Agricultural And Domestic

An old farm-house, wilh moadows wide, Aml Bweei witli olovör m eacTS kuIc ; V brfght-eyed iy, wtoo Looftt irosa Mït 'J'lu' (Unir with woodbine wrrutlH'il abontj And wishes his mie thought ;ill day : "Oh] if I COTÜd bul fly away From Hiis ilull )Hit Che woild to see, Umv bappy, happy, happj, iiow happy í dioiud be !'' Aiui.l Uu oity'B ooustDt ilipi ! A 111:111 who round 1 1 1 ■ world Kaa been, Who, 'mid tumnltaTMl th Hifang, Is thinking, thinking, aU liy tong : "Oh! ei 111 hl 1 only trMr once moro The fteld-path fcothi Parm-honöe door, The oíd, tí' 11 laesdocw (MBdd I wb, Jhiw happy, happy, happy. Huw I appy i Bho'ula bc !" Farm Kakings. London market giirdouurs pay $200 per acre yearly ront for tlio lapd tiwy oultivate, and Üicir average prolits are $500 per aere. Tiiu Kli;'('i-riH('T!! OÍ Xew Mexico cmploy goats a leaders to their heidfi of Nhe'ep, because they untlerstand ft person's voiee bo well and will eome vlienever they are ealled. Tlu; goats havo to ' Ik! tttiined, and the sheep will ftiWftys ; i'ollow thein. Wbc.n 1 stroam liaH to lxpassed Haa is very important. KaisiiiR goats is quito a business witli tl 10 Mexicans. Tliey will broed twiee a yeai'. The Mexiean'fl eat lliem, and also sell rthem to those who raise slieep. Usu of the OumtYCOMit. - Most farm era (or many, und we would liko to sy all,) keep curwcoHijbs, carda, brushes and the Hke in the hqrse barn, and uso thcm daily, but ho many cows throughout the country ever had i card ororiish opplied to thei'r dirty sides '! 'f he dairy cows come ont of the Btab'íeto the spring looking' more f'ilthy tlwu the swine in the gntter. Does it pay to keep the cattle clean ? Ask any intelligent farmer if it pays to use the brush on his hoiSes, and Ihèn ask him to point ont a reasori wli.y it doei not pay oqually well to give the cows the saine attention and care. PAPjBB as a Plant Püoteotob. - A gentleman residing in Guernsey, Channel Inlands, writes to say that lie has savcd his erop of early potatoes under glans by spreadlng néwspapers over 1 them, Whfle his neighbors lost theirs by the severe frost. Ho suggestu that a conveiiient number of neTrepapers be ! pasted together, and the edges i'olded over strings, tlms making a screen which would givo the young.shootsauexeelUnit proteetion in the srvci-est cold weathei-, and Trom the sun's rays in summer. Sweenï -in. HoiisBS. - A Southern farmer gives a remedy, which he says wil}, in nine cases out of ten, effect a speedy cure. Bake a flat pone of corni bread, and let it l)e about taró inches thick - when nearly dono satúrate thoroiiglily with tar, which eau best be done by making small hales in the bread, and : poüring in the tar. Tliis being done I wrap iu a cloth, and apply to the afl'ected shoulder, pressing it tightly and keeping it there until the bread beeomes cold. By the next morning your animal will be ready ior service. It is vcry imj?. riant that the bread shculd beat) hot ! as possiblo. ; Hikhd ]Men. - Get the best hands, and '■ i keep thcm. When t man has bocome i isrd to his work and his employer, he ia worth more than a stranger. There s a way of making mon intereöted in hoir work, of siitisfying thcir ipect, troixtinpr them eourteously and . casonably, giving them OBdit for f ■css, whiie holding them strietly responublo for failures; and above all, by payng them promptly iiiid liberally, that ,vill make tkeii work worth donl)lo what .t would otherwise bc. As land advancoH 11 inico, inore labor must be expended Mi it to make it pay a proíit, and by and I y we must have a settlod laboring clsss. We ace now in procesa of ednoating this flsBS of men, and mu.st do it by good inanagemeut. - 4y u ari'l IHow. Abiml, t(l3 Ilousi'. Tin oan be removed írom eqpper vesseis very thoroughly by immersing tlie objeets in a solution of bino vitrol. Equal proportions of turpén tino, linseed oil, and yinegar, thoroughly applied and then rubbed with flannel, is au excellent furniture polisli. Th)5 Gorman washerwomen use a mixturo of two ounces turpentine and (me oujiee spirits oi' ainmonia well mixed together. This is put iuto a bueket of warm water, in which one half pouud of soa)) h&s been dissolved. Theelothes tute immereed i'or twenty-four liours, and thon washed. The cleansing is said to be grently quix3kend, und two or three rinsings 'ni cold water will remove the turpoutine smell. Dio you cvín' hear of a pan dowdy ? It ia au old-fashioned New Ettgltmd dish and lias a flavor of our grwulmotlicr's ooókery. Make a vich raat, lino a doep earthen pot -vitli it; now sKce ttomo pieapples quito tliin forthe firstlayer; strow tlir ipplon with molusses and spicc anda teaspoonf ni of milk; cover with a thin carast and your pan dowdy in iñude. Bake iu slow ovcui. A briokono is made uso of in Now England generally. When done, tuvn it ou a platter and serve hot. Cukuant Catsup.- A. P. 0., in the Massachuaetta Ploughrnan, wvites: "I hcihI yon n receipt for making cnrrant catsup, and inmy oind it cannot be beat toany lover oí baked beans as á.dresflu. To íivo piiitK of sirnmcd eurrants add three pounds of suríu-, one pint of vduegar, one tablespooflful of cinnamon, one of peppér, óné ol' clbves, óne of allspioe, one -liülf of Salt. Seald them wtOl three-quorters of au boor, tben pul. in bottles and oork tight; it will keep f oü vcai-s, and as rurnuTs KCiierally hav ■ quaptity of i'urrauh that go to waste, I i would like t liave tliom (r,y ttfc, and I ! lliink thcy will ueyei he soi-ry."