The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-04-13
HOME. FARM AND oARosM.

-Sponging the body of with salt
watcr Is good for night sweats.
"A wooden cloth u better than :
brush 10 polish the kitchen stove
A solution 81 pcarl-ash IN water
thrown upon a fire will extinguish i
immediately.
Ii the meal Is fed too dry Il will
make tho hogs constipated. Hogs
must have plenty Of water IN their
food. Always mix one-thlrd bran with
the meal. which should b. soaked be-
tween meals.
-IIominy Pudding. One cup Of
boiled homiay. one and one-half pints
Of milk. two eggs. w tablespoonfu's
81 butter. threc-fourths Of a cup q
sugar. ono teaspoon 81 baking powder;
bake in buttcred pudding dish twenty
minutes.
Asparagus Beetle. This insect has
en- sed great damage. Slakcd lime
busted upon the plants when the dew
i on them in the morning. once a
year. and cutting down the seed stalks
two or three times a year are effective
remedies. american Gurden
In lighting a kerosene lamp never
touch the wick with the match, as X
has a tendency TO roughen or spread
il. Keep the wick turned down below
the top Of the burner. except when in
actual use. IL you would not have oil
on the outside OF the lamp.
Old current bushes can be made as
good as new by simply cutting away
the old wood and leaving a bare
stump. and then digging the soil thor
oughly down to the roots. and working
In plenty Of welI-rotted manure. with
a good handful 81 salt for each bush.
Dreamed Parsnips. Boil tender.
scrape and slice lcngthwise. Put over
the fire with two tablespoons Of butt
ter. pepper and salt, and q little
minced parsley. Shake until the
mixtsre boils. Dish the parsnips. add
to the sauce three tablespoons Of
cream. in which has been stirred q
quarter spoonful Of flour. Boil once
and pour oycr the parsnips.
1t Is claimed for the mutton breeds
OF sheep that with the same method q
keeping them on the farm as is in use
in England land worth as much as one
hundred dollars per acre might b.
profitably devoted to sheep, and that il
6 farmers would hurdle them instead o.
giving them the range Of the farm
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+ A Western farmer advises to III
ears OF corn together with husks. II
in some place where the grain can b.
(. saturated with coal smoke. The odor
he says. repels squirrels and worm
from eating the seed. The seed come
y up quicker. the plants grow mor'
G vigorously. and ripen several day
/ earlier than from seed not SO treated
G Egg Salad. Boil six eggs fifteel
minutes. Prepare dressing with table
spoonful Of vinegar, half a teaspoon Q
!. salt, a little pepper. three tablespoon
fuls Of oil. one tablespoonful Of onior
/ Juice. one Of finely chopped parsle,
4 and one Of taragon vinegar. Sic
the hard-boiled eggs, lay them on .
4 . salad dish, pour the dressing over an
! stand in a cool place two hours.
1t is important that gratis shout
be cut before warm weather has cause
J! their buds to start. II kept IN the cel
! lar. covered with dry sand. air will b
b excluded, and they need not be set IN
lc iii nearly the time for the tree to star
10 into leaf. Grape gratis should, how
ever, be set a. early as the weather wi
admit. If delayed until the sap begin
to run Il will drown them out.