The Portland daily press., 1874-06-22

common hen eggs in the nest and take out
the turkey eggs every day and keep them In
cool place. as heat Injuries them quicker than
cold, provided 1t d0ez not freeze, ! let each
turkey set the first time she wants to; but let
no young turkeys run with common hen,
for If they do so half dozen times, they are
more trouble than fifty running with turkey
hen. .r5 ysgl se oI-fi,t..f. f.f. .,.r..... To-.
The advantage of letting turkeys set on
their first laying OF eggs is this: the young
turkeys are Matched before the weeds and
grass get high enough to wet and befoul them
an the mornings. l watch them two or three
days, that no weak ones are lost; then they
get no more attention, only feeding when
they come to the house. On no account
give them raw food when SMALL feed mine Z
on corn bread; sometimes soak it in sour
milk and sometimes give them curd. Never
shut them up unless it rains hard. To pre-
ven: cholera, give them sulphur twice
week. l5"j od 'Wu.l 9EGd lsdl sG InGlih
MORTAR AND PEsTLE FOR POUNDING
D" 4l9i tfai ID SHELLS. gl ilid n84~ .l..F
To keep poultry in thrift ans: furnish mate
rial for egg shells, lime in some form ia very
necessary. Oyster-shells and clam-shells are
much used. To pound these, log of wood
may be slightly followed at one end and sur
rounded with piece of tin, an opening being
made to admit the handle of the pestle, which
is like a wooden nallet, the striking end be-
ing armed with small bolts driven into the
wood so as to leave the heads exposed A
ring to prevent splitting will be an improve,
ment.-Poaltry World. ,f.,..t ,ti,.t ~ ..,,l.
/ nrhfA DOSE FOR THE CURRANT WORM.
Mr.. Brainard Perkins of Sidney, Informs
us that he has completely destroyed the
worms upon his currant bushes by the use Of
| carboate of lime. He has had two or three
! seasons experience in its use and recon-
Il maj de aafa and Il. 10 III
| whose plants may be attacked by the ravages
| OF this pest. II one application does not suf-
| fee, apply it the second and third times. The
article may be obtained of any druggist bg.f
aa WHOLE CORN FOR FATTENING., sg,t
A Rhode Island correspondent of the Bos-
ton journal says that the reason Rhode Is
land turkeys are worth three cents per pound
more in market than any others, Is because
these turkeys are fattened, "especially in the
south part of that state, on hard Indian corn
instead of meal, barley, oats or other kinds OF
food, and because they are picked without
being scalded In hot water, and their inwards
removed Immediately. There ID almost as
much difference in the bird prepared in this
way and one that is fed otherwise and dipped
into hot water Ito save two minutes labor In
picking), and then left to swelter week with
its inwards undrawn, as is the case with the
most that. are brought to the New York,
Philadelphia and other markets, as there ID
between woodcock and crow. '1e'la
So, too, if a hog be fed solely on hard
corn and water, its meat will be as lar su-
perior to that fatted on meal or other soft
/ food as real pure Orange county Is to distil-
| Iery or swill milk. Why are Cincinnati hams
| SO celebrated? Is their superiority owing to
/ the method of curing them solely2 BY no
means, but more to the quality of the flesh,
| which is made entirely from the juices OF
sweet, and unground Indian corn. 7.on" OF
=" Take turkey thathas free, wide range
where grasshoppers are plenty in their sea-
son feed it well with Indian corn and sweet
apples only (if the latter are handy until
December; shut it away from food for twen-
ty-four hours, then (handling the sacred
thing tenderly) tie a stout cord around its
legs and hang it to spike in the beam under
your barn; let one artist hold its wings firmly
in each hand, while another gently bleeds It
at the throat; pick it dry while warm; draw
its inwards ditto; let it hang in a cool place
for two nights only; roast it before bright,
hot wood fire, turning the spit often to keep
the juices from congesting on the surface or
elsewhere; set it on a table garnished, if your
fancy or nature will,' with woodcock, canvas
back, quail and ortolan, and If you once get q
taste OF that turkey, you will let every other
deicacy before you 60 to the dogs rather than
| desecrate your palates with trash so inferior
to that king of all game. corn-fed, dry
| dressed, well-cooked Rhode Island turkey
| So, too, take twelve months old barrow,
place him in a roomy, sunny pen, keep him
| wholly on hard corn and pure water, with
occasionally little salt, until he is fat; kill
| and dress him nicely, and salt the chimes
down with plenty of Turks Island salt with
| in thirty-six hours of his exit, and you will
have pork to eat with your capon that is
firm, transparent, rosy, sweet audmdecate.
