The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-01-20
HOME AND FARM.

GOOD -four is not tested by its color.
White -four may not be the best. The
test of good flour is by the amount OF
water it absorbs.
WHITEwAsH stables, hennerses and
piggeries, as it gives an air OF cleanliness
not only, but has tendency to eradicate
and destroy vermin.
A CORRESPONDENT inquiries for the
best breed OF chickens. The Cochins
and Brahmas are of large size and are
good LAYERS. Plymouth Rocks are equal
" desirable. The Leghorns and Span
ish are superior layers. A farmer bet
ter keep but one kind.-IoU1 State
Register.
EGG DRINK.-The following drink
for relieving sickness of the stomach
was introduced by DIR. Halahan, and is
very palatable and agreeable: "Beat
up one egg very well, say for twenty
| minutes, then add fresh milk, one pint;
water, one pint; sugar, to make 1t pal
atable; boil, and let it cool; drink when
cold. If it becomes curds and whey it
is useless"
! BUCKwHEAT CAKEs.-One quart of
buckwheat meal, one teaspoonful of salt,
and a handful of Indian meal; mix the
meals and salt; add sufficient lu&ewarm
water to make moderate batter; then
stirintwolarget etablespoonfuls of brewers 8
Yeast; cover, and set it to rise in a mod
erately warm place. if made over night,
it is well to add in the morning one
teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda, mix
ed in little water; this will correct any
acidity, and render the cakes more ten
der. Bake on hot griddIe.
Mr.. ROBERT HALL, the leading live
stock salesman of London and Liver
pool, said in q recent speech in Toronto,
that he preferred to have hogs straight
on the back, with good, short noses,
well formed jowls, and well formed back
of the jowls. Length was desirable in a
pig for the English market, because it
affored large amount of good mixed
bacon. The taste for bacon was chang
ing in England. More lean anG less fat
was now desired. To obtain pork OF
fine flavor, pigs should have vegetables
as well as corn to eat.
CHARCOAL, laid flat while cold on a
burn, will cause the pain to abate
Tainted meat, surrounded with it, is
sweetened; strewn over heaps of decOm-
posed pelts, or over dead animals, il
prevents any unpleasant odor. Fou
water is purified by it. 1t sweetens of
fensive air if placed in shallow trays
around apartments. 1t is so porous
that 1t absorbs and condenses gases
most readily. One cubic inch of fresh
charcoal will absorb nearly one hundred
cubic inches of gaseous ammonia
J Charcoal forms an unrivaled poultict
!. for malignant wounds and sores. In
cases of what is known as "pro1d flesh
it is invaluable. 1t hurts no texture
INJURIES no color, and is simple an6
, safe sweetener and disinfectant.
WINTERING GERANIUMs.-In the ab
sence of greenhouse the next best po
sition is the sunny window of coo
room. If too much heat is given tn
plants will incline to grow spindling
and if superfuity of water Is applied
they will frequently decay. The happ.
medium of both moisture and tempera
ture is what will bring the most pleas
ing results. Pot singly, in rather small
pots, and cut the tops well back. If tn
plants are not too large place several il
a shallow box, with plenty of drainage
+, Deep pits, covered with sash, will pre-
serve geraniums during ordinary win
7 tiers in the Middle States, but great car
must be observed to give plenty of al
during mild days, as an excess of dam
is destructive.
! ALMOST every farmer prefers putin
! his hand to bright plow, says tn
l World, which turns the furrow wit
comparative ease to both team ant
{ driver, than one weather-beaten, an
dulled with the previous seasons dirt
J and yet many dollars dwindle imperceI
> tibly but surely away each year, an
: farmers annually grumble, all becaus
: of the careless handling of farm ma
> chinery. With one accord, reapers an
!; mowers, seed-drills, plows and harrow
are suffered to remain where last en-
ployed, to bear the action of peltin
I I storms and drying winds. The repair
? required the following season will Coz
y more than the building of shed or toe
: : house, or the arrangement of a place fo
them in out-houses already erected.