Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-16
HOME AND FARM.
PROFIT AND LOSS IN THE REARING
OF FLOODED STOCK.
The French Method of Packing bnteer
Lime IS isinfectant-UsefulH Hints
and Household Receipts
A Novel EXP riment.


Bv dipping fish into boiling water the
scales will come of easily.
The farmers who planted alfalfa near
Lodi, Cal, have all made money.
Onions are one OF the most healthul
and beneficial OF all food products.
Keen A small bag OF sulphur in the
drawer or closet us remedy Tor red ants.
Most of the sardines sold nowadays
are small herrings put up with french
labels.
Starch made with soapy water VIII
produce glossiness and prevent the IRON
from sticking.
poultice OF stale bread soaked In
strong vinegar, applied on retiring, Is
said to be a sure cure Tor corns.
Three parts OF resin, one part OF caus-
tic soda, and five parts OF water, make a
good cement for glass and china.
II is said that buck wheat flour, re-
peatedIy applied, will remove obstinate
grease spots from carpets, woolens or
silks.
Raw meats should be placed in an
earthen dish, when putting i'll reirlge-
rator, and never put it directly on the
ice or leave it there in the brown paper
it usually is wrapped in.
=. If is said that thousand sheep kept
on a piece OF ground one year Will make
the soil capable of yielding grain enough
over and above the capacity OF the SOIL
without the sheep manure-to support
1885 sheep an entire year.
See about a few choice new trees Set
a grove OF naples or chestnuts or wal.
nuts. The trees will be profitable as well
as beautiful Every year fill up yacan-
l cies as they occur in your orchards. IL
is the only way to keep fruit proftably
3 Be sure to empty your tin fruit or veg
etable can when you open 1t. DO not
leave any Of the contents in the can, II
YOU propose to use them. Put them IN
: an earthen dish. They are very likely to
become unwholesome ii they are lett IN
the can after it is opened.
, In experiments made in feeding, it has
been found that JERSEYS with grain feed
will eat on an average nineteen pounds
S of hav or fifty of ensilage, and with en-
G silage the butter yield will be about Il
per cent more than on hay feed with the
same amount OF grain.
k The object in Sc :uring a good breel of
hogs should be to have them quickly
convert the food into meat. The profit
n does not depend upon the size or the
Il quantity consumed, but upon the cost,
which depends, after ALL upon the rela-
If tive increase in weight in proportion tc
If food consumed.
). A celery sauce for chicken; Cut into
n small pieces six heads OF celery, throw
g them into boiling water and boil Tor tive
q minutes, drain. put into a sauce pan, ado
a quarter of pound of butter, a hal
:, pint of stock, a teaspoonfull OF salt and /
IL little pepper, cook slowly until the celery
ii is tender, then press it through sieve
$ heat it again and add cream to make il
the proper consistency.
! To make sweetbread pies wash anC
# parboil one pair of sweetbreads, ther
pick them into small pieces. Drain anC
wash two dozen oysters. Put one tea
5, spoonful of butter in a frying pan, mix
r until smooth, add a half pint of cream
l. the yolks OF two hard boiled eggs mashed
II fine a half teaspoonful of salt and dasl
of pepper. Put the sweetbreads and tn,
& oysters in a baking dish, pour the sauce
~ over, cover with paste and bake TO
y twenty minutes in quick oven.
T. In France butter is packed in bags
not more than three inches in diameter
9 for family use, nor more than two inche
Lior restaurants. Each bag holds tw
pounds. When filled they are tied ant
packed in brine in tubs or casks wllicl
can be headed tight. The cloth nsed i
10 lint al N eli a.
" starched-iust enough to make then
iron smoothly-then run together OF uni
form size. The bag is placed in IA moul,
of uniform size ard shape while bein
filled. The plan may not be unworth
| of trial in this country.
1t is now so common for farmers
provide stabling for their cattle, espeC
| tally for cows, that but few who are vel
- to-do neglect it. Still there are som
& who even keep COWS without any decen
provision for them, and will let ther
s stand out in rain and storm, and even g
!. out to milk without any protection fc
: themselves. That cows so treated wi
Il rapidly shrink in their milk goe
4 without saying. When man can do n
81 better, he should put up a straw shelte
* Of some kind, which will serve goo
q purpose until he can build somethin
better and more permanent.
An advocate of the "soiling" system
in the management OF cattle, says g
Y is claimed that digestion never proceed
rapidly, so long as the animal continue
Il eating. 1t is only when the stomach
sufficiently filled that the circulation be
comes accelerated, the temperature OF tn
body more elevated, and digestion pre-
q ceeds with the greatest activity. Ii thi
view be correct, then it is seen thu
~ cows searching over Il scanty pasture a
" day, for food, would less perfectly diges
& it than with abundance OF good food i
q the stall
Lime is a good dsinfectant. 1t is e,
pecially valuable to place in cellar
VI where vegetables have been stored, es
pecially such as have been put in wet c
show signs OF decay. BY absor llng 81
pertluous moisture the lime prey nts tin
rising of foul odors that dampness wit
warmth is sure to generate. Most veg,
=, tables in cellars are better if covered wit
IL earth and the lime sprinkled over tn
top OF the heap.
The Illinois Experiment station Ina
n made some very interesting experiment
L in oats during the past year, with tn
following results: In seven plats sown t
7 h test quantity OF seed per acre. at the raj
OF from one to four bushels per acre, on