The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-07-04
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

lin using sulphur for animals, In
ternally or externally, be careful that
the animals are kept warm, for it
wonderfully opens the pores.-M =.
Herald. - GzEsl ~ q
III new paperis to be put on the
walls, and there Is any doubt as to the
quality of the coloring matter on it,
take O piece to the chemist He can
readily determine by simple test
whether it Is loaded with arsenic or not.
~ Y. Examiner.
Fruit put up In tin oans should be
taken out when the can is opened for
use. II allowed to. remain after the can
Is opened the action of acid juices upon
the tin when exposed to the air may
form acetate of tin, which is poisonous.
-Rdirie Farmer.
Many persons who purchase eggs
show q decided preference for those that
have dark-colored shells. They think
their contents are richer. In some
eastern cities retailers sort their eggs
and ask higher price for those having
finely-colored shells Chicago Times
TO drive away rats, take potash
that has been left in the air till it be-
comes pasty, or incorporate it with soft
soap, and smear well all places where
they run; or set some of the soap and
potash near their holes, and they will
not trouble you long after getting into
1.-THE Household.
For the sake Of variety try this for
breakfast: Buy some nice pork chops,
with little fat about them; fry them a
delicate brown, and pour hot tomato
sauce over them. Make gravy, using
q little of the fat fried out Of the pork;
send to the table with baked potatoes,
warm corn bread and coffee. Country
| Gentleman.
Before filling up vacant places in
the orchard with young trees it is best
to think whether the full grown trees
now standing will not, with very good
manuring, bring more fruit than a
| larger number would. Most of our
orchards are planted too closely, and
| the tree roots interlace so as to rob
each other of what fertility each should
have.-M p. Post.
| "A bottle of carbolic acid should be
| kept in every farmhouse, not merely
/ as disinfectant, but as wash for
wounds and sores. For any purpose il
should be diluted with water. Its
4 power to destroy fungus growths makes
carbolic acid invaluable in pruning or
chards of pear, plum, or peach where
blight or other disease is suspected.
.EPrune pudding: Scald one pound
of French prunes, let them swell In the
hot water till soft, drain and extract
the stones, spread on q dish and dredgt
with -four take gill of milk from q
quart, stir into it gradually eight table
| spoonfuls of sifted flour; beat six eggs
very light and stir by degrees into the
4 remainder of the quart of milk, alter
mating with the batter; add prunes. one
/ at time; boil two hours and serve
! with wine, sauce OF cream.-Bosto1
Transcript.
The old practice of feeding cow.
every three hours, giving the last feec
Just before retiring at night, has beer
very generally abandoned. Now thu
most successful farmers feed only
morning and night. The whole morn
ing or evening feed is not put before
them at one time, because experience
has taught that it is best to put before |
cow q small quantity at one time, add
ing more as soon as it is eaten up, 81
that the morning and evening meal
are made up of several small feeds
perhaps of different materials.-N. Y
/ Herald