The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-06-17
Fnrm. Gnrden and HonsehoId.

one OF the former 10 ulteen OF the latter.
The Maine farmer who, tempted by
high prices, disposed Of part of his hay
last Fall, aud economical to make
up the deficiency, has just sold II hides.
"Onc who knows" makes it point
to select COW with yellow skin. One
whose skin is pale or colorless is not, he
saws, half so likely to produce good
butter.
Joseph S. Howe saws that one Of the
chief hindranceS to agricultural progress
is tic reluctance farmers feel toward Civ
ing the puhlic the benefit o. their *.
perieuc", either hy writing or byspercb.
A correspondent Of Moorc's RrTdi kept
IA calves in stanchions one Winter, and
found their horns standing in nll III.
rections," Now he either ties them
with rope or lets them go loose in the
pen.
TUS LAMBS INTO Cons FIELDS. Tell
your subscribers to turn the lambs into
the corn field on taking them from the
ewes. They will do the corn no injury,
Dnd find there plenty Of the best of food.
1 never saw lambs do as well as when
Treated IN that way.
COTTAGE PUDDING. Warm two and n
half iabcspoopfuls of butter. stir in u
teacup Of white sugar and two eggs
Put two tenspooniuls Of cream tartar 10
one pint OF flour, add tcaSpooniul Of
soda dissolved in n cup OF milk flavor
with lemon or vanilln. Bake three.
quarters Of IN hour in moderate oven,
and serve hot with rich hot sauce.
MoRNNO BIscUiTs, One qunrt Of
flour, half teaspoonful Of salt, two
tablespoonful Of yeast, and one pint Of
sour milk. with bnlf teaSpooniul Of soda
dissolved IN it. Work this into u dough;
then rub into the dough hnlf cup OF
butter. Kncad well cut of small bits /;
shape them into biscuits; lay them in
the lake pm, cover closely with bread.
cloth, aud let them staud over night, in
a warm place in the winter, and u cold
place in the summer. BAKE in the
morning for breakfast.
BREAD PUDDING One pint of fine
brend crumbs one cup Of sugar, Two table.
spoonfuls Of molasses, bnlfn pound suet
chopped 6ne, one coffee.cup raisiDS,
bali n rind OF preserved omnge-peel or
citron cut thin and fine, very little
nutmeg and cinnamon, two teaspoon.
iu's cram tartar, one small teaspoon.
ful soda. one teaspoonfnl ni sail. Stir
in milk enough 10 make il thick ms pound.
cake beating all thoro,lehly together
pnt II into n battered pudding mould,
and bill three hours. Bo c1reiul. to
keep the water boiling all the time.
HErpIYo OUT me Hay cBnP. Tho
present dtnuth, snys the TIibane. viii
have n serious oHect on the pasture
fields and ipesploNs, and will without
doubt considerably lessen the yield Of
hay. Although sufficient rain may fall
hereafter it will be too late 10 materially
affect the liay crop. Meadows arc now
suffering from the effects OF the dry
weather OF Inst yenr aud the past severe
winter, 10 that Tile probability is against
even yield equal to The short crop Of
last senson. Therefore il is absolutely
necessary that provision be male FOR a
supply Of fodder to carry stock through
next winter. The first resource for the
farmer is to plhut corn. The crop. with
good cultivation, will thrive III q hot,
dry season better tlIRn any other SO
easily raised, aud il ia n question readily
solved whether poor meadow, which
OF the best may Weld half q tun of hay
per acre next'month, had not better be
plowcd mp md prepared for n crop Of
corn fodder which will cert ninly produce
two TO four. and possibly FIVE or six tuns
Of feed. equal to average hay. A sod
turned down before the Goth day Of june
may be relied upon for this yield. and
NAV be cleared in time to prepare for q
crop Of winter wheat to be sown in Sep.
tember.
ROor FoOD ron DAIRY SroCR. In an
address 10 the Little Falls Farmers Climb.
Harris Lewis called the attention to some
recent experiences of bis in raising and
feeding bceis. SIS per acre covered the
expense Of seed, planting, cultivation,
and harvesting, and the yield wns ono
bushels, 80 that the roots cost Rlout 8.
cents n hlshel. or not more than II cents
allowing for value Of manure, interest on
land, &c. Yellow globes aud imperial
heeis were grown on part Of the same
field the wear previous, ht an expense Of
about $40 pei acre, yet the yield was so
much greater that tue cost Of the roots
was about two cents per bushel less than
the cost Of the last seasons crop The
speaker ndvocated feeding cattle regular
portion Of roots each day, the whole time
they arc confined from pasture in cold
weather, as preferable to partial feeding,
as, for example, emitting roots while
cows are dry ut midWinter. He express.
ed the belief, rs tho result Of experiment,
that hccts arc actually worth from 10 to
"a cclis per hnSlel for feeding cows, ms
compared with hay at 500 n tun-the
lowest NJ these estimates af1ording m
ample profit on the cost Of cultivation /;
but he thought the consequential ndvan.
taPe even greater still, In "incrcased
usefulness during the entire sensan."
lessened Ii, bility to disease, &c, ind in
the Improvement Of the butter and cheese
which ihe milk produces. In support OF
this last Insertion, Mr.. l.. STATED that at
lis request tad managers Of the iattory
in bis WeighhOihood made two tests Of
the milk Of al their patrons this spring
for the express purpose Of determining
the relative qrnlity OF milk produced by
cows fed with hay and roots and those tel
with hay aud grim, and concluded that
beets nrc "A good, II not bettcr, for the
production ~ rich milk than grain. In
conclusion. Mr.. Lewis sid that, nfter
carefully looking Mt the subject in all is
bearings, he hMl come to the conclusion
ihat l,nnIs fnr rniIln fnnh nrn ,rnll ,rnrtl,