The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1879-10-25
4 TOPICS ron THE IEAR@.

HICKORY NUT CAKE-One pound of
sugar, one half pound of butter, fodf
eggs, one cup of milk, one tablespoonful
Of soda and two of cream of tartar, the
meats of two quarts of hickory nuts,
-four to make as pound-cake. g.qf
Preserving Sheep from Dogs.-Place
ON one sheep in every ten of the flock a.
bell of the usual. size for sheep. The in
stinct Of The dog prompts him to do all
his acts in sly, stealthy manner; his
attacks upon sheep are,most frequently
made at night while they are at rest, and
the smiiltaneous jingling of all the bells
strikes terror to the dogs they turn their
tails and leave the sheep, fearing the
noise Of the bells will lead TO their ex-
posure9 The ratio of bells may be made
to vary according 20 the size of the flock.
The Orchard. To "egin an orchard
get the ground ready now. Have it rich
and mellow. Plant the trees in October
or November, after the leaves fall, and
not before. Select few varieties such
as do we'll in neighborng orchards. Get
the trees mainly of near nursery, or
man you have reason to believe trust
worthy. clio select the trees yourself
choosing them with fibrous roots and
plenty of them; he, sure you know what
varieties you want before You leave
home. Spread saet the roots when trans
planted with, great caIrref Set as deep as
the trees grew before. Tramp very,
ffmlye Trim the tops as much as the
roots were trimmed in,taking up. Stake
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each tree. Makeia diagram Of the.
| orchard.
Observation-Disclosures is car,
ried further in Iowa, probably, than in
any other state in Che Union The inn
| petus is doubtless given by theliber.lity
| of the State Government, which, under
| legislative enactment, RENTS certain
| portion of taxes for five years on every
acre of fruit, and for ten years on every
| acre of forest trees planted in the state
and kept alive. The result has been that
| greet change has been wrought in the
! aspect of the, Iowa landscape. Over
1 seventy-five thousand acres of fruit and
| forest trees have been put out, and the
remission of taxes, resulting amounts to
l about 100000. The acreage Of trees is
about one half Of The per cent. of the
| farming lands of the tstatean lai99qs L
d Keep Air from stored Iiay.4lIf TIL,
4 principle is truee4and- both science and
4 practice prove its trpth-it follows that
! the larger our mows and tighter our
barns, the more perfectly is ottr hay pre-
served. 1t also follows that in1storing
hay, the common practice of putting one
load in one NOV and the next in another,
4 is all wrong. Fill up each NOV t as
rapidly as possibly. And if the mows
I are large, fill each. bend separately and
! tread down the hay as it Is slowed away.
i Not only is heating prevented by this
mode of storing hay, but the aroma is
preserved. Hay from large NOV has a
| better flavor than that from scafold,
and the reason is that volatile oils not
dissipated by contact with the air. + .,..,
Il 5JIfi-h0 = IT. -1ALL- 9et'u ftt4i-4 y
ysunfIower Seed for Poultry. MANY
i farmers look upon o the sunfower as
simply worthless weed, and never
4 dream of the valuable qualities the
seeds of this plant possess. For several
| years they have been used by the breed
ers of fancy poultry as a food for choice
fowls;iin smallquantities they aremixed
| with the other food, and the peculiar
properties of the seeds impart beauti-
full gloss which no grain will give to the
plumage of the adult birds. For those
who raise fancy fowls for exhibition, it
is essential to perfect success that the
plumage should be in perfect condition,
and to attain satisfactory results we can
judicious feeding of this seed. Ithas long
recommend no more valuable aid than
been known that the oil extracted from
sunhower seeds makes a. dressing for the
hair which is very beneficial, imparting q
smoothness and vigor highly appreciated
byall who have tried it. Itigrowsi very
| readily, and the, poultry man should not
4 forget this cheap and useful assistant to
, his labors. .t''S 10 e"'c Slu
1 Keeping Apples In Plaster. Il Have
been experimenting the past few years
with apples, and find those packed in
| plaster keep much longer than any
other way have tried. use -four bar
rels, and find them preferable to apple
barrels, as they are made tighter. first
cover the bottom of the barrel with
plaster, then a layer ofapples, then cover
with plaster, and so on till the barrel is
full; then put the head in and drive the
hoops tight The plaster, being of cold
nature, keeps the fruit at an even tenn
perature, and being fine and dry, packs
so close as to keep the apples alright.
had Northern Spy and Swaar almost
as fresh in May as when picked, and
i found 30 deeayed ones, and think they
would have kept till early apples were
ripe, had weinot used them. Shall put
| up several barrels fer next spring and
| summer use, as am satisfied that oul
best varieties, such as SteePs Red Win
I ter,nWagner and Seek4no-further,i viii
keep several months longer than putting
them up without plaster, and will retain
their favor much better beside. Cor
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