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StOye-ClOths.

| have been making some stove.cloth,
lately, and find them such capital add
ton to my kitchen conveniences that | de-
sire to tell all my friends about them
They can be made out of old -four or mea
bags, coarse crash, OF the heavy bapeinQ
that comes around goods at the stores anG
are cut nearly three.quarters Of yarc
long, and about three-eighths Of a yart
wide, and hemmed all around.
Now put loop of strong tape on one
side, by which to hang them up, and hay,
a nail if possible placed near the stove sc
as to be convenient for use aud as soon a,
one becomes soiled, replace it with clear
one; and my word for it, you will wonder
why you had not made them long before
and thus saved your cooking aprons frou
becoming scorched and soiled, and YOU
dish towels from constant injury.
And my cloths will take out the drip
ping pan from the oven far more easii,
than any dish cloth ever could and | car
handle the "gem pan" the soup kettle. anc
all my kitchen utensils with ease, while be
fore their introduction was always burn
ing my fingers, and bottle of sweet.oi
aud lime'water was an indispensable ad
junct to my kitchen pantry to ease their
smarting.-Conntry Gentleman.
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Recipes,

CREAM CAKE.-Tako six eggs, two cups
of sugar, three cups of -four, two teaspoon
fuls of baking powder, two tablespoOnfuls
Of cold water. Bake in a moderate oven.
CREAM.-Boil almost a pint of sweet
milk, take two tablespoonfuls Of corn starch
beaten with little of the milk, to this add
two eggs-when the milk has boiled, stir
this in slowly, with one cup of sugar
When the milk is almost done, add one.
half cup of butter and two tablespoonful
Of lemon.
VEAL SAusAoE.-TwO parts ofvcal from
the round and one Of fat salt pork
free from lean and skin. Pass twice through
your sausage cutter, or till thoroughly mix.
ed. Season with pepper and sage, just al
if pork sausage. Fill cases which have
been prepared at butchering time and kept
in the pork barrel. Try it once and | an
sure you will try it again.
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Proportion OF Cream.

Few persons are aware, probably, Of the
extent to which the percentage of cream j.
influenced by the conditions Of the cow
1t is a curious fact that any excitement to
which the animal is subjected causes a
very large loss Of cream on the milk. At
the Barre meeting Of the Massachusetts
State Board, DR.. Sturteyant Of So Fran.
ingham, said, "Undcr the same feed, and I'M
der the same circumstances, the same COW
gave, one day nine aud half per cent Of
cream and another day eighteen per cent.
Of cream" Thereupon Mr. Lewis, an old
experienced dairyman said can tell
a bigger story than that | have taken a
good deal Of pains to test the yalne Of my
milk that have worked into cheese.
have graduated glasses for the purpose,
and have found COW whose uniform per-
centage Of cream was eighteen per cent. re-
duced to six in twelve hours,-not from
any change of food, but from little ex-
element. You gentlemen who make but
ter be careful to adopt my advice and al
ways treat your COW kindly and gently
never get her excited, because every ounce
of excitement will take from her milk one
per cent. Of cream. have known q COW
abused by a furious, brutal mixer, and the
percentage Of her cream went down one.
half 1t is astonishing what an effect ex.
citement has on the percentage Of cream in
the milk that COW produces You will
be astonished if you will make the test,
and mako it carefully. ! have known a
COW, excited from natural causes, to drop
in her percentage of cream in her milk from
fourteen to six per cent. in twelve hours
So | would again repeat, whoever abuses
his COW knocks out Of his milk large per.
centage of the cream"
1t will readily be seen how important
it is to keep the COW quiet and from fright
and all excitement. The worry by dogs
the hurrying and halloiug of boys, when
driving the cows home from pasture the
kicking and pounding of an angry mixer
or any similar cause Of excitement will be
sure to reduce the quality of the milk tC
the extent Of several per cent of cream
This fact is too well attested by many care
full and experienced dairymen to admit o
a doubt, and the first object of concern
with the butter dairymen, especially, should
be to see that his COWS are treated with tn,
utmost gentleness all the time. The boy
who drive the cows home will make not,
OF this, and when the spring comes an,
cows 60 out, just mark what we say
Mass. PloNghmdn.
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Farmers Sons.

