Connecticut western news., 1872-04-05
Farm, Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
 Cultivate the corn on flat, and af
 ter the last cultivating, say in July mount horse, and with Q broad-cas
 sowing machine SOW five quarts of clo yer seed per acre. If the ground ha
 been thoroughly cultivated, and is mois and mellow, the clover will soon start
 and if it should not, go over the felG again after the first rain, and SOW si, quarts of timothy seed per acre.
 RICE MERINaUE. Pick over one teacu1 of rice, wash clean, and boil in water until 1t is soft. When done, drain ali the water from it. Let it get cool and then add one quart of new milk, the well-beaten yolks of three eggs, three table spoonfuls Of white sugar and a little nutmeg; pour into Q baking-dish and bake half an hour. Let it get cold then beat the whites stiff, add two great spoonfuls Of sugar, flavor with lemon and van lla, and spread it over the pud- ding, md slightly brown it in the oven. Be careful not to let it scorch.-
 BLAcK-WALNUT 'tSrAIN n-To impart to common pine the color and appear ance of black-walnut, the following composition may be used: One quarter of a, pound of asphaltum, one half 8 pound of common beeswax, to one gallon of turpentine. If found too thin, add beeswax; if too light in color, add asphaltum, though that must be done with caution, as a very little will make a great difference in the shade, and black walnut IS not what it's name implies, but rather rich dark brown. Vanishing IS not essential, as the wax gives good gloss.
 PIcKnED Fees are easily prepared, and most excellent as an accompaniment for cold meats. Boil for half an hour three dozen eggs, remove the shells, and pack them when entirely cold in wide mouthed jar large enough to let them in or out without mashing or breaking. Turn as much vinegar as you think will cover them entirely, and boil in it white pepper, allspice, little root ginger, and, ii desired, very small quantity of gar hc. Salt to taste. A few tiny white onions put in the jar some may think an improvement. When the vinegar has boiled enough to extract the spices, take them out and pour it over the eggs, cork tightly when cold, and in month they are ready 70 use.
 HE VALUE OF Coop STocK,-A far mer 1n Tennessee writes the Department of Agriculture that he has lately sold twenty head of horses, at from $500 to $3,366 head, and adds eff all the stock oi the country were the best of it's Rnd, how much wealth would be added" etc. It IS precisely because all the stock of the country is not of the best kind that these high prices are obtained. It IS not in this direction that we are to look for profit, but in the increased use fulness of our stock. If GU the COWS were of the best kind, their money value would be no higher than that of our present poor ones but how much more profit there would be in their produce -Heartb and Home.
 To COVER STEEP BANK WITH GRASS. A German method is: For each square rod to be planted, take half pound of lawn grass seed, and mix it intimately and thoroughly with about six cubic feet pf good dry garden earth and loam. This IS placed in a tub, and to it liquid manure, diluted with about two-thirds of water, IS added and we'll stirred in, so as to bring the whole to the consistency of mortar. The slope is to be cleaned off and made perfectly smooth, and then well watered, after which the paste just mentioned is to be applied with troweL and made as even and thin as possible. Should 1t crack by exposure to the air, it IS to be again watered and smoothed up, day by day, until the grass makes it's ap pearance, which will be in from eight to fourteen days, and the whole declivity VIII soon be covered by close carpet of green. -.s z4 Il-7.-s-, -e,l HE CosT OF PooR STOCK. few farmers think of what it costs to Keep a poor COW or a land-pike hoe. They readily understand that a good COW, or hog that will dress 200 lbs. at ten months old, is profitable stock to keep. but the fact that this gain is really the amount of loss on the poor stock, is rare- ly considered. If 8 COW yields 200 lbs. of butter in year, which brings S6O, and another yields 75 lbs, which brings $22,5O, the loss on the poor COW is just S5o. 5O. The dairy business of this coun- try IS not on 8 satisfactory footing by any means, and solely on account of the | multitude of poor COWS, which are kept year after year. This is a matter which should be looked after by the County Agricultural Societ1es. Every one of these associations should introduce inn, proved stock, by means of ofthoroughbred male animals, into their localities. It is | a good work to elevate the ideas of farm | CTS and to foster a taste for improve | ments, but to the great majority of their clients the possession of such stock. or the use. of it, is quite unattainable, on account Of want of the necessary means. | By making this special branch of their operations, the usefulness of these socie- | ties would be much increased, and their Importance greatly enhanced.-AgrieuI- twist E 70 a.-f