Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-05-06
Farm, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Narrowing wheat in spring

the country G6ntCenlun tells US, Is
known to many farmers who have prac-
ticed it, but is unknown to the ma
iority. Wheat is usually sown in Sep
TENDER, upon well prepared land. This
land is left there subject to all the
storms of rain and snow, and the dry
weather in succeeding spring, until after
the wheat is harvested. In consequence,
the laud becomes III May and June near
ly as hard as a meadow. At season Of
the year when the plants are in the
greatest vigor of growth, the land is so
hard as not to give one-half the nourish
ment it would if kept mellow by any
process. Suppose, for instance, corn
should be planted in the fall, under
similar conditions with wheat, and that
the winter did not injure it; and that it
were left without cultivation of any sort
until harvested; it is evident that the
yield would be diminished over one
half ; in fact, the yield would probably
be so light and poor as to be almost
worthless. ..s..-t q
Now, wheat, from many experiments
in its cultivation by hand in England,
shows as great sensitiveness to cultiva
ton as corn; the yield, by careful hand
cultivation, being increased to sixty, and
in some instances eighty bushels per
acre. Now, thorough narrowing of
wheat in the spring, in a very inexpen-
sive manner, performs the cultivation
nearly as well as when done by hand. If
the crust formed by the winter SHOWS
and spring rains is thoroughly broken,
and the ground to the depth of two or
more inches well pulverized, the effect
upon the wheat is almost like magic. 1t
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
side thoroughly narrowed, in the early
part of June, the narrowed wheat stood
fully one foot higher than the unhar-
rowed at each side, and in every way
was strikingly ranker and more vigor-
Gus. Mr.. Robert J. Swan, of Geneva,
N. Y, who has heavy clay land, says b e
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.
u RIoE PUDDINa.-Place in an eartherr
dish four ounces rice, three pints Of
milk, cold; six ounces sugar, half 6
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occasionally for the first hour and 6
quarter, then let it finish without dis
turbing, taking care it does not burn.
POTATO SAUCES. Gut in medium thick
slices five or six cold boiled potatoes
put into a frying pan one ounce butter
and one ounce beef dripping; wher
melted throw in the slices of potatoes
with salt and white pepper to taste, anC
when nicely Drowned add one tablespoon
full of finely chopped parsley; serve OF
side dish piled up high.
SARATOGA PoTAToEs. Slice exceed
ingly thin about one potato to each per
son, with knife or plane of Woo
with a knife inserted horizontally for thu
purpose; well wash them in two or tire,
"a n waters, lay them over night in plenty o
y ice cold water; in the morning drail
them carefully free of all water, and fir,
them in plenty of fat, heated smoking
hot for the purpose, beautiful but
color.
GRAHAM GEMs.-Four ounces O
flour, eight ounces of Graham meal
tablespoonful of sugar, good pinch salt
two teaspoonfuls baking powder, siftet
with the dry -four twice, place in
bowl, add two well beaten eggs, ant
enough milk to make firm batter, car
being taken that only just enough mixing
to incorporate the ingredients is all tina
is required; bake in gem pans, i'll
rather warm oven.
Apple sauce or stewed apples ar
made any length OF time before using
The practice of some housekeepers t,
make enough sauce to last them weel
is Objectionable in the extreme. In on
estimation it is only good made three o
four hours before using; highly Favored
apples are best Peel, core and quartz
six apples, place them in we'll seasonet
stone jar; put one gill of water boiling
on them, cover them tight, and cool
them as fast as possible. AS soon q
they are cooked, take them up and pres
through fine sieve or collander; ad,
to them six ounces of granulated sugar
and little nutmeg.
Hog Cholera In Illinois.
t The best estimates that can be mad
place the loss to the State of Illinoi
during the past season from hog choler
at $10,000,000, over 100000 animal
having died of that disease. Public al
tention is naturally directed to the sub
iect of remedies, and correspondent O
the Country Gentleman sums up tn
cause and cure as follows
l. Hog cholera is matter of ba
blood, which comes of food deficient i
albuminous or heterogeneous matters an
in the phosphates, that is of a too exclu
sively corn or carbonaceous diet.
q 1t can be cured or prevented, by
timely change to diet rich in nitrogen
and the phosphates that is, by addin
to the daily corn rations, nitroge
r7- and phosphoric acid, and then CON
pounds in the form of .fbrine, gelatine
caseine, albumen and other articles c
animal food (not including fat), an
vegetable foods rich in gluten and til
albuminoids.
.ell 3. Therefore, to cure hog cholera c
prevent it, radical change must b
made in our whole system of feeding, s
far as that system relies upon corn, 9
corn is at present constituted, as sol
and exclusive recourse for feeding an