Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-09-04
Farm. Garden and nousehOId.

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salt auI pepper tuem to taste fry M
butter.
SMOKY CHnSEYs If you have a
smUk, chlmn y, ses that the chimney
top relche, higher thau any other Part
of the building; that the Inside through
out the whole length is plasterrd yer,
smoothly with good mortar (; that the
throat If the chlmu-y is not less than
four inches broad and fout hong open
iig int a chamber at least twice ~ large,
AID thni no flae contains less than sixty
square inches.
BUFrERED ToAsr.-Cut thin slices the
whole way round stale loaf Ut should
be at least day old; warm both sides
before the fire, aud toast carefully have
a hot plate really to lay it on when done.
Put some bu ter, cut into dice, on it (;
first warm it before the fire anil spread
the butter on each side of the toast
Toist second round aud lay it on the
first cut off the cruSts and divide into
four quarters. Serve very hot
EXCELLENT vARNIsH FOR HARNESS -
Pulverize aud put in jug or bottle half
a round to a pound of gum-shellac,
covered with good alcohol, and cork
tightly. Put the mixture in warm
place. In about two days, il shaken
frequently, the gum will be dissolved and
rea " for use. Ii the liquid appears as
thick as thin molasses add more alcohol
To one quart Of the varnish ad | one
ounce of good lampblack, and an ounce
- NH An M
this IS also good for rendering boots
water. roof.
FARM NorEs.-It pays to raise corn
for winter forage u liant in drills, a
bushpl to the acre. Cut stalks two feet
from the ground, il large cure in
stacks tied at the top till the stalk is
dry (some four weeks, then house, and
not stack out for rains to damage the
forage Our barns and stock-sheds are
generally poor and small. This is bad
economy. Split more boards, and make
large and tight shed-ropfs to protect
both STOCK and stock-feed. Then cattle
do better and drop their manure under
cover, and out of washing rains. One
load of such manure is worth more than
FIVE loads of old we lthered stuff, with all
the salts of amonia, potash and lime
taken out of it, A farmer who would
sell fine mules of his own raising for
copper cents an think them gold eagles,
would not be more mistaken than thou.
sands are in regard to the true value Of
fertilizers. What all boys ten years oil
ought to know, their fathers have yet to
learn. That is, the value OF carbon and
the elements of water in well. dripped
outdoor manure, Of which they pener-
ally form ninety eight per cent. Think
of it, the precise things that form al
manure are unknown to planters and
farmers. Is this wisdom. or is II folly9
Onr best frienls ON The farm are named
carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen,
phosphorus and sulphur 70 these add
potash, lnagneSia, lime, iron and chlorine
aud YOU will have the clements of good
manure.
HINTS FOR FLY TIME. Open your
doors iu the morning and let the fresh
ar pass freely through the house. After
an hour or two, close the blinds and
doors, or otherwise darken the rooms
except of course the one in which You
are at work. Take care that no crumbs
are scattered or milk split in places which
are accessible to flies. Keep food and
sweet things in the cellar as much as
Practicable, aud keep cupboard door,
shut. 1t is "a great h Zip tt hang mosquito
netting before your pantry shelves anC
Indeed q G eat deal more use might b,
probably made of mosquito nettin.
TN is generally thought of. If yor
hava no ice chest, netting box Is in
dlspensible to preserve meat pastry
etc., from flies. 1 dress my sittin,
room stove with it (the pink is prett,
enough, making kind of case that ca,
b. slipped off easily if wish to make
fire i'll cool day. M housekeeper VIII,
has not tried it, can guess how mucl
nicer it is than to be daily taking
brush to dusty stove. Bits OF greer
" blu shes" sprigs from the cherry tree
or currant bushes suspended from tn
C ling aud wall make excellent restin
places fof flies, and walls kept thus pre-
vlded will show marked differenc
when house cleaning time comes. Al
other adv lntage is that at FIVE o'clock O
c1oliSh morning, the dies will he foun
by hundreds asleep on these "roosts,
which may be taken down carefully an
transferred to the fire, that will mere
fully consume without awakening then
SHEEP ON Poor FARM. Some farm
ers OF our acquaintance feel an antip
thy to sheep for the reason that the
''bite close" We consider this the
chief recommendation. They can on
bite close where the pasture is shol
and the pasture is short only on 10
farm. A poor farm will necessarily
encountered with briars, weeds ar
brush i'll the fence corners. Under sue
conditions, we would say to q farmer wi
has twenty dollars or upward ia cas-
or credit for it, and then let him borro
the amount if he has to pay one D
cent month for the use OF it), invest
IN as many ewes, not older than thr,
years, as you can get for that none
Put them this summer in such field
we have described, and give them,
addition to what they can pick up.
pint OF wheat bran and oatmeal dali
with free access to water and salt. Tn,
will first "go for" the briars and Gle,
them out every portion of that fie
will be trodden over and over again, al
the weeds will have no chance Fo
them on that field during win.er. al
carry to them feed sufficient TO Ike
them thriving. Get the use OF 90
buck in season South Down would
preferable-and in the spring, il v
have luck-that means, il you o1ve Tho
proper attention and feed regularly
you will raise more lambs than you ha
ewes. The money will he more th
doubled, and the wool end manure "
pay for their feed and interest In {
spring you may put that field in col
with the certainty Of getting fifty T
oeaa increase Of xoP.-Agsae Fem