Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-06-19
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To make green blinds that are fat.
cd look like new, brush them over with
linseed oil.
1t is SAID that corn-cobs dipped i,
coal tar and placed by the cucumbar
vines will drive away the striped BUG
A few drops of ammonia in the wa.
ter will take Off grease from plates
dishes, etc., better than soda. and does
not injure the skin of the washer as tha
constant use of soda does.-M. Y. In
dependent.
Farmers are apt to neglect tbo
berry patch; but by having the plants
in wide matted rows they may be kent
clean with little more trouble than the
same area of potatoes or root CROPS
N. Y. Herald.
Potato balls: Make mashed potato
that is left from dinner into fiat cakes
while warm and set away for reakfast.
when wanted, dip each pail into we'll
plngs.-1He Household.
Some one asks how fruit iellies can
be preserved from mold. If the sur
face is covered one-fourth of an inch
deep with loaf sugar, finely pulverized,
they will keep in good condition and
no mold will penetrate. -M Y. Post.
Keep a few sheep on the farm, if
not many. Wool will always bring
cash at some price, and it comes off
when there is little else to sell. Nut
ton always sells well, and is always
good for the table. Keep shecp.-1roy
Times.
The indiscriminate use az tincture
of arnica for petty sprains aad bruises
of horses is scientifically condemned. 1t
has been demonstrated that if kept
long in contact with affected surfaces
arnica produces heating and b~listerine,
thus frequently aggravating the COM
plant sought to be cured.
Few people realize how small is the
proportion of the cost of seed as COM
pared with the labor of planting. Gull
tivating and harvesting the crop. With
regard to seeds, the best, however
h:gh-priced, are always cheapest. Poor
seed can not be afforded, even as a
gift, and we are sorry to say that this
applies to much of the seed sent out at
Government expense.-American Cul-
tiUator.
A young pig should not be fed
much corn, and it is from young pigs
that the greatest amount of growth is
secured for food consumed. But on a
farm where COWS are kept and butter
made, the corn may be turned into
pork by feeding it to the cows. This
will pay in milk and butter, and an
abundant supply of milk with a little
meal is just what is wanted for growing
pips,-IOledO Blade.
Wheat, corn. oats, grass, fruit trees
everything growing in or upon the
soil-increases in bulk and weight.
just as in the case of clover in the box,
or the trees in the forest. They get
their chief material of growth from the
air. 1t mainly through the
leaves. Strip off the leaves from a fruit
tree, from u cornstalk. from a wheat
plant, and it will cease to enlarge its
bulk or to grow. Some food comes
from the air through the water or sap
by way Of tho roots, but only a little,
comparative1y.-E1chanye.
If your beef for roasting does not
seem as tender as it ought to be, it
may be improved in this way: Put the
meat in a t%ureen, mix salt, pepper, two
tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley. four
sliced onions, the juice of half q lemon,
two %bayleaves and four tablespoonfuls
of sweet oil; put half of the mixture
under the meat and half over it. Cover
the tureen and let the meat remain in
it for two days in winter and eighteen
hours in summer.-Bostom Globe.