Connecticut western news., 1874-08-07
Farm, Garden and Household.
Household Notes.

Household Notes.
 SHIN OF BEEF SoUP.-Have the shin we'll cracked mp ]; put it to boil in five or six quarts of water boil it five or six hours skim it very often. Out up, very fine, half a white cabbage; chop two turnips and three onions put them in the soup with pepper and salt, and boil it two hours take the bone and gristle out before serving. If you have some raised Tough, make up a dozen balls, the size of nutmeg, drop them into the soup, and let them boil half an hour.
 CAIF's FEET JELLY.-Wash and pre- pare one set of feet, place them in four quarts of water and let them simmer gently five hours. At the expiration of this time take them out and pour the liquid into vessel to cool. When cold, remove every particle of fat, re- place the jelly in the preserving kettle and add one pound of loaf-sugar, the rind and juice of two lemons when the sugar has dissolved, beat two eggs with their shells in one gill of water, which pour into the kettle and boil five min utes, or until perfectly clear then add one gill of Madeira wine and strain through flannel bag into any form you like.
 JAMs.-It is not generally known, writes a correspondent, that boiling fruit long time and skimming it we'll, without the sugar and without @ cover to the preserving pan, is very eco- because the bulk of the scum rises from oA z latter is good and boiling it without 8 cover allows the evaporation of the watery particles therefrom the pre- serves keep firm and we'll favored. The proportions are, three quarters ,of 8 pound of sugar to 8 pound of fruit. Jam made in this way, of entrants, strawberries, raspberries or gooseber- ries, is excellent. The best jam know of is made of an equal quantity of gooseberries and raspberries. Some made by us last year of this half-and- half mixture was preferred to all
 sensibIe' Advice to Farmers.
 A good many farmers are rushing into the dairy business under the impress sion that the profits are large and sure They figure only on the profit side of the ledger, and do not take into account losses liable to occur in the different departments. We do not wish to dis courage any one from entering upon dairy farming, for we believe it will compare favorably in its profits, when well conducted, with other branches of farming; but we have named some of the disadvantages in one department - that of live stock-in order that men may see their way more clearly and not get too high notions of the profits to be realized. .l EIss'fe. 5f .fftI.'
 We advise every farmer who is doing we'll and making fair income from his special kind of farming, to be cautious in changing it for other branches con- corning which he is not familiar ; for the chances are that the new business will not yield any more profit, and per haps not so much as the one with which he is acquainted. We believe the profits from dairying are often over- estimated and while it's advantages are often the topic of discussion and laudation, it is proper that some of the disadvantages be made to appear, and no one need be led astry. -
 D. gssI Rabies i'm Ants.
 Corrosive sublimate, it is said, has the most remarkable effect upon ants, especially the variety of insect which we lately described as living upon fungi found on leaves of trees. The powder, strewed Tn dry weather across their path, seems to drive every ant which touches it crazy. The insect runs wild ly about and fercely attacks it's fellows. The news soon travels to the rest, and the fighting members of the communi- ty, huge fellows some three-quarters of an inch in length, make their appear ance with determined air, as if the obstacle would be speedily overcome by their efforts. As soon, however, as they have touched the sublimate, says the narrator in the Natur0list i,a Nica- TdguG, all the stateliness leaves them they rush about /; their legs are seized hold of by some of the smaller ants al- ready affected by the poison, and they themselves begin to bite, and in short time become the centers of balls of rabid ants. As these insects are one of the scourges of tropical America, de- stroying vegetation in immense quail ties, it is probable that this extraordi- nary remedy may be of considerable service to agrlculturlsts.
 4 Mange i'm Horses.
 Wilkes's Spirit of the Times pro- nounces the following to be safe and most effective remedy: Whale (sperm) oil, 6 ounces oil of tar, ounces lac sulphur, 3 ounces mix thoroughly, and apply by means of a hair brush. The skin should be thoroughly washed before the remedy is applied. At the end of the second or third day the ami nal is again to be washed before the remedy is applied. At the end of the second or third day the animal is again to be washed and theremedy reapplied, as it is very possible that all the ova (of the mango insect) are not killed by the first dressing. .-...
 Mango being contagious disease, it is essential that all animals suffering from it should be isolated, and all ob- jects with which they may have come in contact purified.
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