Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-10-18
Farm. Garden and HousehoId.

carbolc soapsuds.
LENoSs.-Lemons viii keep good for
months il sliced when perfectly fresh,
and packed in glass jars with thick
LAYER Of white sugar between the slices
CArsUP.-Take the tomato and turn
boiling water ON it let Il stand till yos
can rub the skin of, then cover with
salt, and let IL stand tventy-four hours ;
then strain il, and put three ounces of
cloves 20 two quarts, two ounces OF pep
per, and two nutmegs; boil II half an
hour, then add a pint Of wine.
Broken HoRN.-If the horn is broken
close to the skull, the broken base should
be sawn off smoothly, scared over with
hot iron. and a patch Of cloth saturt-
ed in tar should be fastened over the
bare hollow. Another similar patch
should be laid over that, and 50 on until
it is quite certain that the air IS perfect
ly excluded. The admission Of air
would be very painful 10 the COW. II
the pith Of the horn is left whole, it
should he wrapped in tsrrei cloth until
a new coating Of horn has grown over
il or the senSitiveness has decreased. In
some cases new growth soon takes
place. We have an idea that If rubbing
posts were placed in the yard there
would be fewer broken horns. Cattle
commence by rubbing each others horns
togethef, proceed then to play, then get
TO fighting, and the result is a broken
horn or scored ribs.
DAT CHAFF FOR FEED.-A year or two
ago we were, by accident, led TO feed
some oat chaff to few head of milking
cows, and were agreeably surprised to
find that they suddenly came up consld-
erably in their milk. The chaff was dis
continued for day or two, when the
cows fell off to their former quantity /;
but on feeding the chaff again, the flow
again increased. Since then the value
of oat chaff as a milk-producer has been
satisfactorily proved by us. This would
then make it advisable that when oats
are thrashed the chaff should be saved
for feed. 1t may be fed in the place of
cat chaff, with the usual wetting, salt
ing, and mixing of the regular allowance
of meal. In years when hay is as scarce
as in the present, not only the chaff may
be fed, but the oat straw should be care
fully saved for fodder 1t is quite as
nutritious as timothy that has gone to
seed.-Hedrh and Home.
SHEEP TICKs.-If the lambs are badly
infested with ticks they will be stunted
in growth, reduced in flesh, and seriously
weakened at critical time when they
need to be in the best condition. II the
lambs have been already dipped it would
be well to inspect them closely, and with
a small pair of scissors nip every tick
that may have escaped destruction that
is, if they are only few in number. II
it should be found that they are still
numerous, another dipping should be
administered Immediately, as it would
not be q safe operation during cold
weather. We repeat the directions fol-
making the dip given some months ago,
viz. Five pounds of cheap plug tobacco.
broken up and boiled in two pailfuls OF
water, with thirty gallons added, will
make dip sufficient for 100 lambs or sc
sheep. After dipping keep dry for day
or two. If fowls are permitted access
to the sheep-yards they will eagerly
search for ticks and pick them out Of
the wool, but we would rather trust to
the more effectual process of dipping.
ADJUDICATION OF BUTTER. Sci.
entfc american states that a great deal
OF butter is daily sold in the city of New
York, which is adulterated with sub.
stance made from cotton-seed oil. 1t is
creditable to the farmers, that they arr
not open to the charge of adulterating
their produce yet they suffer from the
dishonest competition of dealers who
make up and sell these fraudulent com
pounds, and by so doing affect unfavor
ably, not only the sale, but the char
acter of the genuine article. AS mat
ter of curiosity, we describe an artificial
compound which was manufactured il
Paris to supply the want of real butter
during the late siege of that city. The
refuse materials left after the manufac
ture of stearine from fatty animal mat
tiers, such as tallow, etc., consisting o.
an oily paste, composed of oleine ant
margarine, were washed in water acidu
lated with muriatic acid for the purpos,
of bleaching it. 1t was then subjected
to the action of a chemical solution 70,
period of three hours, during which
twas made to acquire the taste and colo
of butter. This substance, manufacturer
without any assistance from the cows
was considered an excellent substitut.
for butter, and was readily accepted il
the place of it by the people, who con
sidered it much superior to any othel
artificial product of this description.
SURFACE MANURING. Now that th
harvest is gathered and housed, the mex
subject IN order is that of manure-hoy
to make the most of the sources of suppl
at hand, and how to dispose of the man
ure when procured. The supply @
homemade manure will never becom
adequate to our needs, and it is only b
means of The greatest carefulness an
diligence that sufficient can be gathere
together to keep life in our soil. "Fee
your soil when it is hungry" says an oil
proverb, in which case the proverb
not concentrated wisdom" at all, nc
indeed wisdom of any kind. Soil shoul
never be allowed to become hungry
Before this can occur damage is bein
done, to repair which will need som
manure to be expended. leaving les
for present needs. With all our econom
we shall never have manure sufficient {
supply our wants. 1t should therefor
be matter of study how to apply whs
we have or can procure, that It may
most good. BY spreading on the surfac
we get not only the strength and fertilit
OF the manure, but whatever benef
occurs from protecting or mulching tn
soil. Bare straw undecomposed has bee
found to exert good influence by III
mere covering it has afforded, and heav
crops which afford dense shade, as pea
clover, or buekwheat, are reckoned |