The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-05-24

The Way to Test Seed Coma Gargle
She p Raising Prohtable-Stock
Breeding-Bee Culture.


Don't plant corn that will not grow.
Don't plow the land when wet or sticky.
Be sure and test your corn before plant
ing.
Don't breed draft mare to trotter or
thoroughbred.
Mix the dry horse manure with the
wet COW manure.
There is no sweet corn for late planting
that excels Stowell's evergreen.
Don't breed to misshapen, ungainly
horse, even if he has long pedigree.
Watch the young ewes for frequently
they will not allow the lambs to suck.
Don't breed to horse that is accident
ally good looking in spite of bad ancestry.
Young chicks may be put upon crack
ed wheat diet after about three weeks of
age.
Some farmers may not, of course, be in
a position to keep bees to advantage
this must be matter of individual judg-
ment.
1t will be readily understood that, to
be a money-making former, one must be
able to manage men profitably; he must
also understand to great extent the mar
kets OF the world.
A little soda as well as salt is recon-
mended to boil with cabbage, and effects
the flavor agreeably. For one head of
cabbage take pinch OF soda equal in
buIk tO q good sized Opa
The latest idea in window curtains are
the pretty shades, hand painted. A cool
fawn-cOlOred linen shade is the back
ground for a branch of lilac; spray of
pink hydrangea looks well on gray linen
shades.
Do farmers ever stop and consider their
loss when they allow their manures
around stables, pens, ETC., to take the
spring rains before hauling out? Manure
is too valuable to lose when it can pos
sibly be avoided.
A gargle made of strong black tea and
used cold, night and morning. is now the
fashionable preventative in London
against falling viction to sore throat
during the cold winds of spring and sim
liar cold spells at other times of the
year.
A delicious pudding is made in this
way: Chop a pine apple quite fine take
some cake which is little dry, rub it
fine in your hands or crush it on kEead
ing board put it into pudding dish in
alternate Layers with the pineapple,
sweeten abundantly, moisten with cold
water and bake in moderate oven for
an hour and three-quarters.
The way to test seed corn is simple and
easy. Take two thin sods; ON the soil
side of one place the corn (take kernel
only from each of several cobs, fifty or so)
moisten with warm water; place the
other sod soil side down on them; put
under the kitchen stove, keep moist with
warm water three or four days. Lift up
your top sod-yOu will know what per
cent will grow.
Sow your celery seed. An ounce of
seeds should produce 1000 plants. Sow
on fine seed bed and cover the seeds
dry water the young plants. Grass must
from heavy winds at night or frosts,
covering of muslin held at the corners
with weights may be spread over them,
For chapped hands take half gill of
olive oil and two ounces of beeswax cut
your wax into thin strips, put that and
the oil into gallipot on the hob and let
it gently dissolve, after which stir it
thoroughly and let it get cold, when it
will be fit for use. If two hard, add more
oil. This is good thing for all chaps.
whether hands, feet or lips, and is neither
disagreeable nor unpleasant if applied to
the lips.
Very rich fritters are made of one and
one-half pints Of -four, the yolks of four
eggs, two small teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, butter the size of large hickory
nut, salt to taste, with enough milk to
make thick batter, fry in lard that is
heated to the boiling point A rule for
palmer ones may be wished for also. Two
eggs, one cup Of sweetmilk, a little, salt
-four enough to make a stiff batter
These are nice with maple syrup.
The early weeds that spring up on
fields not intended for cultivation can be
kept down by flock of sheep. Many
weeds that are unfit for food when ma
tured serve as choice morsels for many
kinds of stock when they are just shoot
ing out of the ground. Sheep Craze very
close, and forage all over field very in
dustriously They find every vestig of
green food that appears, and by keeping
down the weeds early the field can in
time be entirely cleared OF the pests.
To make loaf of light corn bread for
breakfast, beat up two fresh eggs, add a
cup of milk, half sour and half sweet,
lump of soft, fresh butter, little salt and
a little salaratus. Beat in enough corn
meal to make moderately thin batter.
Beat very hard, pour into buttered pan
and bake in pretty hot oven-one not
hot enough however, to burn the top be-
fore the middle is cooked. The batter,
with the addition of little -four, will
make excellent griddle cakes.
Thimble rigging is something new in
the sewing line. Some one has invented
piece of thimble rigging which is con-
ductive to a seamstress' comfort. A me-
talic ridge is attached to one of the faces
of the thimble just below the indenta-
tions. This is known as q thread cutter,
and is meant to save the trouble of using
the scissors at every finish, not to speak
of the pernicious habit of biting off the
thread with ones teeth. The enamel of
the teeth is very quickly destroyed in
this way, decay soon follows, and your
teeth are ruined before you know it.
A simple but excellent remedy for
burns. If you get half pint of cold
drawn linseed oil and some clean liner
rags, pour oil over the rag until it is per-
fectly saturated, have ready gallipot or
other clean vessel to let the oil drop into;
take the rag up with some tongs, set it
alight hold it over and let the burnt oil
fall into the vessel, keep on until the
whole is burnt then strain and bottle.
Keep a feather in the bottle and when