Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-24
HOME. FARM ANp GARDEN.

TO make paint dry rapidly use a
large amount Of Japan vsrnish In mixing.
-Blcsding Wart. Touch over the
bleeding surface of wart with diluted
nitric acid. Apply with feather or
camefs hair brush once every other
day or once daily II found necessary
NJ y. World
IF You begin pruning fruit and orna-
mental trees and shrubbery while young,
and follow il up each year, you can
form just such q top as you want. If
your tree needs spreading out, cut the
young shoots OF just above bud on
to ons-de 81 tho shoot, aud If fou
waht to train upward, leave bndson
the upper side of the limb where you
cut it oil. Farmers AdUocate.
Vinegar Candy-Three cups white
sugar; one and one-half cups clear vim
egar stir the sugar into the vinegar
until thoroughly dissolved; heat to q
gentle boil, and stew uncovered until il
ropes from the tip of the spoon. Turn
out upon broad dishes, we'll buttered,
and cool, and, as soon as it can be
handled, pull. 1t can be pulled beauti-
fully white and porous
and yclks OF six eggs separately. Silt
one half pound of wheat -four. make a
smooth batter, stir in the yelks and "a
little salt, then the remainder of the
quart of milk, and the whites beaten to
still froth. Bake half an hour in n
buttered pan. Serve with sauce, coll
ored with a little cochineal. know of
no pudding more delicate and appropri-
ate after heavy dinner.
One of the most satisfactory ways
to cook beets is To bake them; when
boiled, even If their jackets are left on,
q great deal OF the best part of the beet
is dissolved and so lost; it viii, of
course, take little longer TO bake than
To boil them, but this is no objection;
allow from fifteen to twenty minutes
more for baking; slice them and heat
them rs you would il they were boiled.
One nice way to serve them is 10 ekcp
them fine. After they are cooked, sea-
son with pepper, salt and butter,
-Horses cnugh more at this season
on account of dusty hay than from any
other cause. The remedy is very sim
| pie. Cut the fodder and wet it and
/ mix the meal with it. The cost OF the
| cutting machine and tho labor is well
repaid by the saving in fodder and
grain. Ii with the cough the horse has
staring coat and tight skin, he is
suffering from indigestion or from cold,
or both, aud should have pint of lin
seed-Oil, and feed cut and wetted with
warm water for few days.
I'm reply to one who desires recipe
for making grating wax that will not
melt in summer nor crack in winter, we
would say that three parts resin, three
parts beeswax, and two parts tallow,
will make an excellent grating wax.
A cheaper wax, that has given us good
satisfaction, is made by melting to-
gether four parts good, clear resin, two
parts beeswax and one part tallow.
When the ingredients are allmelted and
mixed, pour into pail of cold water
when the wax will harden sufficiently
10 be worked and pulled, as in working
molasseS candy II used in cool wealth
er, il will he necessary to keep it in
warm water, and in hot weather, cold
water viii be needed. For nursery
grating, this wax is sometimes melted
and spread on narrow strips OF cloth
which are wound around the graft. -
NelO England Farmer.