THE FARM AND GARDEN. LIME AS A DISINFECTANT. The common and indispensable disin- fectant, fertilizer, and sweetener of pen, stable and hénhouse is lime. After clean. ing any of these places sprinkle a littlo lime over the floors. The application of lime as whitewash is indispensable. An addition of sulphate of iron and carbolic acid to lime as a disinfectant either ns whitewash, or for sprinkling over cleansed henneries, stalls, or stables, cel. lars of house or barn is made advantage. ously, —[ American Agriculturist. TEACHING PIGS TO EAT. The sooner the pigs are taught to eat, the better it will be for them and for the sow, If part of the pen is partitioned off, and a place is left through which they can pass, they can be got to eating milk when three or four weeks old, shallow trough, which they caunot Spat, should be provided, and in it should be put either fresh or skimmed milk, The trough should be frequently cleaned and the supply of milk should be regular and liberal. In a little while bran, or mid dlings can be mixed with the milk. The quantity of milk and other food should be increased as the pigs increase in size and age. One of the most. profitable methods of making pork is to commence feeding the pigs at an early age and to | continue to feed liberally until they are | ready for the butcher,—[American Dairyman SETTING HENS, It is an old saying that there is a right and wrong way of doing every- thing. This is as true of setting a hen as of anything else. A hen should not be set in the general chicken house, asshe will breed vermin | much [aster than one which is free, hence the building will soon become infested. The laying hens are apt to fight with the setters, and thus break eggs, or kill the hatching chicks; and if the nests are not closely watched while the setters are off, are apt to lay in the nests, When you are sure a hen has the set ting fever, prepare the nest, which should be fourteen inches square and six inches deep for small hens, and eighteen inches | square for large ones, by placing about four inches of cut straw and a few tobac- co leaves in it, and shaping it low in the middle, higher at the sides: but be sure the bottom 1s large enough to hold thir teen eggs without one rolling on an other, Dust well with insect powder and add a nest egg or two. After dark carefully remove the hen so as not to frighten her, and place her in Ler new quarters. In the morning if she takes kindly to the new nest—and they rarely do other- Wise—-remove the nest eggs, and give a full clutch, putting a few st a time, and letting her fix them to suit, If many hens are in the same building thes should be marked, so as to be readily told apart, and care takeu that each one goes to her own nest, as the body of a hen setting but a few days, has much more heat than one that has set nearly three weeks, hence eggs are often injured by a change of hens. If the setters show a disposition to leave their own, and invade another's nest, se- cure them by placing over them an open frame. This should be removed regu larly every day to allow the hens %0 come off for food aud water. Whole corn is perhaps the best diet, as it takes longer to digest, and helps maintain an even temperature. Keep either gravel or broken crockery within resch all the time, Experience has taught that hens set in 8 separate building are much easier cared for, and will bring out s larger per cent. of chicks than otherwise, fe have used the barn for early setters, after. ward, an empty corn erib, till a building was provided on purpose. —{ Farm, Field and Stockman. WHEN TO CUT GRASS FOR HAY. During many years of careful observa tion, writes J. M. Trowbridge, of New York, to the American Agriculturist, | have noticed that grass is rarely cut for hay at that stage of growth wnich fs most relished by grazing stock ; that the cutting is almost universally deferred until it has attained a degree of maturity which causes grazing stock, if they have a choice, to avoid it, in their preference for a less mature or younger stage of growth. Everybody must have noticed the patches in pastures where the grass has matured, and how sedulously it is avoided. Concurrent with this had been the observation that great gain in flesh and fatoess, health and strength of gras. ing stock was made mainly during the season of those stages of growth preced- ing the common * haying” season, and that stock put to grass after the matur ing of the crop * fit for haying” rarel made any great gain, and never ch gain as Is made when such stock are put upon the young grasses of the early spring. Compare a cow from an August pasture with one from a pasture in early June. Bee with what difference they fill themselves! Notice the difference with which they fll the milk pail. Very few grazing soimals on grass all the season maintain in August the flesh gained fn June, These facts had produced with me an impression that earlier cutting of the grass would be better. Just then ap Ronted, at a winter meeting of the New ork State Agricultural Society in Al bany, a farmer from Vermont with samples of winter-made