Useful Hints.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 233, 17 December 1887, Page 2

Useful Hints.

A C OOD LIQUID MAXUIU-. ] In a late number of the Botto-n Joni ,. > <•/ ChtuilsUy I observed the following formula for a liquid manme for i'ow^i^. I hnvc myoelf iiied this, and found II *o Iv really good. The material may l>o .usxl j at any' blacksmith's shop. The \ o) crahdi is as follow^ :- -Put one bushel oi ! the clippings from houses' hooft. i ilo a baud, and fill it up \\ ith water; let it .stand for a weuU, when it will bo ready k i u-e. Then apply it to the, plants, with «'i : watoiing pot. All bedding- plants c>.:i L<> ■ w atered" with tlj.is liquid c\ cry other day if j they are not " pot byuad."' Re-potted plants should bo watered once a week until they Luuo plenty of woiking roots to take up the manure. It will ahu be found oxcollent /or hard-wooded plants if u^ed once or tv/ice ai\ eek. Two or three weeks after the plants have been wateied with the manure the foliage geneia!l> chairges from a green to a golden j-ello./, moving from the .stem dowu to a point of the leaf, which, however, lasts only fora few week-*, when ib changes to a daLk jjlc^ty green. Plants under this watering grow -\a> strong: the floweis aie' veiy huge and blight in coloni . Plants thus treated can be kept in very .small potb for a loiig.time without being transplanted, Tlu.-. is especially advantageous to the maiket gardener,, who can .sell his plant-, in threi or iour inch pots, while he would ha\e to shift them into live and six inch if he u=ed rich soil alone. Wlow ers watered with this liquid manure Awir bring 25 per cent, moie .than otherwise ; besides, being in .small pots, they are lighter, can be packed closer and are easier to be handled. The fertiliser" z\ not a kt (mutant, but a plant foocl, and plarnVfiiat iye wateied with it, if planted out, -will continue g» owing and keep in good growth, vliich cannot he said of (/irano. It is as powerful as "guano, as quick in action, and moie lasting. It will not- do the slightest/ harm to the foliage; . most other liquid manures spoil the foliage when they come in coptact with it.. It forms no crust on the pots or soil. It is cheaper than any other good' fertiliser which is used in liquid form. . , The chips need be renewed ,or replaced only twice a .year, w"hij.(? the water can be withdrawn every day. _. When liquid guano i is. used tbo strong 'it wiU'cause the plants to dr,o)p all tlieir leaves, 'This liquid wijlnot, even' if tised ouCe or twice. a day for a short" tim'e. .' ~ '/'",'"

* THp: tjomato. j This valuable vegetable, when >.once j planted in fairly gopd soil, growls in this i .country almost Jike tv weed, and deserves more, attention ,t)ian „it has hitherto received.^ , _ '-.''-- ;- ' .- Dr^, Bennett, asp.iibos ! to, this, fruit, the following niedjiciixai propprties :r-t ; Ist. That tUe toixiajiQ, is .one of the. most .'powerful* aperient^ of the. liver and bther,. .organs; "wjiere Qalomel is-iittdicated, it isprobablV ope of, the inosfe effective and least .harmful remedial.' agents ...known to., the. medioal. profession,*, w - ..<>.'. '-2nd. Tha.fe a chemioal , •extract ■ may bo obtained, from it-tjhat,wll supersede ithe use .of- Qaloiiiel in the' .GuvefoJ: disease- v-.]v -.] : • . . 3rd, Thafr }ie,'haa,jJ«ccessfully'-itreat'ed diayrlicea with this article alone. •.•-(,-> » .n \ j u?/4th. , That when usediftfe •an.ar^iolo^of diet! j£- is* almost, sovereign' rioi" dyspepsia v and_i indigestion.-. - ,- j-j , J . "* -. s - ■''-< • t \stli. -T,hat, it^ho.uld. be Constantly used 4 , ; fQr daily food, either. cookcd,^aw 4 for iii 'the •ianii .of eafcsup,-ifc,is;jthc moatlxealthy article now in.use. „ ..- s z>i •; *. '. .;-.?*.'• - — j

