Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-02-08
Farm. Garden and Household.

ginger mix with milk, and boil for
four hours.
MARMALADE PUDDNG.-Half pound
of suet, half pound of bred crumbs,
seven ounces of sifted sugar, and one
pound of marmalade. Mix well with T.
four eggs, and boil for four hours.
HALF-PAY PUDDING.-Four ounces of
the following ingredients: Suet, -four,
bread crumbs, currants, and raisins. |
Two tablespoonfuls of treacle. Mix it |
well with half pint of boiling milk, and |
boil it in a mould for four hours An
economical pudding when eggs are
scarce.
PORT WINE JELLY.-One ounce of
islng ass ana one ounce of gum arabic
stirred in one-half pint of port wine
add little cinnamon, and sweeten to
your taste ; dissolve the gum first, and
when all is dissolved together strain it
through a muslin bag. An excellent
jelly for invalids.
How TO LEARN FARNnNG.-If young
man desires to get practical knowledge
of agriculture it would be a very salts
factory way for him to hire himself to
tirst-class farmer. Then let him indus
triously set himself to learn the bust
ness, without any fear of working few
minutes or an hour over time, and give
his spare moments to reading good
agricultural papers.
SEVERE. Among the Druses of Mount
Lebanon, when the husband can prove
the wife unfaithful, he sends her home
to her family with the proofs, with t.le
khandidr, or dagger, he had received
on wedding her, but aVithOut the sheath.
The father and brothers sit in solemn
judgment over her, and if convinced of
her criminality, with that weapon the
elder brother sewers her head from her
body, and sends her tantoon, or head
veil, back to the husband, stepped in
blood, and with q lick of her hair, as q
mute witness of her punishment
VARIED CaoPs AND HOME MARKETS.
If those who raise corn could change
their crop to wheat" says the Tribune,
nothing would be gained. The produc-
ton even of wheat is now beyond the
demand for consumption, and farmers
who raise it complain as much of its
unproftableness as those who raise
corn do of that crop. If the supply
was increased, it wSuld be unstable,
for wheat is not so safe grain to feed
to stock as corn. But wheat cannot al
ways be grown when and where corn
can, and we see no possibility of MAX
ing any such change as you suggest.
The way out of this difficulty is to
raise more varied crops, grow more
wonl, fatten more beef and make more
markets for the farmers produce by
manufacturing more cloth, more paper,
more iron and hardware, instead of
looking to Europe as the ultimate mar
ket for Western produce, to consume it
at home, and gather into the farmers
pockets there the vast amounts now
paid out to carry his corn all over the
world, seeking for purchasers for it.,
which he ought to have at his own
door.
How TO FEED Corn STALKS PROFIT
ABLY.-The rearing and feeding of ami
mails are receiving, as they should, from
farmers and herdsmen in all parts of
the country greater attention every
year; and especially is this true of
dairymen, whose only hope of gain
rests in their success in obtaining pay
ing yields from their COWS. Corn stalks
enter largely into the fall feed of dairy
cows, and how to feed them is the i'm
portant question. The common prac-
tice is to feed them in the bundle, as
but few farmers feel able or willing to
use cutting-machine This feeding
in bundle without any preparation, /
am fully satisfied, is very wasteful, as
not onlyare the butts left, butfrequently
nearly the whole stalk l have learned
byexperience thatalittle brine sprinkled
upon stalks once every day. Just before
feeding, is of material advantage in
many respects. The weak brine will
cause the COWS to consume nearly all.
even when fed whole; the flow of milk
increases, the condition of the COWS i'm.
prove, and they show greater content.
ment; especially is this last remark true
on cold, windy, and rainy days. I find
1t much better as general rule, when
it can be done, to feed salt on the food
instead of feeding it alone. In no case
should more than one day be permitted
to pass without brining the mornings
feed. The brine should not be strong
only enough to furnish sufficient salt t
the COWS. Of course the COWS should
have access to plenty of water; this
brine food will cause them to drinl
more, and thus increase the flow O.
milk. Let my brother farmers try thi,
and they will thereafter place greater
value upon corn stalks-Live Stock
Farm, and FireSide Journal.
THE MISTAKE OF BUTTER MAKERS
After abiding to the similarity of pro
cesses and results which characteriz,
cheese factories throughout the coun
try, Mr.. Arnold, before the American
Dairyman's Association, cited the but
ter-making interest in evidence of tn,
disadvantage of working privately ant
alone. Improvements move slowl,
when they go single-handed. Rapit
progress in all the affairs of life come.
from learning of each other. Differ
ences in butter-making could be al
readily reduced as in cheese-making BY
a comparison of results. But butter
makers are very little organized Yer
mont, it is true, is working systemati
cally to improve her butter interest
and the market reports of st. Albant
show how well she has succeeded. Blu
this is an exceptional case, and conse
quently among butter makers very littl,
is settled they are at loggerheads OF
almost every point. The temperatur,
at which cream rises best seems to b,
but little regarded and is known to bu
few; the best depth for setting milk il
argued all the way from one inch to 20
the number who know just when is the
e., al