Show house and farm M thoo who use lime as a fertilizer apply from ten ton to fifty bushels to the acre ashes mav may bo ile it applied at the same rate salt it att tho the rate of tor to pounds and plaster at the rate of pounds BREAKFAST alje these e arc are made very quickly and easily to twy C cups ups of f flour add fu taz of salt two cups of milk two egg mrs the white and yolks beaten mix in the order given and bako bake iu in a liot lot oven thirty minutes harbers should never neve r bo be kept hept in tho the stable where manure li L constantly generating large largo quantities of aini ammonia this ammonia is rapidly absorbed by the tile leather and the tile effect upon the leather is about the same as saturating saturation it with strong lye iu in a word ammonia rots the leather and hence keeping it in tile stable is sure to result in daan damage lle more or less GILT G r BUTTER al 11 A aver vermont dairyman cays says that kilt gilt edged butter cannot be made from emie thin in flesh or poorly fed this is the experience of every farmer who m to haa hu given attention to the matter of feeding feeding dairy stock there is a great ditl difference renee in the tile profits accruing in summer from cows that arc are allowed to lose flesh during luring the winter and which arc are kept in good condition and are turned to pasture in iu the spring in better order dc rev even than when they come to the barn bani in the full fall good feeding is as ement ementrial ial to produce butter of good quality as iu in large quantity Ns ON oz to the looker on ou nothing about country life e generally seems much stranger than the usual number of good gardens to ba be found on farms it may therefore do some good goodgo to let the country gentleman tell how low to set about gardening on the farm the first step it seems is to provide in season p plenty lenty of manure let it be thoroughly intermixed with the thestil soil arrange for aalthe all the borac horse cultivation practicable avoid tho the common mistake of occupying occupying more ground than you can keep keel in pe perfect condition 11 have ave complete natural or artificial drainage LIVE STOCK A correspondent of fann earin and garden says that tho the agriculture of the world is based on live stock no system of I farming arming can tan be prosperous that ii H note noto conducted the original quantity of plant food in new soils and in in i ile new w localities may give broil aeri ieri ty for a tit time no bu but it ahl I not riot be permanent pc ru the earth produces vee ve vege e tation stock consumes the vege i table food and the growth crowth of the stock is the profit of of the tile farmer tho manure manuro is the balance land and should be carefully saved and intelligently rp applied plied for barnyard and stable manure roust must be the main fertilizer of a great ma majority rity of thoe those who till the soil no farmer can succeed without without stock what shall it be thoroughbred of grade I f OF THE r T i I AV AND D N NAILS al LS frequent brush brushings ings avith cold water alone is for cleansing purposes after each meal adhesive ach C particles of food should be carefully removed with a toothpick orn bilk thread drawn between the I I f feet teeth if a dentifrice be required i let it bo be orris root or some simple specific that will nill not injure gums or enamel frequent rubbing with salt alt or lemon ii is said to preserve the gums A lady or gentleman of re wishing to pre preserve erve the symmetry of the fiti finger gerv will give special heed to their careful cleansing ng al also so to tho paring and polish I ing of the nails the nails ifould I i be loosened every day to prevent hang bang nails which are arc gainful and repugnant A piece oa 01 of lemon emon will remove discoloration from tho the skin and the hands may bo be whitened by sleeping in a large pair of buckskin gloves kloves with art inner coating of beet bem was wax PUTTING AWAT TOOLS toom the vr wearing out of farm is as a rule due more to than to use if tools can be well taken core clire of it will pay to buy liosi made of tho tile be best zt steel nod and fini blied in the best manner but in common irand and arid with common care such tuch are of little advantage iran iron and steel parts should be cleaned with dry land and a cob or scraped with a piece of f dollt iron wa washed hed and slid oiled if neca necessary eary e ary and in a day pr two cleaned 41 off with a co cob b and dry sand and finally finally paint the iron part with rosin aej an beeswax in tho proportion of flur of rosin to one of wax melted together and aud applied hot this is good for the iron iron or steel parts of every sort of tool wood hould be b painted with good boiled united linseed oil white lead and turpentine colored of any desired tint tillit red is probably the best color keep the cattle uway away until the paint is dry and hard or they will lick with death as the result if it id is not desired to use paint on hand tools the boiled oil with turpentine and liquid drier docs does jut just as well many prefer to saturate the woodwork of farm implements with crude petroleum this cannot be used with color but is applied tip plied by itself so long on g f aa any by bj the tile pros parm of tha tho wood |