National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-12-09
Farm, Garden and Household.

of the ground in the section where the
drought has been excessive were hardly
worth the digging, while those in adjoin-
ing fields, which were put at the bottom
of deep furrow, and never hilled at all,
have yielded we'll
WIREwoRMs IN MEADows.--R. l.. Beard
slay, Warrenham, Pa, asked the best
course to pursue to kill out wireworms
in an old meadow-if blowing just
before freezing would be advantageous.
Deacon Reade said yes, pillow but,
although he had crossed the Rocky
Mountains to the Pacific slope, as was
,oeA kno,on, it was a new idea to him that
wireworms work in grass lands.
PUMPKIN PIE.-Stew the pumpkin,
strain it-a fine grained pumpkin, re-
member Use cream instead of milk and
very little of eggs ; mace or cinnamon for
spice, or both, or none roll the pastry
very thin. A crust can be dispensed
with, by sitting thin layer of corn meal
over the oiled pie dish it forms suffi-
Gent frmness to hold the filling in
shape when served.
To ROAST TURKEY. 1T should first be
"killed at least two days in advance.
Making force meat of grated bread
crumbs, pepper, salt, sweet marjoram,
minced suet, and beaten yolk of egg.
Chop the liver, gizzard and heart for the
gravy. Stuff the craw and the body,
and sew up the openings. Dredge with
-four, and put the bird into the bake pan,
with the bottom well covered with water;
Basic every half hour with butter
BANKING CELLARS. If there is need
that the earth reach above the sheathing,
tack around boards, or, what is far bet
ter, new clapboards, thick edge up, just
above the underpinnlng SO that the
bank of earth shall rest on them, and not
the painted side of the house. While
one is about this business, 1t had better
be overdone than otherwise. A load or
two Of dirt more than is needed is better
far than load or two less.
FLoURIsHING GRASS. At q recent fair
held in one of the Mississippi counties,
little boy had on exhibition samples of
Fifty varieties OF grasses, which he had
gathered in a small area of the State
The portion of the country where these
grasses were found was overhowe1 by
the Big Black river and it is to the over.
flow that the appearance of SO many va
rieties is attributed Overhows and
freshets are often blessings in dis
Ruise.
BOXING AND MARKETING CHEESE. The
sale of cheese is affected to greater oil
less degree by the manner in which it i:
packed. The best mode is to use boxes
that are strong, smooth, and that are ex
nctly large enough to contain the cheese
Nail the bottom firmly into the hoop
When the cheese is ready, put it into thu
box, and then shave the top Of the DO,
to level with the cheese, and i
cover shuts tight over the top, it vii
bear transpoi tation however far, withou
injury, and present much better appear
ance in the market.
ARE THE GATHERED CRops SAFE ?-Th
loss by the freezing of vegetables il
cellars and pits is immense Seven year
ago, the thermometer falling to betweel
twenty and forty degrees below zero
with the ground mainly uncovered,
was estimated that moro than half tn
potatoes stored in New-Fngland, New
York, and some of the Western States
were spoiled The next spring, the
sold for from dollar to dollar and
half a bushel. All this might have bee
avoided il care had been exercised i
autumn, and all such contingencies pre-
vided for Now is the time to do tn
work. Loss in this way is wholly nee,
less.--Hearh and Home.
Poll EvI,-A correspondent of Il
american Stock Journal had horse wit
every symptom of poll evil-the eau
being q bruise received two months pr
vious. The editor advised eff the
is only swelling and slight tenderness
but without any fluctuation or pressu
from contained matter, give the horse
o laxative five drachms Barbadoes aloe
and rub the poll actively with an DIR
ment made by mixing equal parts
mercurinl and iodine ointments. Rope
this application, II necessary, to indu
some blistering action. If matter
already formed, as indicated by {
huctuation or pressure, the swcllil
should he Mt once opened so ns to let
escape. An opening should then
mnde from the very lowe1t point of I
sac, 40 That the matter may flow free
a. soon ms formed. IF obstinate il IN
be injected several times week with
lotion containing half drachm
choloride Of zinc to pint Of water.
DArnYIYa IN THE UNITED STATES. II
following statistics are from the l.
Stock Journal. But fewSpersons real
the magnitude Of tho dairying intere
in this country Mt the present time. I
present produce Of cheese is suppos
10 be 300, 900, 900 pounds. which Mt
teen cents pound, amounts TO $40, 90
600: and Of butter. 1000, 900 poun
which nj twenty-five cents n pour
amounts to s152. 300, 600. with 100, 90
600 gallons Of milk sold in the cities n
towns. and GO. DOC. 900 gallons consum
in families were produced worth S2
co., 900 making together dairy p
duct Of s2I5, 600 900, besides the pc
made from the refuse Of butter and che
diaries. The number Of cows il pro
bly, not less than 100000 the numl
in 1860 was s,72s. 500.
II we allow 5000, 900 cows for maxi
the butter. II win give 115 lbs. TO q c
and 5000 COWS employed in prod
ing cheese. which will he 200 pounds
q COW 100000 cows for the product
OF milk consumed in cities and fami
OF producers. leaving 800. 600 in
Western and Southern States devoted
raising stock From these facts Il
appear that the average product ~ i
ter and cheese IL far below what II mi
he with the intelligence md attention
breeding. feeding. and general mana
ment which the magnitude Of the =
jccc demands. The first Collins che