Connecticut western news., 1876-02-11
..FARM,zeARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

@zeFARMYGARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD fIgEfe All About stock.
 It is very common for the farmer t. answer, when some one urges him t. improve the character of his stock, tha the common stock is good enough fo the farm. When he says this, he says sg honestly-he believes just what he says It is a common mistake into which man, farmers have fallen; and until they ca1 be made to perceive that the common stock is not good enough, it will be difficult matter indeed to convince then of the necessity of trying some othe E.s kind of stock. When this answer l made, it can only be met by the state ment that you were under an impression that it was otherwise; that you may b. mistaken, and that you will figure l over with him, and see. Better let bin do the figuring, anG you ask few ques tions. somewhat like these, while he set down the results How many acres of land does it require .-- to graze steer ............... How much land does it require to raise
 the food steer consumes during the
 winter ?...,.......... .e.............--- What would you consider this land worth
 What would you consider fair interest VIA on the value of the land d?............-- = How many years do you keep an animal
 from the time it is calved until 1t is
 ready for the market as beef ?.......--- (d) How much money will representyour
 idea of fair interest on the value of
 the land multiplied by the = years ,. - YOU have had this steer on the farm ?.-- (b) How much taxes have been paid on
 this land during these -- years i? - r Your steer has grazed = acres during asE the4 summer and has consumed in
 winter the products of = acres addl-
 L-A tiona. What was it worth each year
 to raise these products for winter
 feeding. independent of the value of z 4tA0 lana Cc) What does that amount to when null
 tiplied by the = years during which
 -EAyou have kept this steer eer7........-- zz1d) How much should be added for the az@ labor involved in - years Ninter ,,-,(e) You Say you ought to have so much
 interest on capital employed, and you
 - keep this steer - years; so he is -ss chargeable with back interest-that Is, asss the interest you ought to have had the
 frst year was not paid until the steer
 was sold at - years, and you are en-
 titled to interest on this interest up to gt@ the time 1t was paid What does that
 amount to ...............- Now what is the aggregate of the items
 marked q, b, c, d, e2.................--
 That will represent the cost of t 1. steer to the farmer, not counting th' s cost of maintaining the dam and sire. A. Now, ask one or two questions, some '- what like these: i What will this steer likely weigh, after IA you have kept him these - years 7..- What win he likely sell for in the market after deducting freight and commits - slons !......-..- ...................-- Such course of figuring, unless tn land is worth next to Lothing, vii scarcely fail to demonstrate that the re turns realized from common scrub stool are not satisfactory. When the farme realizes this fact fully he will be read, to consider 8 proposition to try some thing else. The bird in the hand h. considers worth two tn the bush, and a long as he is under the impression tha sthe is doing we'll on scrub stock, it vii be difficult to induce him to change merely for the prospect of doing better -Live Stock Journal.
 ,asA-'-- a--y Domestic Hints.
 TEA B1scUr.-One quart of siftes flour and piece of butter, or lard, tn, size of an egg ,; little salt rub then we'll into the flour then add two heap ing teaspoonfuls of baking powder, ant mix well with the dry flour take on. pint of good sweet milk and mix jns 9 tin biscuit cutter, and bake from ter to fifteen minutes in a hot oven, ant they will be as light as foam.
 - To TEST BEEF, Ero.-Good beef ii soft, fine, and of an agreeable red color lightly 4streaked through with whit, veins. If the fat is of yellowish whi.' it. is 0 sign of youth and tenderness Tne best steak is what is called porter house steak. Ribs of beef are general, considered best for roasting. Chickens to be very good, should be picked dr, as soon as killed their tenderness ma be tested by the hexibility of their joint and by the whiteness of their skins.
 SOUTHERN CORN CAKE FOR BREAK FAsT.-One pint of buttermilk, or if thi cannot be had, use sour milk, in whicl case e+add one large tablespoonful of but ter, next add one tablespoonful of salera tus dissolved in warm water, and tw eggs well beaten. Mix the ingredient well, and add one pint of corn meal Bake well in quick oven. A little sal is needed If butter is not used
 .....-.s.'I.t 7ss. Acorn Coffee.
 In Germany " acorn coffee ' is use6 Alu SEGdLly 11K6Q, US ASuUSG1Gub0 TOT ora nary coffee, and is considered to hever strengthening for consumptive peopl and delicate children. Theacorns ar gatheredin autumn, when they are ripe shelled, and after being cut into piece of the size of coffee berries they are thol oughly dried in front of the fire, or in cool oven. They are then roasted hk ordinary coffee, until tEey become cir namon brown color. Immediately afte roasting the acorns arc ground or pound ed in a mortar, to prevent their beeon jag tough. While the coffee is bein ground or pounded very little butte is added, and the coffee is then place in air-tight bottles. For children, prt pare in the same way as ordinary coffe. using quarter of an ounce to Q pint ( water, adding milk and sugar to tast, Young children should take it with tw nr thrf @ parts of milk. For adults, Ina an ounce of the coffee to pint of wate Acorn coffee and ordinary coffee are fir, quently mixed, and the docoction
 found very palatable. In their raw stai acorns are known to be powerfully a tringent, but they lose this quality i the process of roasting. In some r spects acorn coffee is preferable to co fee proper, having none of the dryin properties attributed to the latter.
 . u Orchard Grass.
 Says. correspondent: I have hs some five or six years experience vii orchard grass, and I look upon it as o1 Of the best pasture grasses, if not u very best, in this region at least. It as.tenacious as, and much more abun