The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1884-08-07
EARN \ FIREsIDE.

-Pea-yines ploughed under enrich
The soil wonderfully.
-Alsike, a comparatively new clover,
is becoming known as q very valuable
forage plant for bees as well as stock.
DO not suppose that because grass
is plenty you must save grain. 1t has
made many q farmer poor.-Fted and
Farm.
About one ounce of meat three
times a week is sufficient for one hen,
or about two pounds weekly for q stock
of ten.-Chscd0o Journal.
In attempting to irrigate do not
overlook the fact that the water should
be kept running. Stagnant water not
only Injuries the crops but causes b
prevalence of fevers.
Excellent fried cakes, to be eaten
while fresh, are made of two well beat
en- eggs, q large pinch of salt and flour
enough to make a dough that can be
rolled. Cut with a fancy cake cutter.
and drop into boiling lard; when done
and while still warm dip them into
powdered sugar. They may be favored
with lemon or with rose.-N. I. Her
aid.
Never use manure from the stable
on lawns, as the seeds of weeds are
thus scattered, which terminate, grow
up ana disfgure the lawn. A fertilizer
made of 200 pounds sulphate cf potash,
100 pounds superphosphate and 100
pounds sulphate OF ammonia wili De'
found excellent. The quantity is suffi-
cient for an acre, and should be applied
in October and April, half the amount
being used at az application.-AtbGny
=. journal.
To Clean Tin Covers: Nix a little of
the finest powdered whiting with the
least drop of sweet oil. rub the covers
well with it and wipe them clean. Then
| dust over them some dry whiting in q
muslin bag and rub bright with dry
leather. This last is to prevent rust,
which must be guarded against by
wiping them dry and putting them by
the fire when they come from the
| dining-room, for, if but once hung up
damp, the inside will rust.-Boston
Globe.
-Housekeepers who are limited in
their supply of good washing water.
can make it do double duty by dissolv-
ing alum in hot water, and throw il
into q tub of soapsuds. In a moment
the soap will curdle, and accompanied
! by muddy particles will sink to the
bottom, leaving it perfectly clear and
devoid of the smell of soap. This wa.
ter can be used for washing q second
time If poured off the sediment,
Where water is scarce, this fact is in;
valuable. Troy TImea.
Mr.. 7. B. Terry expresses his won.
der, in The Country Gentleman, that 50
many farmers still allow their cattle tc
pick and trample on their grass grounG'
land pastures are often injured as wei
as moving lots) during the fall anf
winter and spring. It is, he thinks
partly because they do not realize tina
they are losing by the practice; partly
to save work-they do not keep hell
enough to run the farm to its full ca
pacity-and partly because they have
sstoo many irons in the fire." The,
are .sover-busy' farmers.
The secret cause of the death o
many formerly healthy spruces in ant
near Boston and in other localities il
New England is easy of discovery. b.
examining the dying trees it will b
found that the tip of almost every tin
branch has been stung by an insect, ant
its spring vitality directed to the for
nation of a false con These cone
are now ripe, having been. in fact, TO.
more than two weeks, and from eacl
of them have escaped fifteen or twent.
young worms, which are probably tn
offspring of the insect which did tn
singing. The most thorough and care
full plucking of all of these false cone
might perhaps have saved the afflicted
trees and prevented similar disaster
next year.-Boston Globe.