National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-02-07

seven ounces Of sifted sugar, and on
pound OF marmalade. Mix well wit
four eggs, and boil for four hours.
HALp-PAY PUDDING. -Four ounces o
the following ingredients: Suet, hour
bread crumbs, currants, aud rnisins
Two tablespoonfuls Of treaclc. Mix
well W th half pint of boiling milk, an,
boil 1t in n mould for four hours. Al
economical pudding when eggs ar
scarce.
PoRT WINE JELLY.-One ounce o
isinBiass ana one ounce of gum arabic
stirred in onc-half pint of port wine
add little cinnamon, and sweeten Il
yeur taste 4; dissolve the gum first, ant
when all is dissolved together strain il
through n muslin bag. An excellent
jelly for invalids.
How TO LEARN FARMuHG.-If young
man desires to get n practical knowledge
OF agriculture ii would be very salts.
factory way for him to hire himself 10 Il
first-class farmer. Then let him Undue.
triously set himself to learn the bust.
ness, without any fear of working a 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 the
Mandlar. or dagger, he had received
on wedding her, but Wihout the shcath.
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 tant0on, or head
veil, back to the husband, stepped in
blood, and with n lock of her hair, rs n
mute witness of her punishment.
VARIED CRoPs AND HOME MARKETS.
III 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
unproiitableness as those who raise
corn do of that crop. If the supply
was increased, it would be unstable,
for wheat is not so safe n grain to feed
to stock rs 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
wool, 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 Conn STALKS PRor1T-
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
ing yields from theft 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-
lice is to feed them in the bundle, AS
but lew farmers feel able or willing to
use a cutting-machine This feeding
IN bundle without any preparation, / |
I'm fully satisfied, is very wasteful. as
lot only are the butts left, but frequently
nearly the whole stalk | have learned
by experience that a little brine sprinkled |
upon stalks once every day. Just before |
eedlng, is of material advantage in
many respects. The weak brine will
'ause the COWS to consume nearly all. |
wen when fed whole; the flow of milk
Increases, the condition of the cows i'm
prove, and they show greater content
nent; especially is this last remark true
m cold, windy, and rainy days. | find
much better as n general rule, when
can be done, to feed salt on the food.
instead OF feeding it alone. In no case
hould more than one day be permitted
0 pass without brining the mornings
eed The brine should not be strong.
My enough to furnish sufficient salt to
ne cows. or course the cows should
ave access to plenty of water; this
rlne food will cause them to drink
lore, and thus increase the flow of
ak. Let my brother farmers try this
nd they will thereafter place greater
alue upon corn ks.-Liuc Stock.
arm, and Fireside JouInak
The MISTAKE OF BUTTER MAKERS
fter abiding to the similarity of pro.
Ia ,,,1, Il, i !
heese factories throughout the coun-
y, Mr.. Arnold, before the American
'airyman Association, cited the but :
.r-making interest in evidence of the !
lsadvantage of working privately and I,
one. improvements move slowly L
hen they go single-handcd. Rand {,
rogress in all the affairs of life comes
ON learning OF each other. Differ a
ices in buttermaking could be as i
adily reduced as in cheese-makipp bv ;
comparison of results. But butter. /,
akers are very little organized. Yer D
ont, 1t is true, is working svstemati. Il
lily to improve her butter interest u
III tne market reports of st. Adams
ow how well she has succeeded. But g
is is an exceptional case, and conse- II
ientiy among butter-makers very little u
settled; they are at loggerheads on u y
most every point. The temperature !,
which cream rises best seems to he T.
II little regarded and is known to but =
VI; the best depth for setting milk is .,
Sued all the way from one inch to 20; % .,
number who know just when is the u u
ST tune for skimming milk is very o
AL: the time, temperature, and man W
OF churning, the effect of churninp Oh
eet or sour, and whether it is better
churn the whole milk or only the
'am, are questions in dispute. What er
needed to regulate and advance this sc
crest Is minor organizations all CEN m
ing In national association, either pr
conjunction with this Association or dr