Huntsville gazette., 1883-02-17
HOME AND FARM.

--Broken limbs should be placed in
natural positions and the patient kept
quiet until the surgeon arrives.
Sheep are frequently troubled with
sore lips caused by dry feed. One or
two applications of sulphur and lard will
effect cure.-N. Y. Herald.
A French chemist reports that water
made slightly salt, and to which, when
boiling, bran in the proportion of one
quart to every gallon has been added,
has been found in q series OF expert
ments to increase the yield OF milk
twenty-five per cent, if given to the
cows in their ordinary drink.
The aphis, or green fly, is one OF
the most troublesome enemies of top
grown plants 1t is most easily de-
stroyed by Swinging the plants twice a
week with a tea made from tobacco
stems, moving them up and down until
the insects are thoroughly washed off.
This will also destroy other Insects
Chicago Times.
For a delicious dessert take three
quarters of pound of prunes; sweeten
to taste, and stew; when thoroughly
cold add the whites of four eggs beaten
to a stiff froth; stir all together until
light, and put in dish and bake about
twenty minutes. When cold cover with
good cream and serve.-Chicago Times.
Before going to bed have kettle of
hot water ready. Put some in shall
low tin and hold the frosted part of the
foot in it-not the whole foot, but ore
frosted spot after another-for ten or
twenty minutes, keeping the water just
as hot as you can bear it. Then pour
little cold water over the frosted parts
and thoroughly rub them dry. Follow
this plan three nights, have shoes good
size, and the cure is effectual. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
To make an apple-custard pie,
take one pint of sweet milk, and one
pint of apple sauce; beat this sauce till
it is smooth, and entirely free from
Jumps; then stir it in the milk; sweeten
this well-a good full cup of sugar will
be needed, and if the apples are tart
more will be required; to this add three
well beaten eggs, flavor with lemon, and
bake with under crust only. 7. Post.
Irrigation has been tried in Western
Kansas with marvellous results. For
merly it was thought that the dry plains
stretching toward the Arkansas River
were useless for agricultural purposes.
The light and tickle rainfall, the dry
air, the hot winds, and the long sum
mers were supposed to constitute a COM
bination of unfavorable elements that it
would be impossible to overcome. But
broad bitches were dug that distributed
the waters Of the Arkansas over these
tracts, and now they bloom like gar
den. The crops yielded the past year
were astonishing. Onions were raised
. at the rate of 500 bushels to the acre,
oats 100 bushels, and other products in
similar proportion.-Denrer Tribune.
The COW pea, says the Nebraska
Farmer, may be raised with corn and
serve a good purpose therein. 1t grows
vigorously and has an immense vine
which completely shelters the ground
within its reach and prevents rapid
evaporation. In this it serves to keep
the soil in better condition for the corn.
This is contrary to the general rule, but
when the reasons are properly under
stood it appears plain why it should be
so. To raise them with corn we plant
after the last blowing in the center of
the row. The hills should not be nearer
than four feet apart. Raised in this way
the cost is only for seed and planting.
To make the best fodder the crop should
be gathered before it is fully ripe, but it
will pay well to plant for pasture.