either with baking
| powder or cream of tartar and soda.
To REPAIR CRACKED HooF.-
Cracked hoof may be cured by cleaning
| out the crack and filling it with gutta
| Then secure the edges of the crack by
hooked into the hoof on each side of the
crack, by which it is prevented from
| opening. Then burn the hoof little at
the upper end of the crack and across it
to prevent the split from extending up
ward.-N. Y. Times.
| KEEPING PLANTS frost comes
and you are afraid that the fire may get
low, and your plants get nipped, just
| get lantern and some good oil, fix your
lantern nicely, and twill burn all night,
and by placing it under your flower
shelf you will be pleased to find how
safely your plants get along. have
tried this for some years, and find that
the heat from a common railroad lam
tern will protect quite a quantity of
plants if the lantern is placed among or
under the plants Inter Ocean. i.1r1'l
PoTAToEs IN the raw state ought
never to be given to any animal, with
the exception of sheep and geese. 1t is
said a goose will thrive better, and the
flesh will be more gratefully favored,
upon raw potatoes sliced than upon any
other article, while sheep---and old sheep
particularly-will more speedily thrive
on raw potatoes than on turnips
| but, especially in the beginning, raw
potatoes will scour cattle and horses,
and not unfrequently cause death, while
there is no danger from either boiled
| or steamed potatoes. es.-Stockman
| A CHEAP AND EFFECTUAL DIsIN-
FECTANT.-Halfa drachm of nitrate of
lead dissolved in pint of boiling water
this solution to be poured into bucket
| full of cold water, in which are dissolved
two drachms of common salt. Some OF
this solution occasionally poured into
the sinks and vaults about the premises,
will soon purify the place from any de-
leterious emanations; and cloths dipped
| in the solution and wrung out and hung
on lines about the rooms will keep the
atmosphere, of even hospital ward
sweet and healthy. Its action on
clothes or furniture is perfectly harm
less!-Boston Transcript 'n' W" ''''
AUsEFuL TABLE.-The following ta-
BILE will help farmers to be accurate in
measuring things: yards wide by 96e
yards long, acre; 10 yards wide by 4S4
yards long, acre; 20 yards wide by ,252
yards long, acre; 40 yards wide by 12l
yards long, l acre; 70 yards wide
by 60 yards long, l acre; 81
| yards wide by 60 yards long, ! acre
so feet wide by 726 feet long, acre
ITO feet wide by 369 feet long, 1 acre
100 feet wide by 1863 feet long, l acre
22O feet wide by 1913 feet long, acre
240 feet wide by 1S1 feet long, acre
44O feet wide by SO feetlong, / acre. A
box 24xl6 inches, 90 inches deep, holds
l barrel box 16x16 inches, inches
deep, holds bushel; a box 8 1-2x8 l.
inches, 8 inches deep, holds l peck; 6
box 4x4 inches, 1-2 inches deep, hold:
| 1-2 peck. f.I +.tio boo. t-.T.. ..if,3t fa-ra