The weekly defiance., 1882-10-24
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Use your ashes in your orchard OF
keep them for the next potato crop, fol
which they will be found profitable -
~ T. Herald
Larger loads can be hauled with
broad wheels, and if the meadows are
soft these wheels do not sink into the
sod and cut it up as the present narrow
tires will do. --LiUe Stock Journal.
To mash turnips, pare and cut in
| small pieces and let them stand half an
| hour in salt water. then put into boil
ing water and cook until tender; drain
and pass through colander and season
we'll with butter, pepper, salt, and a
tablespoonful Of cream. - 81. Louis
Globe.
For a good lemon pudding take one
pint OF sweet cream, siNAeggS beaten
very light; mix the cream with one
co:ee-cup of sugar, and CRATE the rind
OF two large lemons, and add the juice
of one lemon. Line a dish with paste,
pour the mixture in, and bake in a mod
crate Oven.--Erchunge.
To remove freshly-spilled INK from
carpets take up as much of the ink as
possible with teaspoon; then pour cold
sweet milk on the spot and take up with
teaspoon as before Keep pouring
on the milk until it becomes only slight
ly tingcd with the ink; then wash with
cold water, rubbing only little ~. Y
Times.
AS early as the time of Alexander
H., of Scotland, man who let weeds
go to seed on farm was declaredito be
the Kings enemy. In Denmark farm
ers are compelled to destroy all weeds
on their premises. In France q man
nay prosecute his neighbCr for dam
ages who permits weeds to go to seed
which may endanger neighboring lands.
As one travels over our beautiful
country. and meets on every hand sturdy
we'll todo farmers. who began life with
out dollar, cleared their farms, and
now are spending the evening of their
days in peace and plenty, one can hard
ly help thinking that worse things might
befall man than to be compelled to
start life on bush farm Toronto
Globe.
If animals are allowed to get pinched
with cold they will run down rapidly in
condition. Exposure to one cold storm
i'll autumn will take off more flesh than
a week S feed will make up. Sheep are
especial sufferers from rain, as their wool
is long time in drying. Bring your
stock under shelter every night and do
not turn them out during storm. N
J. Herald
"A quality of California redwood is
its ready absorption of water when
heated, which for time makes it al-
most ire-proof. The quickness with
which fires are extinguished in San
Francisco has often been remarked, and
the celebrity with VIII ch blazing build
ings are often transformed into charred
remnants is greatly facilitated by the
entire lack of the resinous element in
the redwood lumber. San Francisco
Chronicle.
"A convenience for almost ever wo-
man, but part; t;cularly for the one who
hires her washing done by the dozen, is
the movable skirt bottom. How many
times it happens that the upper part is
not soiled when the ruf1ie or hem is too
dusty to bewOrn, and this, perhaps, aft
er once wearing. The movable part is
to be buttoned 10 the upper at the knee,
or q tritle below, and it is allowable to
have three OF them to one upper Use
small buttons, and as close together as
it is necessary to keep the skirt in place.
Always take the precaution to examine
each button before putting the garment
on. N y Post.