Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-02-18
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

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ginia, and especially in Culpeper county.
was clearly in pressed upon our mind the
other day in conversation with Mr.. J. A /.
, Swan, OF the Brandy Station neigh borhood:
Less than four years ago Mr.. Swan pur-
chased 221 acres of land, situated two
miles north of Brandy Staunton, for which
he paid $3,6i4.4O, being $164O per acre.
The land was considered very poor, but of
naturally good quality. Within period
OF four years, by thorough cultivation and
with the aid of fertilizers, Mr.. S. has rails
ed enough grain, stock, &C., to pay for the
farm, besides building good fences on it
making the.felds 80 acres each. When he
bought the land there was no clover at all
on it, but as its present owner believes in
clover as fertilizer, he made an effort to
get portion of it set in grass, and this
past fall he threshed nearly 40 bushels
from 10 acres, for which he got SIS per
bushel; fact which proves beyond all
doubt that clover can, in year or two, be
made to grow on what is considered the
poorest of our lands. Next summer Mr. S.
expects to build large bank barn, 100 by
60 feet, the timber now being cut and saw
ed on his farm for that purpose.
| Independent of the 221 acres, Mr.. S. has
40 acres more adjoining, which he pur-
chased last spring. paying for it so, 401, or
s17,l5 an acre. This land was also very
poor, a large portion being in Tickets.
He has sold $500 worth of corn, raised on
the tract this season, and has seeded most
of it in wheat, using fertilizers quite ex-
tensively. He has now several men en-
gagged in clearing the 40 acres grown over
in shrubbery. Mr.. s. is a hard working
thorough, practical business man, and de.
serves to succeed, which he is doing hand
somely. He came to this county from
Madison, and his energy, enterprise and
push reflect creditably upon his native
county, as we'll as upon the neighborhood
of which he is now worthy Citizen Gail
Yeper Times. a.H H
WHAT AN OLD FARMER SAYs.-This
10 the advice Of an old man who has titled
she soil for forty years:
am an old man, upward of three score
years, during two scores of which / have
been tiller of the soil. l cannot say that
I am now, but have been rich, and have
all I need, do not owe dollar. have given
my children good education, and whenI
am called away will leave them enough to
keep the wolf from the door. Ny expert
ence has taught me thai: z7e-ee
l., One acre of land we'll prepared and
well cultivated produced more than two
which received only the same amount of
labor that should be used on one. a.,
2. One COW, horse, mule, sheep or hog
well fed is more profitable than two kept
On the amount necessary to keep one we'll.
8. One acre of clover or grass is worth
more than two of cotton where no grass or
clover is raised. -l
4. No farmer who buys oats, corn, wheat
fodder and hay. as a rule, for ten years.
can keep the sheriff away from the door in
the end.
S. The farmer who never reads the pa
pers and sneers at book-farming and i'm
proVements, always has leaky roof, poor
stock, broken down fences, and complains
of bad seasons
6. The farmer who is above his business
and entrusts it to another to manage soon
has no business to attend to.
Z. The farmer whose habitual beverage
is cold water is healthier, weather. and
wiser than he who does not refuse to
drink. t--
To KEEP APPLE BUTTER.-A correspond
emit of the s'Rural Home'' says: learned
one or two things about apple butter last
spring. One Of them is that butter of all
kinds should either be made stiff and set
away in cool place, or If not made So
stiff should beput in gallon or half-gal-
Ion jars, and either sealed up or thick pa
per (old letter paper will do) brushed over
with the white of an egg, fastened secure
ly over the top. Before sealing them up,
however, it is well to put about half tea
cup of sugar over the top of each, but if
made thick enough they will not need it,
In canning fruit this should always be
done, as it prevents them from moulding,
provided they are not moved and jolted
around. .e.s
COFFEE AND EGG FOR SICK PERSONS.
"A sick person, wanting nourishment and
having lost appetite, can often be sustained
BY the following, when nothing else can be
taken: Make strong cup of coffee, adding
boiling milk as usual only sweetening rath-
or more; take an egg; beat yolk and white
together thoroughly; boil the coffee, milk
and sugar together, and pour it over the,
beaten eggs in the cup you are going to
erve it in. This simple receipt is used
frequently in hospital practice.
OIL MARKS Oil marks on wall paper.
" oil marks where inconsiderate people
est their heads, are sore grief to good
lousekeepers, but they can be removed
Without much trouble. Take pipe-clay or
uller's earth, and make it into paste,
bout as thick as cream, with cold water;
ay it on the stain gently, without rubbing
t in; leave it on all night. 1t will be dry
~ morning, when it can be brushed off,
md unless an old stain, the grease spots
will have disappeared. IF old, renew the
application. ......,
BROILED BEEFsTEAK.-Ifp possible have
/ nice bed Of Goals; put the steak On
gridiron, let it remain till
lioely Drowned, turn, letting the other
ide-brown, also remove to plate, taking
are not to lose the juice; butter, sprinkle
With salt, and cover tightly; serve hot. If