Year: 1872

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


10 Make Boys Good Farmers. e..


The american Agriculturist says I" In
duce them to take an interest in the
farm, in Implements, in stock; tell them
all your plans, your successes and fall
ures give them a history of your own
life, and what you did and how you
lived, when a boy !; but do not harp too
much upon the degenerate character of
the young men of the present age, but
praise them when you can and encour-
age them to do still better. Let them
dress up in the evening, instead of sit
dirty room. Provide plenty of light.
Thanks to kerosene, our country homes
can be brilliantly lighted as the gas-lit
residences in the city. Encourage
neighbors to drop in during evenings.
Talk agriculture rather than politics !;
4 speak of the importance of large crops,
of good stock. of liberal feeding, and
of the advantages of making animals
comfortable, rather than of the hard
times, low prices and high wages.
Above all, encourage the boys to read
good agricultural books. Papers are
well enough, but an intelligent boy
1
good agricultural book to study. Read
it with him, and give him the benefit
of your experience and criticism.
When he has mastered this, give him
another. In our own case, we owe our
love for farming principally to the fact
that our father told us of ev erything
that he was doing on the farm answer
ing all the questions, and encouraging
rather than refusing our child-ike de-
sire of helping him to plow, to chop,
to let off water and fire the brush heap.


Grating Wax, H..
| This is an article that every farmer
should keep on hand, ready for use
whenever needed, for it is valuable for
various other purposes besides that of
grating. Wounds made in pruning
4 large trees will heel over much sooner
if coated with this wax, and, if piece
of bark is accidentally stripped from a
tree, the place should be covered over
with it, and the wood will remain
sound and healthy underneath. There
are several recipes for preparing this
wax, and 1 have found the following
better than any other one tried Melt
in a basin one pound of tallow, two
pounds of beeswax and four pounds of
resin stir well together, and keep in
cool place in the dish in which it was
melted. If beeswax is a very costly
item, one-third less quantity can be
used.


ing the corks Of bottles whose contents
are desired to be air-tight, and for COW
ering cloths to tie over preserve jars.
1t can be melted over when require d
for use, and it will spread with knife
upon bandages, etc. is the best seal
! ing-wax that can be used for many
purposes. s. .. j.
Necessity ef Green Food to Fowls.


The last requisite in the shape of diet
is regular supply of green food. Here
again, fowls kept ON grass will need
no attention; but for birds penned up,
the daily provision of it is an absolute
necessity, though most beginners are
ignorant of it. We well remember, in
our own early experience, how. our
fowls died, we could not at first tell
why and one fine buff Cochin cock,
| whose only fault was a strong vulture
hook, was, in particular, greatly regret
ted. An experienced friend let us into
the secret; and after that we had no
diff Guilty in keeping fowls, even where
it is often said they cannot be kept in
health-viz., in a yard paved with large
hagstones. The best substitute for
natural grass is large fresh turf thrown
in daily to each four or five hens; and
even in towns it is often possible to
procure this, by giving children few
pence every week to keep up regular
supply. Where turf is not allowed to
be taken, grass may be cut or, pulled
but in this case must be cut into green
chaff, with shears or a chaR machine.
The latter plan is how we actually man
aged for years in yard only 81 by 35
feet, divided into six pens paying some
child a few pence to bring fresh-cut
grass daily, cutting it up and mixing il
with their soft meat W,ight's Neu
Serial Work on Po~ltry,-tor April


Useful Recipes.


ii WATERY PoTAToEs.-If potatoes have


proved watery, put piece of lime into
when the water is poured off they will
be dry and mealy.


BRUIsEs.-Apply repeatedly clio b.
wrung out of hot water. This will pre-
, vent discoloration of the skin, or :
"black eye," if applied Immediately.
, To Boil MEAT-While the meat i
boiling add to every three pounds TIVE
r spoonfuls of brandy. Even tough mea
, will be made tender in this way with
out retaining any taste of brandy.


5 OILING the points of nails will saw
l "elbow grease" in driving them int
' hard wood. The philosophy of taking
S care of furniture is thus concisely sum
D med up by the Tschnologist: Keel
4 water away from everything porous, al
4 cohol from varnish, and acids from MAJ
: ble."
9 To REMOVE STAINs.-Table linen O
any white cloths that have coffee o
: fruit stains on them, before being pu
J. into soap-tuds, should have boiling ws
o ter turned on them, and remain in
e till the water is cold. If they are pu
t into soap-suds with the stains on, the
l. will be set by it SO that no subsequen
# washing will remove them.


A REMEDY for stings of wasps, bees, etc
" that often proves effectual, is simply I
% hold chest key or any hollow Ike
% over the place stung, press it hard int
10 the flesh for a minute or SO, and whe
% taken off the poison will be on the su
| r Al. a.