Year: 1872

vour immense quantities of bugs, slugs, and other injurious pests, and in theil continual raging disturb what they dc not destroy. They injure none of the vegetables, unless it may be young cab- bage plants.

 VEAL CUTLETs.-Take some veal, piece of fillet or the next slice of the legs and cut into pieces a little larger than crown piece, and less than @ quarter oI an inch thick, beat them out rather thin and trim nicely. Egg, and bread crumb them and sauce them in butter Fry some slices of ham or bacon, an6 place them on your dish alternately with the veal outlets. and pour tomato sauce around, or any other sauce which may be approved of.

 To ExPEh FLIEs.-Dr. Hewson, of Philadelphia, says hanging brar&hes oi mayweed or wild chamomile in flower. about room, will expel flies, or even strewing the dried flowers about will ans wer. Also, partially burn black pepper by puttipgit on hot shovel Throwing a netting over the bed will keep them out, no matter how large the meshes. SC there is not window or door behind the bed, so that the light will shine directly on 1t.

 HoRsEs.-A correspondent makes the sensible remark that, Winter or Summer, excepting stormy times, tbere is no place so comfortable for colts or tired work horses as good pasture lot. To tie up horse at night in narrow cell, with plank floor to stand on, is species of cruelty that civilization ought to be ashamed of. If the poor animal must be confined like convict in dungeon, for pity's sake let him have his head. and give him at least twelve feet square. with soft dry floor to stand or lie on.

 Do ToADs EAT BEEs?-The writer, sec ing large toad sitting upon the bottom board in front of hive of bees, ap- preached him to see what he was doing. 1n few minutes he gobbled up three be would, doubtless. have taken more if I.had permitted. Wishing to teach him 8 lesson which he would not soon forget, thrust his nose into the entrance et the hive, when 8 score or more of the bees attacked him with their stings, and toady waddled off wiser toad, no doubt. than before he breakfasted upon bees.

 CLOVER FOR Hoas.-An Ohio hoe raiser advocates the system of pasturine on clover during the summer. He pre- sents, as the advantage of this plan, the statement that an acre of ground in clo- yer will pasture five COWS four months, and that it will take the corn from halt an acre to feed them the same time The cultivation of the corn he counts equal to the rest of the other half acre He further claims that hogs pastured on clover are in far better condition than i, fed on corn, as they are better framed. healthier, and eat better, and also states that the land is enriched by the clover pasturing.

 Coop PLAN FOR GARDEN.-The farmers fruit and vegetable garden should be laid out so that most of the cultivation can be done with horse. A good arrangement would be to have a strip of greensward a rod wide at each end. This would answer for walk and for the horse to turn on in blowing and cultivating, Grape vines might be trained against the fence, or what would be better, the fence itself should be a hedge of Norway spruce, Make no beds and few walks in the garden. Plant the vegetables in rows extending from one side to the other. The small fruits, dwarf pears, and apples should be planted on the same plan. There is then no spading, and but little hand-hoeing and wedding. A one-horse steel blow is a fine implement for the garden. Have a tool house in one corner or in the centre, and have 1t we'll stocked. The garden ing will be pleasant, easy and profitable.

 SAUER KRAUT FROM SUMMER CAB. BAGE.-Having made, in my earlier days, many barrels of sa1er kraut from Sum- mer cabbage, can confidently say that one Can also make it in the months of July and August, and that it will keep as well as that made in the Fall months, provided he uses caution in keeping out all partly decayed leaves or any thing approaching to it, in cutting. Salt a little more freely, and pack in sound and air tight barrels. After filling the bar Tel, or keg, the head must be well fitted in again, and weak brine used to fill the place of that which has escaped in re- heading the barrel. My plan was to set the barrel on one head, and, having an inch hole in the other, cover the entire surface to the rim and allow it gradually to fill in, taking sometimes several days. When no more will be taken, bune tightly and put in a moderately cool place.

 To MAKE CHEAP CELLAR BOTTOM The Industrial Monthly gives the follow ing directions: In sections of the country where there is an abundance ot cobble-stones, collect few loads of them about four or five inches in diameter, grade the bottom of the cellar, lay the fnI0h1oC in T.. one-third their thickness into the ground, that they will not rock nor be sunk below the line of the rows by any heavy superintendent pressure, such as the weight of hogshead of molasses or tierce of vinegar. The bottom o1 the cellar should be graded so that the outside will be at least two inches lowe, than the middle. A mistake sometimes occurs by grading the cellar bottom in such manner that the centre will be two or three inches lower than the ont. side. When this is the case, should water enter from the outside, it will flow directly towards the middle. A straight edged board should be placed freauently on each TOW of stones as they are heipo rammed so that the uper side may be in line with each other. After the stones are laid and well rammed down, place q few boards on the pavement to walk on then make gronting of clean sand and water lime, or Rosendale cement, and pour it on the stones until all the inter. srices are filled. As soon as the grout. ing has set, spread layer of good cement morter, 1 inch thick over the top of the pavement, and trowel the surface off smoothly. In order to spread the mortar true and even on the surface lay an inch board one foot from the wal on the surface of the pavement, stand on the board and fill the space with mortar even with the top of tLe board after which, move the board one foot fill the space with mortar, and trowel il