Show INDOORS AND OUT I The Farm Orchard Garden and ilousehOld HINTS AID NOTES FOR ALL Winter Feed Foretelling Weather Lawng Sheep Fodder Ventilation Ventil-ation Sprinkle sassafras bark among dried fruit to keep out worms I Separated early and raised up by themselves pullets are worth at least a quarter more for use than if allowed to run with a lot of cockerels Maine teamster says I can start them st Obstinate horse by taking him out of the shafts and leading him around until he is giddy It Is said that scarcity of water is one chief cause of tough beef Animals fattened In summer on succulent food are more tender that those of the same age and character fattened in winter Peel eight tomatoes and cook them in butter seasoning well Have eight pieces of fried bread larger than the tomatoes and put the fried tomatoes on them then place a hard boiled egg on each tomato and serve very hot An excellent dish for breakfast No kind of stock should be allowed to eat young cherry shoots however wdrthless the latter mav be The leaves and bark of the cherry contain a considerable con-siderable amount of prussic acid and this is occasionally fatal to sheep and cows left to graze where they can get alit al-it A small piece of rye sown late adjoining adjoin-ing the hen yard will be run over d ring r-ing open weather in winter and will furnish some green food for fowls at a season when it is one of the things needed for egg production The rye will not cost much and will be worth more than the expense for seed to plow under as manure in spring If a farmer wants to apply a lasting manure let him use coarselycrushet bone It will not however be so effective effec-tive on the first crop and as the finer division by dissolving in oil of vitriol helps the land for two or three years it will generally preferred The nimbi sixpence is as much better that the slow shilling in manures as in anything Ex One cup of raw oatmeal soaked overnight over-night in two cups of sour milk In the morning add two eggs sufficient soda a little salt and enough graham flour to make a pretty stiff batter Have gem pans on the stove and when filled Dake in a very hot oven about fifteen minutes Try them and you will say they are better than any recipe that cooks the oatmeal first the latter are apt to be clammy It is possible according to French authority to foretell the weather sometimes some-times ten or twenty hours in advance by observing and comparing the sounds emitted by a telephone connected by cads with two iron bars stuck into the ground a few yards apart In case of a thunderstorm especially a noise like that of shriveling leaves increases until a flash of lightning occurs when the sound resemoles that of rAm or hail falling on grass Should a cow always be milked by he same person A writer in the Agricultural Gazette England says rio or to givehis own words On no account ac-count if it can possibly be helped ought one man constantly to milk the same cow If he does it often happens that the cow becomes attached to hini I and if anything occurs that heis away thereis frequently quite a scene in consequence sequence If a cow shows partiality for any one he should milk heras little as possible Children from babyhood up to the time when they are able to follow the l labifs of adults should he given their meals regularly Nothing destroys a good appetite and damages thediges tion more thoroughly than promiscuous feeding at all hours of the day The youngster who is given free access lo the larder will rarelydo justice to his regu lar meals and if he grows up to man hood without a W eakT and fractious I stomach his good fortune will not be due toliis home training We have reproduced several items I advocating the benefits of ensilage feed cured in silos Here is one deprecating U being the opinion of afirm in the I btateot New York who milk over one huncred caws and have it is said the I largest silo in he United States They are reported by the Orange Gbunty Farmer as declaring they will never use corn ensilage rgain believing that the fodder undergoes very great chem ical changes after packingwhih makes it unhealthy using up a cow complete ly in three years and often in two of continuous feeding with it Ventilation is pne of the most difficult diffi-cult of all sanitary problems This may be appreciated when it is remembered I remem-bered that the object of ventilation is not only to remove the foul emanations I but to keep Up the circulation of a constant I con-stant supply of fresh pure every A e-very simple contrivance is in use in many families which we commend as useful and easy to obtain A narrow piece of wood is placed under the lower part of the frame of the window leaving leav-ing a narrow openin between the sash throughwhich the air admitted in an upward direction There are several such appiiaqcesin the market In purchasing pur-chasing these the householder should remember thattheuir must be admitt at such an angle as thatit