Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
Poultry Points.

Some ventilation is necessary, but in
giving it good care must be taken to avoid
direct draughts.
II the turkeys are given to rambling
much it will be best to mark them, SO that
you can identify them
A good way to give oil OF any kind is to
pour it on the drinking water floating on
top it will be first taken
If we'll fed from the start ducks ought to
be ready for market at ten weeks old, and
at that age should average five pounds.
In cleaning out the hay NOW give the
trash to the poultry to pick over, there is
always more or less seed they will eat.
Bundle foot is nearly always caused by
having the roosts too high. The best
remedy is to lower the roosts and use
vaseline.
Incubator chickens are far less liable to
be infested with lice than those Matched
under hen if proper care is taken to keep
them clean at the start.
A yard is best for turkeys. While they
should not be allowed a free range, at the
same time they will not bear close contine-
ment as well as other fowls.
Another advantage with the incubator
is that large lot Of fowls are Matched at
once 1t is very little more trouble to look
after 100 than to look after ?5
Hints to Housekeepers.
Gold rope is much used for picture
frames 1t should not be more than an
inch in diameter, except for large pictures.
Hemp and MANILA are also used but hemp
is better, for it is smooth.
A good plan for keeping butter cool and
sweet in summer is to ill box with sand
| to within an inch or two OF the top; sink
| the butter jars in the sand, then thorough
| w wet the sand with cold water. Cover
the box air-tight. The box may be kept
| in the kitchen,
| For tender feet, take two quarts of cold
water and add one tablespoonful OF bay
rum and two tablespoonful of ammonia.
The feet should be soaked in this for ten
minutes, throwing the water upward to the
knees Rub dry with a crash towel, and
the tired feeling will be gone
| A useful cement for mending earthen or
stone jars, stopping leaks in the seams OF
tin pans or iron kettles, or Tightening loose
Joints OF iron or wood, is made by mixing
litharge and glycerine to thick cream.
This will resist acids, heat and cold if the
article is not used until the cement has
hardened.
Rattan and willow chairs should be
cleaned like straw mating, with salt and
water. First thoroughly remove the dust.
Then wiring y clean cloth out Of salt water,
rubbing chair or mating dry With the Other
hand as you go on, or, at any rate, Al
quickly as you can, SO that 1t may retain
| none of the moisture.
Macaroni should be used much more than
il is. 1t is a very good substitute for po
tatoes when that vegetable is scarce and
high as it is this year. Many physicians
object seriously to the use Of old potatoes
after they have begun to sprout. and or
their own tables use nacaroni instead
The simple ways Of preparing this dist
everybody knows.
The ewes should always be wiped toward
the nose, as it presses out the fine line'
from the corners. Every woman has
heard of the virtues Of rainwater for thu
complexion. Keep pitcher Of water fol
toilet use in which lemon, orange or Gu
cumber peel is allowed to soak Water Sc
impreguated, it is said, imparts . healthy
glow and really freshens the complexion
! wbile IL sOfteus the skin.