Agricultural Add Domestic

It ia an established f act that the value of farming lands everywhere in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and some parts of Wiscousin, is steadily increasing, and we look upon tliis fact as a turning point in the depression of all kinds of real estáte. - Chicago Tribuno. The Span i ah peasants think that birás eat the grain, and that trees harbor birds, so they cut down the trees, and the country presenta the character of endless, melancholy, treeless plnins.with a poor, stunted, cereal vegetation. - London Oardeners' Chronicle. A dozen fowls would do very well in a yard fifty feet square, with a little grass plot in ono corner, as fowls must have grass. This space is as small as can be used for that number, and if one cannot give that space to them he had better buy his eggs and chickens. Thekb should be a large stencil plate for marking meal bags, grain sacks and similar articles, and a smaller rubber stamp for prin'ing the owner's name on hoes, shovels, rakes and the many small fcools which are often lent, often used away from home, and consequently liable to be lost or stolen. - N. E. Homeitead. The woods which are heavier than water are Duteh box, Indian cedar, ebon y, lignum-vitae, rnahogany, heart of oak, pomegranate and vine. Lignumvitse is one-third heavier, pomegranate rather more. On the other hand, cork having a specific gravity of 24, and poplar 38.3, are the lightest woody products. - Germantown Telegraph. A ■wonderftjxjIY strange prejudice eiists against cattle without horns. The absurd and contemptuous name ' ' mulley " sticks to them, althongh they may belong to a breed as old and as highbred as the short-horns. The polled Augus cattle are equal to the best beef breeds living. That they are without horns is an adJitional recommendation that ehould make them very popular among graziers and drovers. Without the injurious weapons of attaek they are docile and easily controlled, and the stronger cannot abuse or in jure the weaker, as it is tue nature of all animáis to do. - American Agriculturist. Fabmbks generally use shingles on the roof s of their buildings, and without doubt they make a good covering. Good pine shingles will last from twenty to thirty years,andthe best of shaved cedar nearly as long. Sawed shingles are not near so durable as shaved ones. The nails seem to rust off with the sawed shingles, and the roof in a few years becomes leaky. We have repeatedly been told that if the shingles, whether shaved or sawed, be dipped in lime-water before being laid they will last much longer. We have reoently seen shingles laid that were first dipped in strong lime-water, and, when dried, into thin red paint; and after the roof was covered, ït was again painted. It is claimed tliat a roof so treated will last more than enough longer to pay the additional cost. In a country where shingles are very clieap this would not be oí niucu consequence, but generally it would be, and we cali attention to it because the water and paint are within reach of all and can be easily used. - Congregationalist. Whebe our climate is not too severe, the Osage orange has proved the best material for a live fence. The great trouble with it, howevor, as with all live fences, is to get it started with ara even thickness along the row ; planta here and there will fail to grow. Henee, resort has been had to cutting off at the ground, or to bending or plashing to remedy this difficulty. The moae I have lately learned, and which I think is far betier than all others, is to allow the aew hedge to grow, say, three or four years, or untü the sterns will measure an inch in diameter or more at the ground. Then, early in the spring, cut off the branches close to the body; clean out the row of all rubbish and all the branches ; saw each plant partly off at the ground, bind it down and peg it there, followirg the row until all are cut ind neatly pegged to the giound, overlying each other. Many persons have practiced cutting and bending down, but aave omitted to trim off the branches, ind have had poor success. It is this ;rimming that insures a growth of neyf irood all along the line, and makes a iedge that a rabbit cannot pass through lor a bullock go over. Cultívate well ma trim into proper shape arumally. - Phrenological Journal. Afeout the House. Remedy fob Brtjisks. - Apply castor oil immediately; it will remove soreness. JuMBiiBS. - One cup butter, two sugar, three eggs, four cups flour; mix soft; bake in round cakes. Fok chapped hands, drop a teaspoonf ui of honey in the basin of water used for washing. - W ester n Rural. French Toast. - Beat four eggs until very light and add one pint of milk; slice thin some bakers' bread; dip each piece into the egg and milk and fry brown; sprinkle powdered sugar and cinnamon upon eachjjpiece and serve hot. Tapioca Pudding. - Soak two-thirds of a cupful of tapioca over night in one quart of milk; then add three beaten eggs, fivetable-spoonfulsof sugar, butter the size of an egg, one whole lemon, grated ; bake quarters of an hour; serve with milk or cream. Rbmbdy fob Cobns ok Bunions. - I have had a very troublesome corn for years, and finally bound on a small piece of porous piaster, which eoon relieved it; wore it about three months, occasionally cutting off the corn and applying a fresh piece when necessary. It is now entirely cured. Eccles Cake. - Make a rich and delicate puff paste ; roll it out thin, cut it round, using a bowl for that purpose ; sprinkle each round with nicely-washed currants, a little sugar, chopped lemon (only a smal] quantity of lemon), and nutnieg ; wet the odges well, then place another round of paste on the top, pressing the edges neatly together ; put in a hot oven and bake quickly. To Clean White Ostbich Feathebs. - To clean white ostrich feathers, let four ounces of white curd soap be cut small and dissolvedinfour pints of water, rather hot, in a basin. Make the solution into a lather by beating it with birch rods or wires. Introduce the feathers, and rub well with the hands for five or six minutes. After the soaping wash in clean water as hot as the hand eau bear. Shake until dry. - Spring field Union. Calla Lily, etc.- With good are callas should bloom the second year. Callas on the Atlantic coast are generilly kept too warm, and are, therefore, unhealthy. In California they only bloom during the winter months; always outdoors in the coldest rains. Hyaciuth bulbs can be started in water in the house, late in the winter, and planted as soon as the frost is out of the ground. Germán ivy will grow nicely in a bottle of water. A Vapor Bath at Home. - A vapor bath niay bo easily prepared by taking a pail about half full of hot, but not quite boiling, water, which may be placed under a cane-bottom chair, if one is at hand, or if not, a narrow piece of wood may be placed across the pail, and the patiënt should sit on it for about half an hour with a blanket over his shoulders, reaching to the floor to keep in the steam. Should any faintness be feit it is a sign that the water is too hot, and the blanket may be held open for a short time to allow the steam to escape. These simple remedies are within the reach of every one, and if promptly resorted to, on the first appearance of a cold, would Bave many a dollar in doe tors' Oor. 'ñfionin ff labe,