Huntsville gazette., 1881-12-03
HOME AND FARM.


Keepers of poultry should not for
get the recommendation to lay IN STOCK
Of sods in a corner OF the hen-house, or
under shed where the hens can have
free access to them during the winter.
-"I have seen many remedies sug-
rested for protecting young trees from
rabbits. A simple and effectual one is
to paint the stem eighteen or twenty
inches up from the ground with blood.
This is harmless to the tree and ami
NAL. Cor. Country Gentleman.
-Unleached wood-ashes contain all
the constituents of plant food that the
ordinary or wornout soil needs, except
nitrogen. They also have good me-
chanical effect upon the soil, especially
heavy clay soils, which are made lighter
and porous, so that air and water cir
culate more freely through them.
If you have Gala lily that is in
bad order, shake it out OF its pot and re-
pot it into as small pot as you can
conveniently get it into. using lots of
clean drainage, and a soil of little pieces
of old sods out of which you have shaken
the loose earth, with some sharp sand
added, something through which water
will percolate as freely as through a
sieve. When this pot is filled with roots
you should shift into a larger size and
use richer soil, but always an open one.
Rye MufIius.-Into bowl put one
and a half pints of rye, half q cupful OF
sugar and little salt; put into the
sieve half pint of flour, one teaspoon
full of saleratus and two OF cream OF
tartar; or, if desired, three teaspoonfuls
of baking powder may be used instead
of the above; mix thoroughly with the
flour and then sift into the material in
the bowl; mix all thoroughly while dry,
then add two well-beaten eggs and milk
enough to make batter that will drop
from the spoon readily; fill the muffin
cups about two-thirds full and bake in
quick oven.
White grubs, as they are commonly
called-the larvae of the May beetle-are
becoming the most formidable OF our
insect pests. The worst OF it is that no
practical means of destroying them are
known; for we deem the method some
times advocated-that of destroying
vegetation by frequent plowing and thus
starving the grubs to death-quite I'M
practicable. Upon our strawberry beds
we have applied sulphur, salt and helle-
bore in as large quantities as we dared;
nevertheless the grubs are at present
quite as destructive as ever.-Rurdt NeW
Yorker.
Whoever has tobacco to manipulate
during the coming winter should pro-
vide good place in which the work can
be done comfortably and conveniently.
The necessary requirements for a good
tobacco asserting room are that it shall
be large, light and warm. The room
should be furnished with tables or
benches, on which the work of asserting
the leaves can be done conveniently. A
sky-ight window gives the best possible
light for the work, as the rays of light
then fall directly upon the leaves and
over the shoulders of the assorters,
which gives them better opportunity to
Judge correctly of their qualities. A
side-light window, with the light shin
ing directly against the face of the work
man, is to be avoided, for it is not only
very trying to the eyes, but the work
can not be accomplished so pleasantly
or so effectually Rural New Yorker.
Amber Cane.-Of the thorough ex-
periments made with amber cane at the
Agricultural Department at Washing
ton, the most favorable result only
showed forty-fve per cent. of sugar, an
amount too small to pay for the manu-
facture, and private experiments show
no better results. This failure to crys-
tallize rises from impurities or neutraliz-
ing elements in the cane juice, which
prevents free crystallization. Dropping
the sugar feature and growing the cane
for sirup only, will always be attended
with favorable results, and its growth
will render excellent service in the econ
omy of the farm. As fodder crop it
will probably excel any other for the
fall feeding Of the dairy, and on COM
bining these two qualities, and leaving
out the sugar claim, the success OF am
Der cane depends.