The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-11-22
FARM AND FlREsIpE.

in hanging pictures the brightest
colors should be placed in the darkest
corners of the room.
Pretty baby blankets are made OF
thin white silk stuffed with pink cotton
wool and tufted with white satin bows.
Nearly all diseases to which live
stock are subject are the result OF neg.
lect of the simplest sanitary rules, and
may be prevented by the exercise OF
little common sense.-Chscdgo Times.
The advantages of soiling consist
of a saving of land, saving of fences,
saving Of food, saving OF manure,
and better care given the stock, as well
as increased production from the land.
How to take out mildew from
white muslin: Spread the goods on an
earthen dish, rub salt on the stain,
squeeze lemon juice on it. and put 1t IN
| the sun. Keep the salt moist with the
Juice till the stain is gone 1t Will also
remove iron rust.-Albany Journal.
| The H,tsbandman insists that the
best way to thrash buckwheat is with
the fail. in the old-fashioned way, since
bv this way the grain is left free and
whole. When thrashed by machine the
grain is cracked; with horses, more or
less filth is mixed with it.
If one wishes to improve certain
flower, fruit or vegetable he must hrst
decide what kind of product he wishes
to produce. He must have his ideal
ALWAYS in his mind. He must then
select seeds from those specimens which
come nearest to his ideal. OF the off,
spring he must select in the same way,
and so continue until perfection is at
tanned.
1t is generally supposed thatno ami
NAL will eat bean fodder excepting
, sheep. For those farmers who grow
| beans and have no sheep, it may be i'm
portant to know that, after little use
!. of them, cows become very fond oil
bean-stalks. and will eat them in prefer
, ence to good hay. Refuse beans may
| be boiled and fed to fattening hogs,
mixing at first with other grains until
e the animals become used to the new
( diet.-Prairie Farmer.
-Hominy fritters help make variety
!; for the breakfast table. Boil the homl
j nv the day before, then take two tea
cups of it, and stir small cup of swee
!, milk and a little salt with it, and ont
egg. four tablespoonfuls of flour. will
half a teaspoonful of baking powder
Have your frying-pan ready with tn
fat hot in it; drop this batter in b.
u spoonfuls and fry delicate brown. In
u flavor is better if half butter and hal
a lard is used rather than all lard.-1h
: Household.
h "A novelty in the shape OF pin
r. cushion is made in the form of work
W bag. 1t is nearly square. 1t is face
n with pink silk, the covering being
q olive plush. On the upper side is
: spray of flowers in arasene embroider
l. inst a rose and buds, or some simila
m design. The bag is shirred, and a PIN
a bow put on over the stirring. inns ma
hang beside the toilet-table or lie upo
TX the. dressing-case. 1t is pretty orn'
Is ment, and it may be used-an adval
Mt tage over many ornamental CUSHIONS.
ca N. Y. Post.
sp "A farmer, writing to the New Yol
is World, SAYS: Farmers who are thinklr
ds of painting outbuildings will find tn
the application of a coat OF cruz
ps petroleum lessons the amount of pall
it required and will cause the wood to la
g, longer. A wash which 1 have foul
n very satisfactory for outside work
sr, made by Stacking clean, fresh lin
IS mixing it with water and adding to ca
peck Of lime half pound of salt and
,e- pound of sulphate of zinc. This wa
an may be colored to many desirat
a shades. For q cream color / add y
he low oehre; and for gray, lampblack d
I'M solved in vinegar.