National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-25
Farm, Garden and Household.

owLs.-Fowls to be fattened, shout,
be shut up in flocks Of twelve, in ligh
airy pen, five by six feet feed them thre
times day all they will eat (no more) OF
scaldcd horse feed Mix with this plentl
of powdered charcoal. At night throw
them all the corn they will pick up. Fur
nish plenty of gravel and pure water, ant
in one week they will do for market. TIL,
yellow legged fowls will always look best
when fat.
PRESERVED ORANoE PExL. - Clear
carefully; cut in thin st,ips; stew IL
water until the bitterness is extracted
drain off the water and stew again for
half an hour in strip Of sugar and water,
allowing half pint Of water and pound
OF sugar to each pound OF peel. Pat it
aside in jars, and keep it in a cool place.
Ii desired, n little cinnamon and ginger
may be stewed with the peel, but 1t is
more delicate cooked simply with sugar.
Lemon peel may be prepared in the same
manner, either alone or mixed with
orange peel These form pleasant "rel-
lshes' eaten with cake or bread, or il
chopped finely when prepared they form
excellent havoring for puddings and
pies.
PRS FOR POTATOES. Pits for potatoes
should be made on dry soil and where
there is no danger of water standing in
the spring. Our own plan is to make Il
deep dead furrow with pillow, and then
throw out the soil on each side SO to
make the bottom of the pit about three
feet wide. Cover the potatoes with four
or five inches of straw, and then throw
a light coat of soil, about sufficient to
cover the straw, leaving some ventilators
at top. Just before winter sets in, pat
on another coat of straw and cover it
with earth. This second coat of straw
holds dead air between two layers of
earth, and will keep out the severest
frost.-AgricuLurist
WELL-FLAvoRRD BUTTER How can
1t be expected that butter OF good flavor
can be produced from pastures foul with
every strong favored weel ? From early
spring, when garlic at ounde, up to fall,
when the golden rod and ragweed cover
the pastures and meadows, cows rarely
get bite of grass or glover FREQ from
admixture with weeds. And when it is
known that these strong and often dis
agreeable flayors concentrate in the
milk, and that every impurity in the
milk seems to concentrate in the butter, |
how can it then be otherwise than the |
great bulk of butter coming to market
should be poor in quality, and poorer
still in profitable returns to the farmers?
Here is the strong ,st argument for clean
pastures and meadows, and suchfarmiug
as wW raise feed and not weeds. -Agri- |
cultural.
A DELIcAoY.-Leaves of various kinds
impart most pleasant and delicate favor
IN the various dishes prepared for the ia
bic. Peach, almond and laurel leaves
are richly charged with the essence of
bitter almonds. They must, of course. be
used with caution; but an infusion of these
leaves may be readily made and used by
the tea spoonful. 1t is said that the
leaves OF the common syringa are useful
Tor fiavorlng and that theytaste like cucum-
oers, and may be used as a substitute for
salads. The young leaves of cucumbers
nave flavor like the fruit, and leaves of
celery flavor soup as well as the stalks
The young leaves of the gooseberry are
recommended as an excellent addition to
bottled fruit. Current leaves flavor not
unlike the fruit; SO also the leaves of the
orange, lemon, and ctron.
KEEPING CABBAGEs We make deep
and wide "dead furrow' with pillow, in
dry, sandy soil and then lay the cab
bages III it, packed close together, with
the stalks up. Then throw the earth
back on to the cabbages. The cabb ages
shoHld be dry and the weather cold and
care should be taken that the furrow !
left on the side of the row of cahbages
should he cleaned ont, so as to carry of
the water If no water gets to the cab ,
bages, and the heads are sound, large,
and hard when put in, we have never {
experienced any difficulty in keeping :,
ID EN- perfectly until spring. And there |
IS nothing that our sheep relish so much. |
The only trouble about raising cabbaces :
Tor stock is that they usually command l
80 much more in market than thev are :
worth to feed out, that it is difficult to o
resist the temptation to sell them. -Aq. I
ricuturisf. II