River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-02-02
HOME AND FARM.

-Abont 100 different kinds of in
iects are now know to attack corn.
For cold on the chest, flannel
,ag wrung out in boiling water and
,prinkled with turpentine. laid on the
chest gives the greatest relief
The south side of a building af-
lords an excellent protection to trees
in winter. and it often happens that
lrees so situated bear fruit when the
buds Of other trees have been de-
stroyed.
An old spinning wheel makes a
pretty support for an ivy or any other
house vine. Swing the pot beneath
he wheel. and train the tendrils in
and out through The spokes and about
he edge of the wheel.
To make applc-jelly, boil the fruit
Till thoroughly do le; strain through
coarse bag, and 10 one pint of juice
allow a pound of sugar After the
Juice has boiled twenty minutes add
The sugar and stir until dissolved.
Take of. put into glasses and cover
with close tin tops.
--Ric Bread Boil one pound of
whole rice in enough milk to dissolve
all the grains. adding it. boiling. as it
is absorbed. Sift four pounds of flour
in pan and into this pour the rice
and milk. adding salt and large
wineglass of yeast; knead and let
rise until light. Stake into loaves and
bake.
During the winter the relative
value of bran, oilmeal and other by
folders to supplement- coarse feeds,
are being necessarily learned. Farm
ers are acquiring the many recently
developed principles of feeding. how
to construct food rations. the injury
and loss by one-sidel foods. etc.
When wood is sold off the land
there is loss of fertility. but when
the ashes are carefully saved. pro-
yided the wood be consumed on the
farm, the potash and lime as we'll as
other mineral matter are retained;
only small loss of nitrogen occur
ring. A farm can be cropped rs easily
by gro wing wood upon it for sale as
with ordinary crops
Now is the proper time to cover
the bits with leather. The frost in
the bit takes the skin from the horse S
mouth and tongue, making them sore.
and eating is painful operation.
Your horse instead of being "Dff
feed may be nine times in ten a
vi ,tim to your own thoughtlessness
or cruelty. Measure your bits with
Irvine. and cut your leather by the
measurement.
AN E lglish writer argues the inn
portance of thoroughly airing rooms
and flushing all waste pipes on the re-
turn of a family after considerable
absence from home. The shut-up
house is often filled with noisomc gas
through the evaporation of the water
VIII Oh keeps the sewer ira ps opera
tive, and this is not necessarily revealed
BY an odor. Many cases of sore
Threats have been traced to neglect
of the precautions mentioned.
No doubt many of our readers
have wondered by what process fruits
are preserved for show purposes so as
10 retain their beautiful appearance
for years. The edible qualities of such
fruits would generally be found disap-
pointing on trial. rs little considera-
lion of the following method may
show: Prepare saturated solution
of rock salt in water. add to it little
borax and alum, and when these shall
have been dissolved strain the brine
through a fine cloth. Place the fruit
in jars or bottles, pour on the brine
and cork cl, Is.