Connecticut western news., 1873-01-17
Horticultural Miscellany,

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 There are 200 acres in hops within radius of five miles of Sacramento. Gal
 Over 1000, 900 pounds of Colorado wheat have already been shipped from Denver. TT. =.
 It is estimated that the present cotton crop of the South will not amount to more than half the ordinary yield.
 Hay chopped ready for feeding is now pressed into bales in Maine and shipped to the Boston market.
 D1ehl wheat seems to be giving satis- faction in Michigan. Thirty to forty hve bushels per acre are reported in ssme sections.
 Borneo has tree the nut of which yields vegetable tallow. The trade in the article promises to become one of great importance.
 H IS ostimated that of the present great cop of fruit throughout the United tates, more apples have been lost byi ting and waste than an aver age crop would amounted to.
 An epidemic resembling the horse disease has attacked the deer in the woods of Michigan. Many of them have been found dead, with their throats badly swollen and every indications O having the horse malady.
 A lot of Texas cattle were recently driven into Appanoose county, Iowa, for pasturage, and now the native cattle in the vicinity of Moulton, in that county, are dying of at rapid rate with the Texas cattle fever.
 hen has unfortunately been killed in Boston which might in time have attained the power of laying golden eggs. A solid nugget of the precious metal was found in her insides, weigh mg four pennyweights and in shape very like an egg.
 Walnut stumps have become an article ef merchandise and many of them are very valuable. The curly grain of the roots is used for veneering, and some stumps are worth $150 after being prop erly worked into shape.
 A late writer lays down this as an axiom in drainage Tt is not iudicious to spend money in draining land that needs draining, ser long as we can use the money to good advantage in the better cultivation of other good land that does not need draining.
 Breeding fine stock successfully is a speciality which requires study and ex- Perience. It is science that but few farmers are able to comprehend. To be competent judge of fine stock nature must bestow the talent, and that gift must be cultivated and educated.
 Paschal Morris says he once saved the life of 8 $500 short-horned bull, sick with hoven, by placing a wisp of twisted hay in his mouth and tying it ap tightly behind the horns. The work ing of the jaws to get rid of this encum- brance hberates the gas in the stomach, and relief is immediate.
 Making beet sugar has not been suc- cessful in Indiana this year. The season was 80 wet that the product was ex- tremely light.
 To prepare vegetable oysters, parboil it. scrape of the outside, and cut it in slices. Make batter with powdered cracker, beaten eggs and salt; dip each slice in, and fry bota sides brown.
 Waser Cdkes.---Dry three pounds of line flour, and rub it into a pound of s1fted sugar, one pound of butter, and one ounce of caraway seed. Make it into paste with three-quarters of a pint of boiling new milk, roll very thin, and cut into the size you choose punch aan of holes, and bake on tin plates in B cool oven.
 To Make Preserved Ginger of Lettuce Stalks: Put the quantity of lettuce stalk that you wish to preserve in salt and water for four or five days, chang ing 1t every day make syrup of one pound of sugar, one pint of water, quarter of pound of ginger, with the peel of lemon, the white of an egg boil till clear, which must be done three tunes week for three weeks wipe the stalks quite dry, and pour the syrup over, boiling. This preserve, if well tled down in jars and kept in dry place, will keep for four or five years.
 Gold S'asO.---Mince very finely a small cabbage put it into china bowl. and prepare for nice dressing. Take hal1 a pint of the best white vinegar, mi1 with quarter of pound of butter cu in bits and rubbed in flour. a little sal and cayenne. Stir all this together and Doll In small saucepan. As soon at It boils, stir in the yolks of four well beaten eggs, and take it immediately of the nre. Pour it boiling hot over tn, cabbage, and mix it with spoon, Le It become cold before sending to table.
 The C. g. Agricultural Bureau. ---Th, report of the Agricultural Bureau, jus published, shows that the corn crop o thls year IS an unusual large one. It i manifest that the corn crop is as larg as that Of 1870, andwhen hereturns ar all in, crop of one thousand one hun dred million bushels will be indicated In quality somewhat below the average The season has been unpropitious fo cotton, but not less favorable than tha et last season. The total product as in d1cated by the first week in Novembe is made very nearly {, ,45O, 900 commercia bales of 465 pounds. In potatoes tn returns point to decrease of five pc cent. from the product of last year amounting to six millions of bushels There has been small increase in tn hay crop, which will probably reach 24, 900, 900 tons. ------,
 1zonss AGde Yeast. Daisy Eve bright, in the Country Gentleman re comments the following: Boil two hand fuls of hops, tied in small bag, in si quarts of water, slice thin six large pota toes, and boil them with the hops; whe they are soft skim them out and mas perfectly fine; add to them one and
 half pints of wheat flour stirred to
 smooth batter with cold water; turn owe the whole the boiling hop liquor, frs taking out the bag and squeezing it dry then hang 1t aside to use another time fer It will make two patches of yeas Stir into this mixture two tablespoonful ef sugar, one of ginger and one of sal
 When milk-warm, add teacupful ( yeast, set in warm place to rise, and
 will be ready to put into jug by th pext morning. Keep in a cool cellar ( ice-house, and it will last good fc six weeks or mere. Always shake th jug before using any of it's contents.
 teacupful of this yeast will make thre, leaves of bread and pan of rolls.