Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-12-07
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Farm, Garden and Household.

SCALDNG BED BUGS. -Alwavs lcs-
troy these vermin when tue moon is
new, and you will then destroy all their
eggs.
PLASTER on Wet GROUND. -" Does
plaster help orchard grass and other
grasses on wet ground 2" So asks a
correspondent. We answer no. 1t is
useless to SOW plaster on wet lands.
DRESSING FOR A TURKEY. The crumbs
81 one large loaf of bread, rubbed up
fine two eggs half teacup Of butter,
one teacupful Of celery, chopped fine,
one toaspoonEnl Of salt, one teNspoonful
of groundp' per. This is delicious.
How TO SET CoLops.-Dssolve tea
spoonful of sugar Of lead in a pail of
water in which You soak your colored
cambricll for fifteen minutes before
washing. If more convenient, a little
vinegar or handful Of salt thrown into
apail OF water, and the dress soaked,
will set the color.
SUGAR COOKIES WITHOUT EGGs.- -
Two cups sugar, one cup butter, and
one cup sweet milk. one teaspoonful
soda two teaspoonfuls of cream tartar,
sifted in the flour; spice to suit the
taste, and flour to make it thick enough
20 roll easy: rub butter and sugar in the
dry four, then wet and roll out, using
40 eggs.
TooTHAcHE.-Put piece of quicklime,
AS big as walnut, in pint OF water in
Il bottle. Clean the teeth with q little of
1t every morning, rinsing the mouth with
clean water afterward. If the teeth are
good it will preserve them and keep away
toothache if the teeth are gone, it will
harden the gums so that they will mast,
cate crusts and all.
Rich MNcE PIES. Eight pounds of
beef, one pound suet, two pounds
currants, two pounds raisins, onc-half
peck apples, Two ounces ground cloves,
two ounces all-spice, one-half ounce mace,
one ounce nutmegs, three-quarter pound
citron, one-quarter pound cinnamon,
eight pounds sugar, half q gallon sweet
cider, eight lemons.
CHARCOAL OR EARTH FOR Hoes.
Hogs that are put up to fatten, as well
as store hogs, should have some earth
given them occasionally. We have
found it good plan to dig a few sods
from the fence-corners for them, which
they will consume with much relish.
In state of nature, the hog, which
roots for its living, must, necessarily,
take into his stomach largo quantity
of earth. 1t is advisable to let him do
this when penned up.
To Cook AN OLD Fowl. Dress and
stuff as for roasting; then boil three
hours in a covered pot, with one quart
of water, to which add two tablespoon
fuls Of vinegar then take it from the
water, rub 1t over with little butter,
sprinkle over some flour, and put the
fowl into the bake pan and bake in a
hot oven one hour. Use the liquor in
the pot for gravy, and to haste with.
The vinegar makes it very tender, but
does not taste at all,
ECONOMY IN FATTENING ANIMALS. -
It has been proved by experiment, says
HedrM and Home, that the more rapidly
an animal is iatteL ed, the less quantity
of food is necessary to sustain its mere
vitality. Thus, an animal can b. more
cheaply fattened by consuming ten
bushels of corn in two months than il
four months were occupied in the pro-
cess. Liberal and abundant feeding is
the most economical, and saving Of
time in producing the same result is Q
gain in the profit.
SPREADING MANURE We think it {
wrong practice, when hauling ont man
IRE, in the fall or winter, to place it in
heaps. 1t is better to spread it at once.
in the first place, labor is saved But
most important Of all is the fact that
most of the manure is wasted when
placed in heaps. Ii spread at once it is
more equally divided than it can be
afterwards. We once hauled out man.
ure to field, leaving it in heaps until the
hauling was completed. During thi,
time some showers fell. The land was
sown to oats next sp.ing, and ON the
spots where the heaps had been, the
grain lodged and was spoiled. The fol
lowing crop was wheat, and on those
spots the wheat rusted and yielded no
thing while the growth Of straw was
remarkable. We have never since re-
peated the practice. Hearth and Home
P4syuRNe WINTER GRAN,-lt j,