The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-23

Horse Radish as a Poulrice-Successive
Crops-Plowing Sod-How to
Make Soap-Corn Fritters.

Tepld water acts promptly as an emetic.
Horse-radish as poultice, is recon-.
mended for rheumatism.
Trim up the shade trees and have
them in good shape and attractive.
Finely sifted coal ashes are excellent
tor providing dust baths for poultry.
Fresh boiled milk with cut sugar will
soothe cough when other things fail.
Sprinkle cayenne pepper in the resort
OF rats and they will leave the premises.
Better feec the inferior fruits and veg
etables to the nogs than to send them to
market.
| Many vigorous, fruitful tree owes its
existence tOa mulch, at this season, when
it was young.
How to Make Soap.-Three and half
pounds OF grease, four gallons of salt
water, If possible one box OF concentrat-
ed lye. After the lye is dissolved boil
three hours
! Horses should have at lea TWO hours
rest at noon. On very warm days horses
suffer severely. They should be watered
often, and at night should be swabbed
and wiped dry.
| Filthy quarters cause lice on all classes
OF stock, and at this season the vermin
multiply very rapidly. An animal that
is infested with vermin cannot be kept
in good condition, even with the best of
feeding.
| The hens will now begin to moult.
Keep the hens that moult early, as they
will lay in winter. Late pullets will
seldom lay before spring, but pullets
hatched not later than April should Law
in November.
Corn Fritters.-One coffeecup of
canned corn or grated corn, one OF sweet
milk, two eggs well beaten, salt ard flour
to make quite stiff batter. Drop with
spoon into boiling lard. These fritters
taste like fried oysters.
Cucumbers are sometimes served as an
entree when prepared thus: Take good
/ lengthwise; dip each slice into cOrnmeal
seasoned with pepper and salt frv them
in hot lard until they are a delicate
brown.
Beef Croquets Take cold roast beef,
mince it fine, put in an onion chopped
fine, sweet marjoram, little powdered
cloves, moisten with the beef gravy;
make it into balls, dip in the beaten yolk
OF an egg, roll in -four and troy them in
lard.
The City Council of Spokane Falls, af-
ter an investigation into the inefficient
| working of the water facilities at the be-
ginning of the recent fire, are satisfied
Superintendent Jones was negligent in
leaving an incompetent person in charge
of the water works, and will make him
vacate.
Chez Gong, the murderer of Lee Yick,
November 8, 1887, was hanged at Port
land on the 9th inst. Chez Gong de-
clared his innocence to the last. His
speech on the scaffold impressed manv
with the belief in his innocence. About
seventy-five persons witnessed the execu-
ton.
Plant turnip seed. The ground is in
excellent condition, being damp, and the
seed should germinate quickly. AS soon
rs the young plants throw ont leaves
! scatter wood ashes along the row. Give
the crop extra attention when the plants
are young, and but little work will be re-
quired later on.
The best time to use the cultivator is
on warm, dry days. All weeds and grass
will then be quickly killed by the sun,
and will have no opportunity to take
root and grow. Ii the ground is damp
when it is cultivated the weeds and grass
will not be entirely destroyed and the
work may have to be done over again.
Sweet potato plants should now be
spreading, and unless they are cultivated
the task will be more difficult after the
vines cover the ground. They should be
hilled up in order to avoid heavy rains
1t is not too late to replant the missing
places if a handful of fertilizer be scatter
ed around the plants that may be set out.
Green tomatoes fried are preferred by
some people to the egg plant, and NAV
well take it's place; cut the outer slices
off, and then cut the inner part in slices
about half an inch thick, roll them in
flour and fry in butter; sprinkle pepper
and salt on them. This may be used as
an entree or garnish with meat of any
kind.
A pretty Chair.-A friend of ours with
more taste than money is constantly sur
prising her acquaiutances with little ex-
hibitions Of ingenuity. One of the latest
of her achievements is this: Somewhere
about the house was an old-fashioned,
rush bOttomed rocker, a relic of the days
OF our grandparents, a comfortable chair
enough to sit in, but wearing cores
pondingly time-worn appearance. Out
of it's hiding place my friend brought this
uncomely affair and applied couble of
coats OF vermillion to it, which quite me-
tamOrphosed its appearance. A square
OF homespun linen, old but good and
Strong and mellowed by time into soft
cream color, made capital cover for
cushion to the same. A spray of flowers
mingled with wheat heads, worked in
i crewels, serves as ornamentation for this
cushion. and there isn't prettier chair
in town for the amount of time and trOu-
BILE expended upon it.
Flowing Sod.-It is a question rarely
decided among farmers at what time it is
best to plow sod for corn crop. This
question is best settled by considering
what is expected of this operation. The
great point is that the corn crop shall
procure large portion of its nutriment
1 from it.; another is that the corn may be
planted on fresh clean ground so that it
may get ahead Of the weeds by rapid and
vigorous termination. How, then, can
these important points be best secured?
Clearly by permitting the herbage to
grow as long as possible, and by defer
!. ring the plowing until the last moment.
: Then large quantity OF the most ac-
ceptable food for the young corn is
ploved under; the soil is mellow, moist
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