will not strike upon the inmates of the room Any arrangement which fails in this respect is not only deficient bntfery harm Jilt 5 L l SThe present month is one of the best for seeding down new lawns The I earlier it is done the better but any time during this month will do Having I I Hav-ing dug or plowed the ground deep and finely pulverized it with the harrow or I the rae and given it a > smooth and surface it canbe jsowed with seed of Kentucky Blue Grass or Red Top or a mixture of both or which is still better with a mixture known as Lawn Orasseed FonrJbushelsJo the acre is the proper quantity Sow the seed even ly a a time when the air is still and thenJigEtry jake it in and afterwards pass a light or medium weight roller over it The seed will germinate rapid Jva good grewth of grass will be made during the fall and the next summer will show a thick close sward Vicks Magazine > A ereat essential is to secure a good I lotof sheep to start with and not too many at first Above all things pure bred ewes should be avoided They are more exciting than the native grades they cost several times as much money the fleece is rarely worth any more than the common sheep and the lambs are worth no more than those of half breed sheep But pure bred rams are indispensableFarm Stock and Home The smell in a newly painted house or room is easily got rid of by the following fol-lowing method recommended by an exchange ex-change Place a vessel full of lighted charcoal in the middle of the room and throw on it two or three handfuls or juniper berries shut the windows the chimney and the door close twenty four hours afterwards the room may be opened when it will be found that the sickly unwholesome smell will be entirely en-tirely gone The smoke of the juniper berries possesses this advantage that should anything be left in the room such as tapestry etc etc none of it will be spoiled The excellent qualities of cord fodder says a correspondent to the Country Gentleman are beyond dispute Timothy Timo-thy is too binding for an animal whose system tends so easily to fever and constipation con-stipation as does the sheep Fodder is loosening cooling and relieves pressure or congestion on the lungs cured a horse once of a case of heaves by simply putting him on a regimen of corn foe der I have wintered thousands of sheep and in the fall when I first turned turn-ed them into winter quarters I used to have a good deal of trouble with the colic or stretches and since I have adopted the practice of feeding fodder I have had almost no difficulty in this way even when through a hurry or neglect the sheep were broken off from grass to dry feed with perfect abruptness abrupt-ness Sheep fed on fodder in the morning morn-ing say twice in the forenoon shelled corn at noon and good brightwheat I strawat night will keep their bowels in as healthy condition as in midsummer midsum-mer I Winter will soon be here and the question of providing warm steam d I or cooked food to dairy cows Js an im portantfact that should now be considered con-sidered and arranged for The owner ofa herd of twentyfive milch cows inN in-N w Jersey erected a building for his dairy work in which he placed a common com-mon steam boiler of 4horse capacity folieat water instead of using the or dinary stove and kettles From this boiler an iron pipe was extended to the water trough in the Ibarnyard It was not completed until last Christmas Upon turning the steam on the chill was taken off the drinking water butit was not raised quite up to the temperature jht f ture of new milk The cows would plunge their noses deep into it take hearty draughts and go away looking happy They did not as in previous cold weather leave the trough in a humpedup condition shaking their headsbut really seemed to greatly appreciate ap-preciate the change Now for the result No variation was made in the kind or amount of food yet the daily yield of milk jumped up twenty quarts a day the first week and the higher product continued The narrator says Thus we see that simply warming the water was equivalent tb enough feed to produce twenty quarts of milk a day which at the rate the milk sold yielded a handsome return on the amount of extra investment in the boiler over the common heater Probably the expense was even less as steam boilers are economical of fuel The winter milk in this case was sold at eight cents a quart we think but at five cents it would give 7 extra per week of profit to say nothing of the better condition of the cows The result re-sult is thoroughly in accord with fully established I scientific principles INbl onlyis 1 a onside ± alleamount ot food requirect to prddnce internal heat to supply that removed Jrom withbut and to wnm two or threepailsfull cold water drank < dailyby each cow but iq domestic annuals as wel as in man ice sold water taken into the stomach dist dis-t rbs digestion and iii the case of cows less of the food will in consequence be converted into milk |