Rensselaer Union, Volume 5, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1873 — FARM AND HOUSEHOLD. [ARTICLE]

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

—Removing Grass Stains. An exchange says that simply wetting and rubbing the stained cloth in cold water will remove all traces of the grass. Fruit stains will disappear on application of boiling hot water. No soap should be used in either case. —Some of the Greenfield (Massachusetts) farmers market their butter in Bos ton put up in one-pound tin boxes. are packed in ice, and arrive at tlieHub%s fresh a- they leave the dairy. It is the gilt-edge butter that receives'this treaty ment, and it brings 75 cents or'more per' pound. —Temper of Tools.—A correspondent of the Detroit Tribune says: “If an edge tool is so hard as to crumble, grind it on a dry stone until the edge turns blue; it will then cease to break and the temper will generally prove To be about right. Scythes and axes are sometimes too hard at the edge, but if treated in this way will give no further trouble. ‘ —Horseradish Vinegar.—Put into a jar four ounces of grated horseradish, a teaspoonful of Cayenne, two teaspoonfuls of salt, and one tablespeonful of mustard; pour over them a quart of boiling vinegar, and set the. covered jar by the fire fora fortnight; iheu boil up the vinegar, let it cool, strain through a jelly-bag and bottle. It is an excellent relish for salads, cold meats, etc. —Food for Bees.—Take at the rate of about five pounds of refined or white sugar, two gallons of soft water, one tablespoonful of salt, ten grains of cream tartar; pqt all together, bring toa boil, skim, and when cold, add eight ounces pulverized slippery elm bark, or fine oatmeal, stir it well, then feed in the lilve.—During the summer, use hut founds of sugar. Italian bees gather much larger stores of honey than the black bees. Dzjerzon, the great German apiarian, after many years’ experience, says the profits of his apiary have been doubled since their introduction. They are also much more peaceable than the black bees. — Am. Bee Journal.