American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-11
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

To DIsPEL darkness from about you,
make light of your troubles.
IT is miserable economy to save time
by robbing yourself of necessary sleep.
! THE Washington is as good a company
as there is in existence for the policy
holder-P. ii. MCGRAw, Senator.
In grating a young orchard, graft
every alternate row different years; that
| is, every other row this year, and the
others next. By this means you will
| probably have crop every year on half
| your trees.
| Brown BREAD.-Three cups of Indian
meal, three cups of rye meal, one-half cup
of molasses, one teaspoonful of soda, one
quart of cold wafer, and Il little salt. Stir
well together and put into the oven immc-
| diately. Have the oven quite hot at first.
PROVIDE plenty of nest eggs for the
hens, and see that two do not lay in one
nest or in the same nest with "A sitting
hen. See that every thing is kept clean in
the poultry-house, and that it is well ven
tilated. Whitewash frequently. Moth
ing is better for young chickens than
curd or bread soaked in hot water, placed
outside the coop, where the hen cannot
get al it. Move the coops frequently. so
as to keep the ground or grass clean. This
is particularly necessary with turkeys.
Avoid the common mistake of having the
coops too small, and see that they are well
ventilated The great secret of raising
ducks is to feed them all they will eat,
half dozen times a day, or more.-
american Agr7culturist.
SUGAR FROM THE BUTTERNUT-Ac cor
respondent of the Chautdugua Farmer
writes: when my neighbor, Brown,
tapped his sap-bush, he had a quantity of
buckets and spiles more than maple trees,
so he tapped about thirty butternut trees.
/ thought l would see what l could make
of it, and went to his bush, finding every
one of the buckets under the butternut
trees full, while those under the maple
trees were not over twO-thirds full. l
took a siX-quart pail with me, and Dor
rowed it full of the butternut sap, and
boiled it down, getting one-haf pouDd of
nice sugar. Mr.. Brown gathered twenty
nine buckets of that sap, and boiled it
down with his maple. 1t worked as nice
ly as if it were all maple. The flavor
and appearance were perfect"
WHEN horses have been fed grain all
winter, and have not worked regularly, it
not unfrequcntly happens that they have
little appetite as warm weather approach
es, and when put to hard work on the
farm lose flesh rapidly. They need a
change of food. If it is possible, give
them a few carrots, or, in the absence of
these, bran mash, sufficient to relax the
bowels. If oats have been fed in the win
ter, give a little corn In the ear by way of
change, varied with ''cut feed" consist
ing of chaffed hay and corn-meal or fine
bran, or, better still, oatmeal. As a rule,
nothing is so good as oats-and this year
oats are nearly as cheap as corn. Barley
is also cheap, and by way of a change
there is nothing better for farm horses
than boiled barley. Boil it until it bursts
open, and add a little salt and mix it with
chaffed hay. There is nothing that will
fatten horse so soon as boiled barley
American Agrteulu5st.
FARMER's CHn.DREN.-Mrs Howard
writes in the LANSING Republican: Before
their school days begin, the children of
respectable farmers should know by daily
participation how to feed and pet the
small animals on the farm; should learn
to tell by the look and action of an ami
NAL when it is sick and needs nursing. AS
soon as the child is old enough to be
taught something of its value, and of the
process of its growth, he should at every
proper season be allowed to help set
tree of some kind to be his own, and thus
from the earliest recollection learn to love
the soil and products of his home. Chill
dren will doubtless acquire, by occasional
visits to large towns, IA love of more show
and freed pm than they can find on the
farm. This is to be expected; but while
acquiring these ideas, let them be taught
the expense of all these desirable attain
ments, not in money merely, but in many
other ways"
READING IN THE CARs.-A distinguish
ed oculist saws, in reference to the habit
of reading in the cars, the constant mo-
tions and oscillation of the car render it
impossible to hold the book in one posi-
tion-its distance from the eye is con
stantly varying, and no matter how slight
this variation may be, it is instantly com
pensated for by the eye, thus keeping the
organ constantly employed accommodate
ing itself to distance. This becomes IA
tiguing, the eyes have a sort of weary
heavy feeling, and, If the reading is per
sisted in, soon become bloOd-shot" and
painful. We have often observed young
misses intentiy engaged in the perusal of
some romance, while upon rapidly-mov
ing railway train, who have only been
able to finish their story with perceptible
discomfort. We have noticed them rub
bling their eyes, shifting their positions,
and holding their book at various dis
tances from the eye, making the greatest
effort to see with eyes that have already
been fatigued beyond endurance. Such
practices lead to serious injury to the
eyes, and it is not unfrequently the case
that the oculist is called upon to prescribe
for patient who has paralysis of accom-
mediation of the eyes, produced by read
ing in a railway car.