Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-12-02

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black pepper she uses, she advises each one
to fry and try until it suits those who are to
eat it. The tenderloin makes better sausages
than the lean of other parts.
Stock PoNDs FOR FARMERs.-'s Mr.. Michael
M~cDermOtt, a civil engineer and surveyor,
makes the following statement in the Prairie
Farmer, which we think" says the German
torn Telegraph, deserves the attention of
farmers, many of whom are very negligent
in respect to providing water for their prem
ises by artificial ponds, where there is no
running water. Good, deep ponds of fair
capacity would supply water in time of
drouth, after wells and ~cisterns had given out.
But the suggestion of Mr.. McDermott is of a
somewhat different nature, though very valu-
able, and can be applied on many farms ."
"In travelling through the country, | am
often surprised that farmers do not take ad-
vantage of low places and convert them at a
a little expense OF deepening and sodding the
tanks, into ponds to receive the rainfall from
the surrounding lands, and thus supply their
stock with water. The pond once made
should be strongly fenced and surrounded by
willows, to prevent evaporation. The fences
will prevent cattle from getting into it
There should be a passage leading to the
pond, on the north side, where the water
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enclosure. The above plan Is invariably
adopted in England. There have often seen
one pond common to four fields. They clean
them every third or fourth year
RATS, Nice AND GRAIN.-A correspondent
Of the Germantolcn Telegraph says a few
sprigs of gum or elder, fresh from the bush,
if deposited in and about grain boxes will be
an effective protection from rats and mice !:
also that the stalks and leaves of the common
mullen Will drive rats from their haunts.
The Essex Mass.) Baaner asserts that
small quantities Of sunfiower seed mixed
with the food Of a horse Will impart a fine
gloss to his hair while il Is also a certain
cure for founder, if given Immediately after
the aIlnent is discovered. In the latter case
about a pint Of seed should be mixed with
tie oats or chop feed. when a cure will be
effected.
Breeding OF water fowls in large fiocks is
not liable to the same danger as in the case
of hens and turkeys. In n state of nature
many varieties breed close together and make
their spring and fall flights in large focks.
In Norfolk, England, geese are bred in large
numbers. A Mr.. Bagshaw, a farmer there,
fattened II eco for market last year. With
a good pond, or running stream of water,
there is not much danger of overstocking. 1t
will not pay to breed them in pens.
TIE Bzsr GRAIN FOR BUTTER.-lf you aim
at Z great flow Of milk, feed young timothy
and white clover if Won aim at the best re-
suits both in quantity and quality of butter,
feed on fresh pastures of white clover and
timothy in summer, and carly cut timothy
and wheat bran in winter. The grass must
be cut when heading out or, better, young
aftermath well cured. Avoid roots and gar
den stuff in general, if you wish a good
quality Of butter, though it is now held that
those led while milking or Immediately be-
fore, will remedy the evil VALLEY Farmer.
How TO CURE 4 CoLD.-Do three things
FIRST. eat nothing second, go to bed, cover
up in a warm room third, drink as much
cold water as you can, or as you want, or as
much herb tea as you can and in three cases
out Of four. you will be well in thirty-sIx
hours. To neglect a cold for forty-eight hours
after the cough commences, IS to place your
self beyond cure, until the cold has run its
course, of about a fortnight. Warmth and
abstinence are safe and certain cures, when
applied early. Warmth keeps the pores of
the skin open, and relieves it Of the surplus
which Expresses it, while abstinence cuts off
the supply of material for phlegm which
would otherwise be coughed up. This is a
simple but effectual remedy. Drink no in
toxicating liquor.
To REMOTE GREAsE.-Grease may be re-
moved from a coat collar by washing it with
a sponge moistened with hartshorn and Wa
ter.
The crops in England are fearfully short,
and they will have to take from us, all we
shall have to spare.
The Texas cattle disease has appeared in
Southern California, creating an excitement.
y correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
SAYS he has saved his potatoes from the bugs
for several years, by spreading hay or straw
between the rows, driving the bugs in this,
and then burning all"
Seth Green the fish propagator, says every
acre of water is worth two of land. and it
can be titled at one thousandth part OF
the expense.
In Canada most Of their pork is fatted on
meas. six bushels OF which are equal to ten
bushels of corn, and more can be grown from
an acre than OF corn.
The corn crop in Kentucky, the present
season, will be p~rodigious. From all quar-
tiers we hear of large yields of this most use
full cereal, far exceeding the former.
Oxen are scarce in Oregon. The average
price is $1,000
The grain crop in Europe has turned out
much better than was anticipated.
Nu@ting in Pennsylvania is carried on on
an extensive scale. rhe crop is larger this
wear than it has been for 4 long time.
Russia has sixty-cigh. agricultural schools
and colleges, one of which has 5000 acres
attached
Mississippi is becoming a wheat growing
State. The planters are turning their atten
ton to this crop, and find the soil admirably
adapted to it.
In England recently a harvest t~hanksgiv-
mo was celebrated in a rural church. The
communion table, chancel ratings, pulpit
and lecturn were decorated with various
kinds of grain, fruit and flowers.
Vinegar made from suiphuric acid, col
orinp matter and water, it is stated, can be
tested in the following manner. Put a
small quantity Of vinegar in clear glass
and add a few drops of the chloride of bar
ium or tie nitrate of baryta. If the liquid
presents a cloudy appearance it contains sui
phuric acid