National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-04-12
Farm, Garden and Household.

STOCKS, budded last year, SnOulu D
cut back to within three inches OF th
bud.
CAuLIrLowEn.- Early Paris and Earl
Dwarf Erfurt are good early sorts. Urea
the same as cabbage.
Roor-oRAFTING ought to be got out o
the, way as soon rs possible, so that n
delay will occur in grating trees in tn
open ground.
WASHING AND SCRAPIEG. When tn
weather is suitable, give the trees thor
ough scraping, and afterwards apply
wash. made with soft soap.
SPONGE JELLY CAKE. fake three eggs
one cup of sugar, one cup Of -four, tw,
I Lspoonsful of baking powder, three ia
lespoonsiul of boiling water.
PorAroE CAKES. To n scant half peel
Of potatoes grated, auu eggs, salt
thicken with little -four, and fry in
spider, or bake. Boiled grated potatoe,
may be used, but are not quite so nice
ASPARAGUS. Give the beds good
coating of manure, il 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 MANFRED.
Hoes. A strange disease has appeared
in the hogs at Plainville, Mimi, 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.
BETS 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 ard Early Blood Turnip, which are
both good Sow in drills, one foot
apart.
CABBAGE plants, wintered III cold
frame, or started in early hot beds may
be set ont ms soon as the ground opens,
jjwell 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.
SHEEP Sheep in Colorado have long
fieeces, 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.
CoooANUT PUDDING. Soak 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
well-beaten yolks and whites of six eggs,
teacupful of sugar. the grated rind of a
lemon, and a pint and half of milk.
Stir well together and bake in hot oven
Like all other custards, this must not be
allowed to remain in the oven long enough
to become watery.
STEAMED PUDDNG.-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, currants, 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 it
does not stop boiling. Eat with cream
and sugar, hard sauce, or any liquid
sauce you may prefer.
SHEEP SKIN MAT -The skin should be
taken off carefully, and no cuts or CASH
es made in it, spread on table, aud
scraped from adheling flesh or fat, and
sprinkled on the flesh side with alum
and salt powdered fine it should be |
folded in the center, and rolled up and |
tied tightly with a string and allowed |
to remain forty sight hours, then rubbed |
with piece of chalk until dry md soft.
The skin should then be tackled with the
wool outwards on to board OF the size
the mat is desired to be. The bath of
dye is then prepared, the wool washed
in pure soap and water moderately warm.
until freed from all dirt aud grease, and !
the mat carefully dipped i'll the bath un-
til the wool is immersed but not the skin,
In which position it is allowed to remain
until 1t has taken the dye sufficiently,
which will vary with different dyeing
materials. To prevent a streaky or
cloudy appearance, the mat should be
gently moved to and fro in the bath oc-
casionaliy without lifting or depressing
IT. A dye that will color wool may be
used. Scarlet, blue and yellow may be
used to advantage, and arc the favorite
colors for mats. When dry, the skin is
Gu; from the board, ard the mat is fin
ished -Hedrh and HON..
A KICKING Cow.-When one becomes
possessed Of kicking COW, says Hearth
and Home. or has been unwise enough
to raise one for himself, what then II
the owner of such beast is not good
patient and reasonable man,
he had better sell her at once but if he
can control himself, let him take the fol-
lowing precautions Never milk until
the COW is tied up. Place the pail at Il
safe distance, where the COW cannot
reach it with her foot Hold the left arm
against the cows leg while milking, so
as TO exert gentle pressure. Don't sit,
but stand in STOPPING position, with the
head pressed against the cows flank. {
Thus guarded, one may milk an orlina- {
ry kicking cow with safety to his person ,
aud to the pail. We do not approve of
hes, ropes or spancels, which irritate the
cow, and very often make the matter '
wore. But still the spancel is SO much
used that the term has found place in
the dictionary both as a noun and verb.
IT is loop of rope, one end of which is I
passed around the leg of the COW, and
the other end, drawn through it, en-
braces that leg tightly the loose end is
then passed around the other leg and fas- '
tened with wooden pin, so as to embrace ,
That leg. The two legs are thus so tight {