Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-23
FARM AND PRESIDE.


DO not allow a single bone To lie
wasting about your farm or yard. Bury
them at the roots Of grape-yines or fruit
trees. C hiea0o Journal -rr "a -
The Birmingham Medieal RSvieto
seeonmends for chilblains equal parts Of
ohge nitric acid and peppermint waters
20 pe applied daily at first, and then
twice a day.
Baked beets make a good side dish.
wash them clean, put them in a pan
with a little water in it. and bake until
they are perfectly tender; when done
remove the skin and serve in the same
way IS n boiled beet Chicago Ncws.
1t Is stated that "quite host OF
farmers there are who might make duck
raising profitable il they would only
make the effort; for there is as much
profit in breeding ducks for market as
there is in raising any other kind OF
stock" 90
Ginger cake; Three ounces butter,
five ounces sugar. half ounce ginger,
half ounce cinnamon, half ounce mace,
two large eggs. half pint of Jnolasses.
one pint of milk (cold.) half ounce
salaratus (dissolved.) one pound flour;
mix the proportions successfully rs they
are noted above and bake in small
moulds in n hot oyen.-N Y. Herald.
Something worth knowing by who
ever uses kerosene lamp: It Is better
To- remove the crust from the wick by
brushing il or with n cloth or feather.
than % trim the wick with shears. The
brushing method - the one generally
followed in Lighthouses. the experience
- I..s ~ a.
obtained than by cutting. -B0SIOH Tran
script. f.li u ~ ~ u g
For soft custard. boil one pint OF
milk in u double boiler; beat the yelks of
three eggS aud add one-halfa cup Of
sugar and n salt-spoonful Of salt Pour
the boiling milk over the eggs and cook
in the double boiler until il chickens like
cream, stirring all the time. Strain. aud
when cool add one-half of n teaspoonful
Of Vanilla. Heat stif the whites of three
eggs, scald them over n sieve. drain aud
pile them lightly ON the custard and
garnish with lelly. ..NrT.7 ~-7 r--
For mango in dogs would recon.-
mend that you procure the following
wash: Pyroligneous acid. four ounces;
glycerine, three ounces; water. four
ounces. Mix together and battle the
skin diseased. Use soft sponge care
fully until the skin is saturated with the
mixture. II the dog is long haired shear
him. but not too close. This mixturejs
harmless. and will cure in nearly every
case. Remember and keep IL well mixed
while using 10. Mirror and F'drDler.
AN English writer suggests the pos
sibility of COMPRISING green fodder into
small bales by means of press some
thing like n hay press. and piliug these
bales in any convenient building, filling
up the oreviees between tire bales. aud
The space between the bales and the walk
with chat. This he thinks would be a.
well rs To pack the fodder in an under
ground silo, and press it all at once with
heavy weights. and at the same time
could be stored away or fed out much
more easily.
A legacy Of the war in Georgia is a
plant called by the people Egyptian
clover. IL islvery hardy, kills out weeds
and other forage plants. is highly es-
teemed by stock aud affords abundant
pasturnge where nothing else will grow.
II unmolested it viii OF itself take pos
session of u field and produce n sod, re-
quiring NO seeding. cultivation or atten-
ton of any kind. So says Southern
paper and, IL true. the plant is a valua-
BILE one--DetfOn Post.