Agricultural And Domestic

Is iT easier to prevent or to destroy weeds upon the furm ? A Geoeoia paper snys that a bushei of oow-peas sown in May on au acre and turned under, in ninety Taya will be equal to twcuty-two horse-loads of stable nianure. The faimer is alwnys rcady to stand and talk an hour with n neighbor or friend, even in his busiest season. The merchant tliat would do this would be considerad a poor business man. Many more grapes and apples, more in weight, in bulk, and in lood value, says a correspondent of the Country Gentleman, can begrown without p runing or unnatural mutilation than with it. A vebï handsome lot of yearlings, averaging 837 pounds, were lately sold for $i. 15 per 100 pounds, at the Chicago Stock Yards. They are intended for feeding, and show that it pays to raise good steers. It should be borne in mind that every farmer who will take the trouble to keep up a tasteful appearance about his own family but etimulateshis neighbors to imítate Jiim. Nothing is more contagious than the desire for gardening when once it gets a footiug. After a while we shall settle down not tothink somuchof sizein potatoes as we are wont to do. "We should bear in mind that perfectiou of form, smoothness and coJor of skin depend upon the soil. A sandy loam, well cultivated and mannred witn phosphates and potash, are what the potato needs. The soil of the ocion beds cannot be stirred too often. There is no suecesR without weeding thoroughly. No erop is surer to theexperienced, careful propRgator, none more uncertain to the beginner, than this. Better for the latter :o gain his iirst practical knowledge by small ventures, or to place himself under ;he direction of those competent to instruct. It is related tliat, for use on the occasion of a golden wedding down East during the winter, a stipply of "gilt edge" butter was engaged from a neighbor who keeps "crack Jerseys," and that he slyly exchanged with another neighbor for Durham butter, wbich latter passed attable forgenuine "Jersey," received many eompliments, and added to the local laurels of that breed. In loaning money to a farmer, if you wish the interest and principal paid when due, see the borrower's house and barn in good repair, fences well kept up, fence corners clear of bushes, wet lands thoroughly ditched, corn f ree from weeds, and wkeat from cockle. Such a farmer, if he has a neat and tidy wife, is sure to prosper. One who neglects all these never can. Several correspondents write to announce the complete extirpation of rats and mico from their cow-stalls and piggeries siace the adoption of this simple plan: A mixture of two parts of wellbrnised common squills and three parts of well chopped bacon is made into a stiff maas, with as much meal as may be required, and then baked into small cakes, which are put down for the rats to eat. - Exohwnge. The lst of May is not too late to sow clover seed, espccially if it is sown alone. Id many cases this is to be preferred. The soil should be made as fine and mellow as possible, and the clover sown immediately af ter the harrow. Then a long plank, drawn sidewise across the field, will cover the seed very quickly, and wül leave the surface emooth. ín this way we have had a fine growth of clover, and a very close and perfect stand. - Amerioan Agriculturist. agam, ana is how iaïgèjy and genernliy sowii for bay. Tlie yiolJ very heavy, Bcvorn.l t.oii ■■■il aero; anfl, if Cllt boforo the seed.s form, it is one of the best of many foods for stock. The seeds are Btrongly dinretic, and, if allowed toripen on the hay fed to stock, will injure them. It should be grown exclusively for seed when that is wauted. Being an annual, if sown late, in June, after other crops, it muy be put in the ground when the erop of ■ tiniothy or other forage is known to have partially failed. Chopped leeks or onions will be found an excellent raw vegetable food to give poiütry for a change. They will not eat too much of this if fed to them of ten; if thrown out fresh and clean for a morning or everiing feed, once in a while (without other food at the same time), they will devour it with an appetite. lts pungency is claimed by many experimenters 'to be an aid toward keeping the fowls'bodies freefrom lice - the garlicky fumes of the onion oozing out through the skin pores after digestión, and the odor being offensive to vermin. At all events, this is a good tonic, occasionally, as are other aromatics, such as cayenne pepper, etc. - Poultry World. About tlie Huuae. Boiled Fish. - A spoonful of vinegar sliould always be put into the water in which fish is boiled. To Bemoye Gbease From Cakpet and Bestohe Colors. - Ahandfulof crushed soap bark (Qaillaya) toapailof water. Scrub the spots and sponge the carpet all over. Douqhnüts. - A large cup of butter, two cups of sugar, one pint of light sponge, four eggs, one pint of milk, one teaspoonful of eoda, some nutmeg. Let the dougli lise twice. Ginobr Cbisps.- Two cupfuls of molasees, one cupful of lard, one tablespoonful of ginger, one dessert-spoonful of soda dissolved in a very little hot water, and enough of flour to make a smooth dough ; roll them. - Clam Fritters. - Chop twenty-five clama fine, adii to these a batter made with half a pint of the clam liquor, a heaping pint of flour and two eggs well beaten, a little soda, not larger than a pea dissolved in water, and fry in hot lard. Bich Jcthbles. - Bub to a cream a pound of butter and a pound of sugar ; mix with it a pound and a half of flour, four eggs, and a very little brandy; rolt the cakes in powdered sugar ; lay them on flat, buttered tins and bake in a quiok oven. Biscuit. - One pint of flour, one teaspoonful of cream tnrtar, one tablespqqnful of lard, a little salt; rub well togettier ; stir in a cup of milk in which has been dissolved one-haif teaspoonful of soda ; roll quite thin; cut out with tin biscuit rings and bake in a hot oven. To Brmhten Gilt Frames. - Take eufticient flour of sulphur to give a golden tinge to one and one-half iats of water ; boil in this water four or five onions, straiD, and, when cold, wasli with soft brush any part that requires restoring; when dry it will come out as gooi as new. To Dye Ootton or Silk Scarlet. - Three gallons warm water, add one ounce cream of tartar, one ounce powdered cochineal, two ounces solution of tin; wet the goods in warm water, and, when the dye boils, put in the goods and boil om; hour, frequently stirriug them; then take out the goods and rinse in cold water. Fhbomob Black Bean Soup. - One piut of beans ; soak over night ; in the morning put in a pot with four qiuuts water, three pounds beef, two onions, two carrots, someparsley and celery tops; cook slowly all day and let it stand over night ; in the morning take off the fat and strain through a colander; then make it hot ; put a pinch of cayenne pepper, two hard-boiled eggs ehopped fl8, glaea öf sherry wino, and a kimou out thiu, ju fcbC tAirecn, 9M pouï iil the