Show FARM AND tho peacock Is n great enemy of tho potato bug journal barrenness in agga Is more iro caused by a lack of green food than anything caso half n teaspoonful of coincon bablo salt dissolved in a little cold water aud drank will instantly relieve heartburn exchange A correspondent of tho country gentleman who writes from tennessee says sorghum is the most valuable stock feed to bo had in that section of country it always grows and everything from chickens to mules is fed and fat on it veal for breakfast is ando ing by cooking it in this way fry soma thin slices of bacon then cut lo 10 veal thin and fry it in the bacon fat just before taking tho veal out of alic frying pan scatter prated hrcak crembi over alio llio slices and let them brown loston budget A novelty in alio shapo of a pincushion cover is k cover a thick crisli ion of medium h m with satin then cover ono corner with very sheer white muslin this should bo cut in the form of a triangle and tho muslin ads and tho satin brains put a jabot n laan there tho ii both and quite new N F post meat balls to drop into soup stock aro mado of veal about one fourth as much suet as veal and with three fourths of broad crumbs with salt pepper and parley or other herbs to your add ono beaten ogg which will moisten annl hold alio ingredients together make into round balls drop into hot lard and try quickly drain them well on a cloth and they aro ready for alio soup toledo blade drouth Is not an unmitigated evil to alio farmer says tho indiana farmer it it diminishes tho present crop it secures a vigorous crowth of alio subsequent ono by its fertilizing collects abo constant evaporation of antor it the surface eliat has been carried up by capillary capil liry attraction from down m the soil has left all the soluble matter it brought up as so much food for alio next chop such is alio benevolent economy of god bringing good from evil subscriber asks for directions for wood the following receipt is hied by a manufacturer and is saad to bo entirely satisfactory logwood eight ounces water q 3 copperas halt nil ounce hoil the logwood in one gallon of water for liala an liona and adil tho compora i apply to tho wood hot giving two or three conta ID varnishing wood a drop black must id added or the varnah is almost cart iiri to give a brown shade A Y post the practice of lopping ot tho tops of shado trees for alio purpose of making them grow thick lias little to it alio graceful sweeping boublis of the elm or tho round and symmetrical top of a caplo aro much to bo over a cd low licad cd bushy stemmed arco tho licit vy lopping of tho tops of trees is also injurious to the tree no matter if tho wounds seem to lical over naturally Is they seldom do the arco inevitably su flors A general in practiced by means of long handled shears binl alio occasional anso of a adno 61 iv is to bo cogoiu mended if tho tops of shade and ornamental trees aro nut satisfactory american |