Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-12-31
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

"A little soda water will relieve sick
headache caused by Indigestion
| Christian al Work..
1t Is useless to hope to destroy the
acidity of certain soils by the application
of lime and other supposed correctivcs;
only drainage will accomplish it-Bos-
ton Bulletin.
| "A Manitoba farmer has recovered
damages from n scotsman for selling
him seeds full of weeds. There can be
no doubt of the liability of seedsmen for
such damages. - Chicago Journal
Shelter bolts to be cilectual all the
year round should be of evergrocns.
| A double row of these is worth more as
n shelter belt in winter than q dozen
rows of decidious trees that offer only
naked boughs in winter.-Atbany Jour
nal.
A 10x12 or 12Xt5 ice-house may be
built of rough boards very cheaply, and
| filled when men and teams are compare
lively idle, and need little exercise. 1t
will more than pay its cost in comfort
every summer.-DeLroh Tribune.
Dark green shades arc the most
servicoable in kitchen, although half
curtains made of checked gingham,
cottage muslin, or cheese cloth, run on
tapes and tackled to the window sash,
will in some cases be all that is needed;
and it is always convenient to have two
sets, so rs to change comfortably when
necessary.-Iadiandpolis Journal.
1t is rule which is applicable to
all manures, that the more finely they
are pulverzed or divided, the more val
uable they become. Not only do they
expose much more surface to the feed
ing action of roots, but from their fine
division they can be much more evenly
distributed through the Chicago
Tribune.
This recipe for brown bread will
make good-sizcd loaf. Two cups of
yellow Indian meal, one cup of rye flour,
one cup of graham flour, one cup of
New Orleans molasses, three teaspoon
fuls of baking powder and milk enough
to make stiff batter. Pour into a
buttercd mold and steam three hours
and half. When done, brown in the
oven.-Ne Caterer
In the spring, as soon as the snow
is off the ground, our hot suns and dry
ing winds soon thaw out and warm n
few inches of the surface soil, while un-
derneath in many sections the soil will
be very cold. The surface soil will be
much warmer than the soil beneath.
The farmers of the Northwest under
stand this matter and plough their land
for spring wheat in the autumn and sow
the seed on the surface in the spring, as
soon as the surface is thawed out and
while the soil below is still frozen.-M
Y. Telegram.
The Empire Sta'e Agriculturist
says: There is many Il saving on the
farm that is not economy. We were
reminded of this fact tn. other day by
seeing u man on his knees drawing
water from well with pole and buck
ct, while pair of horses hung over
him waiting impatiently for the refresh
ing draught. The man has drawn
water thus for years, and has saved in
this way some dollars in pumps. But
how much time has he spent which
could have been better employed? how
often have his cattle and horses gone
want of time and dlabor-saving pump?"
DR.. C. H. Merriman, the head of
the ornithologicsl division of the Ma
tional Department of Agriculture, con-
siders the English sparrow far greater
scourge than the caterpillars and inch
worms it was imported to destroy. He
estimates the annual loss to the rice
plan ers from the depredations of the
bobolinks at from SO, 900, 900 to $4,000
900. He also says only three out of
thirty birds of prey. for whose killing
some States pay premium, destroy do
mestic fowls, while the rest live on
field-mice, grasshoppers, beetles and
other vermin which destroy the grain.
I-UuShitlgtor Star