Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1865-10-27
Aoi,se, Garaen and farm.

Carpenter, AticgRany 20 .Ponn., "Wiehes
70 'kncS how to treat ciayey loan soil
l. inches deep, with impervious subsoil,
which heaves greatly in winter. The
groun is nearly level, cold wet in VIM
Ter, and holds water after showers. He
eau get stable manure for $l3 per tsn,
and bone dust for ss2." The first thing
TO be done is to drain il. |, is folly to
pillow it or to apply Sarnyard manure. or
bone dust, until il is relieved of the sur
plus water. IF the water comes from
springs through the subsoil, few bitches
in the right places will relieve the entire
plot Of surplus water; but the effect upon
the soil will be nothing like so good as
thorough drainage, with bitches 80 feet
apart over the entire e. Id. Then pillow
dep before winter. Next spring. apply
half ton Of bone. per acre, or Dress
ing of good barnyard manure. Then we
will warrant heavy crop Of Indian corn.
REMEDY FOR IlEAvEs.-G. W. Hicks.
Bradford Co., Penn. writes to the Agri.
en- turist : Mix equal parts Of puIver-
lied borax and sal'petre, and give horse
Il tablespoonful in wet oats Tor cut feed
twice day. Every other day give a
spoonful OF sulphur. Give also a table
spoon ul CT copperas twice a week. Con-
,inue this for five or SIX weeks. When
one kind is mingled with the feed, omit
the sotls rs have known this to cure
thesworst Kind OF heaVes." That4is a
large dose of coppcras.
HARD MoLAssEs GINGERBREAD Il axe
- cups moasses, 2-3 cups of shorten
ing, butter is preferable, fill the cup with
boiling water, stir until the butter is dis
solved, a tablespoonful ginger, teaspoon
ful soda, stir quickly; knead with -four
enough 10 make 1t hard, roll thin, bake in
q quick oven 20 minutes. -
MoLAssEs SPONGE CAKE.-Mix l cup
molnsses, IL of -four. 8 eggs, and a
teaspoonfui Of soda. Bake in a quick
oven.
To CLEAN GEEsE-A farmers wife saws
after pul ing off the feathers, put the
goose in a tub. puverize some rosin and
rub little into the down; then pour hot
water upon it and rub off the down with
the hands Proceed in this way until all
the down is removed.
BEST METHOD FOR KEEPING BEEF-Cut
up the meat in pieces as large as you dc.
sire. Pack it in barrel or cask. Then
make brine as follows: IL lbs. salt
to gallon water, OF. saltpetre to 100
lbs. beef, l tablespoonful of ground pep.
per to 100 lbs beef Put in the sal. aud
saltpe're and heat it boiling hot, skim it,
then add the pepper. Pour it on the
beef boiling hot and cover closely. Your
meat will be good and fresh any time
The philosophy is this-The hot brine
closes the pores on the surface, preventing
decay and the meat from getting too salt
Try it. Ii necessary scald the brine over
in the spring, or put on a new brine
Farmers can in this way have fresh meat
nearly all the time The meat should be
taken as soon as it is cold, before it has
acquired any old taste by exposure to the
atmosphere.
ANOTHER GOOD WAY TO KEEP Mar
Cut it in slices ready to broil or fry for
the table. Then putting down in jar
one laying Of meat, sprinkle with salt and
pepper, anAso continue till the jar is fill.
cd, cover closely and set in the coolest
part of the ce lar. 1t will keep a long
time, for and nv neighbors have tried
it'd Country Woman.
[Agriculturist.
OXEN PROFITABLE TEAMs.-Late in the
autumn of 1864, good farmer of our
acquaintance, purcha, ed yoke of orji-
nary cattle for two hundred dollars, and
used them for hauling wood, rails, and
anything else, and for doing most of the
blowing for spring crops on farm Of
seventy acres. In June, he sold them
for beef for two hundred and sixty dol.
lars. He thinks their labor paid we'll for
the meal they consumed. Ga the same
day that he drove these oxen TO market,
he purchased another yoke for one hun.
bred and ninety dollars. Alter a few
months he sold these for beef at an ad.
vance, which also paid well for the meal
fed to them, and purchased another yoke
at once, aud commenced feeding them
with meal, working them occa sionally.-
By this system Of trafficking, he made
three hundred dollars in about one year,
and had good OK team constantly, re-
ceiving good price for all grain fed
them, besides making u large quantity of
excellent manure. He is a good INA mayer,
always feeds his teams well, treats them |
kindly, and never allows them to be over.
worked, or worried by d;sagreeable dri.
vers, who use up more OF the energies of
a team by bawling at, and whipping
them, than by the labor got out of them.
He never purchases poor oxen. even at a
cheap rate, as it requires many dollars
worth of meal to get them into fat:en.
ing condition.
A LIBEL ON THE ToMAro.-The follow.
ing precious nonsense is going the rounds
Of the agricultural and other papers
a good medical authority ascribes to
the tomato the following very important
medical qualifications LIST. That the
tomato is one Of the most powerful
aperients Of the liver and other organs
where ca.ouel is indicated, It is one of
the most effective and tho least ha rmful
medical agents known to the profession.
81. That a chemical extract will be Oh.
tanned from it that will supersede the use
OF calome in the cure OF diseases. 3D..
That he has successfully treated diarrhna