The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1876-05-01
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.



posed to the sun, wind md rain, cor
respondent Of the World says, has been
proved by humorous experiments; yet
farmers will 80 construct their barns that
their stable manure must DO thrown out
of doors, where much OF its plant food
is destroyed and lost. That the liquid
manure Of animals is worth nine.tenths
rs much as the solid is admitted by
good judges; yet farmers will so con.
atrIlct their barns that from one-half TO
the whole OF that manure is lost.
Tint there is much hard work on
farm and not n little that is disagrceablc,
every farmer knows; yet farmers will so
construct their barns that tn 70 will be
more Of both than there need be. That
it is unhealthy to live partly or wholly
underground, needs no argument to
prove; yet farmers will so construct
their barns that their cows must thus
live most Of tho time that they are fed
in tho stable.
Whereas, il farmers would 80 con-
struct their barns with cemented cellar
or basement under the stables for ma
nuro, that would then be kept under
cover till wanted, and could DO drawn
ont whenever convenient, NIL tho liquid
manure would DO saved, the stables
conld BIO moro thoroughly cleaned in
one.fourth TO one.thirl tho timo and
with much less hard, disagrecable work
than it would tlke to wheel tho manure
into tho yard, and could be done Just rs
comfortably in stormy rs fair weather,
and their cows would havo n dry and
healthy stable.
To wheel the manure Of forty head OF
cattle three or four rods from the stable
takes ten or twelve days longer every six
months the cattle aro stabbed over night,
than it does to drop it through the floor,
to say nothing Of the hard, disagrceable
work of wheeling it through the mud
or snow or on line Of plank to tho
heap.
A tight stable floor, one or two small
windows on each OF two sides OF the
cellar, and ventilator from the cellar up
through the roof, will prevent any odor
rising from the manure into the stable.
Tho benefits Of cellars or easements I'M
der stables for manure, and the objec-
tions to keeping cattle in them, are like
the goods the merchant advertises for
sale, "too numerous to mention"
Poultry for Market.
Raising poultry for market, says the
San, is probably MS profitable business
as ordinary farming, but is seldom con.
dncted on large scale with anything
like ms much certainty. II large mum.
bcr OF fowls are kept on n small area OF
land diseases nre pretty certain TO appear
among them, and il they do not, expert.
once Inns shown that the egg product do.
creases i'll proportion rs the number OF
fowls increases, if all are allowed TO run
together in one flock. There is no good
reason why n man may not keep 10000
ns well rs one thousand or one hundred
fowls, provided they are separated into
small lots md each given sufficient range
to insure health. But it will seldom be
found profitable TO keep more than one
hundred in flock, oven when eggs arc
not taken into consideration. Many n
man has fonnd his twenty-five to fifty
hens very profitable, but on increasing
the number to ono hundred, profits dis
appeared and losses ensued. The poul-
try business should pay fifteen to twenty
pc cent. in tho vicinity OF New York
city, but We very much doubt il it does,
except where raiSers keep fancy breeds
mud sell at fancy prices for breeding pur-
poses.
u-efnl Family Recipes.
How TO CURRY FAvoR.-Take the
half OF yonr favor "a wedding favor will
10 found tho cheapest) and we'll scrape
it then gently fry it nice brown, or,
il preferred, light Indian ink. Ono
minute before you take it up throw in n
saladspoonful Of disinfecting powder
aud two ounces Of lip salve. Stir well
for three'quarters OF IN hour, and serve
mp hot in pewter pots with bread crumbs.
This dish will be found most excellent
substitute for black pudding for
luncheon.
How TO MAKE A NICE PIcKLE.-Take
Your youngest male child when about
three years old. Lot him have every.
thing he wants let him make rs much
noise rs ever he likes; let him cat and
drink as much and whatever he has a
fancy for give strict instructions to his
papa, his big brothers, sisters, visitors,
and servants that no is never to be pun
ished in any way for anything he may
do, and never even contradicted in any
thing no may say. BY tho time he
arrives at the sweet age Of seven, your
youngest male child will DO very nice
pickle.
Getting Rid of stumps.
Some one, not long ago, started the
idea that sulphuric acid would totally
destroy stumps. An auger holo WIS to
be bored in the top, filed with sulphuric
ncid, and plugged. In day or two the
stump would DO eaten up, even to tho
very roots. l tried the experiment aud
falled, only small portion Of the stump,
at the top, being affected. Tho follow.
ing method l tried and found it to be
perfect success: In the autumn borc
hole ono or two inches in diameter, nc.
cording to the girth Of the stump, verti.
cally inthe center Of the latter, and about
eighteen inchesdeep. Put into it one or
two ounces'of saltpeter; fill tho hole
whitewater and plug up close. In the
ensuing spring take out the plug aud
pour lnAbout one.half gill OF kerosene
oil and ignite it. The stump will smol-
der away without blazing, to the very
extremity Of the roots, leaving nothing
bnt nshaa