The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-09-11
Farm, Garden and Household.

FRIED SQuAsH.-Slice thin. dip il
egg, then in flour, and fry in butter
excellent,
GAPEs N CH1cKENs.-A sure cure 70
games is IN take q quantity Of soft soal
and mix it with little water and short
or bread, and feed the chickens thi
mixture two or three times day for
short time, aud it will pr we n sur,
cure. II the chicks refuse to eat tn
mixture, catch them and put it down
their tlrroats
ENCOURAGE SMALL BRDs.-The Can
ada Farmer saws, after talking abOu'
wire worms: "0lr advice is, break NJ
md iallow your infested fields plowirl
often, anil burning up the rubbish. anj
encouraging in every way the farmer
best friends, small birls. Make il M
absolute law of your households thai
not one of them is to be shot or stoned
get your nei2hborS to do the same, mud
believe us, not many years will pass he
fore Won will find your insect plague,
enormously diminished"
SCRAMBLED EGGs.-Put into spider
enough butter inst to oil the bottom
set it on the stove. Break the eggs into
dish, taking care not to break the yOlks.
As soon as the spider is heated, slip IN
the eggs, adding n piece OF liuttpr rs
large as walnut for twelve eggs season
with very little salt and pepper. Whcr
the eggs harden little, stir the egg
from the bottom of the spider unit
cooked tn suit the family. The yolk and
whites should he separate, though stirred
together-not mixed, like beaten eggs.
HoLpING MLK.-A COW will some,
times withhold her milk when her cali
is taken away, but usually Only for q
short time. The remedy in such ease,
is gentle treatment, and n persistent
effort to draw the milk and bathing the
udder with cold water. The milkine
should be attempted at short interval.
at least three or four times a day. II
the COW is treated kindly, and contin.
ned effort. be made TO draw the milk
from time TO time, she usually yields the
point, aid in few days will forget her
calf and give down her milk.
CoRS shoul,l not be allowed to stand
until frost has injured it. As soon as
the ears are glazed it may be cut down.
Much corn is ready to cut by the mid.
die Of August which is left from day to
dav, until ut last frost occurs, and the
value of the fodder is deteriorated, pos.
Silly one fourth. The great value OF
fodder is becoming recognized, and
more care is exercised in harvesting il
than heretofore. Cuttingit at the right
time is one of the first requisites in pre-
serving it, and il this is neglected, no
after-care can repair the damage.
SAVE SOAR SUBS AND SLoPs.-TbG
slops from the kitchen should NOT be
thrown out at the back door or windows,
or near by on the ground, rs is the case
in n gieat number of families for this is
very unpleasant and nauscating, and no
doubt is often The source Of disease
TO the family All the greasy shops
should be given to the swine every day.
II you do not like to give them to your
- stock, haul two orthree hundred bushels
Of vegetable mould to some convenient
place, and put the Stops on this pile, A,
soon ns the pile becomes saturated, hnu'
nm addition Of one hundred bushels, and
put evenly over it. This heap may be
in a circular or square shape, us You pre-.
fer but it should be hollow on The top,
so that all tho Stops will run to the centre
when thrown upon it. II you do not
= like this, yuu can greatly improve your
gardens by the application Of these slops
to the vegetables; when the slops ore
greasy, be careful not to wet the leave,
OF the plants in the application. The
suds from the laundry should be used in
the manner above described. The rims.
inps from spittoons, and the urine from
bed.chambers should not be waste'ully
thrown here and there, but there should
be n special pile set apart from them
and by the use Of little plaster occa.
sionnllv, you will have nothingunpleas.
mt to the eye or smell, which is SO often
the case On many farms.
THE PorATo.-The potato seems to
have been brought first to Europe 10y
the Spnninrds from the neighborhood Of
Quito, in the beginning of the 10th cen.
tuary, nnd spread from Spain into the
Netherlands, Burgundy, and Italy, hut
only to he cultivated in few gardens
ns n curiosity. and not for general use as
nm article Of food. II long received
throughout almost all European countries
the same name with the bdtdtqs or sweet
potnto. which is Che plant or tubcr meant
by English writer's down to the middle
of the 18th century in their use of the
name OF potato. It appears to have
been brought to ireland from Virginia
by Hawkins, slave trader, in 1865,
aud TO England by Sir Frnncis Drake
in 1885, without attracting much notice,
till 1t was again imported from Ameri-
en- by Sir Walter Raleigh, in 1923. 1t
was Still long time before 1t began to
be extensively cultivated. Gerard, in
his Herbal, published in 1897, gives a
figure Of il under the name Of Bat1td
Hirginiona, but so little were its merits
appreciated, that it is not even mention.
cd in the Complete Gnritner OF London,
and Wise published more than q contu.
~ later, in l7l9; whilst another writer Of
tho ame time says II Is inferior to Skin.
ret aud rndish It begun however to be
Imagined that II might DO used with al.
vantage for feeding "swine or other
cattle" and by and by that il might 10
useful for poor people, and for the pre-.
yeniion oil famine on failures nf the