Year: 1874

FARM HINTS.
! FENCE POSTS, soaked in lime water, it
is positively asserted, will last as long
again.


GRATING out doors should not be
done till the warm days and the buds
begin to swell.


GRAPE VINES that were not prlned
last fall must be attended to before the
flow of sap, but not when frozen.


WATERING STOCK in winter should al
ways be attended by.patient and careful
hands. See that the boss animals do
not drive the weaker and more timid
from the water.


THE curry-comb should now be more
frequently and thoroughly applied to
horses. Those in good flesh and health
| will begin to shed their hair, and they
will enjoy the comb:


Cows coming in early need extra at
tention. With plenty of dry food,
they should have some roots, such as
turnip, or mangel wortzel, to keep them
in good physical condition.
Hoes, owing to the low prices for the
past years, have been much neglected.
The near future promises large remu-
neration for pork. 1t will pay to look
carefully to this question now.


HORSES that have been idle during the
winter, and feeding on hay and corn
stalks, should now be fed with grain to
prepare them for the spring work. Com
mence on small feeds, and increase it
gradually.


To CURE BRITTLE FEET.-Wash the
horses feet clean, when dry apply with
brush, to the hoof only, coating of
this mixture Fish oil, one part veg
etable tar, one part; oil of tar, one
eighth part.


SHEEP starved through the winter will
either perish in early spring, or shed
their wool before shearing-time, or will
lose their lambs. Keep them fat by
good feeding, and then they will pay for
time and money invested.


CATTLE and hogs need salt all the
year round. 1t is too often neglected in
winter. A good way to salt cattle in
winter is by brine put on straw or hay.
A little every day is the best rule. And
little every day in slop for hogs.


PLEASANT days can be spent in the Or
chard, taking away all dead branches,
seraping off old rough bark where YER
min can hide, and cutting off the stubs
of dead limbs and covering with graft
ing wax to keep from further decay.
Limbs or branches, broken down by
wind or ice, should be carefully remov.
ed, and the wounded parts cut smooth
before applying wax.


The effective value of food for pigs is
at least doubled by cooking over I'M
ground grain. Merely soaking the
meal cold is much less useful, and to be
adopted only for a very few animals.
For large herd good steam boiler
should be procured, and, if connected
with an engine, roots may be cut up,
and perhaps grain ground to advantage.


Now is a good time to look to your
seed and clean it thoroughly. I put in
side spout that goes with my tanning
mill, and take out just the very largest
and best grain for scotland it pays
we'll to clean seed thoroughly. If you
will seperate out the best of your wheat,
and then SOW right by the side of it the
small and inferior grain, and some just
as it comes, you will then see what
difference it will make. You can tell as
soon as it comes up, and you will see the
dividing line all the time until it is har-
vested, and will notice still more differ
ence when you come to thresh. If you
were not fortunate enough to save your
seed corn before the heavy frosts last
fall, look around among your neighbors
and get some good seed. 1t is better to
pay five dollars a bushel than to accept
poor seed as a gift. Good seed of all
kinds is what all of us should take pains
to have.


HOUSEHOLD RECIPES.


Pound CAKE.-One pound of flour,
one pound of sugar, one pound of but
ter.