Year: 1877

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so as to have no openings in it if possible;
II drawn, sewing mp openings firmly before
| boning; two chickens, one beef tongue one
| can oysters, one pound fresh, lean, side pork.
Have the turkey frozen and thawed, the
! tongue boiled and skinned the pork roasted
the oysters taken out of the liquor. the
chickens cut in small pieces, and put on to
boil with just water enough to cover. Law
the turkey on its breast; cut off the legs and
wings at first joint; cut down the whole
length OF the back and with sharp knife
scrape the meat at each side from the bones
boil. Now for the filling: First, lay
the whole tongue to form the
the breast; clear all the chicken meat
from the bones cut the pork into small
pieces I'LL up your turkey legs, wings and
all first tying ends of wings and legs tightly
little dressing. Have the chicken
liquor well boiled seasoned and strain
1t into the turkey, which win
form jelley. Sew up the turkey firmly.
turn it over and shape it nicely with the
hands. Tie cord tightly to the neck and
close TO the body. Tie down wings and
legs, inserting skewers If you have them:
sew around it piece of strong cloth and
steam or roast and leave the cloth on till
cold. Carve cold in round, thin slices COM
mencing at the neck. If the above direc-



ious for supper.


wISTERING TOOLS.


The Colonial Farmer urges farmers to
paint up their machines tools and imple-
ments this winter. and thereby not only
have them all ready when wanted in the
spring, but actually add to their value and
durability. 1t says, with much truth, that
millions OF dollars are lost annually in the
United States, by neglect to paint farm
afn
II well painted and kept under cover when
not in use, will last three times as long as
they Will when not repainted after two or
three years use. Any farmer can paint these
things. All that is needed is Venetian red
and linseed oil half raw and half boiled,
then thoroughly wash the implement to be
painted, and proceed to apply the paint.


FIELD MICE.


These pests of the fruit garden and orchard
commit their depredatiOns of 'girdling' the
trees during the winter, where the snow is
banked up around the bodies The damage
is always done on fruit trees standing in
grass. have never known of an instance of
''girdling' when the tree was in plowed
ground. To guard against the danger of
losing bearing fruit trees from such cause,
the best and cheapest thing to do is to turn
over the ground for distance of six or eight
feet in diameter and at the same time clear
away and burn any weeds and rubbish that
may be in the vicinity of such trees. To do
this in a fruit garden calls for only small
outlay, and it will be found a sure preven-
tive of the ravageS of these little destructive
pests.-Scribner's Monthly


THE WIND on CREAM


butter maker of large experience, who
has kept a record of the influence of atrnos-
Pheric changes on the rising of cream, gives
the following as the result of seasons ex-
perience in setting milk for butter in cen
t-al NL,rv IL =
cold water plan, the temperature being held,
as nearly as possible, at 600 Fahrenheit.
When the wind is northwest or north the
most cream rises, and 1T is in the best condi-
ton when the wind is west; the third best
condition is when the wind is east; the
fourth when it is south, and the worst of all
when the wind is southeast.


WHEAT IN CANADA


A correspondent of the Canada Farmer,
writing upon the grain crops there says: 1
am not disposed to take a sensational view
of the present state of our agriculture nor
to despair of our ability to compete to a GER
tain extent with the grain production of
other more favored countries; but fully be-
lieve the farmers here have now to take into
serious consideration what course of crop
ping and rotations are most likely to prove
advantageous, and what diversion from the
ordinary systems of heavy cropping with
grain is likely to be most profitable. 1t is
quite evident from the facts presented that
our most important cereal, wheat, has had
its day in this country. The production of
fall wheat is becoming necessarily precari-
Gus, while the spring variety that has sue
ceeded so well in the past, has of late shown
decided falling off in quantity and quail
ity, compared with former rates of produc-
ton.


POISONED CATTLE


The Waterloo Qowa) Reporter gives ac-
counts of various deaths of cattle in Black
Hawk township. supposed to be killed by
is probably not poison, but indigestible, and
it obstructs and clogs the manifold of the
stomach of the animal in some way to cause
disease and death.


TIMBER IN IOWA.


The Agricultural Society of Iowa offers a
premium of 81 900 for the best 10 acres of
Timber plantation, the premium to be
awarded in 1881. There are four contestants
for this magnificent premium. The society
also offer $3.50 for the best five acres of
orchard in 1S7s-two contestants 1t 1874
there had been planted to timber in that
state 46 ,007 acres.


The first milk the COW gives after calving
is very different in composition from ordi-
nary milk, and is called colostrum. 1t is in
its nature slightly purgative, and is in
tended by nature TO clear the intestines of
the young animal of that peculiar secretion
which fills them at birth, and which 10
called meconium. Putting the newly-born
calf to cow that calved two months ago
would be almost sure death to the young
one. No kind of physic can be substituted
for the first milk of the COW.


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