The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1868-11-12
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

English bee-culturists stnpefy the in
sects with chlorofOrm, and then safely re-
move the comb.
we see it stated that coal or gas tar
applled about corh-crib will keep the
grain from devastation by rats.
If you would not have your horse
acquire the habit of hanging in the halter,
do not strike at him in front when young
The best food for fattening fowls is
SAID TO be ground oats mixed toa dough
with water or milk. The latter is the
best.
Professor Spooner objects to saving
oil or shortening the horns of cattle It
gives pain to the animal and impairs it's
strength.
An item Of importance in blowing is
to see, before beginning, if there is any
defect in the surface of the ground that
can be modified or corrected
The Norfolk Chronicle condemns the
use OF check reins on horses. They spoil
their mouths, impair their tempers, and
render them generally uneasy.
-Stanchiops with open managers for cat
tie are objecte1 to, because the strong steal
from the weak. A partition board three
feet high would obviate the difficulty.
"A Kentuckian writes to the North
acestern Farmer that of a lot of telegraph
poles put up in Kentucky, the chestnut
rotted first, the cedar gave way next, the
locust stood five years longer, and were
still nearly sound.
-Cisterns should be cleaned and put in
order to be filed for winter. 1t is well
also to look after the arrangements for
supplying the farm stock with water DUR
ing the winter If thereis not supply
In the barn yard, perhaps few dollars ex-
pended rightly will bring down an unfail-
ing stream from spring.
The following is said to make an ex-
cellent liniment: Take the whites of two
eggs, beaten to froth, wineglass of vim
egar, wineglass of spirits of turpentine,
and wineglass of alcohol, beating it all
the time. This liniment must be put to-
gether In the order mentioned above, or it
Will not be thoroughly Incorporated
Very superior in all cases of sprains,
bruises, &c, on man and beast.
To make cake without eggs, take
two cups Of sugar, dissolved in three cups
OF buttermilk; sift one quart of flour, and
work into it two large tablespoonful of
butter, Cor good sweet lard with little
SALTY; one teaspoonful of finely pulverized
soda. Stir these to a smooth batter
flavor with extract of lemon or vanilla,
and bake in quick oven. This will keep
three days, end is better the second day
than the frs, if it is put in stone jar and
covered close as soon as cold.
"A correspondent of the C0untru Gen.
uen1dn, at Canandaigua, N. Y, dug 1873
potatoes from twelve feet in a row planted
with large potatoes, and from an equal
space planted with small potatoes of the
same variety, the Early Goodrich, he dug
1877 potatoes each lot weighed 25 pounds
The rest OF his potatoes were planted with
pieces cut from good sized potatoes Sew
eral trials with these gave from 81 to 81
pounds from twelve feet in the rows.
Our corn-growing readers will do well
to select now the seed to be used next
spring. The best time to do this is when
the corn is ripening, but it may be done
with good advantage when cutting or
husking the crop. In either case the best
ears in size and shape, in smallness Of cob,
and firmness, and solidity and depth of
kernel, can be better selected than from
the crib next spring, at planting time.
The influence Of judicious selection is often
Observation-Disclosures,
EGGS and Potatoes-Remove the skins
from some boiled Irish potatoes, and when
perfectly cold cut them up in small pieces,
about the size of grain of corn, and sea.
son with salt and pepper. To a quart of
potatoes thus prepared, take the yolks OF
six eggs and the whites of three and beat
them well together have some butter in
frying pan, and when it is melted put in
the potatoes; when they are quite hot
stir in the eggs, and continue stirring so
as to mix them well with the potatoes,
and until the eggs are set then pepper
and send them TO table in q hot dish
Cellars are too often neglected por.
ton of the dwelling. At this time of the
year they should be thoroughly cleansed
and put in order for the reception of win.
ter stores. The walls ought to be white.
washed, and the ceiling also; it renders
them not only sweet but lighter. Then
farmers all understand what they neglect
to practice, viz, that vegetables, as pota
toes, beets, turnips, &c, retain their flavor
better if packed in earth and kept from
the light. For this purpose bins should be
constructed around the cellar next to the
walls Then there should be closet fol
canned fruits, &C., to keep them clean, dry
and dark; and hanging shelves to hold
various articles and keep them from mice
for these vermin will occasionally infest
the best cellars. Go down into your Gel
lar, honest farmer, and look around; think
for what it is intended, how much it con
tributes to the comfort of your family
and how much their health may depend
on its condition, and you will resolve tina
it is as worthy of care and attention a.
the parlor.-Rurdg New Yorker.