The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-30
Miscellaneous Matters.

BAKED APPLES.-The Lest way to
bake apples is to boil them. Put as
many apples as will cover the bottom
into kettle, cover them with water,
and boil until the water is nearly
boiled away. The apples will be sweet,
juicy and palatable in the extreme.
There is nothing better for IA cut
than powdered resin. Get a few cents
worth, pound it until it is quite fine,
and then put it in an empty, clean
pepper or spice box with perforated
top: then you can easily Sift it out on
the cut; put soft cloth about the in
iured member, and wet it with cold
water once in a while. 1t will prevent
Inflammation and soreness.
MoULTING.-A few small boxes
filled with charcoal, ground bone and
pounded oyster shells, and placed
within reach of poultry, will be Of
great service during this season,
when the fowls are moulting.
INSECTS smoke prevents
the attacks of all insects that infest
plants and does no injury to the
plants unless they are confined to it
for too long d time. While it keeps
off insects it does not always destroy
them, though it is fatal to many.
CABBAGE WORMS.-The following
is another remedy for preventing the
ravages of the cabbage worm. 1t is
youchsafed for by Mr.. Samuel Wilson,
in Seed Time and Harvest: With
four pounds of dry, fine, light wheat
bran mix one pound of strong, finely
ground cayenne pepper. Then dilute
| of aorhnli.I 0ni1 xxrifh
quart Of water, and with this water
thoroughly sprinkle and mix through
the bran and pepper. Spread out
thinly on a board or thick paper to
dry. When thoroughly dried put in a
tight jar or box until used. With
this preparation dust the plants in the
morning while wet with dew. Com
mence when the plants are six or
eight inches high and repeat the
operation twice week until they are
out of danger. Mr.. Wilson says the
remedy is entirely harmless, and that
the miller which lays the eggs, will
not alight on a plant that has the
odor of carbolic acid.
GARDEN PEsTs.-A correspondent
of the Country Gentleman says: "To
kill the striped bugs which eat melon
squash and cucumber vines, use sui
phur. Dip the fingers in the sulphur
and touch each leaf in the morning
when the dew is on the plants. 1t is
entirely harmless to the plants
Should the beetles leave the plant.
and go into the ground use it arounC
the stems of the plants"
BAD TASTE IN MILK.-If fears art
entertained of disagreeable odors il
the milk from cabbage or turniI
leaves, give he COW about tea
spoonful of saltpetre once day, pull
verified and put in her grain; if it i:
already in the milk dissolve the salt
petre in water and put about a tea
spoonful of the solution to a gallon O.
milk, and it will remedy it at once,
so says an experienced dairyman. HI
also says that sit drives off good fla
vors as well as bad ones, and that but
ter made from milk so treated will b.
as fiavorless as winter butter mad
from fresh meadow hay, but as it doe
not destroy the color, people will no
find fault with such butter unles
they are accustomed to somethin.
very nice. Even then they will prefe
it to that which has taste of turnips
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any kind.
FARMERS SIGNALs.-Mr. H. j
Penrod, of the Maritime association
of New York, has invented q univeI
sal code of weather signals for tn
purpose of conveying meteorological
, information to farmers and other
, who do not live near postoffices an
railroad stations. BY the use of tn
, figures 2, 3, 1 in various combination
, he proposes to give all the varied in
formation contained in the genera
: weather indications, and he propose
, to use steam cars, stage coaches an
steamboats, for the purpose. Thu
i the figures 2, 2 displayed on any G
these would indicate "a cold wave i
, approaching" 2, 4, 2, "dagerou
! floods" and 4, 3, eight rain is probs
ble."
r To KEEP FURS-and wooden good
l from moths, close wrapping in papt
5 is enough, though little camphC
/ may be put into the package to kee
!, off other insects. Any paper will
: if there are no holes in it, and n
| openings are left for the moth to cree
: in. OF course care must be taken t
r have the articles free from moth
when put away.
FELON TREATMENT.-Take Of sol
! i lye soap and fiaxseed meal spfficier
quantity, stirring the meal in slowl
: with spatula or case knife, manipu
! ating thoroughly, so as to form saIy
y or poultice. Cornmeal is d good sui
!, stitute for the fiaxseed. Envelop th
i finger in this, applying snugly, an
= occasionally pressing it to bring it i
t closer contact. Renew the poultiC
every twelve to twent' -four hour
Don't try every prescription you ma
t hear of. Depend on this. 1t will,
S applied in time, abort the disease;
e adopted later, it will bring it to
y small head Gf too far advanced to |
v scatteredl. when it may be picked a