National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-10-21
Farm, Garden and Household.

ZIG tENS. Don't dram II pig pen
keep water from running into it from
buildings or from the ground, and kec,
enough litter always on hand to be
worked over by the hogs TO absorb the
hqmd which properly belongs to the
yard. a hog yard should not be in "A
place where water will run oil from it,
NECK OF MurToN. The neck OF
mutton, considered an inferior meat, and
sold rs such, is, however, one OF the
most succuIent parts of that peaceable
animal neck of mutton well boiled
appears to best advantage in cabbage
soup Afterwards boncd, it may he
boiled like the breast, aud is served the
same way, with piqunnt sauce.
CURE FOR THE ToorHAcHE. Tooth
ache, according to the London Lancet
can be cured 10y the following prepar-
alton of carholic acid 70 one drchm
of collodinm add two drachms of Bal
verts calbonic acid A gelatinous mass
is precipitated, a small portion of which.
inserted IN the cavity of AN aching tooth
invariably gives immediate relief.
A coNNoIssEuR III the care and raising
OF fowls thinks eggs laid in May and
June hatch 10 better advantage than
those laid in any other month of the wear,
and Is OF the opinion that the cause of
the failure Of many eggs to hatch chick
ems which are laid IN winter and early
sprlng Is. that they get SO thoroughly
chilled that their fertility is DESTROYED.
BLIND STAGGEKs IN Pos W. p. Raw
asks, What will cure hogs that are
taken, apparently, with blindness and 20
around III circles tor II time and then die
Some have lost quite heavily this fall
with tins disease. The trouble with
the pigs IL probably blind stnggcrs We
have never treated It, We should feed
sulphur at once. Let experienced men
answer Rural New Yorhr.
GAZE OF House. PLANTS. House
plnnt. that have been planted in the
ground for summer blooming, il not al.
ready taken up, should now he ported
without delay. Use moderate-size pots.
pruning of the Struggling aud broken
roots, cut back the tops to correspond.
pot carefully pressing the earth we'll
about the roots, and set the pot back
into the soil whore the plants can be-
covered to protect them from frost.
Failure OF FomsTs. A writer in the
Wio Fdrmer attributes the failure of
trees to sprout md what * worse. the
dying of those already half grown in tho
forests OF the West to the fact that young
STOCK II allowed to run at larR, and cnt
the undorbrush II suggests that in.
stead of allowing the lands 10 be- eaten
over they he fenced. and that the lrn,,s
be allowed te remain under the tree.
instead Of being utilized by being called
into the barnynrds.
HARVESTING Buck Wheat Select -
day which follows u dry night. and at
eleven o'clock commence. keeping "A trnm
hauling small londs and tipping them ON
Ia the prepared ilOor, and from two Ia
four men at work with ilis and forks.
knocking on, the grain. 4 single
blow will serve to dislodgc, and remove
thc straw 10 II stack near hy. 4.
early ~ four O'Clock commence Ia Glenn
up, So that the uncertainties of the next
day can be provided against, taking the
grain IN bags 10 the granny, and in this
way conilnu" until the work is done.
W l'NH hbblI IiINS, y. Y. j.
aHks Hc'TthU m Home Can you recon.
mend ANY preparation Ia induce NV hen.
70 lay or any remedy Tor gapcs in Young
chickens ? Good food, good quarters.
and good care generally help In making
hens lay, hut never make that de.iruble
result certain. AZ 10 gapc-, II viporons
thrnsiihg Of fcnthcr down the chirken's
throat aud it, siddcu removal il a yonJ
way 10 dislodge the worms that lnck of
care IN allowing them to be- broodcd an
moist or wet cold ground hns permitted
them ~ he infested with.
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