The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-05-26
HOUSE AND PARx.

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ance.
SPorGEs. -Buttermilk is excellent
for cleaning sponges. Steep the sponge
/ in the milk for some hours, then squeeze
it in cold water Lemon juice is also
good.
To KEEP BEEF-Dry well with a
clean cloth; rub ground pepper over 1t
plentifully over every part of 1t first,
| then -four it well and hang it in a cool
place where the air will come to it.
4 PREsERvING.-Iti is an excellent thing
/ TO pare and cut up peaches the after
noon before they are TO be canned, and
put sugar over them. In the morning
there viii be syrup enough TO cook them
/ in
/ CHEAP REFRIGERAToRs. "A fiower-pOt
wrapped in wet cloth and placed over
I butter plate will keep the contents Of
/ the plate as hard and firm as if they
we're set on ice and milk will not sour
if the can containingit be wrapped in a
wet cloth.
! BEEFsTEAK WITH ONIoNs.-Melt a
piece of butter in a saucepan, and in 1t
1 FRY to a golden color an onion sliced
very finely, or couple of shalots
minced add sprinklng Of pepper, and
pour over the steak.
/ BUGS on PLANTS. -The following
mixture is recommended for the de
/ struction Of parasites on plants: Boric
acid, 10 parts salicylic acid, D parts !;
rectified spirit, 20 parts, and water 200
parts. The liquid is applied by means
Of spray producer.
To CURB CALLS ON HORSES
morning, noon and night wash the
shoulders well with water, and apply
with the following: Six drains of iodine
dissolved in half pint of alcohol. 1t is
good preparation to keep in the stable
at all times.
To REMOVE DAMPNEss For damp
closet or cupboard, which is liable to
cause mildew, place in it a saucer full
Of quick lime, and it will not only alb
sorb all apparent dampness, but sweet
en- and dsinfect the space. Renew the
lime once fortnight; if the place be
very damp, renew it as often as it be-
comes slaked.
BAKED APPLE DUMPLINGs. snake a
sufficient quantity Of good crust-cream
your apples, and roll each apple up in
enough crust to cover easily; bake half
an hour and serve with sauce made of
brown sugar, -four and water, as for any
pudding, with the addition Of nutmeg
and a generous bit Of butter.
ANTs.-Red ants may be banished
from a pantry or store-room by strew-
ing the shelves with a small quantity Of
Cloves, either whole or ground. We
use the former, as not being so likely
to get into the food placed upon the
shelves. The cloves should be renewed
occasionally, as after time they lose
their strength.
SALT FOR Mich COws.-Care should
be taken that miIch cows have salt
twice Il week and that they have access
to water soon after taking the salt
because salt in Its crude state is poison
Gus and will create a high fever in the
stomach unless diluted by water which
relieves the animal from burning thirst.
TO PICKLE MEAT IN ONE Day
Take a tub Of rain or river water and
put two pieces of thin wood across it
and set the beef on them, distant about
an inch from the water heap as much
salt as will stand on your beef, and let
it remain twenty-four hours then take
off and boil, the water having drawn
the salt completely through the meat |
KICKING COws.-A Connecticut far
mer prevents cows from kicking in this
way. He takes a single link of an OK
chain and fastens a hame strap through |
the end as they are made fast in the
names of harness. The straps are |
then buckled around each hind leg
above the declaws, which effectually /
prevents the COW from kicking.
FARM HINTS. = Guinea fowls will |
keep all bugs and insects of every de-
off of garden vines. They
will not scratch like other fowls, or harm
he most delicate plants. The average
)utter yield of the Ashire COW is one
pound from twenty to twenty five pounds
# milk; from the Jersey is one pound
# butter from eighteen pounds of milk.
Turnips are healthful to horses. They
h0uld be cut in slices, or what is bet
err, puipod finely and mixed with a lit
lie meal and salt Rutabagas are bet
er than white turnips.
OLD SHEEP There are few animals
ept on the farm which, when in their
rhine, pay so well as do sheep, and
here are very few, if any others, upon
'hom old age has such a damaging eff
3et. As the sheep is much shorter
we'd than any other of our domestic
it is not strange that many
lrmers attempt to keep them too long.
It 10 years of age horse is in his
rhine, and the COW is then as good as
yer, with the prospect of remaining
0 several years longer, but the sheep
very old when it reaches the age of
en-, the natural limit of the term of its
fe. After reaching this age, sheep
re very likely to be injured by the
light exposures that would do young
nimals no harm. They are more liable
, be attacked by disease, and if they
We they are likely to produce less wool
nd smaller lambs than they have done
reviously We do not think it pays,
xcept, perhaps, in special instances, to
eep sheep after they are 6 or Z years
Id.
The EFFECT Of DRoUTH.-The Coun-
" Gentleman recommends early plant