National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-10-27
Farm. Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
CoEYED BEEF. IN cooking corled
beef, at this season OF the year so del'-
cious it should be put INTO boiling
water when put on to cook, and when II
Is Z me it should remain in the pot until
cold. This is the whole secret OF having
corned beef juicy and full-iayored, in
stead Of the contrary.
MILKING IN SILENCE. AT II Farmers
Club in West Cornwall, Connecticut,
recently farmer said that no talking
should Ike allowed while milking was GO
ing on. He said he discharged one Of
his servants who persisted in talking dur
ing milking time, and that in three days
the increase Of milk was equal to the
mans weekly wages
MILK SICKNEss.--The milk sickness
ON the Wabash is still terror to the
inhabitants along the Wabash river. 1t
has thus far baflled the skill of ull mcdi-
cal science 1t appears to affect both
man and beast alike, being wholly mega
tive to all electric forces. II il said that
when the land is cultivated IT is not
troublesome, showing that it must be
Strangers are very reluctant about eating
the butter or drinking the milk.
ASHES FOR LAND A topic brought
up before the Farmers Club was the
use of ashes, in which b. Bennett, of
Jefferson, Wis, inquired whether it
would pay to haul leached ashes half IL
mile to put on MI upland sandy loan
which in heavy rains is inclined to wash.
II. l.. Reade-It will pay to cart them
four times the distanc'. Speaking of
ashes, have here two ars of corn, the
product of q single stal which evergreen
fourfold its neighbors in consequence
of being planted where heap of ashes
had lain for three months, Il little more
than twenty years ago. ThisS shows
that ashes, besides being good fertili
time. Several others spoke of ashes as
an excellent fertilizer for fruit trees and
all sorts of grain and vegetables.
Do NOT OvERsTocK This is COM
mon error. Make an estimate of how
much grain, hay, straw, and corn stalks
you have to feed out. Taking wheat,
oats, peas, beans, barley, and corn to-
gether, you will not probably be far
wrong in estimating that for every 100
lbs. of thrashed grain you have left l5C
lbs. of fodder Cattle, horses, and sheep
will eat per day, per 100 lbs. of live
weight, lbs. of hay or its equivalent
say lb. hay, 2 lbs. of good straw, and
lb. of grain. Such ration will keep
animals in good growing condition, and
| ID. more grain per day will make 4
till cb 70 fnf 4
we'll to estimate that half of the straw
and fodder will be wasted in the form
of butts, tops of stacks, litter, exc Dc
not overstock. If YOU have any hay OF
straw to spare it will bring a good price
and if you are short you will be very apt
to put the animals on a short allowance
than which nothing is more Improbable.
--AgricM4uria
TAKE CARE OF THE sTRAw.-lf a farmer
happens to be without straw for one win
ter he fully realizes the value of it in his
business. A good straw stack makes Il
cheerful barn-yard in the winter. You
will rarely see poor stock where there is
large stack of biightstraw. 1t makes
dry and sheltered yard, soft, dry beds
in the stall, and is worth good deal to
work in with better fodder Bright straw
and some grain will take farm horse
that have little work to do through the
cold months in health and good flesh.
The same feed will suffice for store sheep.
The straw stack affords the cattle good
luncheon, but the mich cows, fattening
stock, and those that are young, require
hay and other richer food. But the straw
is Of so much value that it is worth the
Il l. L., 81
ner, 30 as TO keep its contents bright and
dry. The top should be finished with
little fine hay, or grass, cut for the
purpose. BY raking and trimming after
the machine has gone, and topping out
properly, the straw will come out in the
winter as bright as when threshed. &C.
American Rural Home
SHARPEN THE Hoe As dull ~ /,
hoe, is al old favorite comparison, and
it seems cruel to rob il of its afoletime
poetry. But free use Of tile or grind
stone is AS rough on the c COMPARISON ~
the keen hoe is on the weeds. We haN t
seen hoes that were worn out, never
having been shnrpcned, because IL shan
hoe soon wears cut although the extra
labor in IL day needed to destroy the
weeds and move the soil with dull i'm.
plement would equal the cost of a new
hoe Certainly it is poor economy to
save the wear of the hoe, of necessity
only half killing the weeds, and making
heavy toll OF otherwise light work.
A file. even an old file, cleaned with
some diluted acid, will answer every pur-
pose, or grind stone if one has no file.
Never mind ii stones do dull or gravel /;
sharp hoe carefully used will accom-
plish more than the noisy grubbing of II
dull one. We take pleasure IN seeing
the hoe daily narrow up and the corners
gradually round of, for honorable age
and constant service benefits the hoe,
making the blade thinner and smaller
Sharpen the hoe then-first to save hard
labor second, to do neater, cleaner
work third, to keep it bright finally,
to have the pleasure of seeing it grow
old in the service.
Gun SHOT WoUNDs.-A gentleman
from this country, who was in Germany
during the war with France, and had