The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-06-23
FARM AND FlREslpE.

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Fruit on the table regularly will do
much to counteract the craving for al
coholic stimulant.
The farmer who by draining or ex-
ira manuring increases his crops may
not for the time seem to be making
any thing, but he is laying sure founda-
tions for future success.
TO take rust out of steel rub the
steel with sweet oil; in day or two
rub with finely powdered unslaked
lime until the rust all disappears, then
oil again, roll in woolen and put in q
dry place, especially If it be table cut
lery.
The greatest inventions OF the
world were first conceived by the
moderately educated classes, and the
practical experience of careful, OBJ
serving farmer is often of more value
than the costly experiments Of highly
educated professors.
To give shirt bosoms, collars and
cuffs glossy appearance, one ounce of
white wax and two of spermaceti are
melted together and little of this is
put into the starch; or, sometimes a
little of a thick solution of gum arabic
is used in the starch, u tablespoonful
being enough for u pint of starch.
Charcoal roads have given good
results. They are only of value in sec
tions where timber is so cheap that it
can be burned to get rid of it. The
lesson for other sections to learn is that
it will pay to cart the remains of old
charcoal pits into the parts of the road
that contain too much water.
Some weeds provide pasturage
when they are young and tender; hence
flock of sheep turned on field in
tested with weeds will do good service
in not only eradicating the weeds but
in converting them into mutton. BY
preventing weeds from seeding they
will soon become extinct unless they
are of varieties that propagate from
roots.
Orange cake: Two cups of sugar,
two cups of flour, one-half cup of water,
pinch of salt, the yelks of five eggs
and whites of three, three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder and the grated rind
and juice of one orange. Beat the
whites and add sugar for frosting, and
the grated rind and juice of one orange.
Bake the cake in layers and put FROST
ing between.
To keep flannels as much as possi-
bic from shrinking and felting, dissolve
one ounce of potash in u bucket of water
and leave the fabric in it for twelve
hours. Next warm the water, with the
fabric in it, and wash without rubbing,
also draw through the water repeat-
edly. Next immerse the flannel in
another liquid containing one spoonful
of wheat flour to one pailful of water,
| and wash in a similar manner.
-Hominy Drop Cakes: Stir the beaten
yelks oftwo eggs into pint of freshly
boiled hominy; if cold hominy is used
ieat it without adding water and stir
up lightly with a fork to separate the
grains; then stir in the beaten whites
and salt as may be required, using less
if the boiled hominy is already salted.
Drop, with a tablespoon, on well-but-
tered tins and bake to u good brown in
a quick oven"
In this Western country, says Sec
retary Graham in the Mdustrialist, it
is noticeable, as it is the world over,
that the immigrant farmer who builds
o small residence and large barn,
and always has both well painted, and
every thing about his farm in good re-
pair, will have, in time, a large house
| to live in and other red barns as well;
while he who eXpends his surplus in an
imposing house, and "knocks together"
a few cottonwood poles and some slough
grass for his stock shelter, will not get
a second coat of paint on his house be-
fore the mortgage is foreclosed.