Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-03-26
GlEANlNGS.

GLEAhIkGS.
Tomake good rusks take one pint
OF milk, one cup of yeast mix it
thin; when light add twelve oun-
ces of brown sugar, two ounces OF
butter, four eggs, flour sufficient
to make stuff as breed when risen
again, mould and spread 1t on tins.
Meuldness is occasioned by the
growth of minute vegetation. lux,
paste, leather and seeds most fire.
quently suffer by it. y Glove VIII
prevent it I; any essential oil am
swers equally well.
In using student-lamps never let
the oil accumulate in the cup below
the wick, but pour it out at least
once a weeks. let everything us
ed about lamps-rags, scissors, OF
extra wicds. be kept in a small
box together an empty starch-boX
being best. Burn lamp rags every
few weeks. If allowed to lie, filled
with oil, spontaneous combustion
often takes place, many tres hav-
ing been caused in this way.
lin busting remember that old
silk handkerchiefs are best for
pianos. Shake the buster often
while using it from door or window,
and never firt it about the furni-
ture, as this simply sends Che dust
into the air to settle again in the
same place. USE damp cloth for
wiuscotings and she tops OF doors
and windows.
Whitewash is to some extent a
disinfectant, and should be used
in cellar and kitchen closets not
less than once a year, twice being
better. \ good whisewash is made
of one peck Of Stacked lime, a
pound aud half "A white vitriol, a
pound of salt and half a pound OF
melted glue, tile salt and glue
keeping the wash from rubbing of.
For cellars the Stacked lime is sufli-
cient. - MRS. BROWN
A correspondent of the Michigan
Farmer tried painting his pear
trees with red lead and linsced oil,
filling up the cracks, giving each
tree two coats of paint. Those thus
treated have been free from blight
while others have suffered severe
". Snch remedies, however, must
be tried with caution, kerosene oil
will kill peach trees and some kinds
of paint containing it may be in
furious to pear trees. "a, +.
1t pays to build straw barns for
good straw cannot be put in stacks
without great loss, even in the best
of years. Good straw, well saved,
for feeding to fattening stock which
eat largely of oil meal, cottonseed
meal, bran, &C., is worth half as
much as clover hay, and is a very
necessary component OF feed.
When fattening geese, give
mixture OF corn and wheat. They |
should also have cooked mess !
twice day, consisting of potatoes,
turnips, chopped clover, cabbage |
and onions.l Add a small quantity
of salt, and do not forget the water.
Hogs give returns so quickly
that even Eif a small profit only is
made on each lot, these profits can
be made so often and so quickly
that the rearing and feeding of
hogs is one of the most paying oc-
equations on the farm.
A Missouri farmer who has been
testing seed corn from the butt, tip
and middle of the ears for three
years past, finds that the corn from
the tips will ripen first, from the
middle next and from the butt
last.
A good point to keep in view is
the fact that it is easier to keep an
animal fat than to fatten it. In
other words, the stock should AL
ways be kept in good condition, 50
that they can readily be prepared
for marke
A handful of linseed meal fed to
each COW or horse at least three
times a week will not only regu-
late the system and promote health,
but will also loosen the skin and
keep the animals from becoming
hIde-bound.
Oats and rye are very similar in
composition. TO make a good feed
for horses corn should be mixed
with them. A bushol Of rye, two
bushels of oats, and five Of corn,
ground together, will make excel
lent food.
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