National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1873-05-02
.FAfm, Garden and Household.
Domestic Receipts.

V"Po suku one cup Oh mOlasses , on
cup coffee one pound chopped raisins
three eggs a dessert spoonful Of eacl
kind OF spice one nutmeg teaspoon
full OF saleratus. Add -four enoug Oh I,
make it little sitter than pound cake
This cake will keep long time. A it'll
citron in very thin slices through tn,
cake improves it, and currants may b,
substituted for part of the raisins.
GRAHAM BREAD.-On quart Of bolt
ed flour, two quarts Of Graham, two tea
spoonfuls of salt, one half cup of mo-
lasses, two thirds of cupof yeast mix
with warm water not very stiff.
PuFr ROLLS For BREAKFAST. Three
cups Of milk, three eggs, three cups OF
flour and little salt Bake in earthen
cups, filling them half full. A quick
but not scorching oven. These rolls are
very nice.
CREAM CAKE.--One cup OF cream, one
cup of sugar, two eggs, little salt, one
teaspoonful of soda, and two cups OF
flour.
DoUdHNUrs. cup OF su yar, one
cup of sweet milk, one egg, one tea
spoonful of soda, and one Of cream
tartar.
Coon BIscUIT.-One quart of -four,
one tablespoonful baking powder, but.
ter the size of walnut; use water;
don't mix stiff; bake quick.
GINGER COOKIES. cup sugar, one
OF molasses, one of butter, lard, or drip.
pings, one-half cup of water, and one
tablespoon soda, and one ginger.
WASHING BUrrER-A correspondent
OF the Cincinnati Gazette, in answer to
an inquiry, gives his views as follows
1t is asked-Does not the washing of
butter cause the loss of its aroma? We
are sure-no. 1t has nothing TO do
with it. 1t simply washes the milk ont
more readily, and saves labor in work
ing out the buttermilk with ladle. It
rather assists in retaining the aroma
and grain of the butter.
stay Where You Are.
We have many inquiries asking ad-
vice about selling farms at the East and
going West. This everlasting uneasi-
ness belongs to the Yankee character.
and il one of the elements, perhaps. in
his enterprise. We wish, however, to
express, with emphasis, our dissent
from the too prevalent opinion, that
farms at the East are past working with
profit. If, instead of selling out, the
owner of an Eastern farm would inform
himself ms to the character of his soil
and its needs, and then expend the
amount of money he must sacrifice in
selling off all his stock, farming tools
and other personal property, in needed
improvements and thorough working of
his farm, he will find all he desires in
the possibilities of the old homestead.
There is no lack of the natural elements
OF fertility in these farms they DOS
sess the undeveloped equivalents Of a
thousand crops. The deposits are there;
only draw your check with the proper
Formally and the teller of Mother Ma
lures bank will honor it. Look at the
advance of British agriculture in the
last half century-her increase from
fourteen to twenty-eight bushels of
wheat per acre. If she had possessed
millions of acres of virgin soil, her
farmers might have abandoned the old
and sought the new fields; but instead
OF that, they have added n new kingdom
below, doubling the production Of the
acres they possess. Young men who
have no farms, the old hive being full.
will do well to seek one in the West.
but do not abandon the ancestral acres
to the stranger. Live Stock Journal.
Renting Farms.
In renting or letting farms on shares
there should be the most stringent stip-
ulations on the part of proprietors re!.-
tive to the use of the manure made on
the place and the supply of fertilizing
agents on the part of the renter or oc-
cupier of the land. We have known it
to cost farmers more to restore their
farms to the condition in which they left
them, after an absence of three wears.
renters occupying them meantime, than
they had received as rents in the interim.
Absolute rest is often far more profit
able than the renting system to the man
who owns the land. It is only in rare
cases that the system of renting paws
the owner of land. In this country it
has not been made so much either of n
business or studyon the part of farmers
and tenant rights and duties are not so
clearly defined either by custom or law
as in England, where most farming is
done by tenants. If American farmers
are to give up their lands to tenants and 4.
i've OIL the income derived therefrom in
villages, as seems to be the ambition of
many, there is great need of the caution
we have above given.
Management or Cattle.
A Massachusetts, farmer says on this
subject
My cattle like my company. When
IN the pasture they will follow me until
l leave the lot and as a general rule |
they come up to the barn-yard every
night about sunset and in their way cali |
Tor lock of hay. Though give them
all they want they take but few mouth
fuls, which satisfies them, and 1 am con-
hdent it does them good deal of good.
1t keeps their bowels regular and thew
thrive well and are happy. They do
much better than theydid when changed
pastures once a week, for now they have
change of food every day instead of
once week. Cattle need Kindness and
they pay well for it. I can handle nv
steers and others as please. They wifi
come up to me while am milking and
invite me to play with them The time
think is not far distant when soiling
cattle will be the most profitable where
most OF the farm can be cultivated.
Provide small lot for them to run in.
iced green fodder, save all the manure
and our farms will grow richer"
Liver Rot In sheep.
An English farmer who has kept sheep
Tor forty years, says he has found rock
'alt valuable antidote for liver rot
md that these animals cannot be too
LITERALLY supplied with this saving sub.
stance. He further declares that in