The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1880-10-30
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Profit In sheep and Wool.


during that time. | have made money
every year since | started, raising a
large increase, and shearing heavy
| feeces each year. The entire flock
sheared last May over eight pounds per
| head of class of wool that brings the
highest price in market" This gentle
man throws out some hints of value to
all sheep-growers. The most critical
time in a shepherds experience" he
says, " is in getting his flock ready for
wintering. | find it pays to give the
lambs, yearlings and breeding ewes
some corn after about the Goth of Octo :
Der ne-haH an ear per head on the
start, and gradually increasing the
amount as the grass grows poorer. /
usually feed iu fiocks of 300 OF 300,
being careful that each flock is graded
as to strength and condition. The key
stone of success in the matter is to keep
your flock young, fed well and bred
with good judgment. lift does not pay
to keep them well, it does not pay to
keep them at all. / expect every sheep
on my place to eat two and half
bushels of corn between fall and spring,
as well as what hay they can consume.
Uses for Salt.
A writer in the Ra5rdl Mean Yorker
says that the salt question is always on
the carpet, and while it is very certain
that salt is not manure it is equally
certain that its application is decided
benefit. The retardation and often COM
plete ruin of crops by insect depred@tions
is well known, but 1t is not at all appre-
ciated to its full extent. Salt can act in
but three ways beneicially. It attracts
moisture, and hence is useful in dry
seasons; it drives away insects, and
therefore is useful in all seasons; and
when thoroughly dissolved by heavy
rains, it acts by assisting inert or insolu-
BILE material to become fit for plant
food.
The first mode is slight gain, not
enough though to pay for the salt; the
second is very valuable, paying for the
salt and trouble of application from ten
to one hundred times over, according to
the prevalence and destructiveness of
the insects; the third mode is of but
little value because insolubles are gen.
orally proof against its feeble action. If
we sum up the gain from the three
modes of action, we perceive such 81
very decided gain that one fair trial is
sufficient to convince the most skeptical.
The only danger is in an excess, but as
five bushels per acre will do no harm,
the danger is not likely ever to be alarm
ing, as few farmers can afford to waste
salt anywhere.
Something u Farmer Should Know.
AS general thing the farmer is liable
for all the public injury his hired man
may cause while actually employed by
him. If he sends him into Il lot to burn
old brush and he, for any purpose what
ever, leaves. it and runs into hi neigh
boris lot, destroying his fence ard iNjur~
ing his crops, the farmer is liable f0r
the damages caused by the wanton neg
lect of bis man. II he sends hired
man on the road with team and lie ~
negligence runs into another vehicle
and Injuries it, or the persons who may
be in it, the farmer is liable for the
damages; but should the hired man
leave the road he was directed to go and
| ulavel another road for his own pleasure
and profit, then the farmer is not liable
| for the damages, should any occur. II
hired man, in going to or from the lot
with scythe, and by the careless hand
ling or carrying he Injuries q passer-b by,
the farmer is liahie for the damages.
| If in cutting wood the hired man cuts
down a tree in another lot, the owner is
liable for trespass and damages, al
| though he distinctly showed him the
boundary, and though the man may
have cut the tree with malicious intent.
Should the hired man, from malicioui-
| ness, run into y team, even II it block
| his way, yet the farmer must pay the
damage, though done contrary to his
positive orders. In all these cases the
farmer can compel the hired man TO
pay him back, il he has anything to pay
with; but this is rarely the case unless
the farmer keeps back his wages and
only settles when his time expires
american CalltiUGtor.
Recipes.
STUFFING FOR VEAL.-Chop halt 8
pound of suet, put it into basin with
quarters Of q pound of bread
crumbs, q teaspoonful of salt, 81 quarter
of pepper, little thyme, three whole
eggs, mix well. A pound of bread
crumbs and one more egg may be used
it will make it out firmer.
APPLE CRoUTEs.-This simple and
dainty little dessert is one taught BY
Miss Corson: Peel and core the apple!
and halye them; take halfslices of bread
spread thickly with butter and sprinkle
with sugar, then lay apple on bread
core side down; sprinkle on more suga
ar d any kind of spice to taste. Bake.
SNAPs.-Take one cup of molasses
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