Huntington independent. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1871-1874, 1873-10-09

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cream
For bots in horses give the horses
two OF three apples to cat; either
green or ripe apples viii do.
For lung fever in horses, give
abou, one quart Of new cider, in the
c urse ofaD hour. You may then
hitch him up next day.
CIDER VINEGAR We have been /
o0 O surpris a at the grea; haste ex-
bibi,ed by many orchardisis to dis
p,se Of their cider as soon as il comes +
f.om the mill, when there Is no prod /
net o' TIE farm that so Increases 10 /
vrluo With ago as cider. In the foil .
oflST0 we bought a barrel of cider /.
for - aud pu, it into dry cellar
Rilu The bune cpen. There Il lay foT
o year. aod oa exami aing &C, 70 proved |
% be cool vinegar. aud we scli 10 90
traler for $40. Here v5s a net
profit Of more rblu 200 per cent.
Hlri-td, ol barrels Of cider were
sol. rom the t0Nn .ha, year &C lV|
cents per gallon, on # which W u'd
have sold readily 10 o wear az 30
cents per gallon Maine Frwr.
SeALLorED OysrEEs -Cru-h an
rli several han if,'s Of Boston or
other .rysbie crackss. Put a layer
d. Coo bottom Of, BIZ tered pudding
Dish. We, this With mixture o.
a. oyster liquor and n'k Sigh ly
rme3. Next have a ryer OF oys-
tcr-. spunkle with salt and pepper,
su5 ley small tlts o. butter on them.
Then alo-tcr layer o.. moi>;sued
ctuats. and So oa until TIE dish Is.
full Lst the cop layer oftae crumbs
thicker tu,u tbe rest aud beat az
cE.irt1 The GiiS YOU pour over item
Suck bits of butter thiekly over 1t,
cover the dish. set il in the oven,
lake half an hour; if The dish is
large. remove the cover, and brown
ty setting It upon the upper grating
OF the oven, or by holding a hot
shovel over it.
SHEEP IN New MEXICo.-A cor
respondent Of the Chicago TriJ re-
writes: To show the immense prot
its uf engaging 10 the sheep business
In NeR Mexico. a few hzlres for
which l guarantee accuracy, are sub
mj,tcj. Ewes can be bought between
October and May for So p head.
The clip of wool say > 10 ,nis at
p cents, gives 62l cts. lt.s lamb
aud It's mo.Lcr are worth 81 mouth
from biljb) Tie usual practice Is
o. sheer iauo at eight months,
which yields say two ponds worth
-lcsots. We now have In one year,
from making the Investment, the eve
worth So. q lamb worth $40: 41
pounds OF wool, worth Sl.l2l-total,
S5,S7, OF nearly 100 per cent, ad-
vance on the investment.
"The cost of herdiDs aui care Is
small. rs the native Mexican works
fir no,blu. erl boards biDsclf
The foeks are divided into bunches
Of 5000 each, requires three herds
man ponies aud dogs These herds
mlu are we'll paid at SIS per month,
and their food less than $40 per
m0.Ih. THUS il Will be seen that, 20
,oterprisiuc sheep men who engage
capital and experience 10 this bust
ness In New Mexico, there is no lin
it 90 tue profit
ORCHARD GBAss-O0e Of the
L0st important products r.j,ed on
tlc Beacon farm Tor soiins is or
ch.rj grass; and now allow nea few
words personally REGARDING It ]
have done my best. both by Trecep'
and example for the ptst thirty years
or more, 10 iuduse ny brother far
uers 90 cultivate ,bj, highly valu bic
grass much mere extensively than
tbcy have daUe; but 1 regret TO say
with very i..te effect PRAY now 60
aud see what Mr. Cr9zier is dong
De has about 40 acres Off. ard a.
though il is not growing on his best
cultivated s.is. yct 90 The day | exc
.u.nei 10. June L.. ii stood from 81
to 80 iacie, high, and would make
from two 20 Two ana half tons Of
well cared bay per acrs-Perbaps
some of DC might turn oar three tons
N.ty..cct. taj, is aD uJco4m1.'y re.
season, fully seven tu ten days i-.,l
than cur average. have often seen
orchard grls, iu Ibis climate as for
ward as ,se 6rs' week ia June The
season from early IN May ul the
LAST a. July wss excessively dry. only
a ieg inches ofrtn falling daring
tins tue, ard ,he grain crops about
here c,rcrs'lv cut down from one
half Pro- only ere thir3 of au average.
For days previous Mr. Crozilr has
been cutting this for sri.iD., most Of.
what was then standing be c,mmsu-
ced moving Tor hay two or three days
afterwards Cur orchard grass Just
,s soon asit begins blossom and it I
is nearly cquai 20 the best timothy, /
cad for superior 20 such as is lsg,
growing nj. portion Of its seed III }
pens On the second Of August Nr. F.
Cr1z'cr wrote me os follows.
"Wha, should I have done we're it f.
not for the orchard grass this season.
Without it ny barns would have
been comparatively cuTt7 ike those
Of nei-hb3rs and fieuis. Then
what could [ DO with my stock? I,is.
not 81 for beef an3 I should not have
half hay enough % winter &c. Now
with The orchard grass Ihayo fodder
enough. end 90 spare.
TIE great merit Of orchard gr1s,