Agricultural And Domestic

Glanders. - Glanders is au incurable linease, liiglily contagious and infectious, uid tlie sooner you have the animal destroyed the better for your owii safety, as well as for those who are liable to bo exposed to the contamiuating influence if iliis dreadful disease. Paint fou Ot-tbuitjDings. - Take three gallons of water and one pint of flaxseed, boil half an hour, take off and add water enough to make four gallons ; let it stand and settle ; pour off the water in a pail, and put in enough Bpanish white to make it thick as common whitewash ; then add half a pint of linseed oil, stir well, and apply with a brush. A gbeat many people have not yet learned that it pays to keep pigs Bheltered and dry. When the hog cholera begins its rounds thcy will not wonder whs their pigs go among the first, wheii the f act is that it is among just sncli pigs, kept dirty, wet and uusheltered, that disease originates, and the result íh loss to their owners and to many others. Featheb-Eating Hens.- If hens have the detestable habit - for it is that, and nothing more - of feather-eating, you have only to cateh them, and with a knife acrape the shaxp edge of tlie inbide of their bilis, so as to leave them bluut, and you will enjoy the fun of Beeing the fowls grab at a feather and have it slip out of their mouth without puiling it froin the victim. - Golden Itulc. How To Make a Scakecbow. - The best scarecrow is a suspended glass. Take two smitll, oheftp mirrore, fusten them back to back, attach a coru to one angle, and hang them to an elastic pole. When the glass swing in tbe wind the sun's rays are reflected all over the lield, even if it be a large one, anti even the oldent and bravest of crows will depart precipitately should one of its lightning flashes fall on him. Distempbr in Colts.- As a general rule no treatinent is necessary bevond ordinnry good nnrsing. The tumor that forms under the jaws (in the maxillary space) is sometimes-tardy in forming au ibscess. Warm poultices made of ilaxseed and bran may be frequently applied over the tumor, which will be found very effectual. When the tumor has a soft, fluctuating feel, no time should be lost in opening it f reely with a sharp knife. Cake op Young Stock.- Iu this lutïtude March and April are the hardest months of the yeár for young stock. They are more subject to eold, wet storms, whieh are more iujurious thail severe cold but dry weather. Beside, having stood the winter, and in mosteases lower in flesh, they have not as ïnuch vitality to resist bad weather. The range in stalk fields and bright straw 'staeks is not as good, and in many cases iüïiners from the prospects begin .to economize in feed. But to be saving of hay or strouger food in March and April, is poor economy with tock raisers. One good steer or heif er is worth more thau two poor ones, and, if food be scaroe, aell a part to provide amply for the balance. Look at the sales of steers 3 years old, weighing 2,100 and 2,200 pounds each, and selling for seven cents per pound, or $154 per head at the farm. It is easier and cheaper to feed oue liberally than to half feed four to produce the same sum of money at the end of tliree years. And now is the time to save flesh and make money. How far he Tuavels. - Farmers who are about putting the plow into the grouiid for their spring work may be interested to know just how many miles iiiey have to travel in turning over an acre with different-sized plows. The Scienüjic Farmer figures the matter out as follows: BreaOth " 1'k, rou Slice. f-pace Trtnthd. Tiliches Wí mllvs ; u-i tes 12'i "'''■' 9 inches 11 miles lOinchee 9 9-lOmöea 11 inrtio-i V mUcs 12inches....-. 8,',, iuilo 2ü inches 9-10 miles U inckes 4 niilch From this table can be seen the gain, iu the labor account with a erop, which comes from the use of a broad furrow in plowing. If we cali sixteen miles a day the day'fi work for the horse, we plow but one-and one-fonrth acres a day, by making a nine-inch furrow; nearly two acres by making a twelve-inch furrow, and, when a gang-plow is used, which plows a twenty-four-inch furrow, the acreiige is increased to nearly four. The use of an improved jjIow, which turns a broad furrow and pulverizes, is therefore an economy on land suited to its use, and there is a great gain from the use of a gangplow under circumstaiices where it is apislicable. About the House. Bakjed Inihan1 Meaij Pi'ddinu. - üue quart sweet milk, boil and stir into it oue teacup meal ; let it cool, and add four eggs, one-half cup butter, oue cup sugar; bate tliree-quarters of au hour ; eat with sauce ; very nice. Demciotjs Bhown Pudding. - One cup Graham, one of menl, oue of sugar, one of cream, one of raisins, oue-lmlf of sweet milk. oue egg, one téaspoonful soda ; stil' all together and bake ono hour ; with sauce this is a deliokras pudding. Icing that will not Bbbak. - The whitesof three eggs beateu very stift", add oue pound white sugar, with one table-spooni'ul coru starch, flour the top of the cake as soon as taken from the oven, pnt on the icing with a stoel knife wet with warm water. Making "Vinkgab. - Take water, three gallons; niolasses, one quart ; andyeast, oue pint. Wurm them to 100 degrees, aud place in a cleun vinegar or whisky barrel, in a warm place. Leavé out the bitng f or the admission of air, and in about three weeks' time it will be chauged to good vinego r. Home-Made Ink. - Taks half au ounce of extract of logwood, ten grains of biohromate of potaeh, and dissolve them in a quart of water, iu a bottle kept uncorked. The bottle should be perfectly clean aud f ree from auy other iuk. Kunning the logwood in solution througb a fine strainer will remove all sediment. To Clean Black Cioth. - Dissolve one ounce of bicarbonate of ammonia iu one quart of warm water. With this liquid wet the clotli, using a piece of flannel or black cloth for the purpose. Afte'r the applicatiou of this solutiou clean the ck)th well with elear water, dry and iron it, bruahing the cloth from time to time in the directiou of tlie flber. Cake of Houhkhoijd Plants. - When ohoioe pot-plants look sickly and begin to s.how yellow or brown leaves, tliey are probably iafeBted by that very small but exoeedingly troublesome insect, the red spider. They caniiot bear inoisture, aud eau be killed 'by the water syriuge, or a free use of the water-pot, without wetting the earth too much about the roots. To Cleak Feathbrs. - White ostrich feathers may be thorougbly cleaused by taking four ounces of white soap, out small, and dissolved in four pints of rather hot water. Oonvert the solution iuto a lather and introduce the feathers. Rub with the hand for about five miuutes. After tliis wash in wateras hot as the hand can bear. Shake nntil dry. FaCTS ABOUÏ CoiiOKS. - A spoOUÏlll 11' ox gall to a gallon of water will Bet the colora of almost any goods soaked in it previous to wüsliing. A teacupful of lye in a pail of water will improve the color of blad; Nankiu should l'' steejied in lye before being washed - it Bet the color. A strong, okaai te of OOmmOD hay will preserve the color oi üioae Frencli üucuh ao much worn iu .unmur. inegai in Uie rinsing water, lor pink or gjegn oaliopB, wil! bnghten them, 8o(3 re m the e ftud foï urpli w b] .