The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1881-04-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
Reading in reclining position has a
tendency to weaken the eyes, and weak
eyes are never handsome eyes.
If wood-screws are warmed and
dipped in melted tallow, it will prevent
their rusting, and they can be always
unscrewed with ease.
Ashes are, for many soils, q stand
ard fertilizer. Places where a tree or
brush-heap has been burned often show
the effects of the manuring for years.
"A piece of linen cloth dipped in
turpentine and wrapped around the toe
on which soft corn is situated will give
relief, and after few days the corn
will disappear.
With one peck or eight pounds of
oats daily, and with moderate work, a
Young hearty horse will consume ten
pounds of hay. If a large horse, he may
eat fifteen pounds. He should have all
he will eat clean.
Cream Cabbage. cut fine,
boil until tender, and drain the water
from it. Brown two tablespoonful of
butter in q saucepan; put in the cab
bage and pour over it q teacupful of
good cream; season and let simmer for
half an hour.
Apple Trifle.--Peal, core and boil
till tender dozen tart apples, with the
rind of lemon grated; strain through
q sieve, add sugar to taste and put into
a deep fruit dish. Make a custard of
pint of cream and the yolks of two eggs.
with little sugar. When cold lay it
over the apples with a spoon, and over
the whole place whipped cream.
Cake without Eggs or Butter.-It is
known as pork cake. Take fat salt
pork one pound; chopped as fine as it can
be made pour upon it one pint of boil
ing water; add one cup of molasses, two
cups sugar, one pound raisins seeded and
chopped, one and half pounds citron
shaved up fine, one teaspoon soda add
nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves, and flour
to make a stiff batter.
Canadian Johnny Cake.-Mix to-
gether two teacupfuls of Indian meal,
half a cup of flour, two tablespoonful
of brown sugar, two teaspoonfuls of
cream tartar, one of carbonate of soda,
and one of salt. Rub in tablespoon
full of butter, and milk enough to make
q cake batter, and bake in a creased
pound cake tin. 1t is best eaten hot,
with plenty of butter.
Nothing speaks more favorable Of
farmers temper and self-control than
to see him surrounded by animals which
like him. Farm hands should never be
allowed to yell and scold at cows, horses
or any other beasts; much less to ill
treat or whip them into obedience.
With slow and gentle movement, de-
cided but mild voice, and above all, a
never failing patience, all living beings
are much better controlled than by
harsh and despotic treatment.
While India-rubber boots keep out
water perfectly, and are useful to put
on for short time. they are not de-
sirable to wear continuously, as they
make the feet tender. A pair of heavy
leather boots, with the soles made wa.
er-proof, are better for the feet than
rubber. The following is said to have
been used by the New England fisher
men for over a century: Tallow, four
ounces, rosin and beeswax, of each one
ounce; melt together with gentle heat
and add an equal bulk of neat s-foot oil.
This is melted when used and applied
to the boots, rubbing it before the fire;
it will make them soft, and at the same
time waterproof.
The Gardeners Monthly gives the
following directions for pruning flower
ing shrubs: Many delay pruning
shrubbery until after severe weather
passes, so as to see what injury may be
done; but with March all should be
finished, taking care not to trim severe.
" such shrubs as flower out of last
years wood, as, for instance, Weigelia;
while such as flower from the spring
growth, as the Althaa, Mock Orange,
etc., are benefited by cutting back Wig
orously. Those which flower from
young wood, cut in severely to make
new growth vigorous. Tea, China,
Bourbon and Noisette roses are of this
class. What are called annual flower
ing roses, as Prairie Queen and so on,
require much of last years wood to
make a good show of flowers. Hence,
with these, thin out weak wood and
leave all the stronger. To make hand
some, shapely specimens Of shrubs, cut
them now into the forms you want; and
keep them so by pulling out all shoots
that grow stronger than the others dur
ing the summer season."