Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-10-12

centre of a potato gold wedding ring,
which the ambitious tuber must have enclosed
il the process of growth.
I VIM. srAKk of Manchester, n H., recent
ly imported from India, a white, sacred Brah-
min COW, lot Of Patnah goats, some Hindoo
sheep, several Ganges geese, and some East
India deer. They are designed for his park
in Manchester, where he has the largest pri-
i vate collection of rare birds and animals in
the United States rr~cr
/ NEST EGGs.-To have supply of these
indestructible by. heat or cold, just empty
some eggs as you need them, through as
/, small an aperture as ossible, mix up with
I water to the consistence of cream some
1 pulverized plaster and fill the shells brim-
\ ming full when they have hardened, Ryou
choose to peel them, you will find them per-
fect and if you think your Brahmas will
! be fastidiors about color, a little annette
mixed in, win render thesillusion perfect
AVERAGE AMOUNT OF WASHED Wool
Dr. Randall, in answer to correspondent,
states in the Ruqal New Yorker that his Sim
preston is that select flock OF one hundred
Merino breeding ewes and one ram, kept in
the best manner" would annually produce
Of breok-washed wool, for two consecutive
years from seven and half to eight pounds
per head washed as thousands now wash
their wool they would produce a pound more
per head washed like some Australian sam
pies now lying before US, they would pro-
duce pound less per head - - ~ :
! A PRACTICAL farmer at Pleasant Valley,
Ohio, has discovered remedy for cracked
hoofs: Take piece of copper four inches
long and two inches wide, and bore eight
holes in it, four at each end, so as not to in
terfere with the crack; then take q hot iron
with sharp edge, and burn the crack at the
edge of the hair till it goes through to the
! quick. After this, let the horse run on
pasture, and it viii begin to heal up in a few
weeks. This remedy have tried, and it
/ did the work complete, and [ worked the
horse all the time. Care should be taken to
close the crack tight before the plate is fast
/ ened on. T
FARM FENcEs.-The continental system of
having no fences, says an exchange, is evil
IDENTIFY the best. Small enclosures are going
out of vogue In England, some of the best
counties have uprooted many hedges and
| formed large fields. And here, instead Of
repairing so many fences, we should see
what fences could be dispensed with, thus
spelling harboring place for weeds and
| saving much time during the year in not hay-
| ing to turn about SO often; also saving the
expense Of rails. Dispensing with fences al
most entirely, is strongly advocated as a
great convenience. 1t is believed the time
will come when the absence of fences will be
deemed sign of progressive farmer.
farmers PuDD1NG.-Three cups of but
ter milk, half cup of butter, teaspoonful
of soda, q little silt, and flour enough to
make stiff batter Have ready some dried
| apples stewed butter a large basin, and put
layer of batter or the bottom, then a lay
err of apples, then another layer of batter
and so On until the dish is full. Set it into
kettle of boiling water, and steam it an
hour and half. The addition of few
raisins is decided improvement. Serve
hot with the following sauce \ cup of melt
ed butter stir in a large spoonful Of flour,
cup of sugar, and p small nutmeg grated.
Stir it over the fire till it gets hot then stir
in gradually, boiling water, till it becomes
the consistency of rich cream.
CLOVER HAY.-Of all the hays there is
nothing comparable with clover. Cut when
Just in bloom, when all the juices are perfec-
ton, and the stalk is tender and cured-on-
! ly cured-not dried which destroys it, and
makes it worthless. Such hay is the feed tor
q single feed. Horses win thrive upon it,
without grain, if not worked too hard; sheep
will be in clover with it--no grain needed;
and cows-this is the main, the important
thing--the dairy is most benefited of all.
We happen to know this by personal observa-
ton OH our own premises, Nothing gives
more and better milk lin winter) not even
the grains. This we have repeatedly dem
onstrated, and seen demonstrated by the
dairymen in the best dairy districts.
But the clover must be taken care of. 1t
is tender, the most delicate thing to handle.
Cut when it is quite green, when the heads
are just opening to blossom, before any, or
very few of them are turned and when many
| of them are not yet eolored, then cut. Cut
when the dew is off stir, if thick, for a few
hours in the sun, or half a day (which is
better in clouded but warm weather. Then
put up in small cocks; put up as solid as
possible. Keep there three or four days
with caps if rainy, without, if not Then
draw in where the roof is not leaky anu ven
tilate well.
| In winter feed. 1t will still be heavy,
with all the juices matured, sweet and sayory,
! the honey canded and the aroma perfected,
fresh as q new rose, and much more grateful.
This makes summer feed for your stock IN
winter of it-even' the pigs, but partic-
ularly the COWS, and milch cows at that 1t
will be eaten NEST greedily, like grass in
| summer and will have much the same effect.
I The bowels viii be less free than in summer
! the skin will be mobile and glossy and there
| will be an eye and breath that remind you
of the pasture. Give warm quarters with
plenty of hay and fresh water, and you have
/ done your duty.
SIGNS OF PROSPEROUS FARMER.-We
| clip from an exchange, the following appro-
pria.e observations ON the signs OF a success
/ full farmer, and we earnestly commend them
to the consideration of every thoughtful
| reader:
When lights are seen burning in his house
before the break of day, in winter especial
ly, it shows that the day will never break on
the breaking in of adversely
When you see his barn larger than his
4 house, it shows that he will have large rofts
and small Affections. 4
When you see him drive his work instead
of letting his work drive him, it shows that
he will never be driven from good resolutions
and that he will certainly work his way to
prosperity.
/ When you see in his house more lamps for
burning lard or grease, instead of candle
sticks for more expensive uses, it shows that
economy is lengthening his way to happi-
ness and plenty with that light which should
enlightenievery farmer the world.
When he has a house separate from the
main building, expressly for ashes, and an
iron or tin vessel to transport them in, it
shows that he never built his house for a
f,oo,a1 y,;1a for his family and narhano for