Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1876-03-11
HOME AND FARM.

EGGs.-There is a vast difference in
the flavor of eggs. Hens fed on clear,
sound grain and kept on clean grass
run, give much 1iner-ilavOred eggs than
hens that have access to stable aud man
ure heaps, and eat all kinds of filthy
food. Hens feeding ON fish or onions
navor their eggs accordingly, the same
rs COWS eating onions or cabbage, or
drinking offensive water, impart a bad
taste TO the milk or butter. The richer
the food the higher the color of the eggs.
Wheat and corn give eggs the best color,
while feeding on buckwheat makes them
colorless, rendering them unfit for some
confectionery purposes.-lSickel and
Sheaf.
COMPARATIVE VALUE OF FooDs.-Tak-
ing timothy hay as a standard of cOmpar-
ison, it requires 100 pounds of it to sup
ply a certain amount of nOurishment. 1t
1t is estimated, by careful experiment,
that the same amount of nOurishment can
be obtained by using the following guam
of food: Clover hay, 80 pounds; rye
straw, $50 pounds; oat straw, 30
pounds; potatoes, I9J pounds; carrots,
$50 pounds; beets, 3l6 pounds; rutta
bagas, 262, pounds; Wheat, 43 pounds;
peas, A pounds; beans, 46 pounds; rye,
46 pounds; barley, 81 pounds; corn, So
pounds; buckwheat, 81 pounds; oil cake,
"a pounds.
FRESH ART open fireplace is no
doubt the surestr way 10 get plenty of
fresh air, but these old-fashiOned luxu-
ries are fast being displaced, and stove
takes the place. This need not altar the
case, as window partly open, or rather
two of them on opposite sides OF the
room, will answer the purpose. If the
one can be let down at the top, and the
other raised at the bottom, IL will be sure
to keep up draft of fresh air. When
the weather is too cold for this (Which
does not often occur in our little latitude,
however), keep up n fire in the stove all
night. Some think that when it is very
cold they need no ventilation, but it is
great mistake, for cold air is easily vita
cd, and is even worse than when warm,
for it is not so easily detected.-Ex-
change.
COOP WHTrEwAsH.-The following re-
cipe forwhitewash sent out by the Treas
ury Department to all the lighthouse
keepers, makes an article that answers on
wood, brick stone nearly as we'll as on
paint, and much cheaper:
Stake a half bushel of unslaked lime
with boiling water, keeping it covered
during the process. Strain IL, and add
peck of salt, dissolved in warm water,
three pounds of ground rice put in boiling
water and boiled into thin paste; half
a pound powdered Spanish whiting and
n pound clear glue, dissolved in warm
water; wix these well together and let
the mixture stand for several days.
Keep the wash thus prepared in kettle
or portable furnace, and when used
put it on as hot as possible with either
painters or whitewash brushes.
HELP Your WvEs.-Farmers are 300
apt TO forget the Inconvenience they are
subjected to in the discharge of their du-
ties indoors. They remodel and repair
their gin houses, stables and farm impls-
ments, as often as their own convenience
and profit indicates, and buy new imple-
ments in the same way; they see the Inn
portance OF all this as they engage in
their daily vOcatiOns. Are they as anx
ious that their wives should be equally
accommodated in their household duties?
Are not the labors Of the wife or daught-
ers often Increased, more than double,
for want of a cooking stove, a better
pump or cistern, or we'll fixture, easier
access TO the kitchen, pantry and wood
house. Have husbands and fathers Sc
riously considered these points? A-e
they determined to impose unwise hard
shiDs upon their wives and daughters?
We think not, it is only thOughtlessness
on their part. Win not every delinquent
husband arouse himself ON the subject
ciates the relations of his alIectionate COM
panions aid them to the extent of his abil-
titles in their household duties Farmers
Vindicator.
PoINTs TO CoRN CULTURE.-A corn
grower in the corn state of Illinois makes
the following points:
Ist. In the fall and winter the ground
should be plowed from eight to ten inches
deep, but in the spring from four, to six
inches is deep enough. 1t does not pay
to go down in search of new farm at
that time Of the year.
I'd. 1t does not pay to pillow corn stalks
under in the spring unless the land is wet
or liable to bake.
Sd. Corn, drilled one stalk in hill,
does not grow so strong at first, and Is
harder TO keep clean than if planted w
or more together.
4th. Corn checked and plowed both
ways is injured more by storms and
drought than if drilled.
9TH. Two stalks every two feet has
proved the best with me.
9th. Corn that is wei narrowed and
then plowed twice will be cleaner and
grow better than If plowed three times
without being narrowed.
We should be pleased TO hear the views
of our corn growing readers on the cul-
tivatiOn of this important staple. 1t Will
be useful to compare ideas and methods
of practice, and lessen the cost of bushel
of corn ifpossible.
Rev. J. II. Creighton, Ohio, in the
Gardeners Monthly, says: OF all the
plumbers that the common farmer, and
others, make with trees, none is so COM
mon or hurtful, and which he is so long
finding out, and of which he might know
so certainly, as the practice of cutting of
lower limbs. All over the country moth
ing is more common than to see mutila-
ted trees on almost every farm. Big
limbs cut off near the body of the tree
and of course rotting to the heart. This
is heart sin against nature. The very
limbs necessary to protect the tree from
wind and sun, and just where limbs are
needed most, are cut away. But the
greatest injury is the rotting that always
takes place when big limb is sawed off
too big TO heal over, it must rot, and,
being kept moist by the growing tree, it
is in the right condition to rot, and, be-
ing on the body, the rotting goes to the
heart and hurts the whole tree. 1t is
common all over the country 70 see large
orchards mutilated in this way. We Oft
en- see holes in the trees where big limbs
have been cut away, where squirrels and
even raccoons could crawl in. Perhaps
the only reason these trimmers could give
is, that the lower limbs were easiest got
at, and some would say they wanted to
raise crop under the trees.
ONIONS FOR SLEEPLEssNEsS.-I now
venture to suggest a new but simple rem
edy for want of sleep. Opiates in any
form, even the Liquor Opii sedat and
ehlorOdyne will leave traces of their in
fiuenee the next morning. l therefore
prescribe for myself, and have frequently
Io,a go fov. nfhars-onfanE ciprlvy com
mon onions raw, but Spanish onions
stewed will do. Everybody knows the
taste of onions; this is due to o peculiar
esceltian oil contained in this most valu-
able and healthy root. This oil has, am
sure, soporific powers. In my own case
they never fail. If / am pressed with