The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-12-25
The FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


supplied with charcoal during the
period of fattening is said to be superior
in point of tenderness and flavor.
1t always pays to keep young stock in
thrifty, growing condition. Better to
feed little corn and roots now than to
defer it until later.
The poultry keeper who succeeds the
best is the one who takes the best care
of his flock. There is no more luck
about it than there is about boiling
water.
The introduction of a pure bronze
gobbler among flock of mongrel tur-
key hens will add from three to five
pounds extra weight per head to the
turkeys raised the first season.
Horn shavings are valuable as manure,
by reason of their slow decomposition,
giving out ammonia for long time.
They also contain small quantity OF
carbonate and phosphate of lime.
The blood of animals constitute but a
small part, at most not more than seven
to nine per cent, of the live weight,
while in old or very fat animals the
proportion sinks as low as from six to
four per cent.
Good sweet milk contains fourth
| more of sugar than of butter; this sugar
turns to acid, and ii this acid is too
much developed before churning the
coveted aroma of good butter is lost.
Do not undertake to keep sheep on
low, undrained lands. They will surely
contract disease, and sick sheep is
about as mean thing as we know of,
not excepting sick chicken.
1t is said by those who have tried it
that bran is as good as the best CONNER
cial fertilizers for potatoes and corn and
| cheaper.
Provide boxes or shelves with apart
ments and place in appropriate divisions
distinctly marked all refuse screws,
nails, bolts, rivets, staples, tacks, etc.
A nervous, excitable steer is not as
profitable to feed as a Emphatic one
with broad, deep chest, for this last is
seldom disturbed much by anything
he feeds well, sleeps well and fats well.
The custom of mixing lime ana
ashes with hen manure is wrong. They
| drive out the ammonia instead of hold
ing it. Hen manure is useful for pota-
toes, garden vegetables, or indeed most
all crops, including straw berries and
other small fruits.
There are many farmers who have extra
good butter COWS but who do not know
it. They have poor pastures in summer
and poor shelter and Indifferent food
in winter. They have no convenien ces
for making butter, no arrangements for
keeping the milk cool in summer. and
frequently in winter it is exposed to the
odors OF the kitchen.
A Kentucky farmer who raises
immense quantities of Irish potatoes
says in th eFarna and Home that it comes
OF rich, night soil, containing plenty OF
vegetable matter. deep blowing early in
the spring, planting fifteen inches apart
covering four inches deep or more, keep.
ing down the weeds, and not working
the ground after the potatoes begin to
bloom. The main secret, he says, is in
selecting the seed. One eye will yield
more potatoes than two.
Household Hints.
Cotton wool wet with sweet oil and
laudanum relieves the earache very
soon.
To purify sink or drain dissolve
one-half pound copperas in two gallons
of water. Pour in half this liquid one
day and the other hale the next.
Broil steak without sailing. Salt
draws the juices in cooking; tits de.
sirable to keep these in ifpossible. Cook
over a hot fire, turning frequently, scar
ing on both sides.
| Y)u can get bottle or barrel of oil
OF any carpet or wooden stuff by apply.
ing dry buckwheat plentifully and faith
fully. Never put water to such Il grease
spot, or liquid of any kind.
| Finger stains may often be removed
by rubbing the paper thus soiled with
crumbs of stale bread, or with fine bi
of muslin with dust of whiting on it
or with an India rubber erasr.
The skin of boiled egg is the mos
eficacious remedy that can be applied
to boil. Peel it carefully, wet ant
apply it to the part affected. Tt will
draw off the matter and relieve tn,
soreness in few hours.
To take iron stains out of marble an
equal quantity of fresh spirit of vitrio
and lemon juice being mixed in bottle
shake well, wet the spots and in few
minutes rub with soft linen till the,
disappear.