Year: 1876

FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD. fg Conssruction of Barns.

 That manure which is kept under cover till carried to the field is much more valuable, than that which is ex- posed to the sun, wind and rain, cor respondent of the World says, has been proved by numerous experiments; yet farmers will so construct their barns that their stable. manure must be thrown out Of doors, where much of it's plant food IS destroyed and lost. That the liquid manure of animals is worth nine-tenths as much as the solid is admitted by good judges; yet farmers will so con- struct their barns that from one-haf to the whole of that manure is lost.

 That there is much hard work on Q farm and not little that is disagreeable, every farmer knows; yet farmers will so construct their barns that tn re will be more of both than there need be. That 1t is unhealthy to live partly or wholly underground, needs no argument to prove 1; yet farmers will so construct their barns that their COWS must thus live most of the time that they are fed in the stable.

 Whereas, if farmers would so con- struct their barns with cemented cellar or basement under the stables for ma nure, that would then be kept under cover till wanted, and could be drawn out whenever convenient, all the liquid manure would be saved, the stables could be more thoroughly cleaned in with much less hard, disagreeable work ha1- &r, kho into the yard, and could be done just as comfortably in stormy as fair weather, and their COWS would have 8 dry and healthy stable.

 To wheel the manure of forty head of cattle three or four rods from the stable takes ten or twelve days longer every six months the cattle are stabbed over night, than it does to drop it through the floor, to say nothing of the hard, disagreeable work of wheeling it through the mud or snow or on line of plank to the heap.

 A tight stable floor, one or two small windows on each of two sides of the cellar, and ventilator from the cellar up through the roof, will prevent any odo1 rising from the manure into the stable. The benefits of cellars or basements un. der stables for manure, and the objec- tions to keeping cattle in them, are like the goods the merchant advertises fol sale, "too numerous to mention"

 Poultry for Market.

 Raising poultry for market, says the Sun, is probably as profitable business as ordinary farming, but is seldom con ducted on large scale with anything like as much certainty. If large mum Der of fowls are kept on a small area ot land diseases are pretty certain to appear among them, and if they do not, expert ence has shown that the egg product de creases in proportion as the number O fowls increases, if all are allowed to rul together in one flock. There is no gooG reason why man may not keep 0,O0l as well as one thousand or one hundred fowls, provided they are separated int, small lots and each given sufficient rang to insure health. But it will seldom b. found profitable to keep more than on hundred in flock, even when eggs ar not taken into consideration. Many man has found his twep ty-five to fit, hens very profitable, but on increasing the number to one hundred, profits dis appeared and losses ensued. The pouI try business should pay fifteen to twent, per cent. in the vicinity of New Yorl city, but we very much doubt if it does except where raisers keep fancy breed and sell at fancy prices for breeding pur poses.

 Useful Family Recipes.

 How TO CURRY FAvoR.-Take tn, half of your favor Ca wedding favor vii be found the cheapest) and well scrap' it then gently fry it 8 nice brown, or if preferred, light Indian ink. On minute before you take it up throw in tablespoonful of disinfecting powde and two ounces of lip salve. Stir vel for three-quarters of an hour, and serv up hot in pewter pots with bread crumbs This dish will be found most excellen substitute for black pudding fo luncheon.

 How TO MAKE MOE PIcKLE.-Tak your youngest male child when abou three years old. Let him have every thing he wants ; let him make as muc noise as ever he likes; let him eat an drink as much and whatever he has fancy for give strict instructions to hi papa, his big brothers, sisters, visitors and servants that he is never to be pu1 ished in any way for anything he ma do, and never even contradicted in an thing he may say. By the time h arrives at the sweet age of seven, you youngest male child will be a very nie pickle. -.. -.........s

 Getting Rid of stumps.

 Some one, not long ago, started th idea that sulphuric acid would totan destroy stumps. An auger hole was be bored in the top, filled with sulphur acid, and plugged. In day or two tE stump would be eaten up, even to tl very roots. tried the experiment. an failed, only small portion of the stuml at the top, being affected. The follo7 ing method I tried and found it to be perfect success In the autumn bore hole one or two inches in diameter, a cording to the girth of the stump, vert cally in the center of the latter, and abo1 eighteen inches deep. Put into it one two ounces of saltpeter; fill the ho with water and plug up close. In u ensuing spring take out the plug a1 pour in about one-half gill of kerosel oil and ignite it. The stump will smc der away without blazing, to the vel extremity of the roots, leaving nothi1 but ashes.