The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-07-16
FARM ANp HOUSEHOLD.

IF. d. Curtis recommends peas Tor
feeding swine and also approves OF
pasturing the same on the peas in the
tield.-Troy Times.
"A slight bank of earth is very use.
full where barbed wire is used as fenc-
ing. 1t makes a visible obstruction
and prevents stock from being injured
by the Exchange.
Nov the thistles when the stalks
are hollow and just before rain. The
stalks, filling with water, cause the
roots to decay. / have found this
sure Montreal Witness.
The Mirror and Farmer says:
Canada thistles are the most easily
exteFminated weed pests we have. Cut
at any time in hot weather and kero-
sene poured on the roots will kill them
every time"
According, to a California au-
thority lemons placed in some conven-
lent vessel and covered with water, the
latter changed at least once a week,
viii keep in serviceable condition
''any length of time.''
Dreamed pork: Fry some thin
slices of salt pork; when done pour all
the fat out of the frying pan, leave the
pork IN it; then pour cupful of thin
sweet cream over it, and let it just
come to boil.-Toledo Blade.
An Indiana farmer finds that it is
an advantage to mix bluegrass seed
and other light grass seed with moist
sawdust before sowing. He says the
grass seed adheres to the sawdust and
enables the sower to spread it evenly.
He uses about three bushels of saw
dust to one of grass seed.
Apple sauce: Soak good dried ap-
pies a few hours then stew carefully
until soft, with handful of raisins, or
a few slices of lemon; keep it covered
closely, and do not stir. Turn care
fully out into dish, keeping the slices
unbroken, and serve when cool with
powdered sugar, or sweeten while
cooking.-BOSt0n Globe.
Tongue toast: Make some slices
of toast, not very thick, Drowned evenly
all over on both sides, and minus crust,
Butter it slightly. Crate with large
crater q liberal sufHciency of cold
tongue and spread it thickly over the
toast Lay the slices side by side en- a
large dish. Serve at breakfast. lunch
con or supper.-N. 7. Herald.
Let housewives remember, and
kitchen help be instructed, that the
suds from the washtub cannot be put
to better use than to be poured about
the newly-planted fruit trees and vines.
1t viii often literally sssave their lives"
and under any circumstances is valua-
BILE fertilizer. Care should be taken,
however, that the water be not too hot
before thus using. - Western Rural.
To clean silver: One gallon of
water, one tablespoonful of washing
soda, one small bar of soap. Put these
in your wash boiler and put yonr silver
all in. Boil four or FIVE minutes, then
rinse in boiling water, drying briskly
on clean cotton cloths. This process
saves all the hand rubbing and takes
only little while, making the silver
look as well as the old process. The
mixture if set aside in an earthen crock
will harden like soap and can be used
to clean any thing but paint.-Good
Housekeeping.
Ponds are not good for young
ducks. Wet grass, dampness and cold
sleeping places will kill young ducks
and quickly as such influences will de-
stroy young chicks. Feed the ducks on
bulky food. Cooked turnips and pota-
toes, thickened with oatmeal, make a
cheap and good food for them. Give
them plenty of water to drink, but not
to battle in, until the down is off and
the feathers cover the body. Then you
may let them enjoy themselves in the
water as much as they desire.-CIeUe-
land Leader.