The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-12-17
FARBtNp HOUSEHOLD.

Cut out old raspberry aud blackberry
ctu4s.
Read the bzs, agricultural books and
papers.
Make your home Goth comfortable
and attractive.
Remove aests Of caterpillars from
frui. and shade trees.
Feed fallen fruit to the pigs and de-
stIuy insect eggs.
The decayed branches of old trees
should be promptly removed. Their
uusightIiues5 is the least or their evils.
Do not use coal oil lamps in bedrooms,
with wick turned down low, it. produces
asthma, heart and throat disease, etc.
The inside Of a coffee pot which has
become uisc0lored may be made bright
as new by filling with soapsuds and boil
ing 81 minutes.
The stain o. oil may be removed by
applying pipe clay powdered and mixed
with water to the consistency of cream
Leave on for four hours.
A good time to get fuel for winter use
is when the fields no longer make de-
mauds, the farm work Of autumn is done
and winter coming into view.
Do not deceive yourselves with the
idea that one kind Of grain is all that is
necessary for poultry the year round.
Keep a liberal supply of different grains.
Every improvement IN physical con
diJion of perverse soils is a gain that
lessons labor of tilIage. and tends also
to increase of crops, with relative re-
dUction Of cost,
II a farmer will take care not to pur-
chase what he cannot use or has little
need for. be will soon learn that it is
poor economy for him 60 buy anything
but the best.
Two horses on a farm that keeps
them we'll employed may give steady
profit in use but two more become a
heavy tax. consuming all the profit and
a great deal more.
The best absorbent in stables is dry
earth and it is never difficult to obtain
in SIMMER or autumn. Muck is good
and pulverizsd clay, well dried, is bet
ter-road dust, for instance.
Where there is a surplus of straw
good use may be found in spreading it
thiuiy ON meadows as a protection dur
ing winter, for in many cases it may
double the yield OF grass next year.
When an outlay of a dollar IN fitting
land for seed will return two dollars, it
will be folly to refuse the expenditure,
but that is what many farmers do when
they SOW on land imperfectiy fitted.
There is only one neat way TO thresh
buckwheat-that is by the fail-and
there is no other way so cheap, pro
vided only that the grain be thoroughly
drv as il must be to save we'll in the bin.
4 careIessly kept coffee pot will i'm
part a rank flavor to the strongest insu-
sion of the best Java. Wash the coffee
pot thoroughly every day and twice a
week boil borax water in it for fifteen
minutes.
\ few barrels Of road dust stored
away for use in winter as an absorbent
may be worth quite as much as a like
amount OF plaster-mOCe when charged
with the fertiIiziug gases that dust
readily fixes.
A good feed for young pigs that art
nearly ready for weaving is equal part:
Of meal. ground oats and shorts, on,
quart of the mixture in a pail of skin
milk, allowing them all they can drink
Of it. three or four times daily.
It is an interesting and well establish
ed fact that bees never visit two or NOR
classes of flowers on the same trip. bu
always procure a full load of whatever
kind they commence on first, and return
to the hive to unload before making
change.
For neuralgia the following is an e2
ceHent remedy Telk of one egg, on
teaspOonful Of salt, one teaspoOntul G
ginger. three drops of turpentine. Bea
the ingredients together and spread
on a piece Of old muslin, applying th
pouItice directly to the part afflicted.
It is singular fact that gypsum q
plaster Of paris is so little used. Th
cheapest Of oil mineral fertilizers, an
the one best adapted 20 clover, its us
rarely extends far beyond the lOcalit
where it is dug and ground. There it
cheapuess insures a large use by neigh
boring farmers, who find it very profit
able.
Corn bread is more wholesome tha
hot rolls for breakfast. Made in thi
way 1t is excellent: Half pound c
Indian meal, half a pound of flour, on
teaspoonful OF baking powder sifted int
bowl. Beat one ounce Of butter, on
ounce Of sugar and two eggs together
and add to the sitted meal and foul
Add gradually one pint of milk for
thin batter and bake in a hot oven.
The craving for salt in animals
natural. and not a result of the car
Of man. When this country was will
every salt spring oI salt lick" was FIRE
qusnted by deer-a fact that was take
advantage Of by the hunters for thei
capture. Near the ocean less salt
required thar further inland, owing {
the fact that the atmosphere is in
isgree charged with salt, and this
mparted TO the growing crops thrOugI
be 1pyrs auT rain