At a meeting Of the New York State
Agricultural Society, Gen. Patrick made
the following remarks in regard to the
growing aversion among farmers sons to
farm work:
"Only few Of our children are follow.
ing in our footsteps. The old folks are
left alone. With failing heaRh and in
creasing years many are compelled to sell
out the homestead and live in a village
where it is possible to live acne. Our
young men are showing great aversion
to honest toll. Often, if they remain on
the farm, they are more interested in fast
horses than in training steers. Other.
engage in triaing undignifed occupations
such as selling maps, books, patent rights
or even clothes pins. They are attracted
by genteel ways and habits. Atthe best
they seek commercial adventures, and
through this means sudden and great riches
Can they not read their fate by the wrecks
Of thousands in the city of New York who
have attempted the same thing. For able
bodied, strong young men to quit the farm
and engage insuch trifing pursuits as have
been named, or to attempt, where thous
ands fail, in a city occupation, they shoulC
be ashamed. Whenever labor in any country
is considered dishonorable there en- be NJ
bright hope before us. When we find (
country divided into small estates, aud eact
proprietor labors with his own hands, W.
have happy people. Under small home
steads grow up those people before which
the world trembled when they bucsled oil
their swords--the ancient Romans. LooE
at the large plantations in the south, witt
their degraded laborers, and you need mo-
ask the result. Countries are cultivated
not according to their fertility, but ,ccord
ing to their liberty. Agriculture is the
basis of the happiness Of state, and it il
the most honorable as well as the most
ancient of all professions.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-02-26

Tue PRoFIrs OF SoILlSG.--W must
come to the soiling system at last in the
Eastern States, and we propose to often re-.
fer to it, so that the subject may not be
forgotten. Intelligent and careful farmers
who have once made the experiment now
will not give up the practice for any con-
sideration.
Here is an instance Of this nature, which
illustrates our recommendation most practi-
cally. Mr.. Henry Sedgwick, Of Cornwall,
Ct, at late farmers meeting in Lowell,
Mass, in reference to the fact that all the
farmers there were now producing milk for
the New York Market, says:
"Our farmers all declare they will not
60 back to the old way Of feeding stock.
We cut up our straw and everything avalla-
bic. Many of US have adopted the plan
Of steaming the food for our cattle, and we
are satisfied from the experiments we have
made that we save a third Of our proyender
by steaming it. As sample of what this
manner Of feeding stock will do | will re-
late an instance Of young man who a
year ago this last spring, bought farm Of
eighty acres Of land, for $1,000. The
farm then kept eleven COWS, four or five
yearings, and horse or two. The young
man took hold of that farm and Immediate
ly put in fourteen acres of sowed corn. lie
increased the stock to twenty-five COWS, and
kept them on twelve acres, feeding them
the sowed corn, and also cutting his oats
green for food, His receipts the first year
were $4,000. This year he has summered
on that same farm twenty.seven COWS, and
he told me the other day that his twenty
seven cows would average him 500 each
from the profit on milk
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Carrying All the Parts in Farming

Carrying All the Parts in Farming.
Rotation in farming is understood as an
established necessity. This with respect to
crops; and the dairy is also included
With the latter may be put sheep This
even where the land is more favorable for
grain-where it may readily be worked
aud the soil is rich, In this case many
farms do without sheep, sheep being put
on billy and less accessible land. Sheep
are probably here the most benefit. But
they will add to the income and benefit
of any farm. All the branches, at least as
general thing, should be prosecuted
This, for one thing, to meet all the market
II one or more fails another may succeed /;
some one or more products will always
succeed, either in growth, being affected
by the season or otherwise, in the market
1t is seldom, if ever, that all products fail
both in produotiyeness and price. Wool
and mutton, and sheep in consequence
have been loss to the general farmer for
years till now recently. The fruit crops
the present year are in the same condition !;
so are potatoes; so are some other products
l NNFf
wheat is IN demand so are wool and NUT
Ton ana sheep and other products. Thus
the products oil tho farm are iluctuating
ana TINS yearly to a greater or less extent
10 prosecute one, or few branches, alone,
Is very risky rum is often the result. With
the GARY TINS has less force yet for the
past lew years there has been loss loss
WIN Interior and less properly managed
NERDS: wheat was encouragement /;
no" II beglns to look up again. Thus
changes are constantly occurring. We
need not point out the folly Of being gov
erned BY these changes. One is to carry all
the branches where climate and soil will
ADMIT the other is to thoroughly prose.
cute what is done--better culture, better
stock better treatment During all the
time oil the low price OF wool and the loss
IN sheep there were those who made it
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W IL y c II Z r r Y
REMEDY non CONSUMPTION

