National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-04-25
Farm, Garden and Household.


year W tons oi nay ana giO bushels OF
oats, their daily ration being Is pounds
of hay aud II pounds Of oats for each.
II will take II 30 III acres of average
land to raise this amount Of fodder. A
COW will consume II pounds of hay and
q poands of corn meal daily, equal to
3. tons of hay and 40 bushels of corn,
allowing for toll for grinding il, per
year, This will require about 4 acres
Of average land. One acre of good
corn land will produce enough grain
and stalks TO keep COW during n year.
This estimate, which is deduced from
practice, accords elsewhere, ms gathered
from statistics, which prove that egh.
acres of land are needed Ia support
horse during n year in Belgium and
Holland-countries which, as regards
the supply of food, are self-sustaining.
There would be no practical difference
between the crops mentioned and others
that might be chosen, for the reason
that more prolific crops require greater
amount to be consumed to yield an
equal sustenance, with less prolific, but
more nutritious crops. The most econ
omical single crop to raise for feeding
animals is corn, when the whole stalks
are well cured and properly used. IN y
Tribune.
Fruit In Tin Cans.
The Boston Journal Of Chemistry
says Thu impression prevails among
those who use freely fruits which are
put up in tin cans that they are injured
thereby, and this impression is in many
cases correct. We have long contended
that all preserved fruits and vegetables
should be stored in glass, and that no
metal of any kind should be brought in
contact with them. All fruits contain
more or less of vegetable acids, and
Others that are highly corrosive are
often formed by fermentation, and the
metallic vessels are considerably acted
upon. Tin cans are held together by
solder, an alloy into which lead enters
largely. This metal is easily corroded
by vegetable acids, and poisonous salts
are formed. Undoubtedly many per-
sons are greatly injured by eating toma-
toes, peaches, &c, which have been
placed in tin cans, and we advise all our
friends who contemplate putting up
fruit the coming summer to use only
glass jars for the purpose.
Salt Tor Cattle.
One thing cattle need they do not
get, is plenty of salt they ought to
have some every day, but / fear many
do not get it once "A month. Our plan
OF feeding is to give from four to five
quarts of corn meal, or corn and oats
ground together Cthe finer the better,
well sailed the first thing in the morn
ing; the roots, after which the cattle
are turned into the yard, where they
have feed of straw and stalks to work
Mt, and plenty of water to drink. At
night, they get what good hay they will
eat. They keepin tirstrate order on this.
Last summer we fed four quarts corn
meal right through the simmer to our
cows, each morning, and they looked well
right through the season, but they were
none too fat. 1t is something we never
did before, but | think it paid well in
the extra quantity, ond also in the
quality of the butter. Try it one sea
son, and see if it don't pay you. Don't
forget the salt.
Separating Honey from Bee Bread.
A lady correspondent of the California
Agricutturist gives the following con
venient and old-fashioned way of separ-
ating honey from bee-bread
Put such pieces of the comb as have
bread in them into round tin butter
cans those little faring at the top
are best } until nearly full. Then set
the wash boiler on the stove with water
n few inches deep i'll it, but not enough
to boil up into the cans then lay few
pebbles or an iron chain evenly on the
bottom and set the cans on them. put
the cover on the boiler and let the honey
steam until the wax is melted, which
can be ascertained by small stick
or wire. The honey must be stirred
If wished clear. When 1T is all melted.
lift the cans out and set away carefully
to cool, and when Just about milk warm.
with knife and fork, lift the wax and
bread off the top, and your honey will
be clear and nice in the can.
Economy OF Fuel.
A correspondent in The British Work.
man tells how to build fire as follows
The person laying fire should fill the
crate up to the top. bar with Goals, put
ting large pieces ut the bottom and
smaller over them, then upon these,
paper enough to light the sticks, which
should be laid upon and not under, the
coal. Cover the sticks with the cinders
remaining from the previous days fire
these will soon become red hot; the coal
below will be warmed sufficiently to
make it throw off gas this, passing
through the hot cinders, will burn with
bright flame, instead of going up the
chimney in smoke, as it does when the
Goals are laid on top. The fire thus laid
will require no poking, and will burn
clear and bright from six to eight hours
without the necessity for more Goals to
be thrown on.
Made II Productive.
correspondent of the OH o Farmer
" having nothing to start WITH" pur-
chased, on easy terms, one of the |
poorest farms in the township" and |
made it productive. His plan is as
follows First, pillow deep, then seed
with wheat {; in the spring SOW clover
on the field the summer after / take
OF the crop, pasture one season, and
the next season | let the clover grow up
and come out in bloom, and when the |
heads begin to turn brown, l take nv
three-horse pillow and break up the land
nine inches deep, and then SOW in wheat
again. The year following, in the
spring. turn up for corn to the depth of
nine inches as at first.
Narrowing Wheat i'm Spring.
If ground for wheat has been proper
ly prepared for seeding in the fall, and
the seed has been drilled in. or if it has
not been sown too thickly, we can see
no advantage to result from narrowing.
If it is too thick on the ground and it is