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Fam, aardsn and Housdh0la

Guo cOU, SEcou CVTu 0AVuSu N0A % Ps"S,
to this add one egg, well beaten, one
cup of Aour, half cup Of cream OF
buttermilk; salt and pepper them 70
taste fry in butter.
SMOKY CH1MNEYs.-R you hare a
smoky chimney, see that the chimney
top reaches higher than any other
part of the building that the inside,
throughout tie whdle length, is plas-
tered very smoothly with good NOR
tar !; that the throat Of the chimney
is not less than four inches broad, and
a foot long, opening into . iahamber
at least twice as large, and that no
Aue contains less than sixty square
inches.
Il BurnERxD ToAsr.-cut tkia aliAas
the whole way round q stale losf &c
should be at least q day old ]; warn
both sides before the fire, and toast
carefully; have q hot plate ready to
Law it on when done. Put soma hut
ter, cut into dice, on it; first warm it
before the FIRE and spread the butter
on each side Of the toast. Toast q
second round ard lay it on the first;
cut off the crusts and divide into
four quarters. Serve very hot.
ExcsLLENT VARAIsH FOR HARNESS.
-Pulyerize and put in jug or bottle
half a pound to o pound of gan-shel.
lac, covered with good, alcohol, and
cork tightly. Put the mixture in 9
warm place. In about two days, if
shaken frequently, the gum will be
dissolved and ready for use. If the
LIQUID appears as thick as thin molas
ses, add more alcohol. To one quart
of the varniah add .ane ounce Of good
lampblaok, and an ounce Of gum
camphor. An occasional coat of this
is also good for rendering boots
waterproof.
. FARM NorEs.-It pays to raise corn
for winter forage-plaut in drills, o
hushel to the acre. Cut stalks two
feet from the ground, if large; cure
in stacks tied at the top till the stalk
is dry (some four weeks), then house,
and not stack out for rams 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-roass to protect both stock and
stock-feed. Fhen 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 weathered stuff, with
all tho salts of araonia, potash, and
lime taken ,outof it. A farmer who
would sell fine mules Of his own rais-
ing for copper cents and think them
gold eagles, would not bo more mis-,
taken than thousands are, in regard
to the true value of fertilizers. What
all boys ten years old ought to know,
their ischers have yet to learn. That
is, the 1alue Of carbon and the ele.
mSuts of water in well-dripped out
door manure, of which they generally
form ninety-eight per cont. Think o.
it, the prsaise things that form oil
manure are enknown to planters and
fanssars. Is this wisdom, or is it folIyl
Our best friends on the farm ART
named carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nj
trogen, phosphorus, and sulphur. Ns
these add potash, magnesia. lime, iron
and chlorine, and you will have the
.aloments of good manure.
HINTS FOR FLY TIME.-Open your
doors in the morning, and let dhe
fresh air 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 scat
tened, or milk split, in places which
are accessible to flies. Keep fooe
and sweet things in the collar as muci
,as aracticable, and keep cupboard
doors shut. 1t is a great help IL
hang mosquito netting before yos''
bnentay shelves; and indeed a grea'
deoi mere use might be Prohtaoly
ma6e of mosquito netting ahaa III
generally thought Of 1fyou have
no iee-chest, a netting box is anosPen
sible to preserve meat, pastry, etc,
from flies. I dress my sitting room
stove with it (the pink is pretty
onouph), making q kind of case thu
can be Slipped off easily, if I wish tt
mako fire in a cool day. No house
kecrer who has not tried it, con gnes
how much nicer it is, than to 'be dali.
taking q brush to dusty stove
Bits Of green ''bushes," i" -sprigs fror
tho cherry trees or eurYent bushes
suspended from the ceiling and wal
make excellent resting places for tles
and walls kept thus provided WI
show marked difference when nous
cleaning time comes. Another ae
vantage is, that at FIVE o'clock on
.coolis6 morning, the flies will be foun
by hundreds, asleep on these "roosts
which may be taken down careiul!
and transferred to the fire, which WI
mercilully consume, without awsko'
ing them.