The record-union., 1891-01-15
simply rubbing them with lard occasion.


ally.
Fannie Field, in Farming World, says
that if the eggs as they are gathered are
rubbed with good fresh salt butter, and
then placed in jar with the thick end
downward, and covered with salt. it is
the best way to preserve them. They dare
not touch each other. When the jar is full
an inch OF salt is put ON the top. Two
inches OF salt is put in the bottom and
covered with thick paper. They will last
SIX months.
When the farm fails to produce the
crops that once We're easily grown upon
1t the best course TO pursue is to restrict
the acreage. Cultivate only half the
space, or even less, and concentrate all
your manure on it. The crops will soon
be larger than were secured from the en-
tire farm, less expense will be incurred.
the farm will improve in fertility, and that
portion which is unused will be benefited
by the seasons of rest given it.
The fact is not so well known as it de-
serves to be, that cream constitutes an
admirable nutriment for invalids 1t is
superior to butter, containing more vola-
tile oils. Persons predisposed to con-
sumption, aged persons or those inclined
to cold extremities and feeble digestion
are especially benefited by a liberal use
OF sweet cream. It is far better than cod
liver oil, and, besides being excellent for
medical properties, it is a highly nutri-
tlouS food.
A good way to utilize broken glass and
crockery ware is to pound it up for the
birds. 1t will cure indigestion sooner
than any medicine than can be given.
and the hen that is well supplied with
such material Will be less liable to disease.
1t IS the sharp, cutting edges that enable
the hen to grind her food Round gravel
is of no use. Don't be afraid of glass.
Pound it to the size of wheat, and the
gizzard will attend TO the rest. Keep the
hens supplied with all they desire.-E A
Mortimer.
An excellent and clean fertilizer Gor all
kinds of house plants is to add tea
spoonful of superphosphate to one quart
of water Stir well, and add one table
spoonful OF saitpetrc and Il gill of soap
suds. Make fresh mixture every two or
three days. Use it for noistening around
the roots of plants in the pots. 1t is also
an excellent wash for the leaves OF plants
il the superphosphate is omitted. 1t is
plant food of the best kind, and the
plants viii grow and thrive fully as well
as il supplied with liquid manure.
Scientists state that there are no mi-
crobeS in milk when it comes from the
cows udder, but that the moment ii
comes III contact with the air of a filthy
stable, or even where the surroundings
Is.
This demonstrates that when young ami
mails procure their milk from the dam,
instead of being allowed milk to drink,
they are less liable to the disease. The
precaution of heating the milk mot boil
ing it) should be used when giving it to
| very young stock.
When clover is made special crop on
the farm it will seldom be the case that
nitrogen will be lacking, especially if a
| crop of clover is turned over occasion
ally. On grain-growing farms, where
stock is also kept, and the manure APP
piled to the soil in addition to the plant
food provided by growing clover, the
phosphates viii usually be the best fer
tiliZers for the farmer to procure. One
| bag OF SuperphoSphate, or bone meal. on
each acre of land will show wonderful
| effects in such cases.
In describing what may be teemed the
intensive" system OF dairying, an In
giish authority tells us that The cows
should be well groomed daily, and in hot
weather they are all the better for a
shower bath in the morning. This can
be readily given where there is supply
of water by graVitation by means OF an
| india-rubber hose. The cows are easily
kept clean, and thrive under such treat
ment. They never leave their stalls, and
when the milk yield falls below eight
quarts per day they are sold. Will it
pay to wash cows?
An Australian expert is reported as
saying: ''The finest and softest of wool is
always on the shoulders of sheep. An
expert in judging sheep always looks at
the wool on the shoulders first. Always
assuming that the wool to be inspected is
really fine we first examine the shoulders
as a part where the finest wool is to be
found. This we take as q standard, and
compare it with the wool from the ribs,
the thigh, the rump and the shoulder
parts, and the nearer the wool from the
various portions of the animal approaches
the standard the better.''
Many farmers know little of bacon, saws
the Farm Journal. They are acquainted
with pork, but never took the trouble to
prepare any bacon. 1t can be done as
easy as to roll off a log. Cut the sides of
the pig into strips four to five inches wide
and salt with this pickle: For one hum
dred pounds of bacon make a brine with
six pounds of salt, four ounces of salt
petre and one pound of brown sugar.
Cover the meat and keep it in the brine
six weeks and then give it light smok-
ing. Sew the pieces in cotton cloth bags
and paint them with lime and ochre
mixed in water.