Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-06-16
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

WHITEwAsH FOR OUTBUILDINGS.-- The
Following recipe is timely and reliable :
Coed whitewash well applied to fences,
sheds, rough siding land the walls and cell
iags OF buildings, cellars, etc, has high
ly sanitary influence, as we'll as being very
prsseryative in its effects. To be durable
whitewasfs sh ould be prepared in the fol-
lowing Raaner: Take the very best stone
lime, anG slack it in close tub, covered
with cloth 30 preserve the steam. Salt
as much as can be dissolved in the water
used for Stacking lime-should be applied,
and the whole mass carefully stirred and
thickened with small quantity of sand,
the purer and finer the better. A few
pounds of wheat -four mixed as paste may
be added, and will give greater durability
to the mass, especially when applied to the
exterior surface of a building. With pure
lime properly Stacked and mixed with twice
its weight OF fine sand and sifted wood
ashes in equal proportions. almost any
color may be MADE by the addition of pig;
ments. Granite, slate, freestone and other
shades may be initiated, and without any
detriment to the durability of the wash
This covering is very often applied and
with good effects, to undegSinning, stone
fences, roofs and the walls Of barns and
other outbuildings. Properly pure white
wash is healthier than the colored, and its
alkalescent properties are superior, and
when used in cellars, kitchens and Sleep
ing apartments produces salutary results 1
No person who regards the health of his
family should fail to apply a coat of such
whitewash every spring. Country places,
are greatly improved Ia appearance by an
annual coat and it viii add to their perma-
nency much more than many would i'm
agine. AS we all know. 1t is cheap and
easily applied, SO that HeSther expense nor
or can be plead against it.
ABOUT SWEET CORN.-Str&nge as may
seem to those accustomed to sweet corn
there are parts of the country where it is i
yet unknown. In many places in the /
West and South people still content them.
selves with the roasting ears'' OF the
common field corn. The history of sweet
corn is obscure, but there are facts which
point to its origin with the Narragansett
Indians in Rhode ISLANDS, There is the
same difference between sweet and field
corn that there is between wrinkled and
common peas. The conversion of the con-
tents Of the grain into starch is arrested,
and the seed in both remains much wrink-
led. The writer esa recollect when Mas
sachusetts man living in Rhode Island, |
ssEt annually by STAGE as an acceptable |
present to his friends in Boston, basket |
of sweet corn. 1t is within comparatively |
recent times that sweet cora has become |
common. The American AgTiaulturist no |
doubt reaches many who are not familiar |
with the varieties Of corn known as
"sweet,7 - and we do good service to these |
when we eall attention to its superiority I
to any COMMON kind of corn. The mail |
now allows every one to procure seeds from
dealers anywhere at a mere trife for post
age, and the seed are within reach Of ALL
Among the earliest varieties ''Early Min
nesota" is one of the best; for the main
crop, we have used 'sEriumph,'' and ''Ex-
calsior," and consider whichever one of
these happens to be On the table at the
tisne as the best. Besides thase, there are
a dozen or more varieties, all coed, and
vastly better than any field corn.-.Amers-
eaas Aqriculturist for May.
SOMETHING ABOUT PANCAKES.