So, again, take the hams of such . hog, cure
kh<x, ola
smoke them with clean fresh corn-cobs and
nothing else fletting them cool of nights
until they attain the complexion of a hazel
nut, or of one OF Titans mos. characteristic
portraits trife su5dued. Then boil it slow
ly, and when thoroughly done let it stand a
night in the liquor and you will have the
only thing of beauty that is worthy TO be
eaten off the plate with your .Rhode-Island
turkey, and equal to the best Westphal la,
North Carolina, Newbold or Cincinnati ba-
con. '''' i'-'t o "Aui tA1-oi JhaI
sr o.,,s..e-,. LIQUID MANURE.
70 As plants will giow much more rapidly if
well supplied with manure in a LIQUID form.
we advise all of our readers to prepare bar
rel or cask of it, and sink it In convenient
spot where it can be used to the best adyan-.
tage. Put half peck of charcoal at the bot
tom of the barrel and then fill it half full with
horse or COW manure the former is the best)
adding enough water to fill tho barrel. olAp.
ply it to the plants twice week alter the sun
has gone down, taking care that it does not
fall upon the leaves or branches of the plants.
Dig it in with fork, and In little whilo
you will see how efficacious it is for plant
growth. As the water is used up, fill in
more, and in three or four weeks turn out
the manure, spreading it around the roots of
roses and geraniums to act as . mulch, and
refill the barrel with new supply. If horse
OP m IrQ hA
put three or four pounds OF guano into bar
rel holding thirty-two gallons, and let it stand
for week before using, stirring it daily
Hen manure can be used II desired, taking
two pounds to ten gallons Of water. s. o. j.
4t '.t oI VALUE OF FODDER CORN H
At meeting of the Massachusetts, Cheese
Factory Association, Addison II. Holland, a
Barre farmer, read an essay on fodder corn.
With seventeen cows he experimental to see
what its value was in producing milk; during
the month of July he turned his cows out in
to good pasture after having fed them with
fodder corn, and they showed a large falling
off in milk. He then, through August, soied
them in the stable, feeding fodder corn, and
there was gain in the production OF milk.
In September they were again turned into
the moving full feed) and they fell off, Mr..
Holland cures his corn by spreading it upon
the stone walls, and regards 1t as a valuable
feed for mich cows when well cured. He
thinks fodder corn the best crop there is to
bridge over dr., time with; fed go or 10 lbs.
per cow when they were kept in short pas
ture. -. ~ iL9ila ridgu,
IT., 'e t4m LICE ON CATTLE.
A correspondent of the Country Gentle
man, after having experimental to his hearts
content with several kinds of grease, tobacco
water, Kerosene, ashes, ungueatum, ETC., for
killing lice on cattle, has arrived at the con-
clusion that sulphur sprinkled on the animals,
and well rubbed into the hair, and table
spoon given in meal daily for week Is the
ever tried. a.....-... g.. 49,.
20" FOOD FOR YOUNG CHICKENS.
Chickens want no food for many hours after
they are matched, as they are then digesting
the yolk of the egg, which constitutes their
first food, and acquiring strength to run
about. When they begin to peck they should
be fed with soft food and very small grain.
Unquestionably the best soft food is an egg
beaten up with tablespoonful OF milk aud
heated in the oven or by the side of the fire