National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-30
Farm, Garden and Household,

Farm, Garden and Household.
REMEDY For CRIB-BrrGNa NJ. j. Car
ter, writes the RUrm Nen YOrher that if
those who have crib-biting horses will
nail a shecpskin, wool side up, wherever
there is n chance for "a horse t. bite, he
will not do very much cribbing in the
stable. His father has tried it success
fully.
A DANGEROUS DISEASE FOR HORSES.
A new end very serious disease, which
for couple of years existed among the
cattle and horses on Long Island, has
made its appearance in New York city
The Second Avenue Railroad Company
have about seventy horses now under
treatment, and several have died within
u few days of the disease. Post-mOyte.aS
made on some Of those by the Veterinary
College surgeons, show that the disease
causes inflammation of the brain and
spinal marrow, and is in most cases fatal
in few days What is the immediate
cause of it, the surgeons have not yet
been able to determine. But, now that
the warm weather Is come, great care
should be taken not to overdrive or over
work horses, especially railroad stock
The disease may not he contagious, but
it may he, too. Owners, take care N
Y. Paper.
MANAGEMENT OF GRAPES. Grapes
first coming into bearing, says the Gar
deners' Monhiy, should not be allowed
to perfect large crops of fruit. bunch
or so may be allowed to fruit, "iust to
test the kind, " but no more Vigorous
growth and great productiveness are the
antipodes of the vegetable world. En-
courage the growth of leaves, and aim to
have rs strong shoots at the base as at
the top of the cane. This can he done
shoots after they have made growth of
five or six leaves. Young vines grow
mEeh fa,arRyRtf tTiS s bu hr1n%n oro s' ia.
sired, pinch back the hearing shoot ia
about four or five leaves above the
bunch This should not be done indis-
crimlnately with all the lunches. Too
much plnchlng operates against the pro-
ducton OF good wood for next season.
CHARLOTTE RussE-For two bours
dissolve half n box of Cox's gelatine in a
little more than half pint of cold wa.
ter, AT the end of that time make a
custard OF quarts of milk and IL eggs.
set 1t In pan of water on the stove
and let 1t come to IA boil stirring well
10 Is better to put the milk on first, then
mix the eggs with some of it, and when
1t bolls pour on the eggs and milk. just
as 1t bolls, slide the dissolved celatjne
Just IN the middle Of pan continuing
quarts OF rich cream, and before Won
STIR 1t pour the boiling cnstard on ton
beat 1T all well together: have ready
vanilla bean cut in small pieces and
scraped, and boiled in about a pint of
milk until the milk is half boiled AWAY
pour this, after stirring, into TIE custard. /
sweeten all to taste, add cherry wine to
sut, and pour into the moulds lined with
lad! fingers. The sugar, flavor. and
VINE should be poured in Just as soon MS
possible. Get it into the moulds as
qulck rs you can. Set on ice to harden.
In summer use more gelatine
LOOK AFTER THE ORCHARDS. The war
against insects must he waged vigorously /
Go among the trees Frequently. and
destroy the nests of caterpillar The |
eggs OF some insects are Laid upon the
leaves, and whole colony may be found
upon small branch. 1t will be better
to cut this off and burn it.
be on the watch for the little striped
beetle, the larvae of which is known as
the apple-tree borer, 1t makes its
appearance this month"; coming from
The tree by night, at which time it flies
from tree to tree for food or companions.
resting the daytime among the leaves of ,
.he tree on which il feeds. In .Tune
July, and sometimes in August, it de- ,
ooslts ITS eggs on the bark of the tree at -,
,r near the ground.
knowing this habit, many of these
eggs may he DESTROYED hy srraning
lround the base of the tree. and wash !, .
ng II with strong soap suds, during the
asst week in August.
Inc Larvae. or young borers, from these !
'ggs, are fleshy, round, whitish grubs. :,
without legs or wings. They eat through y
he bark and remain there the first
Tinter, marking their entrances by a a
yramid of borings, which betrav their :
i1lng-places, in which they can be Il
asily found and destroyed The next Il
eason they penetrate the wood, thrnw- u
lg ont dust, or cuttings like saw-dust,
which they may be traced generally
as they proceed, aud boring Il
eeper into the tree. II then becomes a u
Ill grown borer. Il
The third season, nearly two years n
ON ITS entrance, it approaches the
irface. where it undergoes its final Is
becomes beetle and N
aves the tree. This borer sometimes bi
tiers the tree several feet above the
round, and occasionally enters the sa
nbs near the stem. G.
Their presence may he ascertained by of
cir cuttings, or dust, and the hole an
here this has been cast out discerned tn
little practice and care. When re
md, insert a wire with a very small pc
mt turned up on the end, by which pr
'e invader NAV he drawn out and killed
Thw's Home Nqgazine wa
In
rATTENINo YOUNG PIes.-D. ID. Met on
NJ, o. Auburn, Dekalb County. Ind, NJ
rt te to the Farmers Club: Il have a ST
e lot OF pigs, twenty-five in number. hi
nglng from two to three months old an
ID wishing to get them in market this he