National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-10-11
Farm, Garden and Household.

LADY FINGERS. Beat the yolks Of four
eggs with quarter of n pound of sugar,
til smooth and light. Whisk the whites
of the eggs, and add to these, and sift in
a quarter of pound Of flour. Make into
smooth paste, and lay it on buttered
paper. in the size and shape the cakes are
required. Bake quickly. While hot, press
two of the cakes into one on the fiat side
To MEASURE CoRN IN THE CRIB Adj
the wi It'll Of the bottom OF the crib in
inches to tie width across the corn in
the upper part also in ches; divide the
sum by two, aud multiply 1t by the
height and lepoth of the corn in the
crib, also in inches and divide the pro.
duet by 1850. The result will give give
the heaped bushels Of ears, two of which
will make bushel Of sheled corn, if Of
the nnt variety, and one and half if
of the Western dent corn. By multiply.
ing The average width, height and length
in inches together, the cubic contents in
inches is found, and 1850 cubic inches
make heaped bushel.
OSIoNs.-A correspondent of the
Ru,m New Yorker says that last year on
piece of ground nineteen or twent,
feet, he raised ten bushels of onions from
black seed. He raised onions on tue
same piece of ground the previous wear,
and they did not pay for the seed; they
were DESTROYED by ma9oots and wire.
worms. He procured three bushels of
salt and two barrels of fish and pork
brine and top.dressod his garden tabout
one fourth Of an acre. with it, alter he
had gathered all his vegetables. Lust
spring he plowed the garden and put on
three OK cant loads of well rotted hog
and chip manure, and such vegetables
he never raised before.
CHEAP PAINT.-Take eleven pounds of
unsIacked lime and one gallon of boiling
water, and stir them into thick pud-
ding then add to it two gallons of lin
seed oil and one quarter of a pound of
white potash dissolved in one pint of
boiling water Mix thoroughly, and if
the OIL and potash do not unite, add n
little more potash water there must be
enough to cut the oil perfectly, but no
mere. 1t will look thicker than com
mon paint, bat will spread easily with n
common paint brush, and will wear ex-
celently we'll, and has I'll the appearance
of a superior paint, while its cost is less
than half as much. For a paint for
barns, outhouses, fences, etc, it is M
eqnaled.
NUMBER OF SHINGLES IN RooF. -
j. ID Tat gives to the New York Farmers
Club rule for estimating the number
of shingles required for roof of any
size one which he thinks every mechanic
and farmer should remember. First
find the number of square inches in one
side of the roof; cut off The right hand
or unit figure, and the result will be the
Number of shingles required to cover
both sides of the roof. leaving five inches
to the weather. The ridge board pro-
vides for the double course at the bot
tom. Illustration: Length of root, 100
feet; width of one side 80 feet l0Ox30-
144-432, 900 Cutting off the light
hand figure we have 43, 200 as the mum
Der of shingles required.
WHEAT AFTER CLOVER. If there is
no tough sod, but tolerably clean clover
lay, the soil may he pretty well fitted
for wheat by blowing once after harvest,
and working the surface thoroughly
The clover may be pastured or moved.
This method Of preparing the land is
practiced quite largely by English far
mers, and very successfully, too. 1t will
work well here if previous cultivation
has enriched and cleared the lad so
that weeds will not choke the grain, and
II will find in the soil suffi cient food
But if the land is both foul and poor, it
is a course not to he recommended. If
possible, it is best to refrain from either
pasturing or moving the clover previous
to blowing it ir, but let the full growth
remain on the ground during the sum
mel. thus shading it and retaining It's
moisture. When in full bloom it is a
good plan to roll or harrow it down,
whe the new growth will start quicker
and the shade become denser. Soil thus
shaded will pillow up much mere loosely,
and he in finer condition for wheat, than
it it had been exposed to the sun Ivy
close pasture or moving. If the farmer
Can afford To use his clover crop to thus
protect his land it is quite as likely to
yield as much profit eventually. as it
would either made into hay or fed off by
stock. - Canocu Farmer.
CARPET MATS OR RUGs. Girls, you
all want to know how to help adorn
home aud a carpet, be it ever so com
mon, saves mother and yourselves man,
hard job of scrubbing and cleaning
Now, You all, ! expect, know how to
make rag carpets. At least, We Judge so,
. from the nice letters you write on that
subject. So we take a method of max.
ing new carpets from old wooden ones,
from Hdrpsr'S Brsar. No matter how
faded, they may he turned to good az
connt. 10y raveIinC ont the carpet, and as
Won do SO winding II in balls. When
this is done, have ready some scarlet,
blue or green warn, which. if the culors
OF the carpet be very dull, will help to
enliven them. Next take long stick,
like yard stick. and wrap the raveled
yarn tightly around 1t, interspersing
it with little red or green, all the way
through; when the stick is full, begin TO
sew it along one edge, so as TO secure it,
and then cut it open on the other Now
do another and another stickful in the
same way, until the carpet yarn is all
gone. A piece of strong crash will
answer best, as a foundation for the rug
we are proposing to make out of this,
and, having hemmed it at each end, be-
gin in the middle with inf of bright
colors. sewing the rest around on the
foundation as closely as possible, row
after row, until the crash is completely
covered il NAV thus he made as large
as required, and can be trimmed TO make
the tuft even. 7 MS will give you very
seIviceable dor mat or rug, and will
wear as long as the old carpet has al
ready done.