The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-09-11
HOuSeh old Hints.

In the kitchen use the finest and mosa
delicate butter-especially for pastry.
1t is said that sciatica may be cured by
applying a coating of flowers of sulphur to
the afflicted limb.
bed sores-have firm mattress, and battle
the hips with diluted alcohol.
Mildew may be removed by rubbing
common yellow soap on it; then salt and
starch over that; rub all in well and lay in
the bright sunshine.
Asthma may be greatly relieved by
soaking blotting or tissue paper in strong
saltpetre water; dry it, then burn it at
night in the sleeping room.
Diphtheria and typhoid, more than other
diseases, require that the patient be kept
well nourished. In typhoid, milk is supe-
rior to all other kinds of food.
A goblet of hot water taken just after
rising, before breakfast, has cured thou
sands of indigestion, and no simple remedy
is more widely recommended by physi-
clans to dyspeptics.
To melt chocolate, break it in few
pieces, then melt in dish set in the top of
the teakettle; it is not necessary to CRATE
it; do not put chocolate mixture into a
tin mould as it will become discolored from
contact with the tin.
There are many simple and effective dis
infectants, among which are: Coffee pound
ed and burned on an iron plate, sugar
burned on hot Goals, vinegar boiled with
myrrh and sprinkled on the floor and fur
niture of sick room.
To make an excellent cold cream take
one-half pound of sweet almonds, one
ounce of white rose purfume, half ounce
of spermaceti and a half-pint of rose
water. Beat all to paste; add more al
monds if not thick enough.
Farm Notes.
1t was an old-time expression that a
careful farmer always had hammer in
his hand and some nails in his pocket
Farmers are getting to be more intelli-
gent than they used to be, as class, and
there is plenty of room yet for improve
ment.
An occasional sprinkling of the stalls
with solution made of a pound of cop
peras and four gallons of water will be
found beneficial
Good land is not the only thing required
for the production Of good crops There
must be as well good preparation and
good cultivation.
If the plant food is so locked I'D that
the plants cannot avail themselves of it,
it is of little use. Cultivation renders the
plant food available.
Excepting possibly wool, and we are
not sure about that, no farm product
draws so little from the soil in proportion
to the cash it brings as butter
If the skim-milk and buttermilk are fed
to stock, and the manure thus made re-
turned to the land, such style of farming
may be continued almost indefinitely.
Crude carbolic acid, gill to an ordinary
bucket of soapsuds, is excellent for de-
stroying lice and parasite diseases. Ami
mails may be sponged with the mixture
Do not attempt to save hoeing when it
is necessary that the hoe should be used.
Many crops are ruined because the grass
and weeds cannot be removed in the rows
by the cultivator.
A new use has been discovered for the
poppy. Once sown it is self-perpetuating
and is indeed almost impossible to get rid
OF It forms network of roots that can
not be externinated without great diff
Guilty, and it is, therefore, admirable for
keeping entertainments in place.
Oats are now said to be one of the ne
cessaries on a poultryman's bill Of fare;
but, while they are good feed in their nat
ural state, they are better if fed ground
and mixed with scalding water, or, what
is as well, boiled whole and fed while
warm Chickens fed on oatmeal are sci.
dom troubled with weak legs.