Agricultural And Domestic

Oh, mamma, como to the window, There are strs all over tho grasa ; Dld they f au, last nighl, in tho shower, Or how did it come to pass ? They aro all a beautíf ul yellow, Anrl shine like coius of gold ; Will they burn me if I touch them, Or are they dead and cold ? Ihey aro not atara, my daughter, But dandelions'gay, That spring from hor crown has BCattered To show it íb nearly May. You may pluck them at your ploasuro, And flx them in your hair ; Like that they are golden-colored- Mie you they are pure and fair. Arouml the Farm. It has been found by experiment at Gornell University that, as farmers generally know, by sprouting garden seeds before sowing there is a gain of three or four days in the time of ripening. A satübatüd solution of common salt applied at boiling teinperature is the most effective destróyer of the weeds. If you appiy salt thiekly over the walks, that wiU -also kül them, but you must not let it touch the box or other edging. - Cottaac, Gardener. Pbof. MoAee, of the Iowa State Agrioultural colloge, says : The best remedy for the caterpillars, whieh infest and destroy trees, is to scatter oom under the trees, turn in the hogs, and knock the caterpillars from the trees. The larvse in the. ground will be destroyed by the rooting of the hogs. The general principie that prunhig early (or in winter) promotes the growth of wood and leaf , and that pruning later on, after the leaf has appeared, promotes the formation of fruit buds insteadof leaves, should be the guiding rulo in trimming the orchard, and before a branch is cut the conditiou and needs of the trees should be well studied. Poor fences" are to be condemnod at all times. They are a fruitful source of annoyance, misunderstanding, and litigation between neighbors, and besides, they are educators of breechy animáis. Oattle and horses that learn to go over or through a poor f ence will soon become so unruly that hardly any ordinary good f ence will turn them. Attend to the fences if they need repairing, whether they be of rails, boards, wire or hedge. American farmers can cultívate no other erop that will exert such an ameliorating and renovating influence on the soil as Indian corn. No other erop will develop bo much fertility uuring one season as India corn. No other erop mil prepare so much plaat f ood f or other crops. The roots of corn will oxtract potash and other elementa from an impoverished soil where -wheat, rye and barley would utterly fail to flnd half a supply for even an inferior erop. Kaw potatoes, sliced -with a machine, are as good fattening food for cattle as rutabagas. When given whole, cattle are sometimes choked by endeavoring to swallow them without chewing. Eaw potatoes may be give-n hole to sheep, and aro very good for them. Swine of all sorts and sizes may be kept in good jondition by a daily allowance of bolled aotatoes ; with the addition of bran tiiey make good fattening food fór hogs. Poultry of all kinds may be f attened on potatoes and meal. The Country Gentleman says that the Rhode Mand Bent grass, the seed of which of genuino character has always been difficult to obtain, is one that has aot been cultivated largely outside f the State from which it takes its name, and some parts of Massachusetts and Connecticut. By those who are familiar with it, it is recommended as perhaps the best lawn grass in America, and it has a high reputation at home of making the sweetest possible pasturage - stand ing drought well on uplands, springing up qniokly after cutting, and starting fresh after every rain. A wbiteb who reoommends a weak alkali wash f or f ruit trees toexpand the pores and destroy injurious animal life says : If you use purchased potasn, reduce it so you can bear your flnger in it half a minute or more -without a tingling sensation. If you can obtain good soft soap from the refuse grease and lye of ashes savod up dij, then take it and reduce it fthe soap) down, not to suds, bnt so that it will not be ropy when used by a soft whitewash brush. Use it froely, and it matters not materially just when, but say, now, and any time most convenient until the middle of July ; but af ter that time it is perhaps better to wait till the next year. The editor of tke New England Farmer says of orohard grass : "If grown thickly and cut early, it is one of the best grasses for milch cows we ever cultivated. It will do well sown without grain in spring, if the soil is rich tnd pretty free from weed seeds. It should be mixed with other grasses that mature at the same time. Two bushels orchard grass, one bxishel June grass, or Kentuoky blue-grass, and eight or ten pounds red clover ínako a good mixture, ana I a liberal ijuuuuiiy iui nu. acre. It should be put upon land that may be expected to produce two full crops in a season. It will not bear being long tinder water or ice in winter ; may be kept vigorously for several years by liberal applioations of fertilizers suitable for top dressing." About the House. A oompound of grease and zinc flliugs s found to be an excellent preventivo gainst rust for iron bolts inserted in wood. It is usod to line the bolt hole. IkfüiriNS.- A pint of sour milk, two j ggs, a lump of tratter half as large as an j gg, a small teaspoon of soda ; bake In j jem-pans in a hot oven fifteen minutes. BoiiiED Oodfish. - Tie the fish several 1 times over with string, lay it in cold ( r plentifully salted, and Iet it boil ' y, carefully skimming ; when done lift ' t up and let it drain, thefi serve. An ' ordinary-sized piece will be done two or ,hree minutes af ter the water comes to a )oiling point. To Break Up ChüiLS.- Take gum camphor, one ounce, flll a small üannel saok, and wear it on the breast. It may be pinned to the underclothing and worn nest to the skin. The eamphor soon evaporates, when the saak should be retilled, if necessary. A Demoious Obaoker. - Take equal parts middUngs and Oraham flour, wet ■with new or aweet milk, and knead rather stiff ; work it a good deal on the board ; then roll it out to one-quarter of an inch in thicknesa, and cut in diamonds or squares ; prick them, and bake in a quick oven. Bake best right on the grate. Fish is a remarkably good thing to afford the basis of a totally new dish after it has once made its appearance ai table. The remains of a cod or any other large fish, if well prepared, will afford an excellent breakfast or huich Tíie folloing recipe fuï re-oookiug boiled cod we recommend as being delicious : Cut eold cod in neat lots or fiakes from the boiie ; placo in a dish any sauce left of it, and lay the bits on it, pouring over üiom four ounoes oí butter melted in cream and thickened and soasoned to yaur taste with cayenne, made mustard, and Harvey's flsh sauce. Heat thoroughly in a Duten oven. The dish may have a pasto or a potato border, or be served on another dish on a puffed napkin. Oentenkial Biscuit. - Make _ good corn mush, just as if you wcre going to eat it with milk. When it is lukewarm take a quart of it, vork in flour enough to make a stiff dough, make into biscuits, put in your bake pan and set in a waim place over night ; bake in a very hot oven, and you havo the best and sweetest biscuits you ever ate. Eat while hot, for breakfast. Cbacked Whbat Pudding.- Take one quart of unskiramed milk, add tx it one gilí of cracked wheat, unoooked, and ono gilí of sugar and a small piece of stick cinnamon. Place in an oven of medium heat. When about half done in the crust already form6d, and leave it to form another, which will be sufficiently brown. ïry when it is done by tasting a grain of wheat, which must be yery soft. This, when cold, makes a delicious cream pudding.