WHICH CAN De CURED By A TIMELY RESORT
TO THIS STANDARD PREPARATION. AS HAS
BEEN PROVED BY THE HUNDREDS or TEsTT
MoNIALs RECEIVED by THE pRopRIEToRs
IT Is Acknowledged by MANY PROMINENT
PHYSICIANS TO DE THE MOST RELIABLE
PREPARATION EVER INTRODUCED FOR TIKI
RELIEF AND CURE or ALL LUNG COMPLAINTS
AND is OFFERED To THE PUBLIC. SANCTIONED
BY THE EXPERIENCE or OVER FORTY YEARS
WHEN REsOBTED TO IN SEASON 1T SELDOM
FAILS TO EFFECT A SPEEDY CURE IN TIT
MOST SEVERE CASES OF COUGHS, BRONCHITIS
CIRCUIT, wHooPNG COUGH, INFLUENZA, AsTH
MA, COLDS, SORE THROAT, PAINS OR SORE
NESS IN THE CHEST AND SIDE, LIVER COM
PLANT BLEEDING At THE LUNGS, &C, &C
wISTARs BAIsAM poEsNo DRY Up A COUGH
AND LEAVE THE CAUSE BEHIND, AS Is TIL
CASE WITH MOST PREPARATIONS, But II
LoosENs AND oLEANsEs TIE LUNGS, AM
ALLAYs IRRITATION, THUS REMOVING TIL
CAUSE OF THE COMPLAINT.
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How MUCH LAND WILL KEEP Cow
A Western agricultural paper asked two
experienced Wisconsin dairymen how many
cows good dairy farm of 100 acres would
keep. One who has been many years in
the business said that on his farm Of that
size, on which were twenty acres thickly
covery with timber and worthless for past
ure, he could keep forty. The others es.
innate was forty also for the l60 acres
OF course, both included the use Of such
land as was necessary for the usual orchard,
garden, etc. but not for the production
of anything for sale, except the products OF
the COW in milk or the cheese or butter
made from the milk.
Both of the dairymen believe heartily in
the value of sowod corn, believing it a
cheaper feed than hay. One says he would
want one and half acres Of pasture for
each COW to last until after haying. After
that time he pastures the meadows, and
feeds green corn fodder, ETC., with the
usual pasturage. The other would have
two and half acres of pasturage for each
COW for the whole season, also feeding corn
fodder in the fall He SO plants this that
while it produces large amount of stalks
and leaves, it also natures a considerable
quantity Of corn. On his feed he relies
largely for the winter feed. 1t will be
seen that under pasturage from two and
one half to four acres are needed to each
COW while in soiling, as from the above
instance in Connecticut. one acre will keen
COW and give plenty to spare.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-02-26
Anrtcultural.

II Communications on subjects Of intores, to the
farmers Of Vormont-oonsisiug Of either the result,
Of experiment, we'll considered speculation and com
ment or pertinent inquries-wil always be vel
coined to this department Of the WArcuNAN.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-02-26

FRulT TREEs.-A recent writer has said
that the "setting out Of fruit trees is a
better investment than Government bonds"
He is right, if he will aid the proviso "if
well taken care Of
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-02-26

AsrARAGus-lTs MEDICAL EPFEcrs.-A
medical correspondent Of an English jour
nal says that the advantages of asparagus
are not sufficiently estimated by those who
suffer with rheumatism aud govt. Slight
cases of rheumatism are cured in few
days by feeding on this delicious esculent /;
and more chronic cases are much relieved
especially if the patient avoids all acids,
whether in food or beverage. The Jerusa-
lem artichoke has also similar effect in
relieving rheumatism, The heads may be
eaten in the usual way; but tea made from
the leaves Of the stalks and drank three or
four times a day is certain remedy, though
not equally agreeable.
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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-12-20

