Connecticut western news., 1871-10-13
Farm. Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
 To RID POULTRY OF VERMN. N.-Thor- oughly saturate all the feathers with carbolic soapsuds. .t5 LEMONS. Lemons will keep good for months if sliced when perfectly fresh, and packed in glass jars with thick layer of white sugar between the slices.
 CATsuP.-Take the tomato and turn boiling water on 1t :; let it stand till } ou can rub the skin off, then cover with salt, and let it stand twenty four hours ]; then strain it, and put three ounces of cloves two quarts, two ounces of pep per, and two nutmegs boil it half an hour, then add pint of wine.
 BROKEN HoBN.-If the horn is broken close to the skull, the broken base should be sawn off smoothly. scared over with a hot iron, and patch of cloth saturat- ed in tar should De fastened over the bare hollow. Ss Another similar patch should be laid over that, ana Sd od until it is quite certain that the air is perfect ly excluded The admission of air would be very painful to the cow. If the pith of the horn is left whole, it
 
 8 new coating of horn has grown over someScases new gFowthS soon takes posts were placed in the yard there would be fewer broken horns. Cattle commence by rubbing each others horns together, proceed then to play, then get to fighting, and the result is broken horn or scored ribs. : s.~ss.ss -.,t.e >
 OAT CHAFF FOR FEED.-A year or two ago we were, by accident, led to feed some oat ehaff to aIfew head of milking COWS, and were agreeably surprised to find that they suddenly came up cons1d- erably in their milk. The chaff was dis continued for day or two, when the COWS fen of to their former quantity !; but on feeding the chaff again, the flow again increased. Since then the value of oat chaf asa milk-producer has been satisfactorily proved by us This would then make 1t advisable that when oats are thrashed the chaff should be saved for feed. It may be fed in the place of cut chaf, 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. It is quite as nutritious as timothy that has gone to seed.-Hearh 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 a critical time when they need to be in the best condition. If the lambs have been already dipped it would be well to inspect them closely, and with small pair of scissors nip every tick that may have escaped destruction that is, if they are only few in number. If it should be, found that they are still numerous, another dipping should be administered immediately, as it would not be safe operation during cold weather. We repeat the directions for making the dip given some months ago, viz. :Fivepounds of cheap plug tobacco, broken up and boiled in two pailfuls of water, with thirty gallons added, will makesadip sufficient for 100 lambs or 50 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 oi
 
 the more efectual process of dipping.
 ADUnrERA1IoN OF BUFFER. The Sci. entife Aaneriem states that great deal of butter is daily sold in the city of New York, which is adulterated with sub stance made. from eetten-seed oil. ~s It is creditable to the farmers, that they ars not open to the charge of adnlteratine their produce, 1; yet they suffer from the dishonest competition of dealers who make up and sell these fraudulent com. pounds, and by so doing affect unfayor 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 1T 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 ters, such as tallow, etc, consisting O. an oily paste, composed of oleine anG margarine, were washed in water acidu lated with muriatic acid for the purpose of bleaching itoi1It was then subjected to the action of a chemical solution fo, a period of three Lours, during whicl it was made to acquire the taste and colo of butter. This substance, manufacture without any assistance from the cows was considered an excellent substitut for butter, and was readily accepted il the place of itaby the people, who con sidered it much superior to any othel artificial product of this description.
 SURFACE MANUR1Na.-Now that tn harvest is gathered and housed, the nex subject n order is that of manure -ho, to make the most of the soureesof suppl at hand, and how to dispose of the man ure when procured. The supply 0 homemade manure will never becom adequate to our needs, and it is only b means of She greatest carefulness an, diligence that sufficient can be gathere, together to keep life in our soil. "Fee your soil whenSit is hungry says an ol proverb, in which case the proverb not concentrated wisdom at all, no 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 presentneeds With all our econom we shall never have manure sufficient supply our wants. It should therefor be matter of study how to apply whs we have or can procure, that it may most good. By spreading on the surfae we get notoniy the strength and fertiit of the manure, but whatever benef occurs from protecting or mulching tn soil. Bare straw undecomposed has bee found to exert a good influence by th mere covering it has afforded, and Reav crops which afford dense shade, as pea, clover, or buckwheat, are reckoned t benefit this soil simply from this shs ding, Then the spreading of manure o the surface to remain there during tn time the land is lying idle between crol will have, this efecty which will be add tional to the direct manuria1 benefi
 accruing. Gardeners follow this systen and farmers conld mt fnllnru hokt.