National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-11-17
Farm, Garden and Household.


remember the New England method of
making pumpkin pie without pastry Az
ter the pie dish is oiled, dust the bottom
and sides well with corn meal or wheat
flour: pour in the sauce and bake. Care
should he observed in serving, but with
n broad pie.kniie no trouble will attend.
BAD SHoEING. The New York Le,kger
contends that one of the greatest cruel
ties to horses is practiced IN the mode
Of shooting them that many are lamed
nv il that the reason why people do
not shoe their horses better is because
they do not kI,ow hoir, and recommends
that in view OF recent discoveries II
school should be opened to teach the
improved methods.
SToRlNG CABBAGEs FOR WrNTER
Editor of the Germantown 1aeqraph
has kept cabbage dozen winters in II
perfect state. in the following manner:
"Plant or set then mp in rows as they
grow-that is, with the roots down fill
in with soil pretty freely, then make II
covering 10y planting two posts where
there liz "A fence TO rest on, or four where
there is not allowing for pitch to carry
of the water lay bean poles opposite
the way OF the pitch and cover with corn
fodder or straw or boards. In using
through the winter, avoid rs much rs
possible the sun side and close up again. =
How TO FIT A COLLAR TO A HORSE. ~
The plan adopted at the West, which
we are assured by men who have been
long in the collar business, does not in
iure the collar in the least, is to dip it in
water until the leather is thoroughly
wet, then put it on the horse, securing
the names firmly, keeping it there until
it becomes dry 1t is all the better if
heavy loads are to be drawn, as that
causes the collar to be more evenly fit
ted to the neck and shoulder IF posi-
BILE, the collar should be kept on from
four to five hours when it will be per-
fectly dry, and retain the same shape
ever afterwards and as it is exactly
fitted to the form Of the neck, will not
produce chafes nor sores on the horses
neck.
EXPERIMENTS IN SEEDING WHEAT 1t
has been found that where care is eXer-
cised in drilling wheat the crops will be
much larger; thin seeding more often
proving successful than thick seeding
Il. A. Gilpin, Of West Chester, planted
one acre with three pecks, in drills 20
inches apart, and planted the remain.
der of the field with an ordinary drill.
In the spring, MS soon as the ground be-
came dry, he cultivated with garden
hoe three inches deep. The single acre
yielding % bushels the remainder g.
J. J. Mechi, of England, dibbled IN acre
at intervals of about A inches, one kep-
mel in hole. One grain made from 20
to 80 stems, and the acre produced SO
bushels of heavy wheat and "a tons of
straw, making the heaviest crop on his
farm.
A New METHOD OF PACKING BUTTER
"A Michigan dairyman has lately pub.
lished his method of packing butter. He
has oaken tubs with heads at each end
They are fourteen inches in diameter at
top, nine inches at the bottom, and six
teen inches high In packing a cambria
bag is made to fit the tub. The butter
is packed in the tub as it stands on the
small end-the sack being long enough
TO extend above the edges of the tub
and is pressed down firmly until within
an inch and half of the top, when
circular cloth is laid over it, the edges
Of the sack turned down over that, and
layer of fine salt placed on it, Ehe
head is now put III its place, the tub turn
ed up, and the butter in the sack, of
course, falling down to the bottom, leaves
a space all around it which is filed with
brine poured through hole in the small
end When full the hole is corked up
tight. The butter floats in the brine and
is etfectually preserved from the air, and
will keep for an almost indefinite period
FEEDING SToCK. -Overfeeding is as in
furious as undertaking. Probably more
sickness occurs, especially amongst hors-
es, from this cause than from any other.
In addition to this evil effect much fod-
der IS wasted when stock are supplied
with unlimited quantities. Even if it is
only within then reach, they will pull it
down, pick ont the choice bits, and
waste the remainder There is a certain
amount which is Just right, and either
more or less than that is an evil to be
guarded against Owners of stock should
watch this, as being more interested and
better capable of Judging than the great
majority of hired men. The proper
supply may he measured by the appetite
OF the animal, which in good health will
lead it to eat with relish all that is ncces.
sary When any is left i'll the manager
the beast has been overfed and when it
has just enough it will eat and enjoy it's
allowance and lick its trough clean. 1t
is difficult to manage tnis without direct
occasional supervision. Where the
owner is, the crib is clean, and in his
absence much waste is almost certain to
occur -HedrM AMI Hopte.
IRRIGATION. The practice Of irrigs-
ten Is not necessarily confined to rain
lets climates. In the mountain counties
OF Pennsylvania and New jersey, where
springs are very common, almost every
farm has its irrigated meadow. In En-
rope one often meets with artificial mca-
dows and irrigated fields aud even in
Great Britain, the climate of which is
especially moist one, this practice is
quite common. Some of these mea-
dows have been moved for ages, and the
sluices and waterways are permanent
and costly structures Lately an exper-
Iment has been made in England in
forcing water through a system of pipes,
so as to irrigate the land by artificial
rain every night when no rain falls. The
tract thus experimental on consists of
twenty acres, and although the interest
on the cost of the apparatus and expense
OF operating it amounts to S95 per acre,
II was found that the increased crop of |
hay gave net profit of sos per acre |
Where, however, stream can be dam /
med and the water let over grass lands. /
or where springs can he thus conveyed
without much expense, it is beyond |
doubt that the produce of grass may be