Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1888-04-12
HOME. EARN AND GARDEN.

--sponging the body of with salt
water is good for night swoats.
"A woblen cloth is better than q
brush TO polish tho kitchen stove
"A solution Of pearl-ash in water
thrown upon fire will oxtinguish IL
Immediately.
If the meal is fed too dry IL will
make the hogs constipatcd. Hogs
must have plenty of water in their
food. Always mix one-third bran with
the meal, which should be soaked be-
tween meals.
-IIominy Pudding. One cup Of
boiled hominy. one and one-half pints
of milk, two eggs, two tablespoonfuls
of butter. threc-fourths of a cup Of
sugar, one teaspoon Of baking powder;
bake in buttered pudding dish twenty
minutes.
Asparagus Beetle. This insect has
caused great damage. Slakcd lime
busted upon the plants when the dew
is on them in the morning. once n
year. and cutting down the seed stalks
Nht VI ANANN AlAAtn ~ Nthi NAt NAtNAlNN
remedies. -Amcricdn Garden
In lighting a kerosene lamp mover
touch the wick with the match, rs IL
has q tendency TO roughcn or spread
it, Keep the wick turned down below
the top Of the burner, except when In
actual use. II you would not have oil
on the outside of the lamp.
Old current bushes can be made MS
good as new by simply cutting away
the old wood and leaving bare
stump, and then digging the soil thor
oughly down TO the roots, and working
in plenty Of well-rottcd manure. with
good handful of salt for each bush.
Dreamed Parsnips. -- Boil tender.
scrape and slice lengthwise. Put over
the fire with two tablespoons Of but
ter. pepper and salt, and little
minced parsley. Shake until the
mixture boils Dish the parsnips. add
to the sauce three tablespoons of
cream. in which has been stirred n
quarter spoonful Of -four Boil once,
and pour over the parsnips
1t Is claimed for the mutton breeds
of sheep that with the same method of
keeping them on the farm rs is in use
in England land worth as much rs one
hundred dollars per acre might be
prolitably devoted TO sheep, and that IL
farmers would hurdle them instead of
giving them the range OF the farm
large profits could be made.
"A Western farmer advises to tie
ears Of corn together with husks, in
in some place whore the grain can be
saturated with coal smoke. The odor.
he says, repcls squirrels and worms
from eating the seed. Tho seed comes
up quicker, tho plants grow more
vigorously, and ripen several days
earlier than from seed not so treated.
Egg Salad.-Boil six eggs fifteen
minutes. Prepare dressing with table
spoonful of vinegar, half teaspoon Of
salt, little pepper, three tablespoon
fuls OF oil, one tablespoonful of onion
Juice. one Of finely chopped parsley,
aud one of taragon vinegar. Slice
the hard-boilcd eggs, lay them on rs
a salad-dish, pour the dressing over and
stand in cool place two hours.
1t is important that gratis should
be cut before warm weather has caused
their buds to start II kept IN the cell
lar, covered with dry sand, air will be
excluded, and they need not be set uu-
til nearly the time for the tree 10 start
into leaf Grape gratis should, how
ever, be set rs early as the weather will
admit. II delayed until the sap begins
To run il will drown them out.