Connecticut western news., 1872-09-27
Farm, Garden and Household.

To DRY SWEET CoRN.-The Shakers, whose dry sweet corn is considered as good as the best, strip the corn from the cob by cutting down the rows with 8 knife, and then scraping the grains off. The corn is then dried in the sun or in common ovens. The Alden process of drying is suited to an extensive busi- ness. When the corn is dry itis packed in barrels for market.
 CREAM PR.-This requires cups of milk, 2 eggs, tablespoonfuls of corn starch, pint of salt, butter the size of walnut, and 2 tablespoonfuls of sugar. Have the crust ready baked, then scald II crp of the milk with the butter and salt; beat the yolks of the eggs with the corn starch and the other II cup of milk, and add to the scalded milk, with tea spoonful of lemon extract. Put it in the crust and bake until done. Then beat the whites of the eggs to high froth, add the sugar and spread over the pie, and brown slightly.
 RENovAT1Na STRAWBERRY BFDs.- Either spade under the plants and set out young, thrifty runners on the same ground, after giving it good, liberal dressing of manure, or make new bed in some other part of your garden. Af ter strawberry plantation has become choked up with weeds, it is much the best plan to blow it up and make a new one. We know that some strawberry growers boast of their old thrifty plan tations, but the modern system of fre- quent renewals is far the best and most economical as well as profitable.
 
 WASTED WATER. acre of meadow that can be irrigated is worth three acres not susceptible of such treatment. A large proportion of farms in the East ern States might, to greater or less ex- tent, be brought under this system. Wherever there is spring flowing from high ground it may be gathered into a small stream, turned into blow furrow, and led back and forth across the lower lands to nourish the grass. Wherever a stream has a fall of few feet there it's waters may be carried in lateral channels, and made to overflow more or less of the soil along it's banks. Every farmer should practice with an ordinary spirit level until he is able to determine suf- ficiently we'll where and how he can turn water upon his fields.
 OOD-1hR10AI1Oc UT 6A CO4AO- spondent of the Pacyfc Rural Press sug- gests the following mode of sub-irriga- ting trees: When the tree or vine is ready to be placed in the pit which has been excavated for it, have ready at hand two or more buckets of coarse gravel, o1 enough so that when poured into the side of the pit the column of gravel will reach from the surface to the bottom ot %1a ,4c 41,o,o H11 4bo to within four inches of the top with the soil intended for the support of the plant being careful in so dolng not to dis turb the gravel, but in such way as tc leave trench around the outer rim O. the. excavation, which will hold two buckets at least of water. The water poured into the trench will find its way down the column of gravel, and the ail be excluded; in fact, trial has proven i far better than a wooden spout, or al open hole of any kind for getting th' water down and preventing evaporation
 FEEDING CATTLE.-In Orange county N. Y., milk commanding better prices the cattle are fed higher than elsewhere Some mill feed, or corn meal, is gener ally given in Summer, always in Winter Brewers grains and sprouts are largeI, used little drilled corn is fed in Sum mer, when pastures are failing. II Winter fodder and hay are fed every where. The use of drilled corn for Win ter fodder is general, but the use of i for Summer food is not customary a yet, though increasing. Roots are fe' in Central New York considerably; als in Massachusetts and Connecticut pre- ference is given to beets as better thar turnips. But the vast majority of dair, farmers confine their cattle to pasture ol the native grass in Summer, and hay am corn fodder in Winter, with little grail or roots in early Spring to "bring ther in" and "put them to grass' in fai condition. No variety of grasses i produced. I have seen only one field C Lucerne no Italian or rye grass or mi let, or orchard grass, though no dout some little is grown yet clover, timothy and the native grasses are the "stan6 bys." On very few places some rye grown for early green food.