Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-06-02
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


The HEALTH OF HENs.-The comb IL
the hens pulse. If that be strong and
bright and of good color and full OF
blood, shaking with every quick move.
ment of the bird in the combed varie-
ties, the bird is in normal health and in a
laying condition. When the rim of the
comb and wattles have purplish tinge,
the bird is not well.
FATrENINa Hoes. Last June West
em farmer turned 100 shotes, averaging
l25 pounds each, into twenty-acre clo-
YER field, kept them there four months,
and October they averaged n weight of
230 0pounds each. Or gain of 500 pounds
of pork to each acre of clover, besides
the land being well dressed with hog
manure. Feeders claim that hogs fed
on clover during the summer months
are in fine condition to finish off on grain
in the fall.
VARIETY OF FooD. Chickens require
a great variety of food. Strange as it
may seem, n disease very analogous to
dyspepsia is common among them, and
it results solely from confinement to
almost n single article of diet. We have
no doubt that large proportion of
deaths among the young birds is due
solely to the use of the everlasting
"corn-meal-dough." Give tho chickens,
if you will, this mixture once day, per-
haps as morning feed, but for the other
meals give them boiled potatoes, crum-
bled "Johnny cake boiled rice, wheat
screenings, and for last feed give them
cracked corn. 1t is of the utmost i'm
portance that they should be assimilating
the greatest amount of food, and, to
keep them growing, you must be con-
stantly tempting them. Any food that
they see before them all the time soon
becomes unattractive, and it is eaten only
as refuge against starvation. n.-lMassa-
chuschs PloMghnaan.
BONE MEAL FOR GRAPES. The editor
of the London KorticultMist asserts
that among all the fertilizers proposed
for the grape, none embody more of the
necessary ingredients than bone meal.
1t should be applied as early in the sea-
son as possible. About aton to the acre
makes dressing that will prove valuable
for two or three years.
Household Recipes.
CIDER CAKE. pound of sugar,
quarters of pound of butter rub
bed to cream, six fresh eggs we'll
beaten, and when added to the butter
and sugar, beat all together very light;
add alternately two pounds Of sifted pre-
pared flour, and one pint of cider, one
ground cinnamon, one of
ginger, one-half teaspoonful cloves and
mace, one-half nutmeg, and one pound
Of currants rubbed through flour.
TEA CAKES. quart of flour, one
pint of milk, two eggs, half cupful Of
sugar, two spoonsfuls of cream tartar,
one of soda, piece of butter size of an
Egg.
LAMB PUDDING.--Cut neck of lamb
n thin outlets; season with white pep
Der and salt, chopped parsley and onion;
inc pudding dish Or tin pail with paste
md place the meat in it, with new pota-
,oes sliced; cover with paste and tie a
leavy cloth over, if in the pail, and boil
II pot of boiling water; if in the dish,
t may be placed in pan and set in the
wen, with boiling water poured around
t and plate turned over the top of it.
COLD TONGUE ON ToAsT.-Take cold
moked tongue or ham; mince or CRATE
inc, mix it with the beaten yolks of
'ggs and cream or milk, with dash of
ayenne pepper; prepare thin, small,
quare pieces of buttered toast; place on
heated platter, putting a spoonful of
he meat on each piece; cover with dish
over, and send to table hot; for break
asst or lunch.