Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-11-16
Farm, Garden and Household.

INK STAINS. Ink stains may be re-
moved from mahogany by touching them
with feather dipped in mixture COM
posed Of few drops of nitre and a
teaspoonful of water. To prevent
white mark being left, the spot must be
rubbed with a cloth wet in cold water the
moment the ink has disappeared.
BUTTER, CHEESE AND Milk. If sixteen
quarts Of milk are required to make a
pound of butter, and ten quarts a pound
of cheese, and butter is twenty-five cents
n pound and cheese twelve cents, it is
more profitable to make butter butter
yielding fraction over one and half
cents quart and cheese fraction less
than one and a quarter cents.
Moss IN PASTURES or MEADOWS. This
is always found on poor knobs or wet
flats. The remedy in the first case is to
harrow until the moss is torn up, and
spread load Of manure and a little lime.
In the second place, drain off the water,
and harrow and spread lime or plaster,
and salt or ashes. Get rid of the water,
strengthen the soil, and moss will be no
further trouble.
VERY NICE FR1TrERs may be made
by simply rolling the plain dough latter
it has risen of course) and cutting and
frying as doughnuts,' to be eaten with
sirup or sauce. BY putting lump of
risen dough into a pudding bag, tying,
leaving room to swell, put into a pot of
boiling water, and boiling an hour or
more, according to size, you have an ex-
cellent plain pudding, but it should be
eaten with rich sauce.
BOXERS IN APPLE TREES. E. +. D.,
asks Hearth Dc Home, if there is any way
to prevent borers from entering apple
trees. The best plan is to wrap the base
of the trunk with tarred roofing paper
A piece foot or more wide is wrapped
around the tree, the lower edge of the
paper eXteHding just below the surface
of the soil. Before this is applied the
trees should be examined to ascertain
that borers have already entered Should
any be found they must be probed out or
cut out
SHELTER THE STocK.-The season has
arrived when it is positive cruelty to
permit beast to stay out of doors for a
single night, A sense of justice to these
animals, which exist only for our use, if
he does not consult his own interest,
should impel every farmer Immediately
to put every stable and shed OH the farm
into proper condition, to fasten all loose
boards, close all open windows, and
make his stock snug and comfortable.
There's money in it too, as he will find.
Even his hens will lay better if kept
warm.
Work FOR FALL AND WINTER. -Ar-
tumn and winter bring a great amount
of work to the industrious farmer.
Flowing, draining, removing stones,
grubbing fence-rows, and repairing build
ings keep him busy from morn to night.
The accumulation of manure also is an
item that needs constant thought and
hard work. And these things must be
done if the farm is to be improved. I'm.
less it is under constant Improvement it
will deteriorate and fall into bad order
The farmer can never say, "Soul, take
thine ease eat, drink, and be merry ~
he has to night against the general ten.
dency of things to go to the bad, and he
only wins who fights constantly.
FEED FOR CATTLE AND HORSES. "A
thrifty animal will consume about three
per cent of its overweight in fodder daily.
For COW of 800 pounds, twenty-fom
pounds of hay should be provided. Bu'
it has been abundantlv proved that wher
this hay is cut wetted, and mixed will
the allowance of meal two to four quarts
eighteen pounds daily is ample to keer
an ordinary COW in good condition. The
difference then is the amount saved
which is equal to one fourth. Thi,
represents the gain in digestibility o
the food by the method of preparing it
In practice the gain is greater, because
no waste can occur in using cut feed
while ir using long hay much is Away
wasted,