The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-06-05
Farm, Garden and Household.

tumbler OF butter, one tumblef OF MILK
four tumblers of flour, five eggs, leaving
out ", o yolks, two teaspoonfuls of cream
of tartar, one teaspoonful of soda, spice
or fruit to taste.
BRAN BBEAD.-Take sponge Of whea
flour; when it is light add salt, and I
small quantity of molasses, stirring il
bran flour with spoon until it is as stiff
as you can getit without taking the hand
to it. When it has risen again, put il
into well creased pans with the spoon
and bake until done.
ADVICE TO FARMERS. meeting o
the Agricultural Society of Decatur
Marion & Co., Ind, it was asserted I'll
order to derive the greatest profit from
the farm, the owner OF it must contin
himself to his one occupation, II he at
tempts to perform the duties Of me
chanlc or physician in connection will
his farming, it is evident that one o
both of his pursuits will be only partially
successful He should not abandon the
Cultivation of any kind Of grain or vege
tables because the crop the preceding
year was so large as to bring the price:
low"
GREEN Color IN PIoKLEs.--It is sale
trat to impart an excellent green color
to pickles they must be first covered
with boiling hot saltwater, and after @
short time the water poured off and the
pickles drained They, are then to be
placed in an earthen pot and covered
with boiling vinegar, the top put on, and
the whole kept at lukewarm tempera-
ture for long time, the vinegar being
poured off every day, heated to boiling,
and turn again upon the pickles. This
is to be continued until the color is n
beautiful green. The vinegar used in
this process is then to be poured off and
replaced by fresh, and the jar closed
tightly. This method of coloring is
perfectly harmless, although the result
is as bright green as that of verdigris.
CALIFORNIA GRAss.-The San Fran
cisco Bulletin says that alfalfa, the new
grass discovered in California, in regard
to which so much has been written, is
nothing but the lucerne grass, well
known in the Atlantic States. Still, it is
a great thing for California, as it is the
only grass well adapted for dairy pur-
poses which will live through the six
months OF dry weather, and is very p-o-
ductive. The Bulletin says that ten
acres sown to alfalfa will produce more
forage than one hundred acres OF ordin-
airy pasture. The editor has seen patches
this year which has been cut twice, the
yield each time being very large, and
three more crops are expected from the
same land. This grass sends its roots
down to moisture, lives and grows dur
ing the dryest season, provided it once
gets a good start, and when the land is
rich and well titled the yield is wonder
full.
SEEDING BARLEY. Dwight Hall of
Hudson, St Croix County, Wis, wrote
to the Farmers Club: az send the fol-
lowing agricultural puzzle. In the
spring of 1863 / sowed with drill, on
fresh blowing a piece OF barley 1.-TWO and
n half acres), at the rate of two bushels
of seed to the acre. The seed was
thoroughly cleaned and previously test
ed, so that was sure that nearly every
seed would germinate A smart shower
fell Immediately after sowing, and have
no reason to doubt that SO per cent. at
least of that seed grew. The crop was
under my daily observation until harvest,
end / never observed that any of the
plants died out, but, on the contrary,
careful examination showed that each
one was producing two or three shoots.
When it headed, scarcely head could
be found which did not contain at least
forty kernels. Many contained over
seventy and the most common numbers
seemed to be fifty-six and sixty-four. II
the average was fifty, and two heads to
each seed, then should have had about
two hundred bushels per acre. Iactua-
" got fifty bushels. The question IS,
what is the real reason that the other
$50 bushels was not there ? Did three
fourths OF the seed fail to produce any
thing, and this fact escape my OBSERVE
ton and if so, what is the use in SOW
ing so much seed? On the other hand,
il is the universal testimony OF farmers,
which seems to be verified by actual ex-
pertinent, that half bushel OF seed per
acre would not have been sufficient to
produce such a crop. Is seems to me
that the question of how much seed to
the acre ? needs further calculation. i"
Mr.. Geddes. -The amount OF seed need
ed to an acre depends upon the quality
of the land, and so ii does with about
every crop. Two bushels of barley to
the acre is enough on good soil, and two
and q half or three on poor. Forty
bushels to the acre is good yield for
barley, either in England or here. l
have raised as high as fifty or even fifty
five bushels, but that is extraordinary
this correspondent should not have eX.
pected more than one hundred bushels
from his two acres and a half. As n
general rule, the poorer the land the
more seed it needs. The reason for this
is that in rich land the seed starts out.
! have counted as many as forty.nine
stalks from single kernel This is not
the way in poor land.
Tur animal Convention OF the Ohio