Agricultural And Domestic

Shouid your wheat be too rank and iu dnnger of lodging, you may go over it with a long roller before it shoots into head. It will clieck the growth ; the wheat will rise again. It has been known to save a erop. A gallon of warm water poured on a pailful of walnut leaves will mnke a safe wnsli for horses and cattle, and save them the annoyance of flies. We recommend its use daily until we hear of something better. M. Chatot recommends common snit as an antidote for mildew on vines. By sprinkling a handful of salt around the base of each vine, the effeet, he saya, was marvelous; and vines hitherto covered with this fungus grew lnxuriantly, and liad an abundance of grapes entirely free f rom oidnm. - Paris "paper. ■■. Whbn plantod in very rich soil, tomatocs of ten produce muoh wood and little fruit. The best erop of tomatoes I ever saw was furnished by main sterns as free from side growth as a walking-stick. All growths, except the leaves and flowers attached to the principal stem, liad been pinched off as tbey appeared. - Thé Garden. We are often recommended not to give manuro water to grapevines until the fruit is Bwrlling. I always apply it freely irom the tjmq when the young shoots are onc inch or two inches long until tho fruit is coloring, and I find it to do far more good in strengthening the shoots and produce before the buncheB are in flowcr thau at any subsequent period. - Northern Gardener. Some oí the "best hay wliich we bave t'ound in the inarket this yoar has bceu that made from Nepaul barley tlie yield of which on some tule farms exceeds three tons to the acre. The greatest hay-producing district this year will include the reclaimed lands, and even lands partially reclaimed, the owners of which have no complaints to make about drought, northers, orheatcd ternis. - San Francisco Bulletin. Mit. Steebe said if we could attraot Üie ftiréW to our orchards and flelds, we wouid fiad a great help toward a succossful victory over insect cnenaies. Among our best friends is the little wren. The blue jay he does not like for his destructive habits toward other birds, and he has waged a deadly war against them. Our common house ent is a very dentnictive enemy oi' birds, and siiould bc watched carofully. - Michitan Farmer. X Dekkx correspondent of the NewsLetler writes as follows : " Don't kill ihe crows even though they raise a littlo corn on their own hook. A farmer in our town shot one last week, and found lis erop literally packed with potato ieetles. These are meaner than crows." We ore informed that aLoudonderry farmer is this year successfully fighting the bugs with a little arrny of guiiH a hens, and there are some who claim that uucks will carn an honest livng uestroying the bugs. - Mirror and Farmer. Heading Down Newly - Pi-anted Trees. - This subject has been written about for a thousand or more years, but a note now and then to .1 new planter of rees may be useful. In transplanting more or less of broken roots liave to be removed ; these must be balanced by .be top which tliey have to support, lowever oarefully we may transplant a ;rse there is a certain check given - a oertain disorganization of the sytem ;akes place. When the roots and tops are shortened at the same time, the check administered is two-fold. We must, therefore, prune very carefully the top of a newly-planted tree and acoording to the injury given to the roots. It is possible to raise calves without giving them f resh new milk, for with a little skimmed milk and hay tea they will thrive almost if not quite as weil as upon the puro lacteal fluid. Fifty years ago Sir James Stewart Denham, of Scotland, instituted experiments in raising calves with hay tea, taking them from their mothers when three days old, and those experimeuts were eminently snccessful. Two pounds of hay were steeped in twenty quarts of water, and then boiled down one-half, and to this was added a quart of skimmed milk. In some instances molasses was added nlso to give sweetness, and the calves not only thrived upon this diet but pref errecl it to fresh milk. - Farmers' Union. Ahont the House. How to Use Lakd. - Lard for pastry may be used as hard as it can be cut with a knife, and" will make far bctter paste than if let stand to warm. It needs only to be cut through the flour, not rubbed. Poob Man's Cake. - One cnpful of molasses, one of water, table-spoonfnl butter, table-spoonful ginger, 0110 heaping teaspoonfnl siiloratus, a little salt, flour enough for soft battor. Put in a square pan; bake quiekly. Foit Fruit Tubes oe Iiargk Piiants. - Boil one table-spoonful of borax in one pint of water, and, whilé warm, paint the sterns of fruit trees or plauts. This will destroy the green fungi, and prevent insect life from forming in tho bark; it will also mako tho trees healthy. To Takr Mimtew out of Linen. - Mix soft soap, lino starch and lemon juioe to a paste, using equal parts. Spread it thickly on both sides of the cloth and lny on tii! gras, day and night, till the the spots disappear. This does not make the i'iibric tender, as mauy patent prepara tioiiH for the purpose do. To Disinfkot Booms. - Tho dismi ection of a roem is uut cúmplete uulcss the walls have been Uiorougbly eleanscd. [f tJièy are papered, tbc paper must be removed anti the surface beneath carefully sorapod and washed. If tUe wall are painted, they should be washed with caustic soda. Tlie ceiling should nlso be subjected to i similar treatment. - Soivndjiv Ahirriran. Marino Hair Gkow. - If tlie head be perfectly bald, nothing will ever cause the hair to grow agaiu. If the scalp be glossy, and no small hairs are discernible, the roots or i'ollicles are dead ; and you might as well cause an imn which luis been amputatedto grow again. However, if small hairs are to be seen, thero is hope. Use the following every dfy, Ijrush well, and bathe the bald spot three or four timos a week with cold, soft water : Carbonate of ammonia, one drachm ; tincture of cantharides, four drachms ; bajr rum, four ounces ; castor oil, two ounces. Some elderly people oi'ten desire to keep their hair from turniDg gray. Tlie following dyo will effect this : Take the hulls of butternuts, say about four ounces, and infuse in a quart of water. Then add half an ounce of copparas'. Apply with a soft brush eyery second or third day. This prepatation is liarmless, and I have reasons for believing has never been published. It is far better than those dyes muie. of