West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-03-09
ESTVIRGINIA FREEMAN.
FARMERS COLUMN.

flee over Vaughan e. Co.'s store, Market ST.,
and after telling us what kind of weather 1t
is, give us items for this department Drop
us postals noting lots Of cattle, sheep, hogs,
hay, corn, &c, that yourselves or neighbors
want to buy or have for sale. Give us also
all items of news of interest to yourselves,
that others may be interested.
VIM. McAtee, above Briscoe Run,
has a fine horse for sale: good,
steady worker, 9years old.
Okey johnson, son Of William,
same locality, would like to buy a
few more young cattle to Craze.
His father has a lot of hay which he
is proceeding to bale, ready for mar
ket, and has also 300 bushels Of
wheat for sale.
An experienced housewife fur
nishes us the following recipes, and
upon her recommendations we vouch
for their excellence Some of them
would be of value to every house
wife, whether in the country or
town. Try them, and if they don't
work like a charm, send in bill
of damages, and we'll see that the
matter is settled by our good lady
informant:
To Remove Staios.-To take ink
stains out of carpet: AS soon as
spilled, cover with fine salt as soon
as it becomes discolored, remove
and replace with fresh. Repeat I'M
til every particle Of the stain disap-
pears.
Coal Oil Sains.-Corn-meal used
as above will remove every particle
of coal oil spilled on the carpet and
leave it fresh and clean.
Sulphur for Stock.-Sulphur mix
ed in the dough for fowls, or in the
food for pigs, calves and colts, will
free them of vermin. Give half a
teaspoonful for each fowl, a whole
spoonful for shoat, and a table
spoonful for a calf or colt. Admin
lister twice a week in open weather,
until the lice disappear-O. L. d.,
Virginia.
To Renouate Strong Butter,-To 1
pound of butter take three good
sized potatoes, Qrish): pare and
slice thin; put your vessel with
the butter on the fire, and when
melted add the potatoes, and let it
simmer slowly until the potatoes
are a light brown Remove and
drain the butter off, throwing the
potatoes into the slop. The lady |
adds, eff you are skeptical, as |
was, try it." We have tried it at
home, and found that the potatoes
absorbed and removed all the ran
cidness from the butter.
1t is argued in favor of the use of
oatmeal that Queen Victoria
brought up her children on it.
Some wag suggests that the results
of her experience does not warrant
US III following her example.
Wonder if Mrs. Victoria and two or
three of the pets of the family didn't
get it all Don't jump to conclu-
sions. May be there wasn't enough
to go round.
Oliver Gorrel, ex-sheriff of Pleas
ants county, who went into the
woods a few years ago with saw
mill, has cleared up several hundred
acres of fine grass land, and gone
largely into grazing. He has now
one of the finest farms in the neigh
borhood, upon which he has about
60 head of cattle, and a large num-
Der of sheep. He is one among the
many Of our West Virginia farmers
who have awaked to the fact that
ours is to be the leading sheep
growing State, and that we want
Grass for our King, to invite by the
waving Of its green scepter, to our
wales and hillsides, the thrift and
prosperity that upon good soil, its
reign always insures.
Moses Gorrel, merchant on Sugar
Creek in Tyler County, is putting
up large packing house to accom-
modate the increasing production
of tobacco in the vicinity by the
thrifty farmers who are clearing up
their waste lands to get them into
grass.
LET US HEAR FROM YOU.