National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-11-25
Farm. Garden and Household.

which the chick will bear is often an
efficient cure, because it gives the little
suffering thing strength to throw off the
worms from its windpipe--assafntida
onions, and some other drugs act in this
way, and seem also to paralyze the
worms. Pepper acts solely as tonic, |
suppose.
A PUMPKIN PIE.-Stow the pumpkin
as long as possible, until the juice is all
dried up strain through a cullender,
and add milk and cream to proper con-
sistency sweeten with half sugar and
half molasses add little ginger eggs
are useless, -four makes them pasty,
and stewing them and straining the juice
and throwing it away takes off all the
sweetest part of the pumpkin.
IRRIGATrNa MEADOWS. Some people
appear to think that the chief object in
irrigating grass land is to furnish water
during the hot, dry weather of summer
In some arid climates this is the case
but as general rule the benefits of irri-
cation are derived from water flowing on
the land during the late fall, winter, and
early spring months. And there are
many places where side-hill meadow
lands might easily be irrigated from
streams that run only at these seasons of
the year. We have seen n rude dam
that, thrown across such a stream, di-
rected the water over several acres of
poor grass land and caused it to produce
heavy crops of hay. Now is the time to
attend to this matter. Build a dam high
enough to cause the water to overflow
the banks, and then plow or dig out n
channel for the water at right angles
from the stream. Dam mp this channel
and let tie water overflow, running in n
thin sheet over the land. -Agric,dtwisl
How TO MAKE THE BOYS Coon FARM
ERs.--Induce them to take an interest in
the farm, in the implements, in the
stock tell them all your plans, your
successes and your failures give them a
history of your own life, and what you
did and how you lived when boy but
do not harp too much upon the degene-
rate character of the young men of the
present age praise them when you can,
and encourage them to do still better.
Let them dress up for the evening, in
stead of sitting down in their dirty
clothes in dingy room. Provide plenty
houses can be as brilliantly and MS
cheaply as the gas-lit houses in the city
Encourage the neighbors to drop in even
ings. Talk agriculture speak more of
the importance of large crops, of good
stock, of liberal feeding, and of the adj
vantages of making ANIMALS comfortable,
rather than Of the hard times, low prices
and high wages. In our own case we
owe our love of farming principally to
the fact that our father talked to us of
everything that was doing on the farm
answering all our questions and encour-
aging rather than refusing, our childlike
desire of helping him to pillow, to chop,
to let off water, and fire the brush heap.
HINTS FOR THE FARMER-FAIL Work.
The Agricuhuria says
The crops still remaining in the field
must be secured at once. Those stored.
must he protected against frost and YER
min-against wet and deterioration, and
every preparation should at once be
made for sudden and severe cold.
Top Dressings for Winter Graia.-lt
is rarely advisable to apply top-dressings
to winter grain SO late us November vet.
il it was put in late and is either on very
light land. or upon ground liable to be
heaved by the frost, it may be well In
such cases prepare fine compost OF
earth and guano, peak, muck, or any fine
vegetable mould would be more bulky
for the weight Any very fine, dry com.
post would answer well, but it should he
bulky, for thus it answers MS u mulch as
well as a fertilizer. Similar applications
10 %
autumn, winter, or early spri' 2.
Corn FodtT.-After corn is fit to husk,
the quicker the job is done and the fod.
der stacked or hou d, the better.
.St0chs of all kinds ought to be secure.
ly matched, for thus hay and straw keen
quite as well rs in barn. At this sea.
son they should be examined. and if the
winds have lifted the covering in spots,
it should be renewed or pinned down.
Manure.-Cart ont all that can be
plowed in that which cannot be- plowed
under, place in heaps; either composted
with vegetable matter, muck or sods. on
covered with n few inches of good soil
TO turn the rain from the sides, and to
keep the valuable products of fermenta.
ton from passing of.
Sd,rdla As soon as the country saw.
mills get water and begin to run. the
neighboring farmers can secure sawdus,
for litter This adds not only bulk,
which il Of great value, and thus tn,
manure il divided and il more ensily and
evenly distributed. but il decays botl
in the heap and in the soil, thus afford
ing organic matter and ash 10 the plant
while IL retains the valuable qualities o
the manure.
Parmps. Dig only those needed 70,
market or winter use.
Carrots must he whore no frost will
touch them.
Beets md Mangels keep best in pits
well protected. They are apt 10 both
grow and wilt in cellars.
futd-bdgos will bear freezing. but no,
repeated freezing and thawinV without
sustaining damage
Sqn 7Wnips will bear even less than
Ruta-bagas. They should be fed on,
before they grow pithy.
Srtne. -Sows with late farrows mood
especially warm quarters and good car,
Tor several days Newly dropped pip,
are exceedingly sensitive 20 cold Hal
adozeh jugs Of water. little more tina,
blogd.warm, renewed once or twice din
ring the first night, will be Of great ben
eft 10 them. Nv ''''''
F1fisn,ny Hogs gain now very randi,
on good feed. Experience made will
boiled or soaked aud steamed corn, in