Useful And Suggestive

-Keep a blank book wltU a tbiok pover In the kilehon, and oopy any bits of information that may be hkely "to be of uso Bometime. Be sure and write in a largo, clear haud. - It has been found froni analysis that ten tons of small sugar beets, weighing one and one-third pounds eacEi cootained as much solid matter as thirteen tons of beets weighing five and one-half pounds each. - Toraato Soy. - One peck of ripe tomaloes, one quart of vinegar, three and a half pounds of silbar, and one ounce of whole cloves. Put all over the fire together, and let t hem stew slowly uutil they bocome a thick mass, very richand dark. - Cottage Pudding. - One oup of sugar, one tablespoonful butter, two eggs, one cup swoet mük, three cup:) flour, half teaspoonful soda, one teaspoonful cream-tartar sifted with the Üotir, a pinch of salt. Bake in a buttered mold. Eat hot, cut in slices, with a liquid sauce. - lx ice Fvied Li ver.- Cut into small strips, put on a platter, pour over boiling water and iinmediato.ly pour it off. Place a fryinr-p:in on the stove with some beet dripping in it; drodge the liver with cracker dust, soason with pepper and salt and put into the pan. Cover and fry slowly until the pieces are well brownel A little chopped onion cooked with the livor is very nica for those wlio likc the llavor. - Hcn's Nest. - (A very pretty ornament for tablci.) - One-half dozen eggs; maUe a hole at one end and empty the contentó, lili up with corn-starch made stiff. When oöld strip o ft' the shells; paro lemon rind very thin, boil till tender, then cut innarrow strips likc straw and lay in powderod sugar; till a deep dish half full with cold custard, put the eggs together in the center, and lay the straws nestlike arouud them. - A reeipo for Xew Englaud Ijaked beañs: Boíl the beans (the small poabean is the best) in plenty of water and put them in an earthen pot, witli cover, and bake slowly for two hours or more, in water enough to keep them woll-moistened. Most people in New England aild f rom one to four tablespoonfuls of molasses, aecording to their taste. This gives them a rich brownish shade, and a better taste. Put in pork or not, and in quant ity to suit. 1 - A write r in the Practical Farmer gives the resulta of experience in savïng llowerseods. í o general rule can be laid down, eaeta sotrt requíring special treatment. Pansy se.eds must be sav-ed wliile they aro quite oreen, as the pods burst as soon as they turn yellow, throwing the seed several feet. Pl:ints of phlox are pulled up when a fair amount of the sood is ripe, and spread on large sheets in a warm garrot. On a small seale handpicking muy do. Petunia and portulaea are treated in the same way, except that tho portulaea pituita ave eut olí', and thoy grow up again for another crop. Verbenas must be handpicked twice a weck for several weeks. - To piokle peaehes, plums aud peavs take of ripe poaches, plums, pears or apples seven pounds of sugar; ono guart of vinegar, and one ounce of mixed spices; put the sugar and vinegar together, und pour over tho fruit, allomng it to stand until the next morning, when repeat this process, straining the juice off tho fruit, lettins it come to the boil, and continue to do so for Jour mornings; then add spiocs, and put all over the lire, and cook very slowly until they look rich and clear. Pears should be boiled in water until you can run a broom straw through them. Qninces are also delicious when preserved in this memoer. -The New York Siuna&jfi: " Heaves or brokon wind in horses s not readily cured, but tho distress of the anim;il niay be alleviated bygiving proper care and attention to hls food. Give no musty hay, avoiding all kinls containiuLr clover of any speeies. Turn out the horae in summer to pasture, and in winter feed well-cured corn fodder and sound, clean oats or meal upou dut hay, or cornstalks well moistóued. If hav Is fed lot it be in sraall quantities, and at night only, and then sprinkled with water when put in tho manier. Also avoid drivimj soou after feeding. Nerve tonics are also useful, and the best of theso is arsenic, given in fivegrain doses daily for a month or more, but usually three or four weeks will be sufticient." - Fowls in Orchards. - Last fall the editor of the Ponltry World visited an orehard in which fowls were kept, the ówner of which told him that beforethe fowls wero conlined in it the trees made little or no growth and only a corresponding amount of fruit was obtained. But whát a change was evident now! Tho grass was kept down, the weeds killed, and the . trees preseated an ap))earanoe of thrit't. which the most enthusiastichortieiüturistcould not but admire and envy. The growth of the trees was most vigorous, and tho foliage most luxuriant; the fruit was abuudant, of large size, and froe from worms and other imporfectious. The excellence was accounted for by the proprietor, who remarked that the "hens ate all the worms and curoulio in their reach, even to the oanker worm." He found less trouble with their roosting in trees than he expeotod, and a picket fence eix feet high kopt them within bounds. His orehard was divided into three sections, and the fowls were changed from one to another as tho coudition of the fowls or the orohard sections seem to require.