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

a peculiar taste, which it does not have after
standing twenty hours. In the fall the pans
filled two-thirds full, and the cream rises
rs well, but in summer it should be more
shallow
Sort sHELLED EGes.-An English poultry
manager suggests the following treatment
- w hen a hen lays this sort of an egg, and
not habitually, the occurrence is generally
accompanied with hard or full crop. In that
case, 1t Is owing 10 indigestion, to be treated
with one or two teaspoonfuls Of English gin.
One cause is said to be over feeding when
fowls are too fat These eggs are generally
dropped from the roost, and if it is not too
high from the floor. or if they fall on straw
may be saved entire and used for buildings.
As to symptoms, experience viii make known
the Indications. and the time when hen is
about to pass one of these eggs, by appearing
somewhat dull and uneasy when walking
about; when proper precautions should be
taken To secure it, and prevent the other hens
from gobbling it up. The writer has a ia
vorte hen. which always regularly drops
these eggs from her roost, and never lays any
others, and has done for these five years
past although in perfect health.
Probably the medicinal effect of American
gin would be quite as effcacious that of
:. English We give his statement for what
it is worth, with the remark that the trouble
is usually considered due to lack of lime in
the food, and this is supplied by giving the
hens shells, bones, and other forms of lime
PouLrRY IN WINTER.-Beiore the fowls
begin to lay generally, make careful study
of them, if breeding for fancy at all, and d.
vide up the flock put the finest pullets with
the best old cock, and the best hens with your
choicest cockrels. Give six hens to one cock
and set h few clutches of nine eggs each, this
month. correspondent says the best place
he ever had for young turkeys WAS an empty
hay bay. No place could be better for the
earliest brsods Of chickens, if the barn be
light enough. EARLY chickens sell we'll and
are generally the prize takers at the fall shows.
OLD Times IN ILLISoIs.-Some of the cor
respondents of the PrQirie Farmer are indulg.
| ing III "reminiscences. One man bought some
rough split bottom chairs at so cts. each,
when lac was married in 1928, and paid for
them In No | fall wheat at pc per bushel.
Corn wac then from six to ten cts. per bushel,
and no market for potatoes at all Another
early settler says his father sold 1000 bushels
of corn and hauled ii two miles, for five cents
Il bushel, and took One-half in whiskey
! Another took twO-horse wagon load of pork
twenty miles and sold it for ) % in cash,
/ five pounds ia coffee and calico enough to
make dress for his wife
10 Cook FRESH F.su-Mary Allen, of
Berlin. Ill, says Very few people cook fresh
fish SO it is palatable. The fish should be
! cleaned, and stand in break brine over
! night if it is To be cooked for breakfast. IF
! intended for dinner, it must stand from morn
| ing till noon Take the fish from the brine
/ ten minutes before you wish to put it on the
tho pan to fry. il will drain; roll IT in COR"
meal, put it into a hot pan and fry crisp and
brown. If you bake the fish, prepare it in
| the same way.
| TAINTED BARKELs.-Mrs. A. K. Austen,
| Ill D., says they can be cleaned. = Dissolve a
teaspooniul of strong potash in two gallons
of rain water over the fire. Heat the water
to a boiling point. Rinse around so as to
reach every part of the barrel, and stand to
cool with the cover on. Then give a good
scrdbbing and FOUR out. Rince with scalding
rain water and stand to cool as before Raise
the cover occasionally to if the barrel is
sweet, which can oe told by the smell of the
steam Rinse thoroughly in cold water. If
not cleansed by operation, repeat the
| process
The Hort.call.urist says that although ami
NAL manures are said to be injurious to ever
greens, it has been recently proved that old,
well rotted barnyard manure may be applied
to them with the best possible results.
A farmer in Illinois sold wheat from three
| acres for S2S7.
Steers also may be broken to the yoke and
to labor This is usually an easy matter.
and an excellent thing to have the sight OF
the yoke and bow in the hands from the first
associated with salt or a turnip. Yoklng
will be easy ever after
HAIR LorroN pint of alcohol and
two ounces of castor oil. Add any perfume
desired.
APPLE CAkE.-Ma<c nice short cake
while hot cut in two, and spread each half
with butter have ready some nice stewed
lapples. sweetened and seasoned to taste. Pour
them over the cake and serve hot.
To REMOVE Observation-Disclosures thimbe
full of powdered refined borax in teacupful
of soft water Wet brush in the solution
and brush the head well. Apply every day
for a week and then twice a week for a few
times.
TOOTH WAsH.-DIssoye two ounces OF bo-
rax in three pints of boiling water before
quite cold add three teaspoonfuls tincture OF
1nyrrh and one tablespoonful of spirits of cam
phor. One half wine glassfull of the solution
! added IA. quarter of q mint of warm water Is
sufficient for each application
CARE or SwINE.-Take good care of breed
ING sows give them nesting places,
and plenty of straw, a few cabbages or roots
occasionally, and twice week or oftener a
mint of freshly burned charcoal, pounded very
fine. and mixed with meal handful Of
ashes is good now and then
At the Paris Exposition there were ex-
hibited numerous applications of electricity
| manv of them new to this country. Among
them is the electric car-brake. by which the
engineer is able to put down all OF the brakes
| on train of cars at the same moment, and
| to stop the train very suddenly by simply
placing his thumb on the key which makes
| the connection with the battery. There
were large cars with this attachment, and
the whole thing worked well with the model.
4 correspondent of the Rural Ne.o Yorker,
gives several instances where cattle and other
animals were badly poisoned by eating straw
! that had been much rusted.
| The town of Bennes, in Brittany, is noted
for it's peculiar butter. The milk of the pre-
v;ous evening, is mixed with the warm morn
/ mos milk. and the mixture allowed to stand
! for two or three hours, when the whole is
churend.
The Waukegan, ILL.,, Gazette says sheep are
wintering well the present season a marked
contrast with last. This season they went
into winter quarters in fine condition. last
season was exactly the opposite.
There are said to be from 300 900 to 4O0,-