The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-08-30

A Good Egg Food-Doing Up Curtains
Improved Nett ods Of Pasturing
Treat Animals Kindly.
Salt pork sprinkled with red pepper is
excellent for soar throat.
When peeling onions keep your mouth
closed and you won't have to cry.
Sand paper applied to the yellow keys
OF the piano will restore the color.
A good furniture varnish is made of
two ounces white wax, one gill of turpen-
tine.
The luster of morocco is restored by
vanishing it with the white of an egg.
Apply with sponge.
Marble should always be washed with
ammonia and water rather than with
soap and water.
Ham Toast.-Chop very small bits of
boiled ham, with not much fat. To one
pint OF chopped ham add two we'll
beaten eggs, a l.alf teacup sweet cream
or milk, a little pepper, and. il necessary,
salt, an eighth of a teaspoon OF dry mus
tard. Heat this mixture thoroughly;
when hot spr, al over slices of toasted
bread which have been dipped in Lot
salted water, and we'll buttered.
A Michigan cattle-breeder saws he mas
settled one question quite firmly with his
herlsmen. and tnat is that dumb brutes
must be treated with uniform kindness.
in Illustration of its practical value he
relates that some cattle he bought in
Kentucky last fall were wild as deer; if
any one went into the barn where they
were, they would spring up, try to get
away, and make themselves generally
disagreeable. He has them now so that
they are ',uiet and docile as lambs-a
result obtained by good feeding and
uniform kindness"
Bathing-While we advise frequent
bathing for the farmer and his hands, We
would also provide bathing facilities for
the domestic animals. Fortunate is the
farmer whose land borders upon lake
or stream OF sufficient depth to allow the
horses. COWS, ETC.. frequent bath. Not
only will the animals enjoy it, but the
boys will find it more fun than work.
Often small stream may be so damned
as to retain the water and .orm suitable
bathing place. Do not allow the animals
to drink from such artificial bathing
pools, especially if the bottom is muddy.
A scant teaspoonful OF sugar added to
each pint OF meat gravy, imparts deli
cious flavor that can not be obtained in
any other way. 1t is also an improve
ment to soups, if added in the same pro-
portion. Ii meat has been allowed TO
stand a little too long before it WAS
cooked, sprinkle little sugar over it be
fore removing it from the fire, and the
unpalatable taste will be removed. 4
teaspoon of sugar to every pint of milk
should always be used when the milk is
to be thickened with corn meal. Oat-
meal is much improved if sugar is put in
while it is cooking instead of being put
on it at the table.
A Point for ee-Keepers. Here is the
substance of bit of dauber literature in
"Gleauings in Bee Culture" by Professor
Cook, of the Michigan Agricultural Col
lege: A mud dauber is an economic
creature. When it gets cell ready to
be sealed up, it finds spider, paralyzes
it, puts it in the newly constructed cell,
inserts dauber egg in the spiders
plump body, and seals the house up.
The egg matches and the thing of life
goes to work and slowly eats up the
spider. As it eats it grows, and as it
grows it eats more spider, and finally
emerges from its cell regular mud
dauber.
make them conform their habits to our
nd b
We relieved them OF all trouble in hunt
ing for their food. In providing for the
various comforts that they would seek in
the wild state, one is often overlooked
that is, shade. Look at animals in a
pasture in which there is abundant
shade, and where do you find them dur
ing the hot portion of the day? Certainly
not exposed to the sun, and grazing, but
every one, whether horse and cattle OF
sheep and pigs, quietly resting and
endeavoring to digest in the shade the
food they have eaten earlier in the day.
A Good Egg Food.-Now here you
have what many poultry keeper wants
whether he or she be in town or country
"a recipe for the preparation of superior
egg food. 1t is furnished by Mr.. James
Rankin, one IT the most successful
raisers in the land. Listen and note:
Ten pounds Of the best beef scraps, five
pounds of fine ground bone, two pounds
of granulated Or powde ed charcoal, one
pound of sulpher, two ounces OF Cayenne
pepper, and four ounces of salt. Give it
in the soft food. 1t is said by those who
have tried it to give excellent results, and
to be worth more than many of the
much more costly egg foods which are
placed upon the market.
Doing up Curtains.-A more econoini-
cal method of doing ups urtains than to
send them to a laundry is described by
good housekeeper as follows: Dust them
thoroughly, and if there are any breaks
or tears in them, mend them before
washing. Do not wiring them, but pass
through clothes wringer, keeping them
straight; boil few minutes, then 1Dse
in cold water. Blue the starch trifie,
but do not make them too stiff; then lay
sheets ON the floor and spread tie cur
tains on them, taking care to stretch the
work straight and true. Pin the edges
ON The sheet and let them lay till per-
fectly dry, and you will be convinced that
home laundryirg of nice curtains is far
preferable to hiring them done up, as
they will last longer and look nicer than
when pressed by hot irons.
Improved Methods of Pasturing. g.-The
large breeds of sheep cannot be turned
out on an inferior pasture to be compelled
to find their food. They must, like the
steer, be made 10 produce as much as
possible in the shortest period of time.
They will not grow rapidly if they are to
forage over the whole farm and be forced
to work for all they get. The foraging
system will answer for the merino, but
large sheep do not thrive in large num-
bers. Only the best of pastures, the