The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-06-13
LIVERPOOL.
FARM ITEMS.

improves the flavor.
A small piece of charcoal in the pot with
boiling cabbage removes the smell.
Do not salt fresh meat while frying until
1t is nearly cooked, as sailing makes the
Juice of the meat run out more and the
meat is not so tender.
Let the fat meat fry some time before
putting in lean pieces, us the latter fry
sooner than the former and become too
hard before the tat pieces are done.
One bushel of corn and oats ground to.
gether and ted to poultry will produce fif-
teen pounds of flesh. How many pounds
of pork would the same quantity of food
produce2
The skin OF boiling egg is the most ef-
tectlve remedy that can be applied to
boil. Peel it carefully, wet and apply to
| the part affected. 1t will draw Off the mat
ter and relieve the soreness in few hours
Over 20,C00 carloads of live and dressed
| poultry are carried into New York yearl,
and 1000 900 dozen OF eggs 20 to the same
market. According TO the best estimates,
the United States produce nine thousand
millions OF eggs annually.
| ln.the western states or territories, where
the largest number of cattle are Kept, there
is great scarcity of good milking stock.
| Many Of the cows are of southern origin,
ers. The hot and dry climate of Texas and
other parts of the south is unfavorable to
the production OF good mixers
Bee-keepers can easily exterminate ants
by putting about two ounces OF lard OH in
small tin can without top. bury the can
about half way in the earth near the ants
nest, and leave 1t until next day. lfany
ants are seen outside of the can, pour lit.
tie more oil into it, stir II with stick, and
let it stand little longer, when the last ant
within travelling distance will be drowned
in the oil.
In Vermont the dairy interest has been
more intelligently conducted than in most
other sections. The result is that the but.
ter yield OF pws has increased in the last
fourteen years an average OF fifty pounds
per COW. The increase is nearly all clear
profit, as the cost of keeping good COW is
no more than that of keeping poor speci-
men.
A very valuable fertilizer is lost by not
saving the manure from the hen-house,
which is nearly as strong as guano. The
health of the fowls demands that the
poultry-bouse be regularly cleaned, and at
each cleaning the droppings may be placed
In o barrel, with alternate layers of road
dust or coal ashes, each layer an inch in
thickness.
Inc Madison journal last week devoted
conslueraole spaue W au''s'hs iaIiie,s W
s.op ia;,"S ISL. ~ "a s,s 0sr o.
things ~ says h1uiiyear 'olu steer OF
COW can De raised III Maa'soh parish az
cost not exceeuing that Vi a TURKEY IN
Illinois, yet al Oh our oornea anu Hrleo
beet comes from ihas country. lhree
pounds oil bacon can DC naue cheaper mere
than one pound Oh iiht cotton YET we I senu
- 81. Louis p1uhu anu aqIsr'er Vi oo''oh
10 get ap9 9auv VI 'i arnma,ic svs.t h,,,.r
Flnel y-navored aromauo sweet putter
can only be secured throush the use OF
percentage oil new milSn cows III .he ua,ry
AZ oil seasons, Daliits,on tne ia' no,us
Philadepha hred n S sr, ms COWS
for butter only tnree or ,out moh, ,i,s m' ,a
caNing, anu inon s o, oJ ,be c;tv Mill
cheese or TO the supply Oh ,ne IVY n.,h
trade. Butter made from .he mii ,,I o. lar,
row cows is incliued 10 orumoie ana taste
cheery. hal, ,o.on