The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-06-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

CHOOSING EGGS FOR HATCHING.--Eggi
for Matching should be chosen of the fail
average size usually laid from the her
they are from; any unusually large OF
small being rejected. Some hens lay i'm
mensely large eggs, and others small
ones. A fat hen will always lay small
eggs, which can only produce small and
weakly chickens. Absolute size in egg
is, therefore, of but little Importance
Round short eggs are usually the best to
select very long eggs, especially If much
pointed at the small end, almost always
breed birds with some awkwardness in
style or carriage Neither should rough
small eggs be chosen, for they usually
show some arrangement of the organs
and are often sterile. Smooth shelled
eggs alone are proper for Matching. 1t is
farce to suppose that the sex Of bird
can be determined by the shape of the
egg.
Tools FOR THE FARM.-A correspond
ent of the Farmers Union writes: "There
is no better way for farmer to invest a
few dollars than by buying tools for the
farm. Much time and expense can be
saved by repairing broken farming tools
yourself instead of carrying them to a
carpenter and paying high price for a
job which, perhaps, you could have done
as well, if not better, yourself, and at a
cost less than One-quarter the price paid
tor the work. There are many days of
leisure in the early part of the winter
that you can devote to the overhauling
and repairing of the farming tools to be
used early in the spring, and have them
in prime order when the hurry of spring
work begins. Suppose you have broken
rake handle; instead of throwing it away,
lay the head by, or if you have an old
handle put that into good head, and
you have whole rake that will last you
as long as new one costing thirty cents.
If you break a pitch-fork handle, don't
buy whole new fork the next time you
go to town, but buy handle and put the
old tine into it, and you have as good
fork as can be bought, and for less than
half the cost of a new One."
TESTING SEEDS. - The Country Gentle
man gives the following plan for testing
the vitality of seeds before planting them:
Fill box, pan or flower pot, partly,
with rich, mellow earth, make the upper
surface perfectly smooth, and on this sur
face draw straight cross lines, and drop
seed at each intersection so that they NAV
be easily counted. Then take a wide
hoop or frame, and make bottom to it
with cloth stretched across, so as to re-
semble sieve. Place this upon the seed,
and fill it with enough fine mold to form
sufficient covering for the seed, which
should generally be four or five times the
diameter of the seed for the depth. Keep
the soil sufficiently moist, and in warm
place. The sieve can be lifted easily.
and the seeds examined without disturb
ing them. In this way, corn, wheat.
clover seed, turnip seed, and many other
Kinds, can be easily tested, which may be
OF considerable Importance where the age
or freshness of seed is not certainly
known"
CARvING.-Although it is daily duty
for many men and women to cut up meat |
for family, there are multitudes who
do it neither well or wise. The following |
suggestions, from an agricultural paper.
on this point, may not be out of place.
the more especially to young house
keepers:
To carve fowls, which should always
be laid with the breast uppermost, place
the fork in the breast, and take off the
wings and legs, without turning the fowl:
then cut out the merry thought; cut
slices from the breast cut out the collar
bone; cut off the side pieces, and then
cut the carcass in two. Divide the Joints
in the leg of turkey
In carving srlOin, cut thin slices
from the side next to you Git must be put
on the dish the tenderloin underneath.
then turn it. Help the guests to both
In carving leg of mutton or ham. be-
gin by cutting across the middle to the i
bone. :
Cut tongue across and not length
wise, and help from the middle. i
Carve forequarter of lamb by sepa- I
'ating the shoulder from the ribs. and {
hen divide the ribs. .
To carve a lOin of veal, begin at the !
op and help to the stuffing with each I
lice. In breast of veal, separate the ]
'reast and brisket, and then cut up, ask a
ng which part is preferred.
GIRDLED TREES - The Plouqhnon fur a
fishes the following remedy for trees a
which have had the bark gnawed off du- v
ing the winter by mice or rabbits: eve C
ave generally found it about as well in t
he end to let the trees 90, or replace Il
hem with others. The damage can be +
epaired generally with success by taking +
small chisel, halfinch, and making 3
penings, above and below the gilded "
lark, and fitting in short pieces of round a
Iood sharpened at both ends to fit into Ii
ne chisel holes or cuts. In making the "
,wer cuts hold the chisel nearly up- il
ght or only slightly inclined outwards d
om the tree; and for the upper cuts, al
ut the point upwards in corresponding is
ERECTION. Bend the sharpened shoots Il
Inward in the middle till the points will m
tier the chisel cuts, into which they are tt
be firmly crowded i'm with the hand tn
II the pieces are brought nearly straight. &C
our or five pieces will generally be &c
lough, if there are many trees but tie
It'll only few, a larger number will be w
ore sure of effecting the purpose and m
ey may be SO numerous as almost to on
UGH each other, when they will cure va
e difficulty in a year or two. The ends
ny be covered with grating, or heap
earth thrown up around the trunk.
is not necessary to do it very early in or
ring, and now is as good time as any ad
do it. is
Household Helps. an
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