Agricultural And Domestic

"Buil Butter is the not-mappropriatename bestowed by the trade upon oleomargarino. The Cbautauqua Farmer recommends filling wet boots over night with oats, which will quickly absorb all moiature aud swöljiog, will' keep Uu: ferm goud, prevent shrinkage, and dry tho leather without hardomng it. In tbc morning shake out tbc grain and bang it in a bag near the fire, to be ready for the next time of need. Therk is a current paragrapb - without credit, but good enougb to be true - to tbe effect that a Connecticut farmer turned down a ra-ik growtb of clover and sowed winter wbeat, which yielded twenty-seven and a half busbels per acre. A neigbbor sowed tbe same kind of seed in an adjoining üeld, not fertilized witb clover, and harvested - a fair erop of straw, tbat contained no grain. I potjnd ono of my pullets witb the tips of her comb bleeding profusely. it baving previously been frozen. Sbe bad become very weak. I carried her into a warm room, bathed lier comb in warm water, and tben spriakl.ed the tips with wboat flour, wbicb soou stopped tbe bloeding. I kept her in a warm room for a day or two, tben put her with the rest; she is now laying, and is as wellas ever. - Cor. Exchange. ïherb have been many foolish tbings said and printed about satarating stumps with oil or saltpeter, to cause them to burn out, or to set a length of stovepipe on the stump to make a draught so as to consume it. All these plans are uselefis, and would fail. The practical methods are: to wait uutil tbey rot, to pull thni out with a stump-puller, to dig them out, or to blast them out. This last method is tbe cheapest and quickest.- American Agriculturist. How to Plant Potatoes. - My theory, wbich I have provedin my own practice, is this : If tbe soil is wt and heavy, plant shallow, and hill up heavily as tbe season advances; but if it is ligbt and dry, plant deep, and bill ligbtly only during a wet season, or more heavily during a very dry ono. The reasons are obvious. Never plant two years in suoceesion in the same place, because the soil wants rotation, and becaupe potato bugs always are more namerous in last year's field. - &'. Rufus Mason. An intelligent farmer of Northern Iowa spread a light covering of straw over bis newly-sown wheac, thinking that the growing grain would readily find its way through, and that during 'the probable midsummer drougbt the muloh would help the erop to mature. In tbis he was not mistaken, for the average on ten acres thuB treated was forty bushels to the acre, while on the same kind of land adjoining, with the same seed eown, and as carefully put in, the yield per acre was twenty-two busbels. The increase was tlins nearly doublé, while the straw was in excellent condition to turn under the past fall, and a doublé benefit consequently secured. Often in a fine orchard we find one or more trees leaning over so far as to destroy the beauty of the whole orchard. It is also much more difficult to cultívate around a leaning tree. This trouble may easily be remedied while the trees are yousg by partly digging np and replanting them. The roots will be fouud imallest on the side from which the tree eans; therefore, these roots shonld be oosened from the earth, and the tree set n a perpendicular positionand careiully iastened by stakes and guys, and tbo earth replaced around the roots. It would be well to add sonie ricli compost to promote tíieir growth. Ir', as is very probable, the top of the tree has become one-sided, it should be pruned so as to restore the 'alance. In this way we lave "righted up " pear trees six inohes :hrough the stem; but the best way is to ook after the young trees aDd not permit them to depart from the way of uprightness. - Ohio Farmer. The bones of all animal creation are oomposed of three substances - phosphoric acid, lime and gelatine or glue, ;hree of the best fertilizing substances ;o produce good BeeJ. But where do ;he bones of animáis come írom? Cer:ainly from the eoii, through the grass, lay, grain, efc, consumed as fpbd. rherei'ore, evi-ry iiorse, bullock, cow, sheep and Uog sent off the farm without returning a like quautity of bone to tbe earth causes tur Jiiud to yield less aud less every year, till the land beoomas what is called wom out. Beside, every load of hay and every bushei of grain soil ott the farm carries away the same material, as it is tho h:ty K?d grain that m:ds tho sones of catrín, bornes etc. Five per centum of all plr.nts are composcd oï ten mineral Bttbetfdïeès, f which bone forma a large part, and which comes directly from the earth, while the fat of the animáis is composed of carbon, oxygen and ■ïydrogen, three of the gases that plants ;ake exclusively from tho air, in the 'orms of carbonic acid and water, which constitute about 94 per centnm of all plants. - Boston Transtiript. About the House. Numbeu Cake. - One cup of butter; two cups of sugar; three cups of llour; iour eggs; ono cup of sweet milk; one teaspoonful of soda, and two of creauiof-tartar. Flavor with lemon. To Keep Zinc Bbiqht.- One of youicorrespondents asks how to ktep zinc clean and bright. The beet way I have ever seen tried is to pour boiling water over it. and rub hard immeuiately with a dry cloth. - Cor. Sacramento RecordUnión. GrsoEB Snaps.- Ono cup of browu BUgar, one cup of molasses, two eggs, one cup of frisd meat grnvy, ono tublespoonful of viucgiir, two heapiag spoonfuls of soda, ons teaspoouful of ,'inger. Flour onongh to roll. - Mis. Nettie Skee's. Cooked Oabbage. - Out fine as f er raw ; put into a kettle and add water to cook until tender; then add one-half cup of sweet cream; one-half cup of vinegar, in which mix one table-spoonfulof flour; season with pepper and salt to suit the taste; let it boil up and eerve. To Get Bid of Berbugs. - Wash the room and the furniture of the room t ley frequent with ealt water, filling t ie cracks with salt, and you may look in vain for them. Salt seems inimieal to beribugs, aud they will not trailthrougb it. I think it pref èrable to all ointments, and the buyer rsquires no certifioato as to its genu'iueness. - Cor. Exchange. Taüok's Chalk for Gkease-Spots.- Tailor's chalk is one of the best Uiings to remove grease from dresses. Sirnply rub the chalk on the spot and let it remain a few hours; or place the drf ss on the ironing-table with a brown paper ïmderneath; cover the spot quiekly with powdered ohalfe; placo auoiher brown paper and a warm iron over that, and let them ttüyu-ütil ooïd; brushoff thechaik, mid, if tbe grease íb still visible, tiy again. - Household. HOW TO CHOOSE POÜDTEY FOB THE Table.- Young, plump, well-fed, but not too fat, poultry ure the best. Tbe skin should alwaya bo fine-gniiucd, clear and white; the breast full-fleshid and broad, tli3 toes pbable and easy to break when bent back; the birils must always be heavy in proportion to their size. This iipplios to fowls. As regañís ducks and geese, their breast must also bo very plump, the feet flexible and yellow. When they are red and hard, with bilis of the same color, aud skin full of hairs and coarso, they are oki. For boilmg, the white-lc-gged poultry must be obo -en, beoause, when drosscd, their appearanco i by iar more delicate; but dark legged ones we mort! juicy oud of better fláygr wben roasW, . Torontq Qm