The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-05-29
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Plant memorial trees on birthdays
and you will have monument OF beau
ty in every tree.
Whatever farming may have been
in the past, the time is come when the
highest intelligence is demanded as a
necessary qualification on the part OF
the agriculturist. Boston Herald.
Tho wages of farm hands in Swift
zerland exclusive of board and lodging,
average for males about $56.25 year;
for females, $205O. In the United
States the wages of the farm hands,
including board and lodging, average
from $500 to $3.50 year.-PrG1rte
Farmer.
Mr., l. X. Felch gives formula for
q chicken food which he says will give
pound extra in twelve weeks, or ~
per cent. gain in the egg basket.
Twenty pounds of corn, fifteen pounds
of oats, ten pounds of barley, ten
pounds of wheat bran, to be ground
fine and well mixed - indianapolis Sen
ttnet.
Asparagus: Tie the asparagus
lightly into punches. Then stand up
right in boiling sailed water, leaving
Just the heads out of the water, and put
to boil. The steam will cook the little
tona sufficiently. and they Will not come
to pieces. Boil rapidly for fifteen min
utcs. Then drain and lay over toast.
Serve with sauce Exchange.
Egg sauce for buildings; Beat up
the yclkS of six fresh-laid eggs with six
heaping teaspoonsfuls of powdered loaf
sugar; add half pint of good cooking
wine. Put mixture in a small pitcher,
place this in saucepan full Of boiling
water, and froth up the sauce for about
ten minutes with chocolate MILL
american AgricuJturtSt.
"A farmer ought to have vaseline
about the barn. For wounds, sores, in
flammaton, ETC., | know of no salve so
healing and antiseptic, or so agreeable
to handle as this. 1t is not a mysteri-
Gus mixture, sold as great animal spe-
ciiic, yet it has many virtues, and farm
crs would do well to use it often in
cases where one hesitates as to what
can be best used. 1t is perfectly harm
less Chicago Times.
Cherry Potatoes: Pare large white
potatoes. With small, round potato
scoop, which comes for the purpose, dig
out of them small round potatoes. Boil
until tender. Put over them little
melted butter and chopped parsley
then arrange in little heaps on the dish
containing the halibut and serve. The
potatoes from which the small one
have been dug may be boiled an(
served as cream potatoes Western
Rurdl.
Prof. J.. Troop, of the Indiana Agri
cultural College, says that according t.
the trials made at that place the Ohi'
.black-cap raspberry is by far the best h
has raised, and that it will stand NOR
freezing and produce the most fruit @
any sort tried, with ordinary culture
The fruit is of good size and firm.
the Gregg were little harder an
earlier, it would stand first. 1t require
very good treatment to do its best.
Prof. f. w. Stewart says that sur
1ower-seed is valuable food for stoc
if fed properly. The best way to fee
to calves is to remove the halls in
hulling-machine and then boil tn
meats to a jelly. 1t is, in this condition
good addition to skinned milk. SUI
hower-seed contains 1916 per cent. {
oil, while flax seed contains 81 per cen
The oil is a mild laxative, and will kee
the coat glossy. Fifty bushels of see
could be raised from twenty-five thol
sand plants on an acre.-M Y. Iribun