National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-09-08
Farm. Garden and Household.

Farm. Garden and Household.
FRIED SoUAsH-S Slice thin. dip il
egg, then in flour, and fry in butter
excellent.
GpEs IN CmcKENs--A sure cure 70
games is 10 take quantity of soft soal
and mix it with a little water and short
or bread, and feed the chickens thi
mixture two or three times day for
short tims, aud it will pr we a srr'
cure. II the chicks refuse to eat thu
IN ixture, catch them and put ii dow
their threats.
ENCOURAGE SMALL BIRDS. The Can.
ada Farmer saws, after talking about
wire worms: "Our advice is, break NJ
and fallow yonr infested fields. plowinp
often. AMI burning up the rubbish. and
. encouraging in every way the farmer
hest friends, small birds. Make it an
absolute law of your households that
not one of them is to be shot or stoned.
get your neiQhbors to do the same, and.
believe us, not many years will pass be-
fore YOU will find your insect plaques
enormously diminished ...
SCRAMBLED Eaas. Put into spider,
enough butter just to oil the bottom
set it on the stove. Break the eggs into
dish, taking care not to break the volks.
As soon o. the spider is heated, slip in
the eggs, ddng piece of butter as
large as walnut for twelve eggs season
n with a very little salt and pepper When
the eggs harden little, stir the eggs
from the bottom of the spider until
cooked to suit the family The yoll and
whites should be separate, though stirred
together--not mixed. like beaten eggs.
HohprNG MuK.-A COW VIII some
times withhold her milk when her cal
Is falenl awav. but usually orly for a
short time. The remedy in such cases
is gentle treatment, and persistent
effort to draw the milk and bathing the
ID udder with cold water. The milking
should be attempted at short intervals
at least three or four times day. I
the COW is treated kindly. and contin
ned effort be made to draw the mill
from time 10 time, she usually yields the
point. ii in few days will forget hel
calf and give down her milk.
pas Corn should not be allowed to stand
until frost has injured it. As soon a
the ears nre Glazed it nav be cut down.
Much corn is ready to cut by the mid
die of August which is left from day to
div, until at last frost occurs, and the
value of the fodder il deteriorated. pos
sinly one fourth. The great value O.
fodder is becoming recognized. apf
more care ia exercised in harvesting i
than heretofore. Cutting it at the RICH
time is one of the first reouistes in pre-
serving il. and if this is neglected. n,
after-care can repair the damage.
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oA'E ooAr ouDS AND oLofs' h'
STOPS ron .ne ki'chen shoulo nor p'
.nroWnt,'lt "O .ne pack ooor or WINDOWS
or near pV on tne ground, as Is the case
IN gieat number OF families Tor this Is
very unpleasant ana nauseatlng, ana nc
to the family. All the greasy shop,
shonld be given to the swine every day
II you do not like to give them to youl
stock, haul Two or three hundred bushels
Of vegetable Sinonh to some convehien
place. and put the slops on this pile, A,
soon as the pile becomes saturated. hau
an addition of one hundred bushels. an,
put evenly over it, This heap may h,
in circular or square shape as you pre-
fer but it should be hollow on the top
so that all the slops will run to the centr,
when thrown upon it, II you do no
like this. you can greatly improve you
gardens ny the application of these slop
to the vegetable; when the slops qr,
greasy. be careful not to wet the leave
Of the plants in the application. Tn,
suds from the laundry should be used il
the manner above described. The rims
ings from spittoons, and the urine from
hed-chambers should not be waste ful,
thrown here and there, bnt there shoull
be special pile set apart frOm them
and by the use of little plaster occa
sionallv, you will have nothing unpleas
mt Ia the eye or smell, which is so Otter
the case On many farms.
I'. r.sr
lHh foIAro ne potato seems Il
nave peen nfouSnt nrst 10 Europe by
the opaniaIoS rom tne heighporhood o
Quito IN the peeinningoi the 10th cen
tuarv' ana spread from SPAN INTO tn
Netherlands Burgnndy, ami Italy, bu
only to he cultivated IN few gardens