The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-04
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

"A name grape grower haStenS the
maturity of his fruit by training vines
over lodges of rocks.
Sore Throat Use gargle of a COB
let half full of water, with a teaspoonful
of common baking soda, dissolved in it.
The open fireplace, which each year
commends itself more and more for sani-
tary and other reasons, has at the pres
ent time prominent place in many lux
urious homes. - 4 n.a
Before putting the pork with beans,
when about to have pork and beans, pour
boiling water over it. This is necessary
to remove all traces of the brine; rinsing
in cold water is not sufficient.
TO have a potato retain all of its
good qualities it should be dug on dry
day and at once stored in dark cellar.
Itisa mistake to suppose that a potato is
improved, or will keep better, by drying
in the open air.
---Doughnuts- Take three eggs, two
cupfuils of sugar, one cupful Of butter
milk, one teaspoonful of soda, one tea
spoonful of salt, one teaspoonful of all
spice, four small tablespoonful of
melted lard, and flour to roll into cakes.
--Begonias grow better if shaded from
monday sun, but they like sunshine in
the winter. The Crasulla requires to be
kept in dry condition all summer to
bloom by Christmas. All succulents de-
mand several months of complete rest,
and this plant has the feshy leaves and
Stems of its tribe.
Such plants as as abutilons, fuchsias
bound, and which it is desirable to winter
over without growth, may be kept in the
house at low temperature during the
winter, remaining in the pots without
any change until spring, and then be
planted out if desired.
The number of varieties of insects
is vastly greater than that of all other
living creatures. The oak supports $50
species of insects, and 200 are found in
the pine. Humboldt, in 1S49, calculated
that between $50, 900 and 40, 600 species
are preserved in collections, but recent
estimates place the present number at
about 100000 species.
The time to draw manure to the field
is when the work can be done most
easily and cheaply. The manure loses
nothing if spread upon the ground in the
winter, but it will waste if left in heaps.
One thing should not be lost sight of in
drawing the manure as it is made, and
that is to use plenty of absorbents in the
. stable to soak up the urine and keep it
from being wasted, and this can perhaps
be better done by taking out the manur
in this way than in leaving it in heaps in
the yard.
The occupier of twenty-acre farm,
near Birmingham, England, gives the
agricultural Gazette statement of his
experience in soiling during the last two
years. In 1881, he kept ten cows,
pony and donkey for twelve weeks ON
five acres of grass, turning them on the
meadow land after moving. In addition,
the COWS had each five pounds of rice
and cotton-seed meal daily. He estimates
the increase of yield of his land at
seventy-fve per cent, and also attaches
much Importance to the greater value of
the manure when the cattle are fed in
sheds.
-Orchard-grass alone would not
make good permanent pasture; in fact,
it is the worst grass that could be grown
for that purpose by itself, on account of
its habit of growing in punches. A pas
ture should have close, thick sod, and
be made up of several grasses which
would come into the best condition at
different periods, SO that the grazing
would be continuous. Orchard grass is
an early and late grass, but if it is con-
tinually eaten down it will have no late
growth at all. 1t is better grass for
hay when sown with clover than for
pasture. 1t is best to SOW it alone early
In the spring or early in August
A cow that will not eat is sick. A
healthy cow never refuses food When
COW will not eat it would be advisable
to give her some medicine, and nothing
is better than quart of inseed-oil This
may be given by pouring it gently down
her throat from long-necked bottle, the
neck of the bottle being put in the side
of her mouth where there are no teeth,
and the head being held up by an assist
ant. The oil should be given in small
quantities as she will swallow it. After
the oil has operated the cow should have
bran mash and should be fed lightly un-
til the appetite is restored. Clover hay,
cut and moistened with water and mixed
with few quarts of bran, will make an
excellent food, which she will doubtless
eat freely if she is not overfed. Over
feeding will sooner spoil cows appetite
than any other mistake in her manage
ment.