The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-08-21
NO.. 9.
Farm and Household Column.

ton and inquiry while building
house, which we are willing (" Civ
for the benefit of those designing (.
build:
One thousand shingles laid four il
ches to the weather will cover i;
square fee, of surface, and five, poun.':
of single nails willy fastcn them q"
One fifth more siding and flooring i.
needed than the number If square
feet Of surface to be covered, hccauS.
Of tho lap in the siding, aud H.,
matching of the floor.
One thousand Of ordinary lath will
cover seventy yards Of surface and
and eleven pounds Of lath nails VI
nail them on. Eight bushels Of good
lime, sixteen bushels of sand, Az,
one bnshel of hair will make enouc',
good mortar to plaster one huudrr;'
square yards. A cord Of stone, thr.
bushels Of lime, and a cubic yard If
sand will lay one hundred cubic feet
of wall.
Five courses of brick will lay one
foot in height on a chimney, six brick
in a course will make hue four il =
ches wide and twelve inches long; anal
eight bricks in a course will make y
tiue eight inches wide and sixteen in
ches long.-JournaI, Wis.
Kettle Drum.-Pound three ounce.
of almonds, quarter Of a pound "i
butter, two ounces Of loaf sugar; with
a little rose-water, till it becomes q
thick paste. Spread it on q buttered
tin, divide it into eight cakes, bake it
in u slow oven. When cold put Il
spoonful Of preserve ON each cake,
and cover with whipped cream.
Berkshire IIogs.-Win it pay {"
raise pure Berkshire hogs? know
of no better way Of answering the
above than Ivy giving my own cxpc-
rience with pair Of pigs bought Of
Colonel C"lman. They were farrow-
ed early in October last, aud had
certainly received very ordinary care.
rs they weighed on!y sixty.eight
pounds on tile 23d of December, when
received tlem-tllc male weighing
thirty two pounds. From that time
until the 10Th Of February fed moth
ing but whole corn and kitchen slop,
and not so much corn "a they would
have eaten by q great deal. l then
reweighcd the male, and found that
he had gained fifty"six pounds, being
! fraction over one pound per day.
The weather during that time was
cold, which, no doubt, very
hindere.l the feed fyns:
producing tho ,nnnlho;; - l'''u""s u
vonll have ,l...o had tho weather
,cen more mild. At t!is time hs
Weighs more pounds than he is days
ia, and has never had tllree feeds Of
my thing but dry corn. ~
The Feeding of Young Turkeys.
Why is it that one farmer will raise
nearly every turkey chick that comes
tut of tho shell, and do this nine
ears out If ten, without much res.
,ect to wet Or dry seasons, while an.
'ther loses from half to three.quar-
ers with about the same uniformity
We know Of men with whom success
3 the established rule. They arc
cry systematic in this, az in all their
'ther business. We visited one of
liese thrifty farmers, who raised l65
urkeys last year from nine l'eds, and
'pon inquiry found that lie did about
he same thing every year. We
'anted to know just low he managed
0 secure this uniform result, and
ound him communicative. He insists
pom good stock to begin with the
'est always selected to breed from.
10 places great reliance upon regu.
ar feeding during the fall aud winter,
o that tho flock becomes very gen.
le, and the hens make their nests
Immediately about the sheds and
arms in places prepared for them.
his is q great safeguard against
Dxes, skunks, crows,s hawks, and
ther creatures that destroy the birds
r their eggs. When tho young first
ONE OF the nest they are confined
Il pens for few days until they are
trong enough to fly over q board in.
losuro ono foot high. lie feeds fire.
nently with coarse corn. meal and
our milk until four o'clock in the
fternoon. He found in his experience
hat he lost a good many chicks from,
's food hardening in the crop. There
danger from Overlooking. As the
hicks grow, the sour.milk diet ia in
rcased, aud during the summer it is
ept constantly in the trough fur
hem. They are exceedingly Iond u,
Dur milk aud b"tter-milk, and tl,cy
row very rapidly upon this diet.
N incidental advantage, and a very
Important one, he thinks, il that tn.
Dung birds are prevented from, stray
y very far from the house. They
eturn many times during the day L"
,c buttcr.milk trough for their fn.
orite food. This, with, Indian. meal.
institutes their principle food until
Midsummer, when insects are more
and they wander further
ON the house. This method car
asily he tried ou dairy farms.
Who is the Best Farmer The
est farmer is he who raises the best
nd largest crops on the smallest
nrfaco of land at the least expense.
nd ut the same time annually i'm.
rovcs his soil; who understands his
usincss and attends 10 it; WHOSE.
,anure heap is very large aud al
'ays inc'casins; whose corn. crib
nd smoke. house are at home who is
by all the necessarics am,
onforts Of life; who studies his
rofession, and strives to reacl. per-
,ction in it; who keeps q strict NC
cunt of his 0ntgocs as well ~ his in
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