Year: 1878




charms the he's.


ACTING upon the known habit of
sheep. killing dogs seizing their vic
Tins by the throat, collar with sharp
noints has been invented for sheep
as prevention. The best remedy
we know of is fatal doses of strych'
nine for the dogs.


TOMATO SoUp.-One peck Of to-
matoes, boiled thoroughly in their
own liquor, mashed and strained; one
quart of milk, thicken with rolled
cracker, season with salt and pepper.
Just before serving, stir in one tea
spoonful Of soda, to correct the acid
ity of the tomato.


Few farmers buy too many tools,
but many farmers buy unintelI'gcntiy
and wastefully. The best tool is al
ways more profitable to buy than an
inferior one, and yet, no matter how
good the implement, it is unsatlsfae
tory unless you find for it advantag-
eous use. The saving from machln-
ery comes from use, not storage.


CUcUMBERs BAKED.-Cut the Gu
cumbers in half lengthwise. Take
out the pulp and seeds, and fill the
cavity with stuiiing made of little
cold beef chopped fine, mixed with
the pulp seasoned with salt and pep
per, and covered with layer OF
bread crumbs. Bake about three
quarters of an hour. Be careful
that they are not cooked too much,
or they will lose their shape,)


EscALLopED FIsu.-Two medium
sized fish, steamed till the bones
come out. Put layer of fish in II
pudding dish, cover with rolled
cracker. Do this alternately till the
dish is full, finishing with the crumbs
and seasoning each layer with little
butter and salt. Pour over this a
quart of milk, which has been boiled
with small bunch of thyme (tled
up in bag), and thickened with "A
little corn starch. Bake III a moder-
ate oven.


The better the farmer the more
successful will be be in his financial
as well as agricultural efforts. Ev'
ery farmer should entertain a very
high opinion of his employment, and
at the same time not forget that in un-
intelligent labor there is no dignity.
The short. sighted, aimless, inefficient
farmer is the one whose houses and
surroundings bear false witness
against the neat buildings and fine
appearing surroundings Of his more
tasty neighbors.


THE farmer who farms, By reading
may be able to suggest improved
methods of fertilizing the soil and OF
studying out new methods and APP
pllanccs of value. BY geology and
chemistry the farmer who farms is
enabled to aualyze soils by the use
of chemistry to analyze manures and
vegetable products, Study will
teach the farmer who farms how
plants grow and arc nourished, and
how animals are reared and most
economically fed. The reading far
mer who farms will be able to win
now theories as he does his wheat,
and even to Justly estimate the value
of the chaff he separates from the
wheat.-"Ex."


EGGS THE WHOLE YEAR.-Get a
breed of poultry tha; are non settlers.
For my part, like the white crested
black Polands he best. They do
not fly over fence that is three feet
high. have had them over four
wears, and ] do not remember that
one was ever inside my barn. Five
or six years ago ! had Leghorns and
Hamburgs, and they would sneak IN
my barn every day, scratch around
the hay, and make nests in the straw
But this is not the case with my
white crested black Polish. They
are always contented with their nests.
| have no trouble to hunt eggs in
the grass and in the barn, like some
of my neighbors must if they do not
want to lose hall their eggs. | al
ways get my chicks hatched in March
and April. Ther they will com
mence to lay in August and Septem-
ber, and they keep on laying all
winter. This year did raise ninety
Polish chicks, and lost only four, and
those by accident. have found out
that ] can get my Polands to weigh
as follows when I raise them early:
Cocks, five and half pounds, and
the hens four and a half pounds.
They are of very tame disposition.
| have some that will come and eat