Year: 1869

Wood ashes and common salt wet with
water will prevent the cracking Of a stove.


Strong lye put in water will make 1t soft as
rain water.


honey from one stand OF bees IL knows of was
l56 pounds from an Italian stock.


Water at forty-six TO forty-eiRht degrees
Will support a great pany more trout than at
hfty-six or sixty degrees


AS soon you see a COW show any signs
of milk fever, bleed her in the neck vein; take
about four quarts Of blood from her then give
her two quarts Of strong SCOT tea keep giving
ker SCOT tea until il physics her. You will
have NO more trouble with her.


To make a delicate mufin, take one pint of
milk. one point of flour, two eggs, and one
pinch of salt. They will be very light and
cake pans, in a not oven There is no saleratus
used, which Is not fit 10 put IN he stomach of
any one


III some erterprising dairymeu should club
together and send good judge of cattle to
Holland for the purpose Of importing and In.
PRODUCING this stock into the United States
they would not only greatly benefit themselves,
bat also sll lovers OF fine and profitable stocks
IN the country.


There is no cosmetic like the sweet morn
ing air ana the cheerful sunshine. No invest
ment of an hours labor that vii yield Won
such large returns Of health and happiness and
a wen-kept little garden. To those who tot,
much with brain and pen this recreation is es-
psCislly Joy and benefit.


The old system Of hay making Is passing
away. People no see the benefit of pasture
the year round. which good hay, early cut,
viii secure The last year has done more to
secure this than any one or half doZ an seasons
before. The weather favored early cutting and
cured The benefits were the past winter more
plainly seen than ever.


-Sodding is a very expensive branch of the
work Of rural decoration, hence it should be
q n lS<fC noha IL
manuring and seeding substituted. 1t how
ever, desirable to lay a belt Of sod as a margin
10 all roads and walks, If IL be but eight or ten
inches IN width. as IL is very difficult to pro-
GUce ana maintain distinct marginal lines Of
gravel and grass by seeding


digestion, or the process OF fitting the food,
urawn IN by the roots, for the nourIshment of
the plant, is performed by the leaves, and Only
ourlng he day time; there IS another function
performed mostly by the lea YES, which Is con-
stantly going on, by day and night; this Is CAL
led respiration. II is similar to our Dreaming,
ana Is Just as needful to the life of a plant as
breathing Is to our own lives.


To make blackberry wine measure your
oerrles ana bruIse them; 10 every gallon add
one quart OF boiling water. Let the mixture
stand twenty -four hours stirring OCCASIONALLY
then strain OFF the liquor into a cask; to every
gallon add two pounds of sugar; cork tight
and let II stand till the following October. and
yen VIII have wine ready Tor use without
further labor, that every family will highly
appreciate and never do without after wards il
they can nelpit.


Men talk about improving dairy products.
and wonder why progress is so slow We
must go back and correct evils that nav, been
so long in practice that they are overlooked or
assumed, TO be night. We must learn how 10
get good healthy milk, and how to preserve il
IN good order. We must learn that cows, with
full CddeTs, cannot be raced from the pastures
20 the stable with impunity. and the dogs are a
nuisance upon dairy farms. When we begin
to pay little more attention TO these matters.
there will be less com liant about preser vim q
the flavor sf cheese in hot weather