Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1876-05-06
FARM. GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD,
Havrswias Whea. !. sprlss.

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l. ~ Havrewias wheat II spriss.
= The advantage Of narrowing whea
lands thoroughly in the spring, o. sooi
"a the ground becomes dry enough K
prevent the horses from sinking into IL
the Country Gentleman tells ms, i
known 70 many farmers who have pras
Nced 1t, but is unknown TO the ma
jority. Wheat Is usually sown in Sep
" tember, upon we'll prepared land. Thii
land is left there subject to oil thu
storms pf, rain and snow, and the dry
weather in succeeding spring, until after
the wheat Ia harvested. In consequence
the land becomes III May and June near
~ as bard as q meadow. At a season Of
ne year when the plants are in the
. greatest vigor Of growth, the land is &C
hard rs not 10 give one-hal the nourish
ment it would il kept mellow by any
y process. Suppose, FOR instance, corn
should be planted in the fall, under
similar conditions with wheat, and that
the winter did not injure II; and that II
d. were left without cultivation Of any sort
until harvested; it Is evident that the
yield would DO diminished over one
hall /; in fact, the yield Would probably
be so light and poor as to be almost
worthless. " ....
- Row, wheat, from many experiments
In It's cultivation by hand in England,
shows as great sensitiveness to oultiva-
ton - corn; the yield, by careful hand
cultivation, being increased TO sixty, and
in some instances eighty bushels per
acre. Now, q thorough narrowing Of
wheat In the spring, in very inexpen-
sive manner, performs the cultivation
nearly as we'll as when done by hand. II
the crust formed by the winter SHOWS
and spring rains is thoroughly broken,
and the ground to the depth Of two or
more inches we'll pulverized, the effect
upon the wheat is almost like magic. It
starts into the most vigorous growth,
and in few weeks has nearly or quite
doubled in size the wheat not narrowed.
In pieces of wheat which have come I'M
der the writer's observation, which were
narrowed in strips, that is, one strip not
narrowed at all, and other strips on each
aide thoroughly narrowed, in the early
part of June, the narrowed wheat stood
fully one foot higher than the unhar-
rewed at each side, and in every way
was strikingly ranker and more vigor-
ous Mr.. Robert J. Swan, of Geneva,
N. Y, who has heavy clay land, says he
has narrowed his wheat for four years
and finds the yield to be increased fully
ten bushels per acre. Byram Moulton,
of Alexander, N. Y, harvested from fifty
acres 1000 bushels OF wheat. His
neighbors only obtained about ten BUSH
els per acre. The only difference in land
or treatment was that Moulton's wheat
was thoroughly narrowed with the same
implement In the spring and his neigh
bors' was not.
The Housekeeper.
RICE PUDDNa.-Placei in An earthern
dish four ounces rice, three pints of
milk, cold; six ounces sugar, half
lemon rind grated; bake two hours; stir
occasionally for the first hour and
quarter, then let it finish without dis
turbing, taking care it does not burn.
PoTAro SAUCES. -Cut in medium thick
slices five or six cold boiled potatoes;
put into frying pan one ounce butter
and one ounce beef dripping; when
melted throw in the, slices Of potatoes,
with salt and white pepper to taste, and
when nicely Drowned add one tablespoon
ful of finely chopped parsley; serve on
q side dish piled up high.
SARATOGA PoTAToEs.-Slice exceed
ingly thin about one potato to each per-
son, with a knife or plane of wood
with knife inserted horizontally for the
purpose; we'll wash them in two or three
waters, lay them over night in plenty of
ice cold water; in the morning drain
Them carefully free of all water, and fry
chem in plenty of fat, heated smoking
not for the purpose, a beautiful buff
color.
GRAHAM GEMs.-Four ounces of
-four, eight ounces of Graham meal,
tablespoonful of sugar, good pinch salt,
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, sifted
with the dry -four twice, place in a
bowl, add two well beaten eggs, and
enough milk to make firm batter, care
being taken that only just enough mixing
10 incorporate the ingredients is all that
is required; bake in gem pans, in a
rather warm oven.
Apple sauce or stewed apples are
made any length of time before using.
The practice of some housekeepers to
make enough sauce to last them week
g Objectionable in the extreme. In our
estimation it is only good made three or
our hours before using; highly favored
lrples are best. Peel, core and quarter
Xix apples, place them in we'll seasoned |
'tone jar; put one gill of water boiling
IN them, cover them tight, and cook
hem as fast as possible. AS soon as
hey are cooked, take them up and press
through q fine sieve or collander; add
% them six ounces of granulated sugar,
md little nutmeg.
Hog Cholera In Illinois.
The best estimates that can be made
place the loss to the State of Illinois
turing the past season from hog cholera
Il $10,000,000, over 100000 animals
having died Of that disease. Public at
ention is naturally directed to the sub
ect of remedies, and correspondent of
he Country Gentleman sums up the
'ause and cure as follows
l. Hog cholera is matter of bad
blood, which comes OF food deficient in
luminous or heterogeneous matters and
n the phosphates, that is of too ezclu-
lively corn or carbonaceous diet.
2. It can be cured or prevented, by a
imely change to diet rich in nitrogen
nd the phosphates /; that is, by adding
o the daily corn rations, nitrogen
nd phosphoric acid, and then COM
pounds in the form of 6brine, gelatine,
aseine, albumen and other articles of
ninal food (not including fat), and
egetable foods rich in gluten and the
lbuminoids. ... -
3. Therefore, to cure hog cholera or
y