River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-08-23
FIELD AND FARM.
Farm Nores

t.. Beach, Sfockmah IlVing near He
lena, recently clipped IL. 107 pounds OF
wool from his band Of 500 French me-
| rino sheep, an average OF fourteen
pounds per head
Five hundred thousand pounds of
wool has been shipped down the river
! from Fort Benton this season.
When David Davis was q young man
he bought piece Of land every year;
this has been held and well cared for
mostly represented by real estate. He
| never speeulates and ne9ef. owned any
stock, except some in n bank he Helped
| start at his home.
| There is no more economical or better
feed for pigs in summer than clover. 1t
has been estimated on good authority
| that an acre of clover will grow 500
pounds of pork, and that to certain
| extent it is one of the most profitable
methods of using it.-Messenger.
1t is economy on the farm which will,
succeed in the future. The economic
use of labor and all the forces used on
the farm. The feeding of animals econ
omically, and economy in the manage
ment and arrangemet of all the affairs
of the farm and household.
Usually the person intent on making
his home look beautiful to the passers
bv, will set out eight or ten little ever
greens in two COWS, from the front door
to the gate. In few years his house is
blindfoded. The cherry trees have
sprouted into such a swamp around
some country homes that it would fur
nish job for incipient presidents with,
their little hatchets" to clear 1t up
Have nice well-kept lawn, with ever
greens and other trees. Get a large
porous lime stone rock and plant wild
Columbines in the crevices. Plant bed
of pansies, one of Verbeuas, and one of
Geraniums, which will make your lawn
lust lovely" Try to make home beauti-
full. 1t is not wicked waste of time.
MISCELLANEOUS Recieps
To remove mildew, rub the spots well
with soft-soap, then cover, with d mix
ture of soap and powdered chalk and
lay upon the grass in the sun.
PAPER HANGERS PAsrE.-English pa
per-hangers use paste of -four and wa
ter which only differs from ordinary
paste in being very thoroughly boiled,
but after it is made they add glue in the
proportion of lump about as big as
walnut to each quart A tablespoonful
of -four to pint of water is their rule.
A CURE FOR CHOLERA MoRBus.-The
formula given below is the one used by
surgeons in the British army, and its
efficiency has been thoroughly estab-
lished:
Equal paTts-Tincture Of opium.
rbubarb.
capsicum.
camphoI.
peppermint
Dose is drops in water repeated until the
pain subsidies.
The best way way in which to clean
ivory hair brushes is with spirits of
ammonia, as it's effect is Immediate. No
rubbing is required, ami cold water can
De used as successfully as warm. Take
teaspoonful of the ammonia to a
quart of water, dip the hair part of the |
crush without wetting the ivory, and in |
a moment the grease is removed; then |
rinse in cold water, shake well and dry |
in the air but not in the sun, Soda and |
soap soften the bristles and invariably |
turn the ivory yellow.
A pretty carriage robe for the baby is
of soft white flannel; finish it around the |
edge with deep hem, feather-stitch
the hem with white or colored silk; |
then make large bow of No. ~ satin |
ribbon, tie this gracefully, and Jay on |
the robe near the center, and then with |
fancy stitches fasten the bow, both loops |
and ends. to the flannel; work all around |
as if it were applique work