Agricultural And Domestic

Around the Farm. It is a glorious provisión tLat (xtrav agance does not pay iu iiny butincss and especially so in farming. A taste for trees and planis acd flowera is the. love an enlightened mind and a tender heart pajs to nature. Tecstwobthy statistics, ehowing that ouly about Ono horse in 44,000 provea fast, ouglit to have inflncnce in convincing farmers tliat there is more profit in breeding somethiug else. Me. S. Mimbb. the veteran fruitgrower of Missouri, notes, as a curiou.s tact, that "strawberries in moss will bloom earlier than the same varieties in stools on the same ground and bnt a few rods distant." The largest and ünest-flavored strawberries in that part of Illinois centering at Oobden aro raiscd on new ground. In soil long nsed, grubs, leaf-rollers, crown-borers and "rust" are liona in the way to the best resulta. TO ImPHOVE THE FlAVOE OY BüTTER. -As a good method for improving the aroma of butter an exchange reoommends one in use in niany parts of Switzerland noted for their milk and butter. The milk, as soon as it is drawn, and whilo yet warm, is flltered throngh a sprig of washed flr tips, the stem of which is inseited loose and upright in the hole of the funnel. The milk deposita any hair, skins, cJots or gelatinous sliminess it may contain _ on the clear, spicular leaves. It has imparted to it a most agreeable odor, and does not readily turn sour. A fresh sprig should be used each time. Pattenino Oxek for Beef. - A farmer in Montgomery county asiss us why it is that oxeD, aftcr they have been used for years at hard w#rk, make beef so inuch superior to that of young bullocks which have never been used to the yoke. The answer is very simple. When oxen are stall-fed every pound weight they gain is new flesh, no that by the time they are ready for the butcher they furnish almost an entire new carcass, sweet, juicyand tender. Young cattle never take on fat so readily wliile they are growing, and henee their meat never becomes so solid, tender or juicy. Tender it frequently is, but it is dry and spongyand possesses but little flavor. - Oerrnantown Ttlegraph. GeTTING lilD OP THE PEA WbEVIL.- If you sow peas with bugs or weevils (Bruchus Pisi) in them you will scarcely , have a pea in your erop without an insect in it. Thcre ought to be a law punishing farmers for sowing weevily peas. This insect might be easily kept down if farmers would procuro seed peas from distriots where the weevil does not prevail, or if they would tako the precaution of killing the weevils in their own seed. Tbis may be done by putting the peas in hot water for a minute or two, whieh will destroy the weevils without injuringthe germinating power of the peas. Or the seed may be kept over for a year in tight vessels; the weevils will come out of the peas when the proper time arrivés, and, being unable to escape, will die. Hokseshoeing.- On an average horsee require shoeing once a month. The length of time a shoe will wear depends much on the kind of servio i a horse is doing, and on the kind of road he is daily traveling. A team horse in heavy draught dees not wear out as rnany shoes as one used in a hack ; quick motion grinds shoes down more rapidly than slow use. Some pavement is harder on shoes than ordinary road, while the iriction of a gravely road wears them away rapidly. Wooden pavement is but a little saving to the wear and tear of shoes, for the grit and dust which become impacted in the interstices of thu wooden block grind away shoeslike the friction of an emery wheel. The hind shoes wear out ürst, and there is more strain and frietion on them than on the forward shoes. It is impossible and improper for a horse to wear shoes more than six weeks, for the growth of the foot shortens the shoes, as well as changes the shape olherwise. The neglect will cause the shoe to encroach upon the soft textures of the foot and producá lameness. - Farmer's Companion. Woems m Soil.- The eafest and most effectual remedy I have yet tried for the depredations of worms in soils, whether in pot or in the open ground, is soot. Last autumn, while picking out cauliflowers on a wall border, we were sorely troubled by worms casting out the plants almost as fast as we could stick them in. We gave the suriace of the border a good dressing of dry soot, and then watered it, It liad a most surprising effect; the worms carne &prawling to the surface by huudreds, when it was no difficult matter to gather thern and put them out of harm's way. Applied also to pot plants, say a spoonf ui of dry soot on the surface of a inch pot, it will be found to bring them hurrying over the sides of the pot as soou ft3 water is applied. Acting also as an excellent munure, and being generally so plentiful in nurseries and gardens, 1 am somewhat surprised to see it so little nsed. Oa camellias especially, I havo found it to have a beneficial effect. It imparts a healthy dark-green color to the foliage, and stimulates the roots into a more active performance of their duty.- London Gardencïx Chronicle. Arouml tlie Houe. Gommon salt freely fprinkled on the shelTes, etc,, is recommended as an tffective remedy for ants. Liquid Glue.- Dissolve glue in good ■whisky, to auy desired consistency. It shouid not be allowed to evapórate. FRijir Fkafpe.- Line a mola witli vanilla ice-cream, fill the center with fresh berries or fruit ínsliccs, cover with iee-cream and set in freezer for an hour. The fruit must not be frozen. To olean oil paintings use a sponge dipped in warm beer, and, when perfeetly dry, wash with a soluüon of the finest gum-dragon dissolved in pure water. Bbeakfast Toast.- Mix two tabiespoonfuls of sugar, a little salt ana a well-beaten egg ín one-half pint of milk ; in the mixture dip slices of bread, and fry them on a buttered griddle until they are light-brown on each side. A D.UNTY Dish.- Tfvke pieces of cold meata of any kind, chop fine, seasou witti pepper and aalt, just a littl? omon; break over the meat two or three eggs; add a small piece of butter; stir all together; pour it upon nicely-bnttered toast; erve hot; garnish with parsley. To Bottle Eed Ctjerants.- Piek them, unbroken i'rom the stalks, into dry, wide-mouthed bottles, adding, as you flll, some flnelysifted loaf sugar, so that it may fall on each layer of curranta ; flll the bottle, resin in the corks, and keep them in a rack, with the neck downward. Teifles.- Yelk of one egg, euougb. prepared flour to make a stiff dough ; roll very thin, ent in faneiful shapos and fry in hot lard ; turn them immediately after dropping them into the lard ; they should not remain in more than threo seconds, and should be of a light-vellow color ; drain them on a large, flat dish ; when cold, spriukle with red sugar. "Pookbt-books." - To one quart of warm milk add a cup of butter, four table-spoonfnls of sugar and two wellbeaten eggs ; then stir in flour enough to make a moderately stiff sponge ; add a small cupful of yeast, and let the dough riso ; afterward mix in flour enongh to make a soft dough, and let it rise agnin ; then dissolve a lnmp of soda the size of a bean in a spoon of milk, work it in the dovgh, and roll into sheets half an inch thick ; spread with thin layer of butt r, out into squares, and i'old over poeki tb )ok shapo ; let them stand in tli9 pans to rise a little while beiore bakiug.