Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-01-08
HOME AND FARM.

A GOOD nest for hens is made by saw
ing a hole in the side of a barrel, putting
hay in, and covering the top or head.
Such nest is easily removed and
cleaned, and "biddy" likes it.
DRINK IN CASES OF FEvER.-There is
no more refreshing drink in cases of
fever than weak green tea, with lemon
Juice added instead of milk. 1t may be
taken either cold or hot, but the latter is
preferable.
FLAT warts on the inside of horses
leg may be removed by scraping off the
top and applying muriatic with small
stick or cancels hair brush. They may
be cut from cows udder and killed in
the same way.
REFCsE FAT.-There is much refuse
rat from the kitchen that can be turned
to good account by feeding it to the
hens. OF course where soap is made it
will be used in that way; but it is ques-
ton whether it is not much easier and
more profitable to buy soap, and make
the hens lay by feeding them with fat.
Everything that is not wanted for drip
pings for cooking purposes should be
boiled up with the vegetables for the
fowl.
To make Graham waters, take one
cup of Graham flour, one and one-third
cups of boiling water, and one-half tea
spoonful of salt. Put the salt into the
boiling water, pour the water gradually
on the Graham, beat thoroughly, and
set away to cool. When cool, spread on
sheets or pans as thin as the blade Of a
knife. Bake in q moderate oven about
twelve minutes. Sick people can eat
this when they can eat no other bread.
THE scales which fly off from iron be-
ing worked at forges, iron trimmings,
filings, or other ferruginous material, if
worked into the soil around fruit trees,
or the most minute particles spread
thinly on the lawn, mixed with the earth
of ower-beds, or in pots, are most valu-
able. They are especially valuable to
the peach and pear, and, in fact, sup
ply necessary ingredients to the soil.
For colored flowers they heighten the
bloom, and increase the brilliancy of
white, or nearly white, flowers of all the
rose family.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country
Gentleman says: "To have good pas
ture, SOW three pecks to bushel of win
ter rye to the acre when the corn is
plowed the last time. Sow later if it is
not wanted knee high when the corn is
harvested. This will give splendid fall
feed. | prefer it to tame grass. If a
crop is wanted take off the stock before
it thaws out in the spring, so that they
will not tramp it. If a crop of grain is
not wanted, pillow it under in the spring
and it will make the land richer. 1t
makes good feed for all kinds of stock.
The reason that mention it now is that
farmers can secure seed and have ii
ready when they need it. The rye and
corn will make splendid feed.
MARYLAND BIsCUIT.-Rub one table
spoonful each of butter and lard into one
quart of sifted flour, with one teaspoon
full of salt; gradually add milk enough
to make stiff dough, mixing it with the
hand. When the dough is mixed lay il
on a Toured bread-board and beat il
with the rolling-pin, turning it continu.
ally, until it blisters and cracks loudly
1t will require to be beaten about hal
an hour. When the blsters are abund
ant tear off pieces of the dough as large
as an egg, mold them in the form o.
biscuits, prick the tops with fork, ant
bake the biscuits in rather quick oven