Agricultural And Domestic

In Harveat-Time. From Uie reídening foro st Drop the yollow leaves ; bturdy reapers merrily Are binding np the shcavcs. Yondcrgoes the laden wain Kmnwing on lts war Sliaking lilic a jovial host That makes his toil a píay. StringB of birds are winging Tlicir way ;i,tu:h tlie sly'; And ou the upland Bpaou ïho color glow and die. 'Xlie mists are on the die-tance ; But like a poüehed ehield, " Hit by a thouHand IBasdeë, Lies one unsickled field. -Good nords. Around the Farm. We have never tried parslny on tl: table, bnt we know thereis nothiag betterforpigsin Atlanta Constitution. To xiTiMZE featliers of ducks, chickens and turkeys, generafiy tbrown asido as refuse, trim tlie plumes from the stump, inclose them in a tight bag, rub tho -whole as if wasliing clötnes, and you ■will secure a perfectly uniform and li'ght down, excellent forquilting intocoverlets and not a few othcr purposes. - Morris Rural. I had three large bowlders in one of my fielda. ïhey weighed about Ihree, four and five tons, rcspectively. I took some old stumps, old i'cnce rail, several brush heaps, and the small lirubs of nn old apple tree - in all I had perhaps a little over lialf a oord of wood. I put it uion tlie bowlders and set it on fire. and it made them as f uil of cracks as if it were glass. The lieaviest piece did not weigh over 100 pounds, and some of the smallest pieces did not weigh over five pounds. Some kinds of stones will not crack at all, while others will crack into a hundred pieces with less than onefourth of i eord of wood burned around them.- Ohio Farmer. Timber for building pui-poses or for the use of coopera or wheelwrights, should never be cut before December or January, when tJie circultion of the sap is thoroughly arrested. Immediatcily the tree is cut down, it should be freed from all shoots and branches, and sawn into planks as soon M possible, so that these may be at once soasoned by exposure to the air. By taking these preoautions decay and dry-rot will be nvoided, and the wood wïll keep ëxcellently; but, of course, the ndvice is inteuded only for those who get out their swn lumber, or eau have it done according to their wishes, for the greod of leiders will force the cutting of timber it untimelv seaeons. - Sxc.hannr,. The question Jiow to appiy supcrphosphate, depend on what erop it is ippliecl to. If on a erop tlmt it; cultivated in liills, like potatoes or cora, the superphósp&até should bc put in the hill and mixed with the e.-uth before seed is planted, to prevent injury by contact. If for ridged orops, superphosphate should be 8owu broadcast after harrowing. The ridging plow will roll it iuward and mix it with the earfch. For drilled crops special implements are made, which sow the manure and the seed together. When thesa implements are not used, the superphosphate is sown broadcast and the seed ís then drilicd in; or the superphosphate is composted ■with the barn-yard mauure. - loronio Globe. It should be our aim to be as freo from the evila of a fluctuaíing marketas is in our power. One important step toward attaining that position is to raise all we can for the maintennnce of our poultry. Oats are a surer erop than. any other of the grains, and are excellent to grind for fowls, mixed with corn. Any poultry-raiser who is so fortúnate as to possess a piece of land that can be used for this purpose should thoroughly preparo the soil for the reception of the eeed, which may be the common, oldfashioned sort, or one of the new kinds, siich as tlie Kxfielsior. Australian. _ojsequently superior to eoinmöïr aats; Any surplus would flnd a ready market at remunerative prices. - Poultn World. Weed youk Flocks. - Sell, slaughter or give away poor, scrawny animáis, añil it will stand you in pocket. If keeping poultry, keep only the breeds that lay most egge or lay on most fat. Keep sheep that yield the heaviest fleeces or the heaviest carcasses; a scrub animal will fleece rather than benefit you. A cow that gives a pound of bntter a day eats no more than a beast that yields a pound a week. There's a great saving in selecting fox the butcher those breeds of cattle that attain their maximum weight in two years, rather than those who take four to do it. The best breed of hogs manufacture a maximum number of pounds of meat from a minimum number of bushels of corn. A "plug" of a horse does little work bef ore ' ' ho lias eaten liis own head off. Tnree years ago a young Vermont farmer had a dairy oí sixty cows. Up to last year he had weeded out twenty-ñve of theni; and now reporta that he makes just as raucli butter frorn the thirty-üve selected mimáis as he used tomake íromthe original sixty. Of course, he feeds and atfconds to the smaller nurnber more careí'ully than he did to the larger, but there is a great saving in the extra food and attention that would be required by the twenty-íive discarded brutea. - Rural New Yorker. About the House. CitAB-Ari'LE Jelh. - Cut in halves and boil in water till soít ; two quarts water to half-peck apples ; straiu and add one poimd of silgar to one pint juice ; boil twenty-five minutes. Canned Ceab-apples. - To fivc pouads apples take three pouuds sugnr ; pwke a , sirup, and when boiling put in apples aud boil until soft ; scaí immcditvfcoly in heated cans ; no paring. King's Pudding.- Beat six eggs ; add ono quart of sweet milk, one pound of white silgar, oue dozen of soda crackers, four largo apples, cut in very thin sliees, and a little BMÏ. Spice to taste. Bakü about two hours. A few kernels of browned or a spoonful of ground cortee smoldered on coals in a sick-roorn or musty room jnll purify it in a few moments and for a long time. Let me illustrate, even though I use strong terms. A pole-cat was killed in a hen-house, and irmnediately eoiïee was buvned on the spot ; the atmosphere was not only imdurable on the premisos that night, but next day borc lees of the stench than did places three-föurtlis of a mile distant. - Chicago Tribune. A Kemebt for Cataebh. - Dry and powder mullein leavos as iioe as you would powder sage ; then smoke as you would tobáceo, letting the smoke escape through the oostnls instoad of tliomouth. ïhis is one of the best of icmdies lor cataiTh in the Iicad. It has entirely euivd a case of over twenty years' standing, when every other remedy heard oí had failed to do F,o. It may require a little praetiee to let the smoke escape through the nostrils. Mullein will be stronger gathered before the frost injures it, but will answer even if dug from ander the snow. It will also be f ound an excellent remedy for cold in the head.- Cor. New York Tii.