Connecticut western news., 1872-07-19
Farm, Garden and Household.

JELLY CAKE.-One cup of sugar, one cup of milk, one tablespoonful of cream of tartar, and half 8 teaspoonful of soda; flavor with nutmeg or lemon. This makes six layers. -.~~
 CAnF's LIVER 5LARDED AND ROASTED. tan Entree. IA calf's liver, vinegar, one onion, three or four sprigs of parsley and thyme, salt and pepper to taste, one bay.leaf, lardoons, brown gravy, ingredi- ents. Mode-Take a fine white liver, and lard it put it into vinegar with an onion cut in slices, parsley, thyme, bay-leaf, and seasoning in the above proportion. Let it remain in this pickle for twenty-four hours, then roast and haste it frequently with the vinegar, etc; :; glaze it, serve under 1t good brown gravy, or sauce piquante, and send it to table very hot.
 A AREMEDY.-Hydropho can be pre- vented, and we give what is known to be an infallible remedy, if properly admin iste1ed, for man and beast :; dose for a horse or COW should be about four times as great as for person. It is not too late to give the medicine any time before the spasms come on. The first for person is II OF. of elecampane root, bruised, put in pint of new milk, reduce to one half by boiling, then taken all at one dose in the morning, fasting until afternoon, or at least very light diet after several hours have elapsed. The second dose the same as the first, except take OF. of the root third dose same at the last, to be taken every other day. Three doses are all that is needed, and there need be no fear.
 GAS LIMB FOR COLORADO BUes,- The refuse material used to purify illu- minating gas has been used the present season with good effect for destroying or driving away the pest of the potato field, the Colorado beetle. One method of using it consists in scattering the lime on the ground beneath the vines. An other method is to dilute it with flour or plaster as in the case with Paris green, and to dust it over the vines when the dew is on. Considerable caution must be exercised in using it. While there is no danger of its poisoning poultry, and animals. as in the case of Paris green, it is very injurious to plant growth when applied literally. In Chicago it has come into extensive use for destroying grass and other vegetation in walks and drives.
 FARM NEWS AND NoTEs.-Some far. mers claim that conch or quack grass (usually regarded as troublesome weed, is worthy of cultivation for hay, because 1t grows well on poor soil and endures trough. Tansy in hens nests, ''so they say" will keep the lice away. A German professor found by experiment that ssot all possible occasional additions to the ordinary feed of COWS, none has so mark cd an effect in increasing the yield O milk as common molasses." Ihe Rura SouthlGnd states that cucumbers just tot old to be used raw or for pickling, anc from that time till the seeds become hard, ''can be stewcd, fried or stuffed and, above all, can be parboiled, mashed up in batter and fried as fritters, nor, pleasant and easily prepared than an! vegetable or fruit" Dr. Nichols advise glass jars for fruits because "undoubted ly many persons are greatly injured b, eating tomatoes, peaches, etc., whicl have been placed in tin cans" nlinoi farmers, finding that partidges feed ol the ohinch bug are beginning to protec them from the fowler. . One man whc keeps hundreds about his fields feedin, them in Winter has unusually abundan wheat crops while his neighbors les considerate of their feathered allies hay, comparatively poor harvests. 1Re Rem Crescent of Nevada states that 13} tun of alfalfs seed was sold in that town tn past Spring against three tuns in 1871 which shows how this plant is gainin, popularity among sage-brush farmers Prof. Lawes says "the cost of cleanin foul land which is in high condition i much greater than that of putting lant which IS poor in condition, but free fron weeds, into good condition" A Yanke has invented the following novel devic for preventing horse from kicking i harness The hind legs are strapped a the kneejoints, with the strap runnin through ring on the circingle, so tha when one foot advances the slack slip through the ring far enough to allow tn other leg to remain behind, and vic versa. Osage Orange is claimed to pol sess merits as hoop-pole timber. Plar ted thickly, there is vigorous and sle1 der upright growth; they. are yer straight and split freely. The wood tough and elastic when green, end e1 tremely hard and somewhat brittle whe thox5ugnly seasoned, and 'tas durable time, no man ever having seen rotte stick of it." The Weste,7, Farmer nott that the statements made regarding tI value of plaster for prairie lands has ha the effect to greatly increase the deman in certain portions of the West. A col respondent of The Poultry World marx bis chickens by making hole in tl web of the foot with a very small sat dler's punch. It is mentioned as GU ious fact by old woodsmen that beac and sycamore trees are never struck I lightning, though standing in clel proximity to oak, hickory, and trees other species that have been scanned torn to pieces by the subtle fluid.