Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-02-15
Farm, Garden and Household.

-hpfflNS' -oue plllJOl Hlllh, one luDle-
spoonful OF butter, two or three eggs,
two table-spooniuls of quick yeast, q
pinch of salt, flour enough to make a
thin batter. Set the mullins TO rise, and
add the eggs and butter when they are
light Bake in rings on griddle.
A PLEASANT DISH AT this season,
when oranges abound, housewives may
fancy trying what Is considered deli
cious dish. 1t is composed of oranges
peeled and cut in slices, and each slice
sprmkled with desiccated cocoa nut and
sugar. After being prepared it should
stand IN hour or two, and then be eaten
with cream. The seeds should be care
fully removed.
AIL1NG ANIMALS. In treating animals
that are ailing from some unknown case,
it is best to act with caution III giving
physic. Generally warm cruel or mash,
es, with a change of feed, in which some
tiaxseed meal or gently laxative medicine
has been mixed, with warm shelter, will
effect cure when violent and mistaken
remedies would be only sudden means
of DEATH Almost all complaints spring
from exposure or overwoIk or bad feed.
DETERMINING TANNIN IN OAK BARK. -
A method lately introduced by Lowen-
thai for determining the amount of
tannin in oak bark is based upon the
fact that tannin, in the presence, is de-
composed by permanganate of potash
in such Il manner that with the final
disappearance of the blue color. the last
trace of the tannin is also decomposed.
For this inquiry the following liquids
are needed First, solution of indigo
carmine; second, solution of tannin ;
third, solution Of the chameleon min
eral or permanganate of potash; and
fourth, solution of oxalic acid
How TO RAISE FLAX.-J. S. Summers,
Ohio; wanted information about raising
flax, quantity of seed, how thrashed, and
price at mill. He evidently wants to
raise flax for the seed, therefore about
bushel and half should be sown on rich
ground early in spring. II the fiber is
not wanted, it may he mown or Graded
and thrashed in an ordinary thrashing
machine or with fail. The
seed will bring about one dollar and a
half per bushel at the mill, according to
its locality. One bushel of seed makes
from two to three gallons of oil oil is
now worth 70 cents per gallon Wholesale
and oil cakes S45 per ton. If the fiber
is to be preserved, the flax must be
pulled by hand, tied in bundles, and the
seed stripped by means of machine
shaped like a carpenters trestle or
horse, with q row OF sharp iron spikes
set closely in the top; the seed end of
flax sstruck on these spikes and drawn
through them, by which the seed is
stripped off. Flax is considered an ex-
hausting crop, and not very profitable
except to farmers who are peculiarly
we'll situated in regard to rich soil and
proximity to fax or oil mills.
POULTRY EXPERTS. MIR. Curtis said
in the Farmers Club, he thought raising
fowls for large size was destructive of
their egg producing qualities, and rem
dered them unfit for profitable keeping.
Mr.. Ely considered the Black Spanish
the best for laying, and the Polands the
next. DIR. Sylvester thought mixed
stock, when the cocks were changed
each year, was preferable to any other
breed. Mr.. Bruen was certain feed was
the important item, for he had tried it.
Any fowls would lay If they were fed
properly He fed two.thirds cracked
coru and one-third oats, cooked with
scrap cake, the year round, and his
chickens liked it and wanted more, and
laid eggs in abundance He kept ac-
counts of all eggs laid and feed con-
slmed and he knew there was profit in
feeding literally. Farmers don't take
enough care of their fowls. Col. M. c.
Weld, Secretary of the New York Poul-
try Association, advised common fowls
with pure-bred cocks, changed yearly
and being requested to give some irfor-
nation as to the proper treatment of
gapes, said this complaint was due to the
presence of worms in the windpipe,
which, when numerous caused suffoca-
ton and death. Carbolic acid lin the
proportion OF one ounce to ten gallons
Of water should be mixed with their
drink; and the worms may be removed
by inserting the end of feather lAto
the throat and withdrawing it with
twisting motion. Fowls should not be
permitted to occupy the same ground
continually, as it becomes infested
with the fly of which this worm is the
lrva.