Huntsville gazette., 1881-06-25
HOME AND FARM.

Beasts with small chests do not fat
ten readily and are very susceptible to
disease.
Lemon Pie with crust) .-One cup
sugar, one lemon grated seeds,
one tablespoon corn-starch, two eggs,
yolks and whites beaten separately. one
teaspoon butter, one cup boiling water.
Good roads add value to the real es-
tate near them. Farmers do not always
think of that when road discussions are
under way.
To clean Marble from Crease
Make paste of calcined magnesia and
fuller's earth in equal parts with warm
water, and spread it on the creased mar
BILE. When it is dry, wipe off with a soft
towel. and, if necessary, repeat the ap
plica.ion until completely effective.
As a general rule, the best mulching
for young or old fruit trees is a clean,
wel-cultivated top soil, but there are
some exceptions. Trees may stand in
positions where they can not be subject
ed to efficient culture, and in such in
stances mulching broad circle is a good
substitute. The operation is very i'm
portant for newly-set cherry-trees,
which often perish when the soil becomes
heated and dried in summer by the suns
rays. A good, heavy mulch applied in
time will prevent any harm.
In making tea the pot should be
earthen, rinsed with boiling water, and
left to stand few minutes on the stove
to dry; put in the tea leaves, and let the
pot stand few minutes longer; pour on
boiling water, leaving the pot standing
where it will be at the boiling point, yet
will not boil. for from three to five min
utes; for moderate strength use one tea
spoon of tea to pint of water; if the
water is soft it should be use as as soon
lit sboils, but if it is hard it is best to boil
it twenty to thirty minutes; the boiling
causes the mineral matter which hard
ems the water to sink to the bottom of
the kettle, and the water becomes soft.
1t would seem to be about time for
breeders of horses 10 turn their attention
toward encouraging the very valuable
quality of fast walking. Millions are
wasted yearly on the fast trotters, which
are of no benefit to the farmers; while
not a cent goes for the development of
fast walkers. Yet fast walker is
prize. One of our neighbors has fine
gray gelding that made five and half
miles in one hour and ten minutes few
days since with good load behind him..
This speed ought to be the rule instead
of the exception among farm horses.
Let the managers of our agricultural
societies offer prizes for this quality and
see how the fast walkers would come to
the efront.-Chrtstian at Work.
2 --Strawberry Syrup.-Make syrup
in proportion of three pounds of sugar
to half-pint of water. Boil and skim
until clear. Have ready the strained
juice of strawberries. Allow two and
half pints of strawberry juice to the pint
of water. After you add this let it boil
hard for not less than five minutes.
Take it from the fire before it loses its
fine color, and pour hot into self-sealing
jars. This syrup preserves even the odor
of the fresh strawberry when opened
months afterward, and favors ice cream
delightfully."-. With the addition of lit
tie pokeberry jelly the delusion is per-
fect; you fancy that you are enjoying
fresh strawberry cream. No sweeten-
ing is needed for the cream but what is
supplied by the syrup.
-HOuSenOld bugs may De destroyed
the following manner: Take the fur
niture in which they harbor to pieces and
carefully wash all the joints with soap
and boiling water, carefully exploring all
the cracks and openings with a stiff
piece of wire When the wood is dry,
saturate the joints with kerosene oil, US
ing q small paint brush. Filf up the
cracks with mixture of plaster and
linseed oil. If the rooms are papered,
saturate the places where the paper joins
the Dashboard with benzine, using a
brush or sponge and carefully avoid
ing the presence of light. Do the
same with the Innings Of trunks and have
general cleaning up. If the floor
cracks are infested fill these with plaster
and linseed oil. By using these precau-
tions whenever any of the pests are seen
around, and hunting them out, the
house may be kept free from them, un-
less they have found lodgment in the
frame Of building, when nothing short
of fire will clean them out. Bugs nat
urally harbor in the woody. Y. Sun.
Canning.