Marshall County Republican., 1868-05-21
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

The Stock journal says the practice OF
docking stock is nonsensical and cruel
robbing the animal of its defense against
annoying insects.
SCOT sprinkled ON the ground and
forked before planting will aid plant
growth and protect from worms and bugs.
1t is excellent on cabbage ground.
How to Make Egg Balls-Boil four
eggs hard, take out the yolks and pound
them, add to them few bread crumbs and
pepper and salt, and the yolk of one raw
egg; mix them all well together, take them
out, and with flour on your hands roll
them into balls; boil them two minutes.
Cinnamon Cakes-Beat up six eggs
with three tablespoonfuls of rose water.
put to it pound of sifted sugar, a desert
spoonful of powdered cinnamon, and
enough flour to form it into a paste roll
it out thin, and cut it into any shape you
please, place them on paper and bake
them. Remove them from the paper
when done, and keep dry.
"A hen has the capacity of laying six
hundred eggs. Usually they lay a few the
first year; from three hundred and twenty
to three hundred and seventy in the next
three years; and the rest from the fifth to
the ninth year inclusive. The true econo-
my, therefore, it will be seen, is not to
keep hens after their fourth year.-Er-
change
Soft ngerbread-Dissolye two tea
spoonfuls of soda in a common tumbler of
warm water add tumblerful of molasses,
one egg, four tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter, heaping teaspoonful of ginger, and
three cups offiour. Stir well, and bake in a
quick oven. After the ingredients are all
together, add a piece of alum as large as a
walnut, dissolved in three tablespoonfuls
of hot water.
The greatly increasing demand for
horticultural products, has taxed to the
utmost, all our Western nurserymen to
meet it. Nearly all we know of are sold
quite out of the staple article of merchant
able age. Neither is the demand confined
to these for the florists are meeting with
good sales, showing that the ornamental
tastes of the people are advancing equally
wife the useful department. = Prairie
Farmer.
-Crumb Pie.-Mince any cold. meat
very finely, season it to taste, and put it
into pie dish; have some finely grated
bread crumbs, with some salt, pepper, and
nutmeg, and pour into the dish any nice
gravy that may be at hand then cover it
over with thick layer of the bread
crumbs, and put small pieces of butter
over the top. Place it in the oven till
quite hot; and should the bread crumbs
not be sufficiently brown, hold salaman-
der over them.
The following directions make a sim
pie and elegant tidy: Take a piece of
thin muslin, ten inches square in the CEN
te- draw any design you chOose-a palm
leaf or other simple fgure-and work it
in chain-stitch with scarlet wool; finish
with ruflle (not too fulD an inch and a
half wide. The ruffle should be fiuted.
Double zephyr is the most suitable wool
to use, and half ounce will be a great
abundance for an ordinary tidy.
For keeping hams-As soon as the
hams come from the smoke-house, or be-
fore any flies or insects Of any kind make
their appearance, cut your ham in nice
even slices, just as you would if to use at
the time. Remove the bone and skin, and
trim other parts Just as you would for i'm
mediate USE Pack down in stone lars,
compactly and smoothly, so as to leave no
interstices for air. When the Jar is full, or
nearly so, turn on the top an inch in
depth of melted lard; put on the cover,
set in cool place, and it is ready when
you want it-Rurd New Yorker.
Though suitable and properly pre-
pared food is the prime requisite for the
horse, regular grooming holds the second
place in the management of him. A man
who omits the customary ablutions at
stated times-who goes for days or weeks
with uncombed hair-may exist, but does
not live in the proper sense of the word
So of the horse. Grooming is alike essen
tial to looks, health, and elasticity of ac-
tion. The curry-comb and card should he
brought into daily requsition, nor should
the clipping shears be omitted. Fetlocks
bedraggled with mud, unkempt and
tangled mane, detract much from the ap-
pearance of the animal, repress his ambi-
tion, and hence diminish his usefulness.
A mamwho neglects the regular grooming
of his horses is an enemy both to the
beasts and himself: to them because he
withholds labor which is their due, and to
himself because he depreciates the value
of his own property.-RuroL Neao Yor',e..
The practice of giving a thorough
narrowing TO manure, after it has been
spread, seems to be unknown to many in
telligent farmers. We know of nothing
where the same amount Of labor accom-
plishes more useful results. Manure, as
commonly spread upon the surface when
turned under the plow, remains in the form
of buried stratum, but slightly inter
mixed with the soil There are few men
who spread manure without leaving il
more or less in Jumps, which may be partly
or completely covered, and which do very
little good in this shape, and often positive
harm i'm seasons of drought. Instead of
this practice, go over the whole thoroughly
with sharp harrow, which viii pulverize
both manure and top soil and mix them
together. The plowing which then fol-
lows will be easier and more perfectly per-
formed, and there will be q much better
of manure with the earth.
An experienced farmer has assured us that,
according to his own experiments, the USE
ful effect of fresh manure is at least
doubled by such thorough intermixture.
In dry seasons it would be still more i'm
portant. The advantages of spreading
in autumn for turning under in
spring are becoming well understood; and
thorough narrowing just before plowing
seems to give it the finishing touch. For
spring application, as fer corn, roots, &c,
the previous narrowing should on no ac-
count be omitted Country Gent.
Actual Size Of the Stones OF the Pyra-
mids.
dare say very many will differ from
me in opinion, and say hard things in ref
erence to my lack of taste and want of ap-