Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1877 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Coloring Cotton Red,—Two pounds of rod-wood; boll this for one hifir, turn It off into a tub, put hi four’ outfees solution of tin, put in the cotton and let it remain five minutes. —The prevailing impression Is tlto£ there Is nothing to learn to make -* farmer, and that anybody can farm. This is why there Is so many fuming that know nothing abort! Jt. And forming done by a person who f! ignorant wnai thinks it is not nectary toknow, to ken■“■vf"* 1 ' —To clarify drippings place pings over the fife to a suitablefvessel, then peel, wash and wtoe a gooff-fued Irish potato, slicing as ifc to try. Put; them into the fat, and set * them simmer together op the back of stove till the sediment has sunk to (he bottom of the pan; skim carefully any foam on the top*strain the liquor and set it to cool. —One objection to hotels on the American plan, made by many people, is the sameness to the cooking. Eveiything tastes alike, and the flavor of one article of food permeates all others. Thus it is that lamb tastes like beef, and - beef like lamb. All gravy is the same, and vegetables lead one to believe that they have all been boiled together to the Exchange. —When nails begin to rust it is almost impossible to stop them from being eaten away to a very short time; to this case prevention is better than cure. Mix one pint of linseed oil with two ounces of black lead, stirring them until the whole is thoroughly incorporated; heat th» nails red hot and steep them to the miXtftTO. They should then be well dr&food. *and shook up in an old nail-bag tmtlldiy. The linseed oil and blaok lead caver them with a film of varnish which Is impervious to wet. The above proportions will serve for an almost indefinite quantity.^ . —Coloring Cotton Brown.—T© ' eight pounds of yam take One pouiid-'tff copperas and as much water as will cover the yarn; bring the water to a boil, put the copperas to and let it dissolve; then pour it cut in a tub, put in the yam, and let it remain half an hour; take weak lye, as much as will cover the yarn, and bring it to aboil; take the yarn ~out at the cop-peras-water and let it air one-half hour; then put it into the lye one-half hour; repeat the process until the color is sufficient; wash well in hard water; tKen in hard-water soap-suds soak one-half hour; afterwards wash in hard water.