National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-08-30
Farm, Garden and Household.

THr FARM-Forty acres paid for and
titled is better and far more remuncrative
than 400 under heavy mortage and only
hall cultivated Whore one man may
succeed by rashness in assuming large re.
spon,ibiitcs b.ndreds tail and experience
and observation will show that the success
tul owners Of large tracts Of lands have
usually begun by small purchases Tor cash
and by gradual additions as they acquired
wealth by industry and economy.
To CLEAN TIN COVERS Mix little
of the finest powdered whiting with the
least drop of sweet oil, rub the covers
dust over them some dry whiting in n
muslin bag, and rub bright with dry
leather This last is to prevent rust,
which the cook must guard against 10y
wiping them dry and putting them by
the fire when they come from the dining
room, for il hung up once damp the
inside will rust.
SEED.-A writer in The Southern Farm
and Home gives these reasons for sowing
orchard grass and clover together; As or
chard grass gets ripe at the same date, il
holds the clover upior the srytbe, furnishes
the best Of early spring and winter pas
lures, aud as it will grow in clumps. the
clover only filling up what would other.
wise be bare, and as a good stand OF this
grass is everlasting under any sort of ration.
al treatment, prefer the two mixed
DESPITE Docs A writer in the
Cincinnati Gazette declares that it is
practicable to make sheep keeping a
safe business simply by inclosing the
farm or fields with a hedge Of Usage
orange. In three years, he says, such
hege "will keep sheep in and dogs out, ;"
and furthermore it Is the cheapest and
most durable of fences. He adds also
that while sheep are fond of the tende
shoots of the Usage, the act of nipping
itserves to prune it, and to keep IT iron.
spreading too much When well-grown
he says it will turn either horse or II
pig.
THE CLocK.-When the clock stops. do
pot take 1t to the repair shop till you
have tried MS follows Take off the
pointers and the face take off the pen
dulum and its wire. Remove the ratchet
from the "tick" wheel, and the clock
will run down with great velocity. Let
1t go the increased speed wears away
the gum and dust from the pinions til @
clock cleans itself IF you have any
sperm oil, put the least bit on the axles
Put the machine ogether and nine time
in ten 1t will run Just as well as if it had
been taken to the shop. In fact, this is
the way that most shopmen clean clocks.
If instead of pendulum the clock has Il
watch escapement, this latter can be
taken out in an instant, without taking
the works apart, and the result is the
same. 1t takes about twenty minutes
TO so clean brass clock, and saves n
dollar
CIDER.-A correspondent of the New
York Tribune says: will give two
plans, one of which will preserve the cider
sweet or in the state owing to the con.
dition it is ia at the time the treatment is
applied; the other is applicable only after
the cider has fcrmrnted According to
plan No. l, one-tourth of an ounce per
gallon of sulphate of lime should be added
soon after the cldei rom the press.
This can best be done by adding the sui
plate OF lime to gallon or so of cider in
separate vessel, and after stirring well pour
into the barrel. Ten ounces of this lime
will be the proper quantity for an ordinary
barrel The cider will keep in tue con
dition it was at the time when the lime was
sdded. This plan will work equally well if
the CIDER be partially or wholly fer,nented
when the lime is put in 1t does not ap.
pear to be absolutely necessary to rack
oil the cider unless it is to be transported !:
in that case 1t should be racked in about
BOUNTY FOR BOYS. One of the edi
tors of the The american AnicutariS ex-
presses the opinion that it would be the
part of wisdom for farmers and gardeners
in a neighborhood where cabaoe.worms
congregate to ill purse from which to
pay children for catching the pretty
white butterfly that lays the eggs that
produce the pieris rap9. He calculates
that n dollar "a hundred would be fair
compensation. and that an active boy
armed with IA light net of ordinary mus
keto cloth, might drive quite a thrifty
trade, and save many cabage heads from
the dentine OF the destroyer. Another
editor OF the same journal agrees with
his associate alb ut the Importance of
attacking the worm Sin the bud"
but dissents from prior statement of
his to the effect that the pest cannot be
fought successfully when in its crawling
condition. His own garden patch of
early cabages was badly infested by the
worms early in the season. A few sift-
ings of air-slaked limo completely routed
them.
CURING DoGs.-A correspondent of
the London Field thus tells how he cured
dog of chasing sheep. "A large deer
hound, with not being well looked Ter,
got into the habit of chasing sheep, aud
killing them, too, whenever he had an
opportunity. He was sharply corrected
and kept chained up for several DAYS.
but when again taken out was as bad as
ever. My father happily remembered
how he had cured larger retriever of
the same sin, five-and-thirty years before,
and we have, | am pleased to say, made
perfect cure of my deerhound. After
one OF his chases; he was taken up to
the sheep farm securely tied between
two old scotch rams. and then let loose
In the yard. No sooner were they let
loose, than all, three being good Jump
ers cleared the wall, and the dog was
dr. gged about the park till all three
We're dead tired. The poor fellow was
then taken home, and can assure you
sheep chasing is now the very last thing
of all othe.s that he ever thinks Of
We have surer cure, and besides, it
does not worry the rams. 1t is half an
ounce Of lead between the two eyes
projected from the muzzle of rife.
The REASON 1t is somewhat difficult