Connecticut western news., 1872-04-19
Farm. Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
 STOCKS, budded last year, should be out back to within three inches of the bud. CAU1IF1owER.-Early Paris and Early Dwarf Erfurt are good early sorts. Treat the same as cabbage. RooT-aRAFTNa ought to be got out of the way as soon as possible, so that no delay will occur in grafting trees in the open ground. WASHING AND ScRAPNa.-When the weather is suitable, give the trees thor ough scraping, and afterwards apply wash, made with soft soap.
 SPONGE JELLY CAKE.-Iake three eggs, one-cup of sugar, one cup of flour, two teaspoonsful of baking powder, three ta- blespoonsful of boiling water.
 PorAToE CAKES. scant half-peck of potatoes grated, add two eggs, salt, thicken with little flour, and fry in may be used, but are not quiteso nice. AsPARAaUs.-G the beds 8 good coating of manure, if not applied last Fall spread also dressing of salt. Set out new beds of one. year-old plants, two or three feet, after the ground has been plowed and manured.
 HoGs.-A strange disease has appeared in the hogs at Plainville, Minn., and vicinity. The disease operates to para lyze them in their hinder parts. The best remedy so far discovered seems to be saltpetre mixed in their food.
 BEETs may be sown as soon as the ground can be worked. The best early beet the New Egyptian Blood, is from one to two weeks earlier than the Bassa- no and Early Blood Turnip, which are both good. Sow in drills, one foot apart.
 CABBAGE plants, wintered in cold frame, or started in early hot beds, may be set ont as soon as the ground opens, iiwell hardened off. For early SOW Jer- sey Wakefield, or Winningstadt, and Marblehead, Drumhead, and Flat Dutch for Winter.
 BEANs.-Do not plant in the open ground until all danger of frost is over. One of the earliest sorts is the Valentine |: the Dwarf Wax is the best bush for snaps {; the asparagus is pole variety. excellent for late snaps, as is the black butter. Large Lima is the best of all beans.
 SHEET. Sheep in Colorado have long heeces, in which the dust and mud of the summer accumulate. The seeds of grass are waited into them by the wind. When the rains of winter fell, the grass sprouts, and thousands of sheep are now to be seen on the plains, carrying their pastures on their backs.
 CocoANUT PUDDING. for two hours in pint and half of milk, tea cupful of fine. bread crumbs, and the grated meat of a cocoanut, then add the we'll beaten yolks and whites of six eggs, a teacupful of sugar, the grated rind of a lemon, and a pint and half of milk. Stir we'll together and bake in hot oven. Like all other cussards, this must not be allowed to remain in the oven long enough to become watery.
 STEAMED PUDDNe.-Two eggs, two teacupfuls of sour milk, one teaspoonful of soda, little salt, flour enough to make it quite thick, or it will be heavy. Beat this smooth. Add cherries, ras- berries, entrants, or any dried fruit you may have. Steam two hours, taking care that the water is kept over the pudding or bag all the time, and that il does not stop boiling. Eat with cream and sugar, hard sauce, or any liquid sauce you may prefer.
 To MEASURE CORN IN THE CRIB. Add the width of the bottom of the crib il inches to the width across the corn il the upper part, also in inches divide the sum by two, and multiply it by the height and length of the corn in the crib, also in inches, and divide the pro duct by 2,750. The result will give tho heaped bushels of ears, two of whicl will make bushel of shelled corn. By multiplying the average width, height and length, in inches, together, the cubi, contents in inches is found, and 2, 75I cubic inches make heaped bushel.
 SHEEP SKIN MAT.-The skin should b taken off carefully, and no cuts or gash es made in it, spread on a table, ant scraped from adhering flesh or fat, an, sprinkled on the flesh side with alun and salt powdered fine it should b folded in the center, and rolled up an, tied tightly with a string, and allowe' to remain forty eight hours, then rubbe, with piece of chalk until dry and soft The skin should then be tackled with tn wool outwards on to board of the sig the mat is desired to be. The bath c dye is then prepared, the wool washe in pure soap and water moderately warn until freed from all dirt and grease, an the mat carefully dipped ill the bath un til the wool is immersed. but not the skir in which position 1t is allowed to remai until it has taken the dye sufficiently which will vary with different dyein materials. To prevent streaky C cloudy appearance, the mat should b gently moved to and fro in the bath ot casionally without lifting or depressin it. A dye that will color wool may h used. Scarlet, blue and yellow may | used to advantage, and are the favorit colors for mats. When dry, the skin
 cut from the board, and the mat is fiji ished.-Hearth osd Home.
 A KICKING Cow.-When one becom, possessed of kicking COW, says Hear and Home. or has been unwise enoug to raise one for himself, what then ?
 the owner of such beast is not goo, tempered, patient and reasonable mai he had better sell her at once but if I can control himself, let him take the fo lowing precautions Never milk unt the COW is tied up. Place the pail at safe distance, where the COW cam. reach it with her foot Hold the left arr against the cows leg while milking, t as to exert gentle pressure. Don't si but stand in stopping position, with tt head pressed against the cows fam Thus guarded, one may milk m ordini " kicking COW with safety to his perso and to the pail. We do not approve ties, ropes or spancels, which irritate tI COW, and very often make the matte worse. But still the spancel is so muc used that the term has found place i the dictionary both as noun and verl It is loop of rope, one end of which