Rensselaer Union, Volume 2, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1869 — FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. In plowing or teaming on the roaAin hot weather, always rest.the horses on an eminence, where one minute will be worth two in a wafm Vnllef. •- ) pT A conRESPONnqhT of tlrd FritM’z Farmer recommends an application..of boiled oil, thickened with pulveriisud charcoal, to prevent posts from decaying. Dry earth is said to be an excellent thing for galls or sores on horsed, to be retained by a bandage, and .changed as often as it becomes moist from absorption. A cOnftEWONDErtT of the Countryman, from hto observations in Northern Illinois, is fenrftil that tho Osage Orange is not Just the thing for the cola winters ®f that latitude. ,• CauHactm that have maggots on. the root are sure to droop and.becqme ptumpfooted. . Remove-the earth Carafully away from the roots, scrape off lhe maggots and destroy them,and iww roots trillso'bn put out, and the iplarti.i’xaiil grow Wealthy.— R. C\ in Beeton Uultiouter. According to M. Corneille, ducks are three times iw 'profitable as hens as eggnreducers. Three ducks presented him,in a given time, with six hundred and seventeen eggs, While three hens, hatched at the same time, achieved only two hundred and fifty-seven. The eggs of hens and ducks he states to be nearly equal in nutritive value. A correspondent of the Joniutal of Agrteultnfe sayNheTfas been’tiraght; by mishaps fropt the Opposite coffrse, not'to-cut nidfe liay in the morningthatfl he can reasonably eipcct to haul in the afternoon. •If a shower should then conic the "damage would be small, as but h small quantitywould be exposed. La Patrie, a French paper, publishes the following simple method of destroying the grub which does so much damage to apple trees: Place a piece of aloe, about the size of a walnut, in a quart of water; shake the bottle from time to time during three or four days, and apply the liquid with a small brush to the affected parts of the tree. If the- weather- W tlty, it single application will suffice. To prevent a horse from brcsktnglus halter.jwpettye a cord, from.eight tQ teja Xeet long; put the harness on the horse; ‘buckle the girt tight; make a slipping-noose on one end of the .cord And put it around 1 the hdrfle’s tail, close to the "body; slip the other end through the territ and bit-ring, and hitch the horse to a post, and leave him to himself. Two or three, lessons will cure any horse. — Cor. Country Gentleman. Varnish,-.An method of preparing copal yaimish is said to consist in first dissolving one part camphor in twelve parts ether m a well-stopped bottle, and then adding four parts of tlie copal resin, previously reduced to an impalpable powder, and as soon as the copal gum is partly dissolved, four parts of Strong alcohol and one-quarter part of oil of turpentine are to be added, and the mixture well shaken and allowed to Stand for a few hours, after which an excellent copal varnish will be found as. the result. Cistern Water.—A citizen of Vermont gives the following as, in his opinion, the best method of keeping the contents of a cistern from stagnating and becoming often: sive : “ Let the spout run to the bottom of the cistern. You will then have new water every time it rains. The old water will be buoyed or borne up, and • thrown off. Sometimes a single ram will throw off all the old water, and give entirely new. If you have any doubt of this, Alia pail with water, run a tube to Vhebottom qf it, and, by means of a funnel, turn more water into it by way of the tube, and you Will see that the water yOu turn into the tube will go to the bottom of the pail, and the water you put in tjr§t will ,be thrown off.” Keeping -Sweet POVAfofes.—A writer in the Country Gentleman says: I have seen several plans tried for keeping sweet potatoes, such as putting them up in dry sand, chaff, etc.; but Thrive found thaVrotten wood, finely pfllvCrized,’ is the best ■thing yet/ Conect the rotten wood 4a the summer or early fall; get it perfectly dry; grind or pound it fine; pack yOur sweet potatoes in it in boxes or barrels and keep them in a warm room or in the cellar close up to the floor of the house, and you need have no fear but that your potatoes will be as good iii the spring aS wifon you packed them away. ' " Treatment op Flowers in October. —Early in t]ie mP n ?h> the beds should be thoroughly cleaned pf.pll, weeds; .all the tops of the hardy herbaceous plants that liave done glooming and arp dried Up should be cut pff;. tqliqrbsee, gladiolus, dahlias, and other sujniffer-Uloomiijg bulbs should be taken up, .properly dried and' stored away. Whqn. ,the frost h as es ' troyed the verbenas,.balsams, asters, etc., they should be removed; ,and the tops df the chrysanthemums, ,cqt jaff as flOfW as ■ they are done blooming. At the pnd of the month, or when.the earth is frozen an inch or two deep, the beds should be covered o ver with leaves, long litter, er salt-hay, to the depth of two or tlirfie inches. la ; ?order Vo protect the plants from the,- injurious effects of allornate freezing and tirawing in the winter, a slight protection dm this way amply repays the trouble.— Heeuih and Home.