National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-03-03
Farm, Garden aud Household.

OF boiling water heaping Tablespoons
full of ginger, the same of cinnamon, q
pinch OF salt roll thin, bake in quicl
oven.
BOILED Com BREAD. Two cnps o,
corn-meal, one cup of wheat flour, half 4
cup of molasses, or half cup of brown
sugar, one pint OF sour milk, one ant
half teaspoons OF soda, one teaspoon
of salt mix well. Pit in n well-greascC
Yin pail cover tight and set in kettle o.
boiling water; cover and boil two hours
PRESERVING EGas-Tms subject ha,
been so thoroughly discussed Mt differ
ent times, that many persons must have
made careful trials, and be able to report
their success or failure in the use OF diff
fent recipes. II is much easier to pre-,
serve eggs in autumn, to keep until Feb
riary, than to preserve spring and sum.
mer eggs to last through moulting time.
THE FOLLOWING is said to be an effect.
ual remedy for chicken mites Take
common leaf tobacco as much as the
user may think necessary, and make n
strong ten, letting it boil some time, so
AS to get all the strength from the tobac-
90 then sprinkle the tea all over aud
about the place where the mites are and
if the first application is not sufficient,
use in same manner second time but
the first time is almost always oiiectual.
To KILL LICE ON CATTLE. A Cor
respondent Of the Maine Farmer says,
in reference to advice that had previous
ly been given not to apply kerosene oil
to cattle for the purpose of killing lice I:
-" l avoided the use Of kerosene for this
purpose for several years, fearing it
might be injurious, but for tho last
three years | have used nothing else
with our large stock of cattle, and
should be very unwilling to give il up.
As often rs the stock are known to be
troubled with lice, each creature is card
ed all over quite thoroughly, frequently
dipping the tech OF the card in the oil
Two or three applications are sufficient
No remedy that have ever tried is so
convenient, and none more harmless or
efectual.
A GOOSE PIE. Gut "A fine young goose
into eight pieces, and season it with pep
per. Reserve the gibets for gravy.
Take smoked tongue that has been in
soak all night, parDoil it, peel it, and
cut it into thick slices, emitting the
root, which you must divide into small
pieces to stew with the giblets for gravy.
Make delicious crust, allowing pound
and n-half of butter to three of flour
Line deep dish with it, Fill it with
the pieces Of goose and slices of tongue.
Skim the gible gravy, thicken it with
little Drowned flour, and pour it into
the pie dish. Put on the upper crust
Bake three hours in brisk oven. In
making n large pie, other fowls, as
pigeons or partridges, may be added,
cut up. A duck pie may be similarly
made.
ORCHARD AND NURSERY. " Washing
anil scraping are of great benefit to neg
lee ed trees and washing, at least, may
be done with advantage on all fruit trees.
1t destroys the young and almost invisi-
BILE growth of MOSES and Gchens, kills
dormant insects that have hidden in the
crevices, and improves the tree generally
Various tree washes have been recon-
mended, but there is probably nothing
better than good. homemade soft-soap,
thinned with water to work conveniently
with a brush. Remove the loose scales
Of bark by means of blunt scrapcr be-
fore washing.
Insects are to be fought at all seasons
Remove the eggs OF the tent caterpillar
before they hatch. They are to be found
near the end of small twigs, glued around
in neat band. The wingless females
of the canker worm begin to ascend the
tree as soon ~ the ground thaws. There
are many protectors, all of which agree
in principle-that of interposing q bar
rier over which the insect cannot crawl
Ciens may still be cut. Pack them in
fresh sawdust or, if put in tight box.
and kept i'll cool place, they will keep
in good condition until it is time to set
them.
Grating should be done only when
the swelling of the buds shows that veg !
citation is starting Cions may be cut
and preserved in moss and sawdust.
Pruniag is to be done before the
growth begins. In pruning neglected
trees, the object should be to get an |
open and well-balanced head Take !
care that bad wound is not made by /
the falling of the limb when partly saw
ed off. Pare wounds smooth, and cover
them with melted grating wax or brown
paint, which may be tainted, to be less
Planting. The time for setting trees
will he governed by the locality. At the
North nothin is gained by planting too
early. Cold, drying winds are very in
furious.
Varieties. family use, the selec-
ion should comprise varieties from the
earliest to the latest. For marketing,
here should be but few varieties, and III
making selection, local experience is
he only safe guide. Do not buy from
he extravagantly colored pictures shown
~ travelling agents. III unfamiliar with
he sorts, go about among those who
row fruit, and learn.
Injured T'ees-Such as are broken nv
he wind should he pruned rs the case
nay require; and the stumps, when
Imbs are removed, should he painted
yer with hot grating wax, to prevent
he sap from flowing ont and "scalling"
be bark, as the farmers call it. When
rees are knswed by mice and rabbits. il
be injury does not amount to girding,
z nearly to that. pare the torn edges of .
be bark, and paint this also with graft /,
ng waa ; make plaster of earth and
owhdung and apply this, binding it on ]
nth cloth. If girdled, the bark above .
nd below should be united by means of {
wigs Of the size of ones 0neer inserted .
q esch side and bound on, the ends be-
ng shnrpened and fitting corresponding 6
iotches -AgrIcut,ral,st. J
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