Agricultural And Domestic

Oh ; tho south elopes aro puipla witb violeto, Ihe flelds are ablaze with gold stars And the prodigal Incüan tobáceo Has whil'iiRd tlic lañe to the bars. Tlie shad- loasoms mimlc a Bnow-stoim Well down in tke 'hlck of the wcods ; By the sprmg-side the great orange cowsliin Havo shyly crept out cf iheir hoods. And the wizard, with flve yellow fingera Hits down by tho strawberry Mooms. n litro a bhic-wiüged fra;l epicurean ís drowning hlsuelí in periumes. There are Bethleham buda in the pasture, Ibero aro buttercups hard by the marsn, J-here are wakc-robin down iu the ewamp-grovo, Where the sedge-flag i6 wíry and hareh ; And crowded and sweeton the ledges Wild saxifragf! nods as yon paps, And inaidenly pure droop the wind flowers That hide in tbo sheltcfing grase, Bnt I phare them. linpMicird fmm mj pathway I brush bacX the sweet-breaihing ferü, And I pass by the spiey-breathed birch-iiee, Whose taseels trail into th burn. I am hunting the ehyeet of beautie?, That flmver with a tropical cheek, Where the crimson shows bright through H brownness. As the ulood of a brunette should speak f High and shy, in the placea unlrodden, H blooms in the ahade of the rocks, And wave its flushed bnlls to the passer, Whose looMng and longii.g it inockB ! Thie moment a yellow throat fltlitered Just over my head from % tree ; And I fpllowod him up through the buehes HalWiopiD his ftest I shoitld see, And there wero the columbines, hiding In the rocky cli-fts Bcsttered about. Ah I my sunny-faoed goJd-ftearied beautte, My darlines, your eecret is out I - independent. AroniMl the Farm. Italian farmers, in order to prevent harness and articles in leather generally froni sníTeriag from the ainmoniacal odors of the ntable, add a little glycerine to the grease employed to coat the leather. A good idea, but a better one is to allow none of the ammonia to escape. Fobemost among requisites for suecess in market gardening is a good location, the smallest amount of hauling to reach a market, and henee it is better to pay $200 per acre for land two miles from market than to get the same fcjr nothing six miles away. Again, ther should be access to more than one market; the business, if large, shonld be managed bf two men, one to attená solely to the garden, the other to selling and collecting, and various outside work. - An Old Hand. It is said that there are at ihe present time 10.000,000 trees growing in Nebraska that hats been planted by the citizens. This is titily an immense number of trees, and It xould, one would imagine, transform Ukj entire State into a grove. On the contrary, that vast number are almost imperceptible on the immense plain that comprises onr State. Treble the number can be set out without materially affecting the landscape for years. Some day Nebraika will be one of the best timbered States in the Union. - Nebraska, City News. It is doubtful whether, with all the experience farmers have had in reclaiming the numerous swamps of thia country, they have yet settled upon the bes way, or whether the swamps that have been reolaimed in the careless, unsystematic way pursued, have not cost more than the profits. There is still a great deal of swamp land, marring the appearance of the best farming districts of our country, and yielding but little income, and it seems to us that farmers cannot do better than to discuss thorcraghly the best and most economical methode of training, clearing, and working and feeding the different kinds of swamps, - Rural Some. Pbesidbnt Sayies asked the club if there was any particular benefit in drilling wheat north and south over any other way? Horace Sayles replied tbat the prevailing winds here were from the west and Southwest. If the drill was run north and south the riJges would hold the snow longer aad protect the wheat better than if the wind blew with the ridges. 0. W. Holmes could agree with Mr. Savlea in the theory, but the and west. Madison Graves was ol tne opinión that there was no difference practically, for he had experimented on it but had never got any satisfaetory reBüts.-Michigan Farr.iers' Club. One pouud of green copperas, costing seven cents, dissolved in one quart of water, and poured down a watercloset, will eiïectually concéntrate and destroy the foulest smells. On board ships and steamboats, about hotels, and other public places, there is nothing so nice to purify the air. Simple green copperas dissolved in anything wiil render a hospital or other place for the sick free from uapleasant smells. In fish markets, slaughter houses, sinks, and wherever there are offensive gases, dissolre copperas and sprinkle it about, and in a few days the smell will all pass away. If a cat, rat, or mouse dies about the house, and sends forth fan offensive gas, place some dissolved copperas in an open vessel near the place where the nuisance is, and it will purify the atmosphere. Then, keep all clean. Al)out the House. Roaches. - Any house can be rid of roaches by free and continnous use of powdered borax. In crevices where borax cannot be uaed, pour in boiling water. These two things persevered in will exterminate the pestiferous insect. Peach Ctjstakd. - Line a píate with rich paste; peel and mash a dozen or more peaches, add sugar to taste, a cup of cream, and the yolks of three eggs, with the whites of two. Eake in a quick oven, and, when done, spread over the top the remaining white of egg, beaten to a foam, with a teaspoonful of sugar. Set in the oven for tivo minutes, and serve. Bhubaeb Win fi. -Grate the Btalks of the rhubarb on a coarse horseradish grater. Then strain througll a cloth, and to one quart of the juice add three quarts of water and three pounds of coarse brown sugar. Let it stand for a day until the sugar is dissolved. Fill the demijohns full, leaving them uncorked. Keop a bottle of the wine to ñll up the deinijohns, as they will keep running over. Let them stand for a week or so, and then bottle and cork tightly. It will be fit for use in about three months. Raspbeery Vineg ar. -Filia stone jar with ripe raspberries and cover them with the purest and strongest vinegar and let them stand fer a week. Then pour the whole contents through a sieve and crush the berries thoroughly. To each pint of the jnioj add one and a half pounds of loaf sugar and let the liquor and sugar boil long euough together to dissolve .the latter and throw up a little scum, which should be removed at once. Then bottle the liquid and cork tightly. Two tablespoonfuls of this liquor stirred in a tumbler of iced water wiil rnake a delicious summer drink. A correspondent of the Now York Herald says that the true way to cook green corn is to allow the ears to remain on the slalk until about half an hour before meal time. Then pluck the corn, strip off all the husks except one or two layers close to the grsin. If these spread open at the topa of the ears, let them be tied over the ends of the ears with a small string. Let c.iiculations be made to have the corn cooked precisely at the dinner hour. As soi n as the grain is cooked thoroughly let it be carried to the table warm, smoking and fragrant. If cooked according to these directions, green corn will tasto rnucli more delicious than if the ears had been gathered a day or two previ ous to the time when they were to be cooked. A great many people do not know by expericnce whflt a luxurious dish green corn is, for tho reason that fcheyhavealwajs been accustomed to eat only such ears bb bave been gathered so long a timo that ihe sweet and delioious grain has lost all its lus-, (down aroma.