The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-03-31
HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.

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HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN.
The Farm.
10 CLEAN SEA SHELLs.--Fresh
water shells can be cleaned by soaking
them in solution of chloride of lime
and polishing them with pumice stone.
STAINED MARBLE A small guam
tity Of diluted vitri0l will take stains
ont of marble. Wet the spots with the
acid, and i'll Il few minutes rub brisklv
with soft linen cloth until they dis.
appear.
TArrEE.-Vuarter pound of butter;
when melted put in one pound of
brown sugar: boil and stir fifteen
minutes; put in Il spoonful Of ground
ginger, boil and stir again. Pour into
buttered tins.
ALMoN CAKE.-A cupful of butter,
three Of flour, two Of sugar, half cup.
full of milk, a teaspoonful Of cream
of tartar, and half teaspoonful Of So
da. Favored with almon and put al
mons o.. top.
Fon good or easily made pudding
sauce take one tablespoonful of but.
ter. two tablespoonful of flour, two
thirds Of a cup of sugar. Pour hot
water over these, stir well and boil
until thick; flavor with lemon or with
nutmeg and teaspoonful Of vinegar.
TO CLEAN SILvERwARE.-Fros
silyerWare or frosted ornamentation
on plain silver should he cleaned with
Il soft brush and strong lye, accom-.
panied by frequent rinsings in soft
water. After the frosted parts are
dry, the polished parts may be rubbed
carefully with powder.
TO KEEP APPLES IN FROSTY
Notwithstanding frosty weather
apples should be kept in a drawer or
cupboard with the light completely
shut out. When thaw comes, open
the drawer or cupboard, but by Il dark
screen keep the light excluded. Thaw-
ed in the light the apples rot. II this
fact be remembered no other trouble
to keep the apples from the frost need
be taken.
CRANBERRY >AuCE.-W,sh and
pick Il quart Of III pc cranberries and
put them into Il saucepan with tc.cup.
full of water; stew slowly, Stsrring Of
ten until they arc us thick us MARINA
lade they require at least one hour
and 4 half to cook; when you take
them from the fire swecten them
abundantly with white sugar; if
sweetened while cooking tho color
will be dark; put them into a mold
and set aside to get cold.
The Home.
HARNESS oil made Of ono gallon of
meats foot oil. with four ounces of
lamp-black, well mixed, is simple and
effective.
AN EnGLlSH farmers journal al.
viseS the feeding of COWS with bran to
produce IL large yield of rich milk, but
Prof. !. ". Sanborn Of Hanover. y.
H.. has shown by careful experiments
that meal will Ito better than bran,
and especially because it increases the
butter of The milk as we'll as the
amount Of milk. 1t would certainly
lie strange if this wer: not true, for
meal is in every respect superior us (.
food to bran.
FASTENING CATTLEIN THE STABLE.
When farmer is about TO build a
barn or stable, for his cattle, the
question always arises, which method
of fastening is best For there are
various devices i'll use and each one
has it's advocates but of all the differ
ent kinds ! have examined and tried.
the old-faslioncd slip stanclion comes
the nearest to my ideal as being the
best; for | consider it the safest as
we'll as most convenient and less fodder
is wasted where this method is in use
than by any other than I have seen.-.
Cor. Mass. Pioughman.
SPREADING MANuRE.--It is always
better to spread manure as it is drawn
than to put it in heaps. When put in
heaps large portion of the soluble mat
ter is left in the ground under the
heap and makes these spots too rich.
and of course depriyes the rest of the
ground Of it's proper share. When it is
spread us drawn there is 70 waste, the
soil is equally benefited. and when the
ground is worked over in the spring
with the WheelbarroW or the cultivat-
or, the whole is we'll mixed together,
There is also a saving OF labor: rs one
handling is avoided.
EN1NG.-Providing it is not Il
ease of constitutional defect i'll con.
struction and confirmation, the follow
ing way Of shoeing will eradicate the
interfering: For the hind feet have
the shoes made one pound weight on
the outside and four ounces in weight
OIL the inside. Pare the feet slightly,
the lowest in the outside. leaving them
the highest in the inside bar and quar-
ter. Set the inside quarter of the
shoes Il triile inside of the walls of the
feet. Make the forward shoes light,
with both bars of the shoe equal in
weight and thickness. Pare the for
ward feet in the same Way as above de-
scribed of the hind feet and lit the for
ward shoes close. If it is possible to
stop the interfering Ivy means of shoe.
ing this way herein described will be
found eificacio,ls.-N. y. Uorid.
FoErCSATELr for the future well
fare of the country. Western farmers
are rapidly awaking to the necessity
of planting trees. The Fort Scott and
Gulf Railroad Company has begun the
planting of hundreds of acres Of trees
on it's lands. A Boston capitalist has
engaged IL company OF raisers Of forest
seeding i'll Illinois to break and plough
a large area i'll Kansas, and plant no
less than two thousand, seven hundred
and twenty trees to the acre. and cut.
tivatc these until they shade the
ground. At the end Of that TIME
say ten yea;s--thc plantation will be
delivered over to the owner. Notrccs
less than six feet high are to be count
ed. Thc Fort Scott Railroad has
adopted this plan. one advantage of
which is that The tree enterprise will
be attended to ny experienced n,an,
whose interest it will he to make as
much Of /. success OF il d, possible.
FEEDING ROoTS.- At Il recent meet
ing of farmers in Eric County. n. y.