Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-05-18
HOME AND FARM.
The Way to Test Seed Coma Gargle
She p Raising Proftable-Stock
Breeding-Bee Culture.

Don't breed draft mare to a trotter OF
a thoroughbred.
Mix the dry horse manure with the
wet COW manure.
There is no sweet corn for late planting
that excels Stowelrs 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 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 favor agreeably For one head of
cabbage take a pinch of soda equal in
bulk to a good sized pea.
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; a spray of
pink hydrangea looks we'll 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 pine apple quite fine; take
some cake which is little dry, rub II
fine in your hands or crush it on kLead-
ing board; put it into pudding dish in
alternate layers with the pineapple,
sweeten abundantly, moisten with cold
water and bake in a moderate oven Tor
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 2000 plants. Sow
on a fine seed bed and cover the seeds
very lightly. If the weather becomes
drv water the young plants. Grass must
be kept out, and should there be danger
from heavy winds at night or frosts, a
covering of muslin held at the corners
with weights may be spread over them,
though the young plants are quite hardy.
For chapped hands take half a gill OF
olive oil and two ounces OF beeswax; cut
your wax into thin strips, put that and
the oil into a gallipot on the hob and let
it gently dissolve, after which stir 1t
thoroughly and let it get cold, when ii
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 II applied to
the lips.
Very rich fritters are made of one and
one-half pints Of -four, the .yolks OF tour
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 Tor
palmer ones may be wished Tor also. Two
eggs, one cup Of sweetmllk, little, salt
flour enough to make a stlH batter
These are nice with maple syrup.
The early weeds that spring up on
fields not intended for cultivation can be
kent 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 vestlg. 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 a loaf Of light corn bread fol
breakfast, beat up two fresh eggs, add
cun Of milk, half sour and half sweet, q
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 par
and bake in pretty hot oven-one no.
hot enough however, to burn the top be-
fore the middle is cooked. The batter
with the addition of little flour, will
make excellent griddle cakes.
Tbimble rigging is something new il
+bn sewing line Some one has invented
niece of thimble rigging which is con
ductiye to a seamstress' comfort. a me
taiic ridge is attached to one of the faces
~ tho tbimble inst below the indenta
+;ons This is known as 3 thread cutter
ond Is meant to save the trouble Of usinG
tbe scissors at every finish, not to speal
of the nernicious habit OF biting off the
tbraod With ONES teeth. The enamel o.
tba teeth Is very quickly destroyed il
) tbis wav decay soon follows, and you
taatb are ruined before you know it.
! A simple but excellent remedy TO
burns. Ii you get half a pint OF colo
drawn linseed oil and some clean liner
70 ra%s r nour oil over the rag until it is per
fectlv cd, saturated, have ready a gallipot o.
other clean vessel to let the oil drop into
take take the rag up with some tongs, set i
alight, hold it over and let the burnt Of
faif M into the vessel, keep on until tht
whole WI, is burnt then strain and bottle
Keen Keen a feather in the bottle and whe1
anyone meets with an accident apply th'
oii M to the burn with the feather, after
wards saturatinga piece OF lint and wrap