National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-05-19
Farm, Garden and Household.

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tice work of his corn crib with wir,
cloth, costing ten or eleven cents PEI
square foot, which protected his corn
from rats and mice perfectly.
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WHEN THE MI is churned, the usual
plan practiced by good butter makers is
to allow the milk to become slightly acid,
while some hold that it should stand un
til it thlckens or becomes loppered.
The milk should be kept at tempera-
ture of about 600 /; and this is also about
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A GOOD WAY TO COOK MEAT is to seal it
in vessel Theoretically tight. Cooked
thus long time in its own juices, it is
rendered very tender, and has peculiar
appetizing flavor. Take an earthen jar
that will stand heat, with tight-titting
cover. If beef is to he the dish for din
ner, cut in convenient pieces, lay them
in the jar, rub each piece with salt and
pepper and little sugar, put in n little
water lay on n piece of thick. buttered
paper and press down the cover. If Won
think it will allow any steam to escape
press strips of this all around the edge
of the cover Bake in moderate oven
four or five hours, according to the ten
derness of meat Turkeys and chickens
are excellent cooked in this way. The
toughest old hen can be rendered tooth.
some by this process.
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o" ~ nANA1h a rARM OF SEVEN
- suoeciipei 10 'he hgrtc"anrist,
oonhaa;a " hnr WV i'as ni'ilerlo peer,
~ .i'a. n' oousn' seven acres OF
, ,Inu t"| e. NV oeen ~ grass ana moi
pomon ~ ."eny yeirS' ne wants u
ao 'i"''s' ~ ho1P TWO cows ana pro-
thn 'u " i Mo oaoi'siies, e'c'' 10 iced
l., ,.,:.: IL; "' ~ experience
on books and papers for information F."
We would not discourage him but he
must not expect TO raise large crons the
first season. His first aim should he to
get the land under-drained clean and
rich. Buy clover hay and bran for the
cows. This will make good milk and
rich manure. Compost this manure and
any other material that can be Obtained
with bone-dust. In the meantime break
up portion of the grass land. and plow
it and work il two or three times and
next spring put on the marnre at the rat.
of twenty tons per acre. and plow II in
and barrow thoroughly The land will
then be ready for ANYTHING. For cab
bages usd about 800 lbs. of superpbos-
phate to the ocre Keep the land CON
stantly stirred, aud good crop NAV be
expected. The probabilities nre how.
ever. that the cabbage will he worth more
to sell than TO feed out. If so. sell tbem
and buy clover hay. bran, 2il-cake. etc
for the cows. 1t must be yonr constant
aim to make rich manure You can do
nothing on small farm without it. With
] nd clean culture. YOU can do every.
,AA.g.
HLovEh -Ohe OF our pest farmers
c"iieo upon, 'he other day' ana requested
US 10 c'ii a'tehtion IN our paper to the
lacf that among the tame grasses none
was as prohhole as clover IL grows s.
rank that crop Oh III, plowed under, Is
oi more value as ieruilzer than good
coatihB oi ordinary manure: It's roots
s'rihe so deep that IL hourlshes well on
ury h'ho' ana YET IL grows better and
stronger on III ois' iahd as 90 nearly all
grasses IL Is Oh such rank growth That,
Oh 'seii' u oVerpowers and drives from
1he sou the weaker grasses ana weeds.
oorrei' great PEST 10 sou, is SAID to be
ehec'ualiy urlVeh out ny ~, Ii farmers
"ouio make 8ooo s"ard they would d"
wen 10 apply small coating OF plaster
OF fafis carry IN 'he spring. inns is an
eAcelienl ABSORBENT ana retains escaping
nhiilolia . pe''er tIlih almost any other
cheap lertillzer' ror summer ana fall
ieeo IL grows more rapldly ana Keeps
green htef Inah any othef grass. lhose
VINO woula nave snort winters can make
'nein coihpara'lVeiys SO oy leaving heid OF
clover Tor iail ieeding' Inc irosts come
u. . II later' ny reason OF the thick leaves
'ha' protect ,he Stalks than To any other
grass oa'',e WIN not only Thrive but
iat on IL, butter made from milk OF
cows KEEP. on ,his leeH Is equally as rich
eha sweet llaue III November as upon
9rdihaiy ieed IN June or september.
neceh'iy we saw an artcie IN an agricui-
1,rai paper wheTe farmer IN southern
S phio rer r1 . Clover pastures Tor
hogs. lie said that two acres OF clover