Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1881-01-13
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


Farm and Garden Notes.
Give your stock plenty of bedding.
Keep farm accounts during the year
1881.
Industry and economy lead to pros
perity.
Good shelter for stock is cheaper thai
fodder.
Don't fail to institute improvements
| this year.
Always give the soil the first meal.
If it is well fed with manure it will feed
all else-plants, animals and men.
Add little wood ashes to the flower
pots of favorites, and see how quickly
it viii nourish and improve the growth.
Cornstalks contain more potash than
any other fodder fed to cows.
The comb of fowl is sure indica-
tion of the state of Its health. If it loses
its bright, rich color it is diseased in
some way. and as the disease approaches
its worst stages the comb turns black.
4 piece of beef is much more tender
and Juicy when the animal has been fed
ON roots than beef made where no roots
are fed.
A large per cent. of food given to pigs
is wasted when uncooked. Pigs will
not assimilate raw food like older ami
mails, and they can only be fed economi-
cally by first cooking their feed.
All feeders who have studied the
habits OF the animals they feed, have
discerned that they take special note Of
time, and are disappointed if the time is
delayed only few minutes.
A French writer recommends novel
mode of enriching and promoting the
growth especially Of geraniums.
Namely, watering the plants with a
solution of $50 grains Of glue in about
two gallons Of water.
Professor Roberts says that fifty bush
els of wood ashes per acre increased the
yield of grass In a certain location more
than any other manure, while ground
bone improved the clover.
Exposure to cold rains is very inju-
rious to fowls. A few hours under the
rigors Of storm of snow or sleet will
put them back for days and sometimes
weeks in laying, besides the danger of
their getting cold or becoming croupy.
Hanging floral decorations in pots or
baskets should be placed where they
can have an abundance of light and
sunshine, and not near the stove or reg
lister. If the light comes from one side,
the basket ought to be turned every day.
When the orchard is young it is best
to cultivate thoroughly, ana hoed crops,
like potatoes, roots, etc., can be grown
as q present pay for the trou ble but as
the trees get older and shade the ground,
nothing else but fruit should be ex-
pected from the orchard.
Pumpkins are an excellent food for
cattle. but 4 fed to milk COWS great care
should be exercised that the animals do
not ca too many seeds, the best plan
being to remove the seeds when cutting
them up. The seeds have a diuretic
effect, thus lessening the flow of milk.
Last spring J. N. Marden, Of Balti.
more, Md, tried the experiment of
keeping the irost away from 1850 of his
pear trees by building fires around
them on severe nights. His orchard
contains $4,000 trees, and those treated
as above described yielded fruit that
sold for more than 5000, while the bal
ance of the orchard produced compare
lively little.
Household Hints.
The following is said to be remedy
for rheumatism: Four ounces of salt
peter in one pint of alcohol; shake well
and bathe the parts affected; wettlng
red flannel with it, lay it on. 1t does
not cure, but takes away the redness,
reduces the swelling, and relieves the
torment and agony.
Beef omelet, which is good for break
fast or tea, is made of one pound OF
chopped beef, two welI-beaten eggs,
three soda crackers rolled fine, three or
four tablespoonfuls Of milk or cream.
Season to your taste with, pepper, salt
and sage. Make this into a roll, cover
it loosely with a well-buttered cloth
and bake half an hour In basin with q
little water in it. When cold, cut il
into thin slices.
A little English work, 'sSIeep and
how to obtain it." says that insomnia
is not so dangerous as commonly sup
posed, for the author knows an eminent
man of letters who has suffered from il
for many years without injury. When 0
man begins to dream OF his work be
may know that he is under too great 8
mental strain. The authors plan oi
inducing sleep is to reckon up friends
and acquaintances whose name begins
with certain letter.
Cabbage salad may be made with
hard-botled eggs chopped, or with raw
eggs beaten into the dressing; for one
small head, or half of good-sized one
use three eggs, beat them till they are
light, then add six tablespoonfuls o.
vinegar, two tablespoonful of made
mustard, piece of butter the size of
walnut Cook this dressing until i
begins to thicken: when it Is cold pou,
| il over the chopped cabbage. Wher
boiled eggs are used, chop the whites o
the eggs with the cabbage, and afte
rubbing the yolks till they are fine sti
them irto the dressing. When the egg
are cooked, the rest OF the dressing doe
notneed cooking.