The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1881-10-06
fARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

A clover-field is the place to pasture
hogs. They come mp in the fall in
good prime condition for getting haF-
dened i'm with corn.
1t is said that geese viii thrive bet
ter and their flesh be more delicately
favored it fed upon raw potatoes than
upon any other substance.
a small, earlv-maturing hog is
much more valuable than larger one,
d. 40 more food will be required to
raise ,wO good quick-grOwing ones
than it will for large, but slow, all
lard hog.
All kinds of berry-stains may be re-
moved by pouring boiling water on,
or rather through, the stained spot ;
hold the garment over tub or wash
bowl, and keep pouring on the boiling
wa er until the stain disappears.
Dairy Secret.-Have ready two
pans in boiling water; and on the
new milk coming to the dairy, take
the hot pans ont of the water, put the
milk into one of them, and cover it
with the other. This will occasion
great augmentation in the thickness
and quality Of the cream,
Cont4.ion is largely propagated by
means OF the clothing, and clothing is
best disinfected by heat. No form of
cOntagion can withstand a dry heat of
| 800 degrees. The clothing should be
placed in box or a closet and main
tanned at that temperature for an hour.
/ Carbolic acid will not destroy the eff
/ feet of vaccine virus but for the time
being.
"Weeds on gravel-walks may be de-
stroyed and prevented from growing
again by a copiOUs dressing of the
/ cheapest salt. This is better meth
/ cd than manipulating, which disturbs
the gravel and renders constant raking
and rolling necessary. One applica-
ton early in the season, and others as
may be needed, while the weeds are
small, viii keep the walks clean and
bright"
Coffee-G rOunds.-Vick's Magazine
recommends cOf1ee-grOunds as man
ure. A lady of San Francisco lately
received some plants from Mexico,
and with the plants came the advice
/ to fertilize them with waste coffee
and coffee grounds. This was done
and the results were so satisfactory
that the same treatment was tried Oh
roses, and the effect was a healthy
and vigorous growth, and more and
better flowers and of richer cOlOrs.
Wash for out buildings-Professo
Kenzie. Of the Agricultural College Of
Michigan. an expert chemist, recently
said a wash made of skim-milk, thor
oughly SKINNED, and water-brine will
render wood uninfiamable, and he
proved it by experiment. He said thi:
paint, or white-wash, is durable, very
cheap, imperviOus to water, of agreea-
BILE color, and as it will prevent wood
from taking fire, he urged its use, par
ticularly on roofs, out-buildings
barns, &c.
! Out-buildings of all kinds that have
become dilapidated through time OF
by exposure to storms, may become
objects of beauty by training wilt
vines, such as woOdbine, Wild-grapt
or forest-ivy upon them. These vine
spread very rapidly from their Iatera
branches, or will increase to an aston
ishing extent by cutting or lavering
The picturesque beauty of many Of tn
rural villages i'll Europe is al most EN-
tirely owing to the vines that over
spread the dwellings. Some of tn
, IlOlC lidAhf - dpOS may w : " W
, with great profit over low building,
and at the same time they will give
pleasant appearance TO that which be
fore disfgured the premises.
! Warm Milk as a Beverage.-Mil
heated to much above 100 degrees L
loses for the time degree of its sweet
ness and its density. No one who, ia
tigued by Over-exertiOn of body an
t mind, has ever experienced tn
5 reviving influence Of Il tumbler OF TIN
! beverage, heated as hot as it can b
! slipped, viii willingly fnrego a resOI
} to it because of its having been rel
, dered somewhat less acceptable to tn
+ palate. The promptnc~S with whic
! its cordial influence Is felt is indee
: surprising. Some portion Of il sem
t to be digested and appropriated a
? most Immediately; and many VIII
I now fancy they need alcoholic stimu
lants when exhausted by fatigue, wi
I find in this simple draught an equivs
lent that shall be abundantly satisfy
t ing, and far more enduring in its e
feCts.