Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1881-09-02
FARM AND FIREsIDE.

and lambs the benefit is not only to the
animal, but to the pastures, which are
greatly improved. Sheep are very indis-
criminate feeders, and will bite not only
grass, but also shrubs, weeds and every
green thing that starts in early spring.
and thus destroy and keep down most of
the foul stuff that usurps the place of
grass; and they tend to leave the past
clean for fine grass to grow. Their manure
Also scattered in small quantities as they
travel over The ground, is readily absorbed
by the earth and becomes the best plant
food possible, and accomplishes what can
notswell be done by grubbing or top dress
ing to renovate pasture land. It is impor-
tant that the fences around sheep pastures
should be close and we'll kept, especially
that walls should be we'll laid up and holes
and gaps in rail fences thoroughly stopped
The Downs and all mutton sheep are not
disposed to jump, and in good pasture,
with reasonable protection, may be re-
strained almost as easily as horned cattle,
but If there is broken rail in the fence or
if there is place where the wall has been
d
of steps over which they may pass. they
are quite likely to take. advantage of the
owners negligence and seek larger liber-
ty Polling stone wall if the sheep are
not properly educated to stay within the
pasture is not very expensive, and single
barbed wire stretched along about foot
above the top Of the wall is sure proven
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water in proportion to their size than 9TH
or animals, yet they should have access to
,yood water and should be sailed once a
week.
MILK COMES FROM FooD.-We know
many dairymen who give their cows
small grain ration all the season, and,
keeping strict account Of the yield Of
milk, show that they make money by this
liberality One who feeds fifty COWS told
us lately that he fad four pounds of mid
ding per day throu gh the season, finding
that he was fully pail in the extra milk;
and the cow was in so much better condi-
ton in the fall that 1t sd we'd him the whole
has followed this system for ten years. He
called our attention to neilyhbor of his.
keeping about the same number of COWS,
who followed what he called the economi-
cal plan-let his COWS pick for themselves
both taking their milk to the same fac
tory. Good feeding produced SIS per COW;
poor, s27. difference of sixty-six per cent.
in favor of liberality of feeding. This IL
Iustration can be found ID almost any dairy
town. Let every dairyman ask himself to
which class he belongs.--National Liue
Stock Journal.
BROOM CORN is likely at no distant day
to revolutionize the preadstuff supply of
tue world. A process has been discovered
by which the finest and most delicious flour
can be made from the seed to the extent
of one-half its weight, and leave the other
half valuable food for making beef
and milk. The average yield per acre is
800 bushels, and in many instances 500
bushels, or 10000 pounds have been secur-
ed. Nor does it exhaust the soil as Indian
corn, from the fact that it feeds from the
deeper soil and assimilates it's food from
a cruder state. 1t belongs to the same ge-
nus as the sweet cane, commonly known
as sorghum, which as an article Of food is =
growing rapidly in public esteem, and
from the seed of which most nutritious
flour can be obtained.
PICKED PEACHEs.-To make picked
peaches, take seven pounds of sugar
to one quart of vinegar; heat and drop
the peaches in, and cook until you can
pierce them easily with broom splint or
a silver fork; stick two or three cloves in
the peaches before cooking them; put
sticks of cinnamon in the vinegar, or put
ground cinnamon in little muslin bag
and put in The jar. This quantity of vim
egar and sugar is sufficient for two ordina-
ry sized baskets. Some cooks take the
skin off the peaches and turn hot vinegar
and sugar over them for two or three
mornings; but prefer them as the little
girl said she did. ''cloth and ALL
BEEFsrEAK.-PuG your spider on the
stove and heat it hot, until it smokes, then
put in your steak. Salt in the spider, a
little on both sides; then you want your
platter hot when you put your steak into
it, and put on your butter land pepper if
you like) after you put your steak in the
platter, but never cook steak in butter or
a lot of fat. 1t will stick to tbs spider if
you put it in without anything enough to
do any harm). After removing the meat,
you can turn in few Irresponsible of hot
water, rinsing the spider and turn into the
platter. This, with the butter makes
more gravy, if one likes it.
CHOPPED PIcKLE.-One peck of green
tomatoes, two quarts of onions, aud two
Of peppers. Chop fine, separately, and mix,
adding three cupsful of salt. Let them
stand over night, and in the morning drain
well. Add half a pound of mustard seed,
two tablespoonful ground allspice, two of
ground cloves, and one cupful Of grated
Of boiling vinegar.
HOMEMADE ACKE s.-Beat two
eggs very lightly, whites and yolks togeth
er; sift into them quart of flour, a tea
spoonful of salt; add tablespoonful each
of butter and lard, and nearly a lumber
full of milk; work all thoroughly together;
take fourth of the dough at a time and
roll out as thick as milk cracker, cut in
small rounds, and bake quickly to a LIGHT