Agricultural And Domestic

As a reason why American farmers ought to be contented, the AgrioulluriM gives this account of the farmer in England: "He does not own hls Jand, except in very rare instances, and is obliged not only to pay a yearly rental of $20 to S25 per acre, but to keep the hardly worked land in good condition, is forced to employ a working capital of at least $50 an acre, to be expended in artificial fertilizers." A correspondent says that Compton' Surprise is the best potato he ever tasted. For mealiness and freedom from any objectionable taste it is unsurpassed. As a market variety its dark red or purple color of skin will be an objection until its merits are known ; the cook will object to the time required for it to bake ; its sunken eyes are also against it ; yet we should not expect too much in one variety, for, in tüe vegetable or the animal kingdom, beauty and goodness are rarely found in one member. To Prevent Hens Eating Feathebs. - Give tbem twice a day, in four parts of wheat bran to one of corn meal, by measure, a tablespoonf ui of salt iu every eight quarts of this mixture, scalded and cooled. Tho hens are after the salt contained in the minute globule of blood at the end of the quill. Hens fed in tuis way, or occasionally furnished Balt, wi)l never pull feathere. The sa.lt ehould be dissolved in hot water before mixing with the feed. This is a certain antidote. Stock need a comfortible place to drink in. A watering troagh should be shielded froin both wind aad storm. If it can be placed whcre it will not f reeze, so much the better ; but if it caiinot ik should be so prutected that stock will never be compelled to drink in the wind or storms. It may be that a little work and expense will bring the water from your cattle-yard into the sneep pens ; if so, see that it is done. A sheep likes to drink frequently, and giving it access to the trough twice a day is not enough. A San Francisco jonrnal notes with satisfaction the disposition of large landowners to part with their surplus acres. This policy has been especially pursued in the southern counties, especially in Tulare and Kern. Here farmers with from 80 to 160 acres have combined to secure the best system of irrigation yet adopted on the Pacific slope. Two or three owners of large Mexiean land grants in Santa Clara and Salinas valleys have latí ly divided their surplus land into tracts rangiDg from 40 to 160 acres. To Keep Apples One Ybak. - At a re"rt.,a-CíUzJv!J1 „pitvHP.iilJpn in Utica, hibited whieh were plump, fresh and of good flavor, quite as good as the same kind of apples are ordinarily on tbe approaeh of spring. The apples had been putup in refuse boxes the year previous, and in the following marnier : A layer of dry sawdust was sprinkled at the bottom of the box, and then a layer of apples placed in so that they did not touch each other. On this was placed a layer of sawdust, and so on till the box was filled. The boxes, after being packed in this way, were placed on the wall in the cellar, up from the ground, where they kept perfectly, retaining their freshness and flavor untü brought out. - New YorkJierald. LoNQEviTï op FiiüiT Teebs. - We commend the following th ught from the Western Farm Journal to our readers who are afraid to plant fruit trees lest they will not themselves reap the beneflts theref rom : " Nine men in ten who plant an orchard, even nowadays, do so under the belief that they are planting for their heirs. The impression is yet very general that an apple tree at forty or rifty years of age ís, or should be, in its prime. Yet we opine that, even in our most natural fruit iocalities, it would bo difficult to ünd orohards standing intact and vigorous that had been plaated üf ty years. Our own experience in the West is that trees twenty-flve years planted are, as a rule, ulready past their prime, so fox as their money value is eoncerned, even in good fruit districts. About Ute House. To Drive Off Vbbmin.- Cayenne pepper will keep fee pautry and storeroom free from coekroacnes and anta. Feybb and Agub Bemedt. - With the iuice of eight leinona put doublé the quantity of pure Holland gin, and tftko a wine glassful three times a day. To Cure Taste fob Liquor.- Steep equal parts of the herbs yalerian and wormwood together, and drink three times a daj, when the dcsire is feit. Tea Cake. - One cup milk, two eggs. two and oue-half cups flour, two tablespooas silgar, three tablespoons shorteniBg, three teaapoons baking powder, a litt)e salt. Douohndts.- Take one pint of soiir oream, three eggs, two oups of white sugar, one teaspoonful of soda ; season to taste. If the cream is not sour add a teaspoonful of cream oí tartar. Neuralgia and Rheumatism.- Two tablespoonl'uls each of beef's gall, anum, spirits of turpén uue, nemuicn oil, sassafras oil, and amber oil, half a pint alcohol; mix all together. Apply three or four times a day. Chidlíain LitiiMENï.- One drachin sugar of lead, two draohms white vitnol ; powder and add four ounces of water; shake well bofore using; the best time for application is in the eveniag; it is not to be used on broken chüblams. Oatmeai. Gbiddle Cakes.- One pint of oatmeal mush, ono pint of flour, two e?(?st piece of butter size of an egg, one and á half pints of sour milk or buttermilk one teaspoonful of soda. Jieat weU and add the soda, dissolved m a little boiling water, just before frying. OouaH Tboches.- Oneoiince Spanish licorice, two ounces reflned sngar, two drachms finely-powdered gum arabic, and extract of opium, one scruple. Beat the whole together, with mucilage of gum tragacanth ; make into small troches, to be dissolved in the motith when cough is troublesome. Impobtant Advice.- Never leave clothes near the iireplace to dry; nor smoke or read in bed by candle or lamp light; nor put kindling wood to dry on the top of the stove; nor take a hght ïuvo a closet; nor pour out liquor near an open light; nor keep oil or bjwning fluid of any kind in rooms where there is a, flre,