The Arizona sentinel., 1886-09-18
HOME AND FARM.


 to variety of oats, has no significance. It is as subject to rust as any other.- Troy Tunes.
 Plenty of lime, bone meal and gravely sand kept where fowls may have free and easy access, supply maternal for egg shells.
 The stains of oil may be removed from paper by applying pipe-clay pow dered and mixed with water to the con- sistency of cream. Leave the mixture on four hours.-Albany Journal
 Hens like to feel themselves in se. clusion while occupying the nest. If such places be provided, it will lessen the danger of stealing away and laying in dark corners. Western Rural.
 To soften wrought iron, first heat it until it becomes low red color. and cool it in soft soap. Reheat it to a low red, as before. and let it cool in lime. It IS said that this treatment makes the iron very soft.
 Plain DOughnuts: One pint of som milk, one teacup of sour cream, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in the milk, and flower enough to knead hard Let the dough stand about an hour be- fore frying in very hot lard.-The Household.
 A correspondent of the Rural Home says the striped bug finds it's food by the sense of smell, and any thing wh oh will disguise the odor of the plants will, if applied in season, serve as protection. He applies gypsum by sitting it over the plants before sunrise.
 Mix handful of quicklime in four ounces of linseed oil, boil to a good thickness, then spread it on tin plates in the shade, and it will become very hard, but may be dissolved over the fire as glue. A glue which will resist the action of water is made by boiling one pound of common glue in two quarts ot skinned milk.-Prairie Farmler.
 -Sunfower seeds are especially good for fowls when fed in proper propor- ton with grains, says the Hus6andman They are very oily, having somewhat the nature of faxseed The usual esti- mate of yield is gallon of oil to a bushel of seed, and the oil is said to be of superior character for many mechani- cal uses, and when suitably refined, is used on the table.
 Bread Pudding: For family of three take an earthen dish which will hold one and one-half quarts of water In the morning fill this dish little more than half full of bread cut quite fine, cover with milk and add "a sins. Let it stand until time to bake, then salt, sweeten with brown sugar, and spice with cinnamon. The dish will be nearly full. Bake two hours in mod crate oven. Let it boil and whey.- Household.
 The best and earliest grains of corn are those next to the butt of the cob; they form earlier, mature sooner, and yield earlier and stronger plants. The best fruit buds are those that form on the first third of the wood of last years growth. Back pruning cuts off. fruit buds, it is true, but the fruit that IS left will be much larger and finer on ac- count of it. The best and earliest cab bage, turnip, parsnip, kale or mustard seed are those that grow on the main stem os that plant; the laterals should always De rejected. N '. Herald. Spread Eagle: Having prepared chicken for cooking, cut off the neck and legs, and split it right through lengthwise from breast to back, only just enough to hold the two sides to- gether. Spread them out on board, dry the inside with cloth, spread them over with cold butter, season plenti- fully with pepper and salt and little cayenne, and broil them quickly over clear fire till done, but not so much done as to be at all dried up. Squeeze a drop or two of lemon juice over, and send to table very hot.-IOledo Blade.