Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1877 — USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

. Pajul a v fresh lemon xerv :camful|y, witfipui breaking the thiuT whitd indPe pkia? pto it ihside a wild duck and keep it tberejor forty-eight hours, the flsny taste so dlsagreeablfe in WTld fowls will be removed. The lemon should be removed and a fresh one put in its {»lace as often as every twelve hours. A emon thus prepared will absorb unpleasant faford from flifiost all meat pf&afhgT ”] if W I K'liiknln Esg«.—<if GiAdg in theicotfn-. try or situated so that you can keep hens, select the time when eggs are most plentiful or at the lowest price. Be very sure that they are perfectly fresh. Slake a Sd of stone Jitncfin rtwq gulfana of water. ■' When 4old ; adfl * salt, and itir tha whole together thoroughly. If too strong of lime it will destroy the egg shell And ruin the whole. When the mixture is settled quite clear take a large stone pot, keg or half-barrel, according to the quantity you collect (to put down. Put thfe eggs into Jhe vessw,Xmall end down. -Pack carefully-dose together, taking care not to crack the shell. One broken or cracked egg will ruin the whole. This done, pour over them the clear lime-water without disturbing the on,,they may not be thoroughly -subts Well to/w#k few minutes till jjp bubble* rise to 'the surface, and fjeujpour on me re lim)-water if sary. Then close the jar closely, ana ao not disturb them till needed. The ashman is a very common visitor iSfe-ifea, is well pala-otejaed. -i oE five or W cents a bushel (and be makes large bushels), he gets the best ashes that are made, thus carting away frpm the land rich i pod that, if vidueg lit What It'win, l»UF||n added crops upon, the farm,'is sold as a. quarter of its value. If ih i* true tkats mineral fertilizers ale valuable aids to the' !far*F,4u>w much bqttor it is foaddahem in just she propomdnate qdiratniei quired by the feOddag idtatoo 3jhe aph of plante is -the mineral or inorganie •part, trees cut from pur woodland, we *an give to our futoM pl*ntj J elements fn just she shape for them to use to the best advantage. Hencq %dlay ? save the ashes as so much capital, and invest it in thf land, and: boy /your soap at the highest Market “price, father than take it at the cost of making and pay in ashes at six cents -per bushel.* Apply the ashes to Shadows, toi t/te Wheat crop, to the ly anywhere Min, and urn will amply justify the method j>f economy.—J)etroßJj'ree Press. 1 —Many (Jwlfl'ri UK SB