. v - . v OgST.jBOGS:-,' rA ' • .t. '- AYftuJd ikupji bealwiae to.- substitute -eggfe : : (for * meat , ii> touij • <UUy:diot ? > About one^f t j(;hit4x}ie^eig;3jfc of an, «££ is' r sqlid -mitai^ : peril. "*r.TjhU A® ' »if(Qßß^tlJan: can '.be* sdid- qf „'raedt. .There a,yerno,,k6n:ed And tough pieces hav^.to>-b«> j(»id- aside.. ; A gdodfeggia madQ-HQas.follow^;:'^; :ii . •i ,- •"'- -<-\j* » •■ ""'•'Shell',, -,V>-V - "v'-i i2v ' ,r,, Yolk-- ( ; ,;"^ rss. \s<: ; .. . .-^.vj'- 30 - )rj ,^h6 white 'of an egg QontairtiglQighfcyfsiacf: "tppricent/jot w ( atsr, awdi^e' yolfe?/fi%ytwo, 3TJIO Q.y6>iigoi weighte cfeajMß^as,' , t ,bJYo r,o'Ei'acUo£4i^^^j©ggJis r ,o'Ei'acU0£4i^^^j©ggJis a-uimali n »^. y^t, the^kttQ|i«j of jffile Kfi^of i^B'Jt>«*plwß;n®3e6sai(3i;to,©Dt«lin! djjfes 1& fiM»M^B& SBtfWw«iaßgf'« 1 freely, and many ol these men are 80 and 90 years old, and have been remarkably free ajom illness, A good egg is alive. The

shell is porous, and tho oxygon of the air goes through the shell and keeps up a sorb of respiration. An egg soon becomes stale in bad air, or in dry air charged with carbonic acid. Eggs may be dried and made to retain their goodness for a long time, or the shell *majifbfi^Yarnishcd, which excludes the air, 'jjprahfflf Iqppfc at a pioper temperolarB/'£hey ;isaybe kept for years. ■ <** Si i -i \ * !;;The ; French people' induce more^gjje fthai^ajiy 'other, and §hip 'millions of feheni <£o England annually. >■-- .. . j \'| y jFre^lweggs are anOre transparent 1 at the centre, olth ones at the top ;■ Very-old fines arc not transparent in 'either place. In water, in *vhich one-tenth -of ''salt has been dissolved, good erje/i sink and indifferent ones Moiin. Bad eggs float in pure water. - The 1 best egg.7 are laid by young healthy hen?. If they are properly fed the eggs are better than if they are allowed to eat all sorts of food. Eggs are best when cooked about four minutes. This takes away the animal > taste chat is offensive to some, but does not so harden the white 01 the yoke as to make r6 hard to digest. An egg if cooked hard is difficult of digestion, except by those with stout .stomachs. Such eggs 'should be eaten with bread, and masticated very finely. An excellent sandwich can be made with eggs and brown bread. An egg ' spread on toast is food lit for a king. Fried cg'gs are less wholesome than boiled ones. All egg- dropped into hot water is not only ' a clean and handsome but a delicious morsel, llo^t of the people spoil the taate of then; coos by adding pepper and salt. A little sweet 'butter ih the best dressing. Eggs contain much phosphorous, which U supposed to be useful to those people who possess brains and u«e them much. In re eggs,- Mr Larnach, late Minister of ■Mines, on Tho occasion of his first and only visit to Kaw.ikawa, gave 'the writer, when ' taking tea -with him one evening, at Mr 1 Swift's Jlobcl, tho following advice, as_ft> t the correct and enjos'ablo7??o^s operan'H of preparing egg-5 for eating, viz.,' # First) ( heat a tumbler in boiling water, put into it* ' a lump of butter, a pinch of .salt, and a little prpper, and add one toaspoonful of Worcester sauce ; then add two eggs lightly boiled or raw, stir well, and thoreMiilt ii a foa^L ior the j,od^. I ha\c tried this, it is excellent, and I can. onlidently recommend ii. T. 1». Moody, M.G.A.S., rac. l^tiy of Tsliuiflb, November lOlh, ISS7.