Connecticut western news., 1871-11-17
Farm, Garden and Household.

SHADE TREES. shade trees, ex- cept evergreens, as soon as the leaves fall if done carefully they will hardly feel the effects of their removal.
 MUFFNs.-One teacup of yeast, three eggs, teacup of flour, pint of sweet milk, teaspoon of salt 1; let it rise until it is light, and then bake in muffin rings.
 CURRENTS AND GoosEBERR1Es.-Set out in rows five feet apart each way. Make cuttings as soon as the leaves fall of, and plant in good soil. Prune old bushes in good shape.
 FEDERAL CAKE.-I pound of sugar pound of flour; . pound of butter gill of wine; gill of brandy ] pint of cream or rich milk; l nutmeg I pound of ralsins; 4 eggs; l tea-spoonful of soda.
 CRULLERs. pint of flour l. pint of sugar 2 pints of milk i; 5 tea-spoonfuls of baking powder; cinnamon, little nutmeg. Flour enough to roll out but they are better not very stiff. Boiled in hot lard.
 MANURE.-If the orchardist wishes for a good crop of fruit, he will find it ne- cessary to give his trees liberal supply of manure. Maturing not only pays in the larger quantity of fruit, but also in the finer quality.
 GRAPES. as soon as the leaves have fallen. The vineyard ought to be shallow plowed, and if any fertilizer is used, apply ashes or ground bone. Re- move tender varieties from the trellises, and cover with earth before the ground freezes.
 FRENCH LOAF CAKE.-1 pound of sugar 3 pound of butter ! pound of flour 8 eggs 2 table-spoonfuls of milk i; teaspoon of soda the rind and juice of large lemon. Mix sugar, butter, yolks-then the whites-then lemon and flour. Last, the soda in milk. BURNING BoNEs.-An inquiry was made of the Farmers Club as to the value of bone ash manure. Mir Curtis stated that while bones lost some part of their value by burning, the ease with which they could be crush od afterwards, made this modeof preparation advisable in some cases.
 BUNN CAKE.-Cream together one pound of sugar md one cup of butter !; when very light, add six eggs, beaten very light. Beat all together, pour in a teacup of rich cream, sour is best, with one-half a teaspoonful of soda. Mix with light pound of flour one-half tea snnonful of cream of tarter season to taste.
 YoUR BARN.-Make your barn tight, especially about the top, and your cattle will eat less, be in better condition, and bring larger return in milk or meat. Radiation from their bodies be- ing reduced, health, comfort and hap piness will return to them, and money to you. A barn full of cracks is an offence against science and your pocket. LIVE SrocK-The present low prices are only temporary, and now is the time to prepare for the reaction which is sure to follow. Select the best COWS an6 sows for breeding use only thorough bred males feed iberally, and take goo6 care of the young stock when the marke changes for the better, you will have something that will bring good price.
 HUsKNG CoRN.-Where farmer ani his boys do the husking, it is 8 gooc plan. at any rate for the first day or two to husk for only few hours at a tim anu then go to some other job. Tn ou own case, we find it cheaper to let on the wort by the bushel taking care t, see that the corn is husked clean, tha the stalks are properly tied, and tn bundles maoe into compact good-size stosks, with two bands on top.
 CHAND1ERs' ScRAPs.-A gentlema asked the Farmers Club about scrap for fowls. He had understood that the were unwholesome. Mr. Bruen had ust ed them for his fowls without any ba effect; he had cooked them with th other food. Dr. Smith explained tha these scraps supplied the natural deman of the fowls for animal food which the got ordinarily in the shape of worm: bugs, etc. Without this they would nc produce eggs, as their food would be d, fcient in albumen. Mr. Ely provide his fowls with scrap-cake, which I placed on raised platform, where the could help themselves when they wishe,
 PRESERVING Eeas IN WINTER. pie. of lime, as large as quart-dipper, is D, into five gallons of water, and salt adde until an egg will float This is straine and put into clean keg, into which loose head is made to fit easily; kne IS fitted to the head for handle. TT eggs are put, as they are gathered, in the liquid, and the loose head placed C them to keep them below the surfac The keg should be kept in cool pla in the cellar. The liquor will not free except at lower temperature tn; freezing point. Eggs thus preserv, will sell readily as lined eggs'' un fresh eggs come, and are almost as got Qc NYano
 WATER.-A proper supply of water an absolute necessity. Animals can n thrive if compelled to drink from he chopped through the ice on pond creek. They are chilled through by t freezing water, nor will they sufficient slake their thirst, unusually increased the dry feed they consume A ciste now made will be filed by few raj and will furnish a supply of water o1 proper temperature through the wintt It will without any doubt, in many stances, save its cost the first seaso Besides the barn-yard will not be mu hole after every rain. and the manu pile will not have half it's value wash out on to the road.
 EATING Hoes should be pushed f. ward rapidly, and sold early. We sh probably be obliged to accept low prit this season. In our section we are fe ing at decided loss. With good pi, it requires from seven to eight bush of corn, judiciously fed, to make 100 I of pork. If a fat hog is worth one e per ID. more than a lean or half-fat o1 it will pay us better to make him
 than by selling him lean. We sh rrohabIv lose money in either cases. less by making the hogs fat than by st ing them lean. This is emphatica true in the cheap corn sections of