Year: 1875

new Zealand ls trying to acclimat'


small birds and bumble-bees from


England.


The last report of the department


OF agriculture represents the corr


crop four-dfths of a good corn year.


An English agricultural journa


says the potatoes which have proved


the most successful in the north O


England are the Early Rose, Late


Rose and Vermont Beauty.


The farmers of this country now


number 100000, constituting near.


ly half the voters; with their wives


and children they make up more than


half of the 4O,0OO,OO0 Of our popula-


ton.


A strong wash of cayenne pepper
and bot water applied to those parts
OF the crih where the horse is in the
habit Of. gnawing, will cure him Of it
II the crib is coated with tar, it will
work the desired result.


Two dessert spoonfuls of pulver-
lied sulphur mixed with soft food and
given to fowls two or three times o
month, is highly commended by some
poultry breeders as promotive of good
health and freedom from vermin.


Animals require quality as we'll as
quantity of food. The philosophy of
feeding our farm stock has been but
poorly attended to by farmers; yet it
is field OF inquiry that will pay as
richly for investigation as any the
farmer can explore.


SCALEY LEGS IN POULTRY.-When
old fowls are troubled with swollen
scaley legs they haG better be fattened
for market. If they are worth saving,
a solution of concentrated lyc applied
to the legs sometimes brings about q
cure. But preservation from damp
and filth is q good preventive.


MARK Your TooLs.-You can
easily mark your name upon steel by
a process called etching. Coat over
the tools with thin layer of wax or
hard tallow, by first warming the steel
and rubbing on the wax; warm it
until it flows and let it cool. When
hard mark your name through the
WAX With q graver and apply some
aquafortis (nitric acid); after q few
moments wash of the acid thorough
ly with water, warm the metal enough |
TO melt the wax. and wipe it of with |
q soft rag. The letters will be found |
etched into the steel.


FRUIT ALONG LINE FENcEs.-The |
Court Of Appeals of New York State |
has recently decided that o man has
no right to the fruit growing upon
branches overhanging bis land where
the trunk of the tree stands wholly
upon the land of his neighbor. But
the law regards the overhanging
branches as nuisance, and they may
he removed as such, or the owner OF
the land shaded may remove them if
he is careful not to commit any wan
ton or unnecessary destruction in so
doing. Where the trunk of q tree
stands on the line, they have q joint
ownership in the tree and fruit, and
neither has the right to remove it
without the consent of the other. |
This question, which has been the
source Of much litigation, and many
personal quarrels, is now finally SET
tied by the court of last resort, and |
interested parties can now know their
rights. and also their remedies, in all |
such cases as may arise in the future.


BUrTER ScoTcH CANDY.-Take one |
pound Of sugar and one pint of water;
dissolve and boil. When done, add
one tablespoonful of butter and
enough lemon juice and oil of lemon
to flavor.


CHEAP MoLAssEs GINaERBREAp.-I
One tablespoonful lord, one cupful of
good molasses, one cupful boiling
water, one teaspoonful ginger, one Of
soda, sal: aud flour. This is q very
nice breakfast or tea cake, eaten hot
with butter.


BREAKFAsT CAKE.-One. cup Of
sour cream, one tablespoonful of soda,
one egg, one lump Of butter the size
OF . hens egg, a small teacupful of
sugar, one cup Of rye -four, aud one
cup OF Indian meal make and bake
IS stirred cake.


PUDDING SAUcEs.-One cupful of
sugar; one large tablespoonful of
Hour one cupful of water; q little
salt; favor to taste.


Another.-One cupful vf sugar
Two eggs one teaspoonful of butter
'ne cupful boiling water.


LEMON CAKEs.-Flour and sugar
'f each one pound. eggs. one dozen,
grated peel and juice Of four len Jns {,
~hisk the eggs to . fro,h, and then I
gradually add the rest. Bake in I
small oval tins, well buttered, and I
place ak thicknesses Of paper beneath /
zach tin. Thinly ice them. {


CHEAP SPONGE CAKE-One cup of
white sugar. one egg. butter the size
d walnut. beat together then take
'ne cup OF sweet milk, add one. half
'caspoouful OF soda, two cups of -four.
one tcaspoonful Of cream Of tartar
havor with anything you wish; mix