fear, rather than BY love and self interest.
We must make it 70 the interest Of every
one 10 join, and force upon free win must
have no place in our actions. II any miner
does not wish to join the National organi-
Sation, it is his privilege not to join, and
he is better out of Il than being in through
fear rather than sympathy. We hope to
see every miner in America Join this Ma
tiOnal organization, and viii see every one
Join if we make the union worthy the asso-
citation of all-if we make II union Of
truth, of liberation, Of justice, and Of pro-
gresslve effort. If any stay out Of the
union it will be the fault Of those in the
union, for all viii join II the organization
is true to itself, true to truth aud Justice.
But, Mr.. President, the Union has
higher and Q nObler field of usefulness
open before it than the principles on which
it is founded, and it win assuredly miss its
destiny If it fails 10 grasp its whole oppor-
tunities for good. mean the education
OF the rising generation OF miners, and the
reformation Of the people, of the mines,
young and old, from the baneful effects OF
intemperance. Like the Danes in Hamlet,
this heavy headed revel has made US ira
duced of other people, aud has sOiled our
achievements though performed at height.
Carrying the stamp of this one defect, the
operators Of the mines have made good
use Of it in Qualifications of their exac-
lions. Not long ago the Earl Of Shafts
bury, man who has done noble service
for the coal miners of Great Britain, was
led to remark in a Cubic speech that all
the advantages which the miners Of that
country had derived through his exertiOns
and those of other labor reforrners, had
done the miners harm instead Of good; that
they passed their time, since wages were
increased, in idleness, dog fighting, gam
bling, drinking and sleeping. These
charges were utterly groundless, and have
since been disproved, but the fact that
such man should have entertained them,
shows with what eagerness INSCRIPTIONS
men will try and injure their fellows, when
pecuniary considerations are at stake. We
have many noble men in this country in
public life ready to do battle for our cause,
who are often held back because Of the
charges that We are unworthy of attention
by reason of our habits Of intemperance,
and our love of gambling, dog-fghting, &c
We can do much for the amelioriation
of the miners by organization-fo short
ening the hours of labor--for more efficiens
management Of mines, and for the substi-
tuition of arbitration in the place Of strikes
TO adjust wages disputes, but one greater
evil than sll-the giant evil of intemper-
snce, which weighs us down to the earth
like an incubus, deserves our most earnest
and unceasing attention. In the great
work of regeneration let us not overlook
the greatest tyranny of all--the tyranny Of
the wine cup. Here We want host of true
labor reformers, Temperance, education
Of the rising generation, shorter hours and
more brain work and less physical work, is
the base-the foundation stone-of our
temporal salvation.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-12-20

portation, land this must be had, even il
Lake Erie is required TO extend its waters
to the mines
There are several hundred square miles
of this magnificent coal bed. 1t will EN-
brace = period of many centuries bfore
the coal question becomes one of serious
alarm, as the future coal supply is now af-
fecting the British people. Yet If the sup
ply was ten times as large, the day Of ex-
haustion will some day come, hence these
mines should be wrought with the strictest
economy which is far from being the case,
AS many Of them are opened up without
art, without science, and with mere brute
/ instinct, entailing loss upon the present
owners, and wrong to future generations
! Of men. Though these coal regions are the
| chief mining centers Of Ohio, there are
many other mining localities Of local prom
inence.
The annual aggregate production of the
coal mines Of this State is not less than 1--WE
and half million tons, employing under
ground fifteen thousand miners and two
Thousand laborers in various mines. And all
this is almost the work Of the last ten
years, for in 1863 there were not more than
one hundred thousand tons Of coal raised
in the State. Ten years hence there will
be at least twelve million tons Of coal min
ed, with mining population Of fully So
600 miners and other underground employ
ees. Twenty years hence twenty-five mil
lion tons and mining force Of 100, 900
men Is not improbable, and the end of in
crease is not even then, but, as in the past.
will still 20 on doubling every ten years,
for in these modern days, the production
Of the prlmeval forests, the results Of the
suns rays, condensed in thu carbon formed
millions Of ages ago, which the black faced
miner is now drawing from his gloomy sub
terranean workshop, is the all indispensa-
bic element Of modern industry. Some
one has called coal the sun in the cellar,
and Stephenson, the great engineer, has
called his locomotives the horses Of the sun.
What moves that engine = asked Mr..
Stephenson, as he saw a train in motion.
One of your engines, replied his friend.
1t Is the sun, answered Stephenson: 1T
fixed the carbon in the plants which form
ed the coal, and the hest now liberated is
raising steam
The State Of Ohio has been blessed with
her full proportion of these bottled sun
beams Her coal area is equal 10 that Of
Great Britain, and III addition nature. by
surface divisions, has placed most Of her
coal seams within easy reach Of the many
adventures, requiring, III many cases. on
ly the presence Of the miners pick and
shovel to bring them forth, whereas IN
in England and in the continental States
II Europe, deep borings and immense eX-
penditure i'll seeking il needed 20 liberate
the sun beams from the cellar.