The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1877-09-27

Inc corn OF Kansas II estimated al
over II hundred million bushels,
The Louisiana planters annually looosc
one-third Of their cotton crops by reason
OF an insulicicncy Of labor. They cal
loudly for Iaborers from the north.
A Canadian 1x weighing $500 pounds,
is attracting great attention in En- land.
He is exhibited in Il building on the
lawn in Surrey garden. The Prince and
Princesso Of Wales lately called and paid
their respects TO him,
John |" Gavin, II Noble county, Ind,
farmer, thrc1hed 400 bushels of wheat
from eleven acres Of ground--iorty four
bushels and thlrty-two pounds per acre,
machine measure, and by weight forty,
nine bushels per acre.
New Hampshire is rejoicing in the
largest potato crop ever raised in the
state, and this, Notwithstanding the
beetle, which, II contemporary says, does
not grow to near the size out west
MoLAssEs COOKIES One cuptul but,
ter, two cuptnls mOIasses, one teaspoon
full cloves, II tablespoonful ginger, SUI
liCicnL ilonr to make a stiff batter, not
dough; mold with the hands into small
cakes, and bake in a steady rather than
hot oven, as they are apt to burn.
The experiment in importing the
migratory quail into Vermont is reported
to hc proving II success, The Mirror and
Farmer sAys: "Ihey are often seen and
heard in the woods where they have been
placed, and are now raising II large num-
Der of young birds, some OF the nest
having twelve and fourteen egss, "
JELLY CAKEp.-procurc at the bakers
the crisp, light cookies known as sugar
cakes'-~s select those of a brown bake.
spread the under sides very lightly with
current Jelly and stick together; pile
handsomely in a dish. These are very
quickly prepared. DO not spread them
until just before serving, lest they be.
come heavy.
lCED TEA.-This is n favorite drink at
the south. Make some very strong tea,
half fill n glass with small Jumps of ice
and pour over them the tea. Sweeten
with loaf sugar and add a couple of
slices of lemon. Coffee is very nice iced
in the anne manner, leaving out the
lemon and substituting II few tablespoon
fuIs OF whipped cream.
Financially, the farmer is the sa'et
man in the country. OF eleven hundred
and twelve bankrupts in Massachusetts,,
only fourteen were farmers, and yet the
farming community numbers fully half
the population. The people must live,
and while the use of luxuries NAV be
diminished by hard times, there will be a
call for the produce of the farm. Farm
ing has, of course, felt the general deprcs
sion in business.
To plant and harvest crops is attended
with much care and expense; and most
tarmersexhibit cOmmen liable industry up
to this point, but when these crops are
to be fed out, many of them do it with
the greatest recklessness. Corn is thrown
to the hogs in muddy, slushy yards; hay
is scattered upon the ground, to be
trampled in the manure by the cattle;
and the cleanly sheep receive their hay
and grain in the same manner
Colorado, this year, produces wheat
enough,l t issaid, to feed its people. The
people Of this state claim that the wheat
there Is the finest in the world. A gem
eral system of irrigation is adopted, the
extent OF which is most surprising. A
canal Is now to be constructed, a y tine
New York Tribune, larger than any
heretofore made. 1t takes the water
ION the Platte canon and will extend
thirty miles over the plains, fertilizipp
and bringing into market over 300 600
acr-sot land. 1t is to be thirty feet
wide and sixty deep.
The burning OF straw at threshing
time Is a sinful waste. Properly ricked
up, and with comparatively little pastur-
age, it will carry cattle through the