Connecticut western news., 1872-01-19
Farm, Garden and Household.

AAoER tNo' Ouo plub Ol ul1lk, one IaDlS- spoonful! of butter, two or three eggs, two table-spoonfuls of quick yeast, a pinch of salt, four enough to make a thin batter. Set the mullins to rise, and add the eggs and butler when they are light. Bake in rings on a griddle.
 A PLEASANT DlsH-At this season, when oranges abound, housewives may fancy trying what is considered deli clous dish. It is composed of oranges peeled and cut in slices, and each slice spr1nkled with desiccated cocoa nut and sugar. After being prepared it should stand an hour or two, and then be eaten with cream. The seeds should be care fully removed.
 AnNG AN1MALs.--In treating animals that are ailing from some unknown case, 1t IS best to act with caution in giving physic. Generally warm gruel or mash es, with change of feed, in which some flaxseed 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 overwo1k or bad feed.
 DETERMINING TANNN IN OAK LARK A method lately introduced by Lowen- thal 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 manner that, with the final disappearance of the blue color. the last trace of the tannin is also decomposed. For this inquiry Mhe following liquids are needed /: First, solution of indigo carmlne second, a 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 a bushel and half should be sown on rich ground early in spring. If the fiber is not wanted, 1t may be mown or cradled and thrashed in an ordinary thrashing machine or with 8 fail. The seed will bring about one dollar and @ 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 carpenters trestle or horse, with row of sharp iron spikes set closely in the top; the seed end of flax IS struck on these spikes and drawn through them, by which the seed is stripped off. Flax is considered an ex- haustlng crop, and not very profitable except to farmers who are peculiarly we'll situated in regard to rich soil and proximity to flax or oil mills.
 POULTRY EXPERTS. Curtis said Tn the Farmers Club, he thought raising fowls for large size was destructive of their egg producing qualities, and ren- dered them unfit for profitable keeping. MT. Ely considered the Black Spanish the best for laying, and the Polands the next. Dr. Sylvester thought mixed stock, when the cocks were changed each year, was preferable to any other breed. Mir. 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-thi-ds cracked corn 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- sumed, and he knew there was profit in feeding iberally. 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 infor- 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- tion 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 a feather into the throat and withdrawing it with a 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 arva.