The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-07-16
HOME AND FARM.

In thinning apples while small we
have experimental long enough to know
that it is very proitable.-Prof. BeaI.
"A correspondent of the RuraJ Nes0
POrter says the best way of relieving
choking cattle is to pour from half a
gill to a gill of ofl-sweet oil, castor oil
or linseed oil-down the throat of the
afflicted animal, having first turned its
head up to facilitate the operation. As
soon as it reaches the obstruction, relief
is instantaneous, as the apple, potato or
whatever it may be, can be easily swal-
flowed or elected.
Tomato Catsup.-Cut one peck OF
ripe tomatoes in halves, boil them in a
lined saucepan until the pulp is all dis
solved, then strain them well through a
hair sieve, and set the liquor on to boil,
adding one ounce salt, one ounce mace,
ole tablespoonful of black pepper, one
teaspoonful of red pepper, one table
spoonful of ground cloves, five of ground
mustard; let them all boil together, for
five or six hours, and stir them most Of
the time. Let the mixture stand eight
or ten hours, in cool place; add one
pint of vinegar, and then bottle it; seal
the corks, and keep in a cool, dark
place.
Butter Rolls.-Butter, one table
spoonful; unsifted flour, one quart {;
baking powder, three large teaspoon
fuls; sweet milk. Sift the baking pow
der thoroughly with the flour and add
the butter. With sweet milk, form a
dough, knead and roll it half an inch
thick and cut: fold each one over to
form a half round, wetting a little be.
tween the folds to make them stick;
place on buttered pans, wash over the
top with milk to give a gloss, bake in
quick oven twenty minutes, and let
stand half an hour before using.
Old black straw hats that look rusty
and dirty may be made to look almost
as nice as new, providing they are not
battered up so as to be out of shape.
The operation is very simple and con-
sists in nothing more or less than black
ing them with ladies' shoe polish 1t
makes wonderful difference in the
looks and no one can tell that they have
been BACKED. One | saw that had been
done this way was sure was new hat,
and could scarcely believe it when the
lady told me it was the hat | had seen
her wearing every day for long time.
-Catarrh, or nasal gleet, is contagi-
Gus, and may be communicated from
one horse to another. 1t consists of
purulent Inflammation of the nasal
membranes, and may degenerate into
CHAMBERS through poisoning of the blood
by absorption of the purulent discharge.
No horse should be permitted to remain
subject to this disease for months or
years without an attempt to cure it.
The treatment proper for this disease is
to spray carbolic acid, diluted with forty
times its bulk in water, into the nostrils.
and to give an ounce of hyposulphate Of
soda daily for some weeks. The nose
should be sponged with clean water and
carbolic soap twice day.-N. Y. Times.
TO get the better of hoof-rot in cat
tie, the part affected must be thorough
ly cleansed. There are many sores on
cattle which if kept constantly washed
clean with cold water and kept free
from dirt would heal of themselves. A
Maryland practice of curing hoof-rot is
to thoroughly cleanse the affected parts
with warm water and soap, and then
apply warm tar between the hoofs. In
very bad cases there will be very large
core come out-remoye it carefully with
the thumb and finger; cleanse the cav
ity as above with soap and water, and
then fill it with warm tar. Keep the
parts thoroughly tarred, even if neces-
sary to use bandage. Keep the ami.
marlin a clean, dry pasture. 1t is no
more liable to affect the whole system
than any other ulcer. When once cured
there is no danger of its appearing again
unless from the same Christian
at Work.