Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-01-30
NO.
AGRICULTURAL.
BENEFITS FROM DRAINAGE.

soil a way is made for the air to aid in de-
composing the orgs mic substances, which
become the food Of the plants, and in
gradients which are hurtful to plant
growth, and which cannot otherwise be
removed, are carried off ~ rain. Not only
does the removal of extra moisture make
the land drier. but it allows the soil to
have the benefit Of the suns heat, render
ing it warm and congenial to plant growth
and ready to benefit by the least shower of
rain, and at the same time raising the tenn
perature Of the surrounding atmosphere.
Draining also makes soil of stiff or
tenacious nature more friable and better
prepared to receive the fibrous rootlets of
plants, and by the action of the atmosphere
hard pans or crusts are broken and pulver-
lied, so that the roots may enter them,
result which could not otherwise be OBJ
tained without subsoiling or trenching.
BUILD GRASARY.
1t is unfortunate that farmers should
allow so much waste in their grain pro-
ducts after they have so much pains and
labored so hard to harvest them And vet
there is great loss every winter inf the
granary. Indeed, some farmers have no
granary, put their thrashed grain in bags
and boxes, in which things mice delight
Others do not thrash out the main crops
until they wish to market them, possibly
not until spring; but there is always
waste in the NOW, as well as in the
granary. Every farmer should have q
good mice proof granary, and there is no
sufficient reason for not having one. As
rule it will pay to market most field crops
in fall or early winter, before they have
wasted much; and the saving thereby, we
believe. viii exceed the possible increase
of price which may be received IL held
until spring.-N. Y. Independent
NAIL THESE TO THE BARN DOOR.
Who enters here leave pipe behind.
The horse will be all the better for work
ing his way through the winter
The man that knows the right use of
horse blanket is first class horseman.
Too many horses eat up during winter
all they have earned during summer.
The horse blanket saves feed and flesh
less substance is used to make animal
heat.
Keeping matches in any other receptacle
than an iron or tin box is tempting ProYi-
dence.
Some people think farm animal il like
postage stamp-no good until it is licked.
They are sadly mistaken.
The farm horse. having only light labor
and not much Of that, during winter, should
have less grain and more roughness during
summer.
The man that puts iron bits In horses
mouths in cold weather. without warming
their bits, has altogether too much Of the
savage in his composition.
| HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
If flavoring is added to hot castard
part is lost.
| Beating an egg with On egg. bester can
never increase the bulk as when Q fork is
used.
Ripe tomatoes will remove ink stains
from white clothes, and also from the
hands.
When whitewashing your cellar add an
ounce of carbolic acid to each gallon of
wash before applying.
A householder in Bangalore 10 said to
have for years used nothing but the dust
of the roads, mixed with linseed oil, as
paint for woodwork exposed to the
| weather.
| Ifyou wish to keep pickles in glass fruit
jars rub the insides of the metal caps with
lard. The cans with caps lined with por-
celain are much to be preferred for all pur-
poses.
1t is just as necessary to keep salt from
absorbing bad odors as cream. A sack of
best salt standing where there is O smell of
fish or any Objectionable door will absorb
the flavor.
No kitchen should be without scales to
test the integrity of things purchased by
weight, and to measure the quantities Of
various recipes.
A soothing application for burns Is to
cover them with the white Of an egg. II
forms coating over the injured part and
protects it from the external air.
When using eggs once in while break
the ends carefully and save the shells for
little mods. Blancmange looks very
pretty served in this way for q change.
Apples will not frt ezc II covered with o
linen cloth, nor custard burn II In the
oven with q dish Of water.
Warmed-Cver biscuits can hardly be told
from new ones If are set dry in close pan
and covered while reheating.
Bent whalebones may be restored TO
shape by soaking in warm water few
hours, or by warming over lamp or fire.
Before chopping suet be sure to take out
all the membrane, also have II quite cold
and dredge with -four before chopping.
Scientists state that there are no mi
crobos in milk when II comes from the
cows uddcr, but that the moment IL comes
In contact with the air of filthy stable,
or even where the surroundings are clean,
the microbes enter the milk. This DEM
onstratcs that when young animals procure
their milk from the dam, instead Of being
allowed milk 10 drink, they are less liable
to disease. The precaution Of heating the
milk (not boiling it) should be used when
giving II to very young stock.
DR. Fenner's Golden Relief Is warrant
cd 10 relieve toothache, headache, neural
gia, or any other pam In TO . minutes.
Also bruises, wounds, wire cuts, swellings,