Agricultural And Domestic

Tho American Farmer. Fama labor, 'tin tho primal toil That dates (rom Eden, on wüobc soil Tho angoln cloned their wings, jmd trod, And Beauty f ull-blown brokc tho BOd. The farmer fools an koucst pride Ajnong liis ü.-Ii.'k and pastures wide ; HiR home-Uke hunne and happy nest, With chcerf nl vif'c and childron biest. Tho swallow-hauntrd barnw, wcll Btor4 With f uil and generous harvesi hoard Thin llttle worïd, which ïif bas planuod, llaH grOWU and thrivcn 'ncath hit hand. He walk beucatli the spreadlng fmado Of trees he plantod with hip snade liefore hi well-growu boys were born, And Belther give hiru cause to mourn. The oattle love and know his cali, And tosB their hcads abovo the wall ; And every croature. roiind tho place Looks fondly in hie kindly face. He talie dclight- and who would not?- In showing one hib garden plot ; HiH orcharda Isüghing in the Bun, A weU-dcBerved praiac liave won. To Nahlro's beanties ncver blind, He gooit in cverythiu can íind. The voicc of Poverty bo heeds - Forgots its faults and feeds its needs. lïy duty done and time well Hpeut He cama tho bc8t of boon - content, That in Uh train, íiíh ntory eara, Brings health and woalth and leugth of dayg. Arouml tlio Farm. To make cabbages head properly, a pincli of salt to each head, or a slight watering with weak lime, is very benefieial. Thb swamps are now dry, and work on tliem should not be neglected. Gcttiug out muck for use in winter and digging ditdhes can be better done in August taan at any othcr time. Gather and put in the compost heap all tho "weods that have not yet seeded. Burn all that have ripe seeds. Thia work sliould not be neglocted. Upou many farms the roadsides, barnyard fences and the sites of old grain-stacks are most prolific nurseries for weeds. These should be cleared up at once. "Pusley," orpurslane, anathematized here as a pest by our farmers and gardeners, is carefuUy cultivated and considered a vei y clioice and delicious vegetable by those of Europc. Prejudice alone prevenís people in every jiart of the world f rom nsing many ediblen highly prized by those equally civilized elsewhere. A Manmtjs, Onandaga county (N. Y.) farmer writes that last fall he sowed twenty acres to wheat, applying 225 bushels of damaged salt, and this season he has harvested from the same land 1,120 bushels of fine wheat, averagin;; forty bushels to the acre. He keeps eight horses, twenty-five cows, a largo flock of sheep, and forty-seven hogs, and believes in genuine grain-growing, stockraising husbandry. Farm hoeses in the fall aro often ungratefully neglected. Their hard toil in helping with tho heavy work of the season once over, when only odd jobs await them, it is too frequent rv custom to doek them of their grain and allow them to shift for themselves on tho pastures, often without needed shelter from the bleak winds aad early frosts of autumn nights. After feeding a while the poor animáis get chilled, and run about in tho dark in search of warmth, which they often find only ut the cost of a stumble or fall, resulting often in a sprain or a cut that diefigures them for life. Then, when warm and tired they lie down to rest, what wonder if they rise up stiff, spiritless and not rarely suffering from a severe cold after their heated blood and relaxed sinews have been exposed to the blasts and frosts of a chilly night ! When the days are not storrny, it is well enough to let horses run in the pasture, but every autumn night should find them comfortably bedded anti fed in the stable. Ingratitude to our fellow men is justly eonsidered an odious vice, but is there not ofton a strong taint of it also in the treatment of these noble animáis, to whose faithful help in all kinds of drudgery farmers are dceply indebtod for full barns and comfortable homes ? Cabe of tho privy is by far too rare on the farm. By a little management, however, the premises might be kept from disagrceablo odors, the contents of the vault utilized for garden purposes, and " night work" done at one's leisure in the day-time, without offense to the most sensitivo nose in the neighborhood. A correspondent of the agricultural department of the Wceklt Tribune tells how this can be effected : First, allow no slops to be poured into the vault ; otherwise you will have a nuisanee in spite of all you can do. Seoond, have some other plaee of deposit for broken dishes, bottles and otlier rubbish that will not decay ; if put into the vault these must eventually be sorted out again, and they hinder the action of absorbents. Third, have on hand, for use from time to time, some roaddust, dry loam, hard-wood sawdust, or sifted coül aslies. There is no disiufectant or absorbent better than road-dust gathered in dry weather, though many other materials are almost as good. If these be frequently and liberally sprinkled into olie vault, there will never be any bad odor, and the vault need not be emptied oftener than once in two years. The composted deposit can be removed without offense to the eye or nose, and, with a little diluting with dry earth, is excellent dressing lor almost any erop. About the House. Smatl Beek. - A handful of hops to a pail of water. 1 pint of bran, 1 pint of molasses, 1 cupful yeast, 1 spoonful of ginger. Harvest Drink. - Five gallons of water, ?, gallon of molasses, 1 quart of vinogar, and 2 ounces of powdered ginger. Rejiedy for Poison Ivy. - E. A. Blood, of Bloomington, 111., says that bran poultice is an inl'allible cure for poison ivy. White Spbuce Beek.- Three pouuds of loaf-sngar, 5 gallons of water, with essence of spruce to taste, 1 cupful of good yeast, and some lemon peel. To Bbmovb Fruit Stains - To remove an applc stain on cloth : Dampen the spots and hold them over a lighted match; the sulphur smoke will bleaeh it out. This will also removo apple and berry stains from the hands. - 01 io Farmer. Good-Tbmpiar Beer.- One pin. of bran, a handful of hops, some twigs of spruco, hemlock, or cedar. a littlo sassafras, roots of burdock, plantain, docks and dandelion ; boil and strain, and add a spoonful of ginger molasses and a cupful of yeast. The above will make a gallon. Beijef for Fbosted Feet. - For frosted feet, take pure flaxseed oil, bathe your feet, and heat in by the fire well before going to bed; wrap some old clothes around the feet to keep the oil from rubbing off, and bathe again in the morning. A few applications will remove all sorenessanditching, - American Farm Journal. Home-Made Ink. - Tako half an ounce of extract of logwood and ten grains of bicliromate of potash, and dissolve them in a quart of rain water in a bottlo kept uncorked. The bottle should be perfectly clean and free from any othor ink. Eunniag the logwood through i fine strainer will remove all sediment. - Evening Wisconsin. Mote from the Eye. - Tako a horsehair and doublé it, kaving a loop. If the mote can be seen, lay the loop over it, close the eye, and the mote will come out as the hair is withdrawn, If it cannot be seen, raise the lid of the eye as far as possible, and place the loop in it as far as you can, close the eye and roll the ball a few tiiries, then draw out the hair. Tho substance which caused so much pain will be suro to come out with