National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-10
Farm. Garden and Household.

extract of poke root, one-hali ounce
iodide of potassium, one dram water,
four ounces. Mix dose a teaspoonfuI
five or siA times day,
CouGH SyRUr.-Thc following is a
valuable cough syrup: Take syrup oi
tolu, four ounces tincture of lohclia,
one. teaspoonful tincture of opium,
thirty drops; hydrate of choral, one
dram. Mix. A teaspoonful is dose
APPLE MARMALADE Take any kind
OF sour apples. pare and core them, cut
then in small pieces, and to every pound
OF apples put threc-fourths of pound
OF sugar. Put them in preserving pan
and boil over n slow fire until they are
reduced to fine pulp. Then put them
in jelly jars and keep them in cool
place.
BREAKFAST Rolls. Pour Sufficient
quantity boiling water on one pint of
cornmeal to make thick Cruel let il
stand till nearly cold, then add salt, and
one large spoonful of yeast mix in
wheat -four until it is still dough kneed
il well, and then let it stand in warm
DluCc rtNtH w tlkfi' llohiN W ihi'' Ni'ii
light, make into rolls and bake one hour.
To REMOVE THE TASTE OF New WOOD.
To prevent this Inconvenience, first
scald the vessel with boiling water, let
ting the water remain in it until cold 4;
then dissolve some soda or pearlash in
lukewarm water, adding lime to it and
wash the inside of the vessel with this
solution Afterwards scald it well with
plain hot water, and rinse it with cold
water before You use it,
SPONGE CAKE.-Six eggs two coffee
cups of sifted sugar two cups of sifted
-four. Beat the white Of the eggs TO a
stiff froth ; stir the sugar and yolks to-
gether, and when light add one and one
half cups of the -four. Stir it lightly
until thoroughly mixed, then add the
whites of the eggs and remainder OF the
-four, stirring as little as possible to have
place it in n moderately heated oven
WHEN DOES LAMB BECOME
SHEEP This question has been decid
ed-according to LAWN suit which
was lately brought against railroad
company for damages for killing thir
teen sheep. 1t was contended that they
were lambs; but the evidence sufficient
TO prove them sheep was Ut their age
which was fifteen months-but the fact
that they had got their first pairs OF
teeth. So thu lamb becomes sheep,
legally, when it has its first permanent
teeth.
TREATMENT OF MoULrINo Fowls.
The moulting season is critical period
with poultry not so much because they
lack the protection of warm coat, as
because of the drain upon their system
cansed by the growth of the new plum
age. Feathers can be furnished only
through n great outlay of nutriment.
Hens need at this time soft and easily
digested food, and a tempting variety.
Hard grain alone is not suitable They
should receive more attention while
moulting than at any other time of the
year but are frequently neglected be
cause they are not laying Their thrift
for the whole year depends to a great
moulting, or Immediately after it, =
Hearth and Home.
KEEPING WINTER APPLES. has
been found good practice among fruit.
growers to pack their fruit in close bar
rels or boxes, and seclude them rs much
AZ possible from the air. We remember
the case of man who packed all his
fruit this way in the orchard upon the
open ground, then covered them with a
load of hay, left them nearly all winter
and when opened, some six months
later, they were found to be in perfect
condition. Some varieties shrive badly.
and are not considered good keepers
such as the tallman sweet, spitzenberg,
etc. If they are packed in this way.
and kept in dry and yet cool place,
they will he found to do we'll Another
farmer says; ~ have found universally
that they keep better to let them lie
without picking over. 1t is much bet
ter to pile them into n large bin across
the cellar, say six or seven feet high and
four or five feet wide, and cover them
up tight, than to lay them on shelves.
! once saw bin that farmer kept
through the winter. About the first of
April he thought he would open the
windows on the side of the cellar next to
the bin, to let in the air, that they
might keep better. j was at his place,
and he called my attention to the fact
Two wind ows over he bin were opened
about ten days or two week; and the
apples exactly opposite the windows,
about one-third, rotted for az much as a
foot in depth, and the remaining part
on either side were not rotted Mt all.
CIsTEBNs FOR SURFACE WATER. Each
year over considerable portions of the
country farmers are put to much annoy
ance and extra labor, and their stock to
considerable actual suffering on account
Of scarcity Of water. Where water from
the wells is difficult TO obtain, a good
cistem is perhaps the best way by which
TO obtain water. But many farmers in
the west have small buildings and the
water from their roofs would he but of
limited amount To such we recommend
the digging OF cisterns in which to col
lect and hold water from the earth s
surface. In very large number of
cases sufficient fall can be found near
the farm buildings, for the purpose
The water from the winter rains and
melted snow from a half acre of land
even, will be very large amount.
Dig the cistern, if possible, above the
stables. so as not to catch the water
tainted with manure. As a manner of
convenience and cheapness in building,
and in after cleaning, the cistern had
best be made long and narrow, running
along the slope. 1t may be covered
With two-inch plank. A few channels
on either side to guide the water will
be all that is needed. If the surface is
covered with grass, and care is taken
not to allow the water falling in summer
showers to run in, except in cases Of