The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-03-31
Farm, Garden and Household.


Somebody says | have recipe to
offer, It is Il compound, being cOmpos.
ed Of several ingredients. 1t is an ex-
oellcnt remedy, and when properly APP
piled, has an amazing good effect upon
farmers boys, keeping them ut home in
the evening when they ought to be
there, and making them better than any
other place on earth. Here are the in
gradients /:
|. Treat them as partners with you.
Give thcm to understand that they IRE
interested in the success OF the farming
operations MS much MS You are yourself.
.. Converse freely with them. Get
their opinions, and give them yours.
II at all prudent, make use OF their
plans, and when you think Your own
best, explain to them why YOU did moi
adopt theirs, Don't keep them alto.
gether in tho dark with reference Ia
your plans for the future.
3. Don't require them to stay at home
in the evenings all the time, When
there is any meeting or entertainment
from which they might receive benefit,
be sure to let them 60.
4. Provide them with plenty OF good
books and papers especially referring
to agriculture. Let them DO we'll post.
cd in their own misunderstanding.
8. Never scold them because they
don't do their work or attend to the
business Of the farm as well MS you do.
Encourage them.
G. Give them n holiday now and
then. They look for it, and thoy need
it; and it will be better for you and
them to let them have it.
Other ingredients may with safety be
added, but the above nrc OF iniinite i'm,
portance, and should never bc omitted
Farmers, try my recips it acts like Z
charm.
Sugar Making.
In paper read before the Farmers
meeting ut Bethel, VT, Mr.. D. Tolles
of Royalton, said; In regard to thu
manufacture OF maple sugar there mr.,
several facts OF Importance TO be con
sidcred, to produce good article tina
is maple sugar in something beside
name.
LIST. Tho right kind Of soil whore tn
trees stand, that Of light color to b.
Preferred over dark MS the sugar will b
much winter. l do not pretend to I'm
dcrstand the reason Of this, but kno,
it to DO so, from experiment.
End. Tapping the trees, about whicl
there arc different opinions. / use
half.inch bit, and Posts patent spou
with hook for hanging the bucket, whicl
consider the best spout | ever saw il
use.
3D.. Cleanliness in all tho arrange
mont. ! think tin buckets are mucl
better than wooden ones, but in eithel
case they must be clean and sweet, III
must the holders, pans, and finally al
utensils used.
4th. The sooner the sap is converted
into strip or sugar, without burning
after it runs from the trees, the better
9th. The sap should be strained
before boiling, to take out all twigs
leaves, etc; also, after 1t reaches til,
stage called sirup, to fit it for the sugar
ing-oif. Flannel for strainers is mucl
the best.
Care of Young Ducks.
take three boards about n foot wide
and make yard either square or tri
angular shaped, and put the hen ant
coop in one corner OF Il. keep tho hei
coopea until the ducklings arc abou
two weeks old, when l give her her lib
erty. She will stay with the ducklingl
some time longer. No more than twelv,
or fourteen ducklings should be conin
ed in one yard, rs they arc apt to pill,
upon one another ut night and smotheI
each other. Tho ducklings should b,
confined in yard until they are vel
feathered, for il they go through we
grass they almost invariably die. Thu
yard should be moved every two week.
and care should be taken to have goot
shelter in one corner.-Poultry World