Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-03-30
HOME AND FARM.
SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR DETECT
ING PURE HONEY.
Benefit to be Derived by Farmers in
Closely Observing the Market Re-
ports-Remedy for Chapped
Hands-Receip s.

To remove a sticky oil-cloth 90 over ii
with hot iron.
Grapes do best on well cultivated
grOund-well drained.
Beware how you get into debt. 1t is
not so easy to get out.
An old flour barrel, with the remains
of -four on its sides to become musty, is
about the worst possible vessel to keep
apples in.
To feed sheep for flesh and bone is al
so to feed it for WOOL but heavy grain
feeding makes yelk and grease to an
amount disproportionate to gain in fleece
1t is best, as a rule, to feed whole
grain at night, corn, oats, wheat or sOr-
ghum, something that the gizzards can
work upon portion of the night at least
rather than some soft light food.
Farmers who raise sheep should bear
in mind that the wool of sheep, as well
as the mutton, depends on liberal feeding
No poorly fed or poorly cared for sheep
will produce what it is capable of in
quantity or quality.
As far as experiments have been con-
Quoted it has been demonstrated that
when wheat is 60 cents per bushel, it is
the cheapest grain that can be used as
food for stock, being more nutricious
than corn and better adapted for growing
stock.
A New York dairyman says he can get
more milk from cows fed OH beets. two
bushel per day to the COW, than from en-
! oil Tho oil 70 -,
quarts. He asserts he can produce beets
at a cost Of four cents bushel, 1000
bushels to the acre.
| The partridge cOch is undoubtedly one
of our most prominent breeds. They are
well fitted for city or rural life. They are
extremely quiet, hardy, healthy and
good layers. Their flesh is good and pre-
sentable in color-the color that suits
the taste of the American people. They
are handsome in plumage and possess a
good share OF useful qualities.
Take two lemons and rasp them on SUI
gar, the juice of six lemons and one
orange, half pint of water, and one pint
OF clarified sugar made as follows: Take
three pounds Of sugar, two pints of wa
| ter, half the white of an egg well beaten
! up, boil for ten minutes and skim, strain
the mixture through a hair sieve, and
freeze in the usual way. This makes a
! delicious lemOn-water ice.
Begin right in getting out as many Of
the Asiatic chicks in February. March
and April. Then, before the show sea-
son, they have nearly reached maturity,
and if they have been kept in a thrifty,
growing condition from the start, and
are (as they should be- bred from large,
healthy stock, they will require very lit
| tie fattening to make them tip the scales
at from seven to twelve pounds.
To make good boiled ham, scrape the
outside of the ham to remove any par
ticles which may adhere to it and put it
into large kettle partly filled with cold
water; when it begins to boil move the
kettle to the back of the range and cook
slowly until tender enough to have a fork
run into it easily. Take it from the wa
ter and when almost cold cut off the rind
and ornament the top with cloves.
All warm-blooded animals maintain
their heat by a slow combustion within
| their bodies, for which their food is the
fuel Man supplements this natural sup
ply by kindling fire in his house. The
| lower animals make no fire; they have
no fuel but their feed. 1t is true econo-
nv. therefore, for the owner to husband
their supply of heat by providing shelters
which will protect them from the cold
winds and the chilling rains.
To make potato snow, peel and wash
and boil in salted water until tender, one
dozen large potatoes pour off the water
and let them stand upon the back Of the
range for five minutes, then mash fine
and season with one half cup of cream or
sweet milk, one tablespoonful OF butter,
and pepper and salt to suit the taste.
Pass the potatos through a coarse sieve,
or a patent potato masher, and heap
them lightly into a hot vegetable dish.
For chapped hands take of pure bay
rum or glycerine each one part, ounce
seed Jelly two parts; mix. A few drops
of oil of rose or any other perfume may
be added to the bay rum before mixing.
When diluted with rain water it forms an
excellent dressing for the hair. This Jelly
is made by adding two drachms OF Iuince
seed to two pints of water, boiled down
to one pint, filtered hot and allowed to
cool. For certain skin diseases drachm
of boracic acid may be dissolved in each
ounce of glycerine before mixing.
An old sod does not rot quickly, es
pecially after dry season and on heavy
soil. We have often seen the furrow re-
turned the following spring, after crop
of corn had been grown on it the year be-
fore, and the furrow was plainly defined
by the roots and leaves Of the old sod.
Mice take advantage OF this to make their
of raonh n
cats and owls Almost every shock OF
corn will have such whole reaching un-
der the burrows. A mouse in this haven
can run faster than anything can dig to
get it out.
An evidently shrewd observer says
that considerable of success on the part
of farmers depends upon keeping close
eve to the market. The first of any new
crop will almost always command a high
price, and soon after, when there is
rush for the market, prices rapidly de-
cline. Unless one can be among the
| first, it is better to held until prices have
passed the cost stage and come back to
more normal condition. 1t is the forcing
of the market that brings low prices, and
! for that reason a close watch should be
kept OF the reported supply and demand.
An eminent microscopic finds that gen
uine honey can be readily distinguished
from manufactured honey by the micro
scope. The former has few or no sugar
crystals and abounds with pollen grains,
while the limitations have little else than
these crystals, with rarely trace of
pollen grains. The honeyed taste OF the
manufactured article may come from
beeswax or honey comb being mashed
up in it. Each class OF plants has its
own snecific form of nollen grain. and