The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-11-05
ABOUT THE FARM.

It Is said that when q hens comb
freezes she lays no more eggs until tits
completely healed. i-a@
Occasionally something appears in print
concerning the sex OF eggs. On this point
n poultry raiser claims that short eggs pre-.
duce hen chickens and long eggs produce
cocks.
1t is estimated that the shortage OF the
wool clip in Australia this year, in con.
sequence OF the drouth, destroying many
millions OF sheep and greatly injuring
many others, will cut down the yield OF
Australian wool possibly So, 900, 900 pounds,
or n quantity equal to all the wool i'm
ported into the United States. Il
"Poultry require" says the Pittsburgh
National iS!Ochnon and Farmer, careful
watching to keep them in good condition
and free from disease and ycrmin. Fowls
should have free access to Il liberal supply
OF charcoal and lime, and piece OF cop
peras placed in the drinking trousis OF the
chickens will be very beneficial. 1t is q
splendid tonic and appetizer, and also an
excellent disiniectant."
Iowa stands'by its farmers. The last
General Assembly appropriated $1,000 to
assis. the Farmers Protective Association
in it's litigation with the barb-wire COM
panies. The Merchants Union sned out
writ OF injunction TO restrain the State
Auditor from drawing the warrant, on the
ground that the net was unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court l.ss decided that it
was unconstitutional, and has refused to
sustain the injunction.
To dress mutton SO rs to have wool
taste about it, the following plan isrecom-
mcnded: ALLOW the sheep or lamb no
food Tor twenty.four hours before slaugh-
ter, but allow all the water it wants. Just
at nighifall, having everything prepared,
seize the animal, hang up by the hind
legs, cut the throat, being sure to sever all
the arteries OF the neck. AS soon as dead,
iisembowel at once, and then skin quick.
y and without allowing the wool to touch
the flesh. Spread the quarters to cool the
carcass as quickly US possible, hang in a
cool, sweet place, and YOU will not be
troubled with woolly-tasting mutton. I
A St. Louis paper makes answer in the
affirmative to the question, Are grown
hens fit to eat?" The journal thus re-
icrcd to takes the position that sold hens
in good condition, ii properly cooked, arc
a luxury. They are much better to boil
than chickens, and they make delicious
fricassee. Excellent soup is made from
the skin and coarser parts, while the flesh
OF the breast alone, or OF the breast and
thighs, in tho form OF chicken croquettes,
will make IN cpicure smack his lips, even
il the chicken be three years old but the
cook must know her business. People
that do not know that old hens are iit to
eat are no cooks" Tifi ~ ~
Natural pastures in England" says
correspondent OF a Boston journal, rarely
piowed, and the very best land is devoted
TO pasture. 1t is believed that pasture
grows better asst grows older; the sod get
ting thicker, and tho variety OF grasses
greater. Here our pastures are often the
rough lands that are too stony, too steep,
or too poor to. pillow and cultivate. They
are fed with no regard whatever 10 I'M
prorement, nor even to keeping up their
present state OF fertility. They are over
led in dry weather, and undcr-icd ut other
times. Bushes aud weeds get in, and
spread without any effort being made to
eNterlninate them. 1t may not be posi-
BILE for all farmers in this country 10 have
AS good pastures as there are in England,
but many who now have poor might have
most excellent ones, ii they would treat
their lands us the English farmers treat
theirs g. !.