The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-06-08
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

The horn or no-horn controversy
has led TO an estimate by the Nebraska
Farmer that one-tenth of the space in
rattle-cars is practically occupied by
horns, which are characterized as an ex-
pensiVe nuisance.
Ex-Governor Stamford, of Califor-
MIA, proposes to spend a million dollars
on his Vina vineyard in that State. He
thinks that better grapes may be raised
and better wine made in California than
anywhere else in the world.
Washing the leaves of the wax plant
occasionally is the very best treatment
for it. When washing, brushing with q
soft brush about the axis of the leaves
will tend to keep the plant free from
mealy bugs, one of its worst enemies.
When the plant commences its growth
supply it once a week with weak
manure water.-SGn francisco Cl5rOT-
tcle.
Beef omelet, which may be eaten
cold for supper or warm for breakfast,
is made of one pound of beefsteak, one
quarter of pound of suet, salt, pepper
and little sifted sage, one egg and
three milk crackers; chop the beef and
the suet very fine, roll the cracker to a
powder, mix all together, and bake in 9
shallow tin, or put small lump of but
ter in saucepan and fry the omelet
over a slow tire.-N. Z. Post.
The Dublin Farmer claims that a
full feed of hay to horses, following the
feeding of concentrated food, is waste
full, for the reason that it crowds the
first out of the stomach before proper
digestion has been accomplished. And
so, in order to procure the best results,
hay should be fed first and the cOncen-
trated food afterwards, which leaves it
to become fully digested, with no danger
of being crowded away or out of the
performance Of its desired purpose.
At Yorkhill, Scotland, where many
American cattle are landed, there is
great difficulty experienced in procuring
good herders. The cattle, when land
ed, in most cases are very wild, and the
Scotch herdsmen consider it dangerous
to have anything to do with them. The
Butchers and DrOUers' Journal says:
There is a scarcity of good herds at
Yorkhill, some of the men Directing to
the work as dangerous. Any money can
be got by drOYer accustomed to the
Yankees"
DIR. Hoskins writes to the RatrGl
Nel0- Yorker that by far the greater part
of the maple honey and sugar manu-
featured for sale in Vermont is made in
the northern part of the State, where he
lives, and he has never known of any
adulteratiOn being practiced, and does
not believe it ever is practiced, if for no
other reason, because there is no profit
in it. The best maple sugar rarely sells
there for more than eleven cents a
pound. and it could not be adulterated
with cane sugar of a lower grade than
''Coffee A, which sells at the same
price.
To clear soup. when the soup is fin
ished throw in half cup of cold water
and let it boil up again; when it does so
throw in another half cup of cold water,
let it boil up again, then take it off the
fire, set by the side, so that it keeps
warm, for twenty minutes; then strain
the soup through sieve; on no account
stir it after the cold water is put in. /
have followed this plan for twenty
years. My soup is the color of dark
sherry, and as clear, and when cold is
a hard Jelly. OF course conclude there
is the proper amount of meat and that
the soup is made with boiling water and
the meat properly Drowned previous to
the water and vegetables being added.
The same way l clear my jelly.-N 7.
Herald