National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-06-14

Inc vi me farmer VINO, tempted by
high prices, disposed of part of his hay
last Fall, aud economical ~ to max,
up the deficiency has jus1 soid II hides
"Onc who knows" makes it poin,
to select n COW with yellow skin. On,
whose skin is pale or colorlcss is not, he
saws, half SO likely to produce good
butter
joseph S. Howe saws that one Of the
chief hindrances TO agricultural progress,
is tue reluctance farmers feel toward Civ
ing the pablo the benefit os their *
perieuc", either Ivy writing or bv spe' ch.
A correS pondent Of Moores Renal KEEP,
IA cllves in siancbions one Winter, aud
found their horns standing in AL di-
recions." Now he either ties them
with rope or lets them go loose in the
pen.
TURN LAMBS INTO Conn FIELDS. Tell
your subscribers to turn the lambs into
the corn field on taking them from the
ewes. They will do the corn no injury,
md find there plenty of the best of food.
l never saw lambs do us we'll as when
teaiel IN that way.
COTTAGE PUDDING. Warm two and n
half tablespo"nfuls Of butter. stir in n
t"ncnp of white sugar and two eggs
Pat two tcaspnonfuls Of cream tartar in
one pint OF -four, add teaspoonfn of
sofa dissolved in emp of milk flavor
with lemon or vanilla. Bake three
quarters of IN honr in moderate oven,
and serve hot with rich hot sauce
MORNING BISCUITS - One quart of
-four, half teaspoonful of salt, two
tahlespCoufu's Of yeast, and one pint of
sonr milk, wi h hal' n teaspoonful of soda
dissolved in it. Work this into dough;
then rub into the dough half cup OF
butter. Knend well cut off small bits
shape them into biscuits lay them III
the bake pan, cover closely with bread
cloth, and let them stand over night, in
n warm place in the winter, and cold
place i'll the summer. Bake in the
morning for breakfast
BREAD PUDDING One pint of fine
brtnd crumbs one cup of sugar, two table
spoonfuls OF molasses, half pound suet
chopped fine, one coffee-cup raisips,
bali rind OF preserved oranGe-peel or
citron cut thin and fine, very little
nutmeg and cinnamon, two teaspoon
fuls cram tartar. one small teosnoon.
ful soda. one teosnoonfnl NJ salt stir
in milk enough to make it thick as pound
cake beating all thoroughly together :.
pnt Vt into n buttered pudding mould,
md boil three bonrs 10 c7reful tn
keep the water boiling MI tbe time
LEI ~" our THE hay uR"P' - ne
pres III or""'"' s,,ys me n'0""e' VIII
nave serious enect on the pasture
doul.t considerably lessen tbe Weld If
boy. Altbouoh sufficient min NAV fan
hereafter. il will he foo late IN moter;,lly
affect the loy crop Meadows ore now
suffering from tbe effects of fine drv
weather of last seer and tbe INST 8, vcrr
winter. so fiat the nroboh;,;tv ,s ogo;, st
even n yicld canal to tbo ,Lort cron sc
last season Thcresure II 10 ohsolutaly
ncce, sarv flat provision he made for n
snrply of fodder to carry stock tbrouoh
n, xt winter. The first resource for the
farmer is TO plont corn The cron will
GOOD cultivation. will thrive in n hot
dry season better than onv other so
Cesily raised. and il ia n onost an ro1d;Iy
solved whether a poor meadow. wbicL
at the best nav Weld half n tun Of Inv
pcr acre next month had NOT bettor he
plowed ND and nrenared for a cron If
corn fodder, uLi,h viii certainly nrodnce
two TO four and nossihlv fvo or XIV tnno
NJ feed canal tn oyer3oo how sod
tnrncd down befnre tba oOth doy of Trno
NAV he relied unon f,r th;s v;old ond
may he cleared in t;mo tn ,ro,,oro Co... y
cron of v;n,er wIant ~ 10 r n g
t,,,hor w w ''"" 'ii up
K"or FooD For DAIRY STocK.- In an
nodfcss 10 the Little Falls Farmers Climb,
Hnflls Lewis called the attention to some
recent experiences OF his in raising and
feeding beets. S4S per acre covered the
expense III seed, planting, cultivation.
and harvesting, and the yield was 900
bnshejs, so that the roots cost about 81
cents 'uShel. or not more than Z! cents
allowing for value of manure, interest on
land, DC. Yellow globes and imperial
heets were grown on part of the same
he!d tho year previous. at an expense of
about $50 pei acre, yet the yield was so
much greater that the cost of the roots
was about two cents per bushel less than
the cost OF the last seasons crop. The
speaker advocated feeding cattle a regular
portion Of roots each dry, the whole time
Il ev arc confined from pasture in cold
weather, as preferable to partial feeding,
as for example, emitting roots while
COW. are dry at m'd"inter. He express
ed The hel'ef, as the result of experiment,
that heets are actually worth iron ID to
"a cei's per hnsl,el for feeding cows, AS
compare! with hay at 500 tun-the
lowest of these estimates nffording an