Agricultural And Domestic

Harvest Verse. From the broad ftelds, their golden glory Bhorn, And aunny uplands of their beauty reft, Through the Btill Bunlight of the autuinn niorn, And hedgerows, with their lingeririg jewelfl left By the brown river, througa the leafy lanes, On to the farmsteads niove the loaded wains. ïhe stahvait reauer beurs hls brightcned scythe, Or trnclíH 1he course the great machine has made. And bonnie laes anil lad, Bimburned and hlhe, Kound whose straw hats woodbine and poppies fade, Wake all the meadow land with harvcst slrains, Clubtering and laughiug round the loaded wains. 'Tis soft September nature's harvest yields, But all tlirough hfe our ripening fruit we reap, Now storing viólete from fiweet April fields, Now roscB tliat bright July eun6hines steep, Now garnering gray October's sober gains, Now Christnias hollies pile our loaded wains. Ah mf ! how faat the fair Bpring flowera die, How suminer blOBBoma perish at the touch ; A.nd Hope and Love, in uselees Bympathy, Weep f or the f aith that gave and lost so much ! From half onr shcavcs drop out the golden grain s ; Small is our portion in the loaUed wains. Yet ere the mighty Beaper takeB it all, Fling out the seed, and tend it rood by rood ; One ear is f uil, though hundreds round it f all ; One acre 'mid a niildcwed upland good ; rilernity will rear on heavenly plains The sinallest treaBUre won from loaded wains. Around the Farm. Tempekinü Steel fob Bock Dbilling. - In temperiiig steel for rock drilling bc carcful not to overheat it in hai-dening md íorgíng, and fmally quench in snit water.- American Cultivator. The Potter Journal says that the farmers in that part of Pennsylvania have discovered that the thrush will not only eat the potato bugs, but that it soon sucoeeds in exterminating that pest. Cobn as Human Food.- One pound of corn is equal as food to three and three-quarters pounds of potatoos, or eight and one-half i)ounds of cabbiige, or eleven and one-half pounds of white turnips. - G ermantown Tclegraph. A Pennsyijvania butter-maker tests liis salt by dissolving a little in a glass tumbler ; 3 the brine fonned is clear and free from bitter taste, he pronounces the salt good; if, on the other hand, it presents a milky appearance, leaves any sediment or throws scum to the surface, he rejeets ú.-Chatham Courier. The difference between the live and dead weight oi' tuvkeys is very small, though middlemen often waut to make a difference of 3 or 4 cents a pound. A large gobbler was killed, which weighed alive 31 1 pounds. After bleecbng and pickiug he weighed 29!, pounds; when ready lor the spit he weighed 28 pounda - a loss of ' pounds, which is nearly one-tenthof the live weight. - l'hiladelphia Prca. Abe Potato Beetlbs Poisonous ?- A question is: "Are the beetksand larvas poisonous ?" The juices of the insect on the human skin " are as a rule hnrinloss," says Eiley, " yet the rule is not without exceptions. " But the ex halations resulting from bruisirjg and crushing large masses of them, or of burning or scalding large numbers at a time, have, when breathed, frequently proved fatal. They should be avoided. -Maine Farmer. Stbaight paths and stiff rows of shrubs and flowers should not be left to remind one of plats in a graveyard. Walks sheuld wind up among the trees and shrubs, as the path winds on through the beautiful groves God has made. The child will carry with him the sweet visions of such a home to the ends of the earth. In that nook of beauty will be laid bis scènes of faacy and fietion. Around it will cluster the memories of giridance and love.- Br. W. W. Newell. Aftee experimenting with all varieties of corn, sowing broadcast, in drills, and eultivating by hoeing it, I have come to the conclusión that the best and most pi-ofitable way to raise corn f odder is to jjlant sweet corn, put your rows three feet apart, plant thick, not more than two feet apart, put in six to eight stalks to a hill, manure heavily, keep it clear of weeds, hoe two or three times, and you will not f ail to have an abundant erop of the best kind of fodder for milch cows. - New England Homestead. Feeding fob Manube. - We must not forget that ia all food, rich or poor, there is a certain amount of indigestible matter, and some of this contains elements as rich in plant food as that which is digested. This also tends to still further enrich the manure pile. Linseed meal, cotton-seed meal and corn meal are the articles generally used as food for fattening cattle, and, while these contain the elementa of fat, they are also rich in the elements of nitrogen and minerals, which are so necessary for plant Cor. JSew England Farmer. Sometimes in dragging drilled wheat lengthwise a single tooth will get into a row and drag up all the plants in it, while when the harrow is dragged across tlio rows the wheat is not dragged out, as the teeth are all evenly supported, and do not touch at a time more than a single plant. Harrowing wheat in the spring is only a light hoeing that breaks the crust of the ground and exposes the soil to the air, and henee promotes the growth of the young plant by encourao-ing it to push out its roots. The wheat lioe following as a seconcl operation, ought to have a very salutary effect on the growth of the whoat plant at that season, aiding to inako more roots and to stool out for a loager season. At the sanie timo the very stirring of the soü inakes it moi e able to sustain a greater growth, and to retain the raius and dews while resisting with iron power the heat of tho sun. On clay soils that are apt to crust over and beoome baked in the spring it is a most efifective operation, leaving tho soü in a good condition for the whole season of the growth of the wheat plant uud up to its ripening. The advantage of hoeing wheat ouglit to be more tlioroughly tested in this State than it has yet been.- Michigan Farmer. AVnit Ihe House. Bad eooking spoils good food. Eat licoi-iee to swoeten the breath. Appm common baking soda to burns. Thbre is no dignity in work half done. Bottom heat is not good to raise bread. Oold corned beef ia best for making hash. Eat what yimr ippetite craves if you can get it. Do not entertain visitors with your owii domestic troubles. Htjsbands must not expect their wives to make good, -white bread frorn poor flonr. A place for everything, and everything in its place, is the secret of good housekeeping. One-half cup of corn starch improves any common cake; less flour, however, must be used. Fever and Agüe. - Sweet fern tea has cured chills and fever at the South, where it is very prevalent. Make a tea of the leaves and drink of it freely every day. JFkied Scoklops.- Dry the scollops in a towel; beat an egg, and roll soda crackers very fine; dip the scollops into the egg, and then roll in the cracker dust; have very hot equal parts of butter and lard, and fry the scollops in it. Ox Gail.- One table-spoonful of gall in one pail of water will set the color. To make the goods look bright and clear use bórax when washing; do not rub soap on, but have a weak suds made; rinse in cleai water. OoLD Eice Püddino.- Three table spoonfuls of rice; five table-spoonfuls of BUgttr; a piece of bntter as large asahickory nut and a littlo salt. Let the nee boil up three or four times in a gilí or more of water, then stir in the sugar. butter and salt, and ftdd one quart of boil one hour. Let it get cold- the uv-box il th bost place-grftte nutweg nvlseïve,