Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1882-09-22
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

TO cleanse shells, wash them first
in cold wator. and then In boiling milk.
"A little glue dissolved in skim-millx
and water will restore the stiffness and
luster TO Grape, and make IL look like
new. trrifft a.
"A Kansas wheat farmer advertises
that he will hire sheep, paying ten cents
head per season and their keep, for
fertilizing his land. iP =
If you are troubled with moths in
your feather beds boil the feathers in
water for short time; then put them
in. sacks and dry them, working them
with the hands all the time. N Y
Herald. ''l
l--Soiled white fur can be nicely
cleaned by rubbing it thoroughly in
white flour. 1t should then be hung out
of doors for about thirty minutes. Re-
peat the process several times, and II
will be equal to new.
1t has been our practice for years to
dig pits in some out-of-the-way place OF
our garden, wherein we could bury
broken crockery, worn-out shoes, rusty
tin cans, pans, etc, and we have yet TO
learn of a better plan of disposing Of
unburnable rubbish. = Massachusetts
Pi6uahman. ~ ~
Potato Salad: One quart Of hot
boiled potatoes cut into slices, small
onion, and an apple finely chopped,
pepper and salt to taste, one Tablespoons
ful Of vinegar, three tablespoonfuls of
olive oil; some chopped parsley. Mix
these Ingredients well together, and
when perfectly cold serve upon bed of
fresh, crisp lettuce with q French dress
ing. .-Bdptist Weekly. ,,om ,iagl
IF tits intended to cure restive
horse, he must be used by one and the
same person and caught young, and let
his rider or driver bear in mind that
with both restive and nervous horses the
voice will prove more effeotual than the
whip. 9Stickito your nag If possible,
under all circumstances, for, rely upon
it, if he can once get away from you he
will redouble his efforts to do so again.
Unfortunately there is always risk in
buying once willful steed, for in fresh
hands he may revert to his tricks. -
'Ohfcago Journal ~ e ''aiE'a w
THE Indiana Bureau of Statistics,
estimating the benefits to be derived
from tile drainage. show that land which
1
yielded an average of nine and q half
bushels of wheat per acre. for five years
before drainage, yielded nineteen and
one-half bushels for five years after be-
ing drained. With corn the increase
was from thirty-onef to seventy-four
bushels per acre. During the same
period the number of cases of malarial
sickness was diminished from l,S40
cases to 400 cases after drainage. =
Indiana State Sentineliqil "a lad ,ii-
The Home Farm, of Augusta, Me-,
gives an accotint OF an experiment in
fig growing in that State, which it, ap-
pears has proved a success. The figs
were grown by Mr.. f. o. Frost, Of Mon.
mouth. who calls them brown Turkey
figs. They were grown on trees set in
the garden, which were given the same
careas one would bestow on an apple or
pear tree. They yield two crops in the
year. and Mr.. Frost showed at an 'exhi-
bition of the State Pathological Society
specimens of both crops77one fullylripe
and one about q quarter grown " The
trees are taken up in the fall and the
dirt shaken of, when they are placed in
the cellar and receive no care till again
set out in the spring. iam9 liula !