butter, It had all the characteristics in color, in flavor, in fragrance and other qualities of the freshest of May or Joos) butter, After from their milk in the ordinary wey; no no flavoring and no adjuvants Al exhaust soil. But at the same time it has formed no fiber to be masticated and di- ted without affording nutrition. All ts weight then is nutriment, True, I do not begin to get the yield per acre then that would be obtained by walting until the seeds had matured and the stalks become wood straw; but for this send up new shoots, tiller out, and pro. duce « second crop by the time of ordi- | nary haying. Ordinarily, I get three and | tour cuttings per year where I should | obtain but one were the grass allowed to | mature its stalk and seed, and these | three or four cuttings always weigh more than the crop would weigh if ma | { tured in the ordinary way.” { There is another consideration in this | connection worthy of entertainment, Daisies and carrots are the bugbear, the { terror of hay growers, ‘They must seed the second year or die out, Cut three { or four times every year, they will nevi: tably disappear, and with them many other weeds. Grass, cut early, before forming headstalks, needs curing differ- | ently from ordinary hay. It must be | curzd in the cock to get the full benefit { of all its qualities, oie in the sun | will certainly powder its tenderest, most { succulent and juicy parts, and thus waste its most valuable properties, It | should lie exposed to sun no longer after | cutting than sufficient to dry off the visi. ble dew. When properly cured not a leaf will break iu the hand. It will be soft, pliable and sweet smelling. In | these days of mowing machines three or | four cuttings will cost little; while the | increased production over a single cut ting, together with the higher nutritiom quality of the product and the repression of weeds, would seem to make this plan much preferable over the ordinary one of haying timothy straw, GRAINS OF CORN, {| Tile drains are good manure for corn. | There is profit to every corn raiserin es special seed patch. Corn for ensilage should have just as much care in planting aod cultivating as field corn, i | Look out for the corn-worm, and when it appears take prompt measures for its destruction, The variety is important, but the best variety can make only a poor crop with poor cultivation, | If corn ground is rolled either before, , or after planting, the harrow should fol- low close after the roller, About one-half the work of cultivation can be done, and done most easily and effectively before corn is planted. Fine earth is a good mulch for corn,’ and is most economically supplied by a frequent stirring of the soil with a culti yatlor. Whether for silage, or for grain or fod- der, the maa with clesn land can grow the most corn with the least labor, by planting in drills, It very rarely, if ever, pays to stir the ground when it is very wet, In unusu. ally rainy weather it is better to use the hoe aad scythe than the cultivator, Brace-roots are not different in con struction or office from the roots starting underground. Hence, deep, close ocul- | tivation destroys valuable root growth, { Two hundred and fifty-four bushels of shelled corn have been raised om one acre of ground by Colonel Drake of South Carolina. Every one should try to get as near to this as he can, If one-third of the corn must be re- planted to get a perfect stand it is best : to cut up the field with the disk, or | Acme harrow, and plant it all again, un less it is quite late in the season, Do not put strawy stable or barnyard manure on light soils for corn. The maoure will increase droughty conditions to such an extent that it will do more harm than good unless the season is un. usually wet It is more economical to have a *‘turn- | ing-row"” or headland nicely seeded to grass than two rows of corn crushed down by the team and cultivators in- turning, or much time lost in the ef fort to turn without crushing the corn, If your team crowds together in the cultivator, trampling the corn, tie the outside ring of each bit to the end of a stick four feet long, using a string of such length that the stick will hang just under the jaws. This will draw the horses apart, If the ground and sir are dry, com press the soil above the corn; but if the ground is wet and drying slowly do not compress it, If compression is unavoid. ble, ns it is when the two horse planter {is used, loosen the ground with the smoothing harrow, | The man who plants his corn by hand will do well to soak it in warm water lover night just before planting. This will bring it to the surface at least two days earlier; desirable as the season ad- , vances toward lateness, and equally de- | sirable early in the season, as it reduces | the amount of rotting, { The frequency of cultivation should | not be measured by days, but by condi- tion of soil and atmosphere, Cultivation | should be often enough to keep weeds below the surface, to | tion of a crust on the surface, and to keep broken near the surface the con- tinuity of the crevices between the soil particles, —| Agriculturist, A Mouster Grape Vine. The largest grape-vine in the world is that growing at Ogs, Portugal, which has been bearing since 1802. Its maxi- mum ylold was in 1864, in which year it produced a sufficient quantity of gra | to make 165 gallons of wine; in 1874, 1464 gallons, and in 1884, only 79 gu lons. Last year it seoms to have an extra spurt, the expressed juice of the igrapes It produced again exceeding the gallon mark. It covers an area of 6315 square feet, the stem at, the base messuring »ix and one-half feet ic cir. cumference. The Humps of Camels. i same reason the roots, still in their vigor, | event the forma. | ! HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS. CLEAN TABLE LINEN A JOY, | Do not use a tablecloth a whole week, | or a napkin after its freshness is gone, Soiled table linen will spoil the daintiest dishes. Scores of housekeepers, with plenty of money for all household ex- | penses, are absolutely stingy in regard to the use of tablecloths, Think of a | wife not denying her family any delicacy of the season and sending many super- fluous articles each week to the laundry, yet compelling her family to sit around a soiled tablecloth five or six days of the week, and providing only one or two napkins for seven : My It seems | imcredible. Even in small families the cloth should be changed two or three times in a week, and the napkins every day or two at least. Table linen should be ironed until perfectly dry, and folded lengthwise, with the edges even. ~{ Washington Star, ON CLEANING WALL PAPER, Brush wall paper carefully with a feather duster and with a cloth tied over a broom, If, after dusting in this man- ner, it still looks soiled, take a loaf of stale bread, cut in half, moisten just enough to dampen, but not wet it, and rub RE wall in a straight line, from the ceiling to wash board, very gently, and in this manner go all over the place, Common, cheap papers are easily cleaned in this way, but the more expensive grades cannot thus be renovated, If bread is not at hand, mix a very stiff i | dough of flour and water, take a lump | and draw it up and down the paper, making the strokes as long as your arm will allow, trying the process in some | a sofa or other | ‘ ‘ i | cooks, to whom she gives ‘‘entire dinner | VCABOLIS, corner first, or behind article of furniture. If there are broken places in the wall, | made by furniture, or old nail holes, make a plaster by mixing plaster of paris with water and laying it upon the broken is best), and smooth the surface evenly, It will harden at once, and a piece of the same paper can be cu! to match the fig. ures upon it and pasted over the mended place. It is an excellent plan, when papering is being done, to save pieces of it, rolling it into rolls, tying up and placing it where it can be found when wanted. lo take grease spots from paper, mix fuller's earth with a little ox gall and cold water, and spread upon the spots, placing over this, in turn, a piece of blot ting paper, Let it remain for several hours; then remove, and if the grease has not been all absorbed, put on more fuller’s earth, ete, In choosing papers for durability and wear, choose those with small figures that cover the background well, The less the patterns are of a stilted design, stif and precise, the less one tires of them, sud the less liable are they to show spots snd tears, —{ Detroit Free Press, STRAWEBERRY RECIPES, Strawberry Sherbet. — Boil three cups | of water with two of sugar and the juice of a lemon for half an hour: pour it over a quart of strawberry juice and freeze. Strawberry lco.—Mash two quarts of | : ways | bands are; I can afford to wesr a lose glove.” berries with two pounds of sugar; let them stand for an hour, strain off the juice, add the juice of one lemon and one orange, sad a pint of water, and freeze. Birawberry Preserves. To seven pounds of fruit allow five and s half | founds of sugar snd three cups of water; oil the water and sugar for fifteen min- utes, skimming the while; add the fruit, sud cook slowly forty minutes, Strawberry Pudding. —Cut half » pound of stale sponge cake into slices sod dip for a moment in milk. Arrange these in layers in a dish, with strawber. ries plentifully sugared, lotting the top layer be of cake. When the dish is half tablespoonfuls of sugar, Bake half an hour and eat cold Canning Strawberries, Canned straw- berries, to keep their flavor and color, must be put up while perfectly fresh. If possible, they should go directly from the ficld to the kettle. Do not wash alternate layers, after weighing both fruit and sugar. Use hall & pound of sugar to a pourd of the fruit; let them stand an hour and then set over the fire, Heat slowly, and as soon ss heated | through fill the jars; seal and whea cool | set away 10 a dark closet, | Strawberry Cream. —Sprinkle a cup of | sugar over a pint of fresh, hulled straw- | berries, and mash them with a wooden spoon, Extract the juice by rubbing | them through a hair sieve, and add a pint of rich whipped cream, and sn ounce and a half of pelatine dissolved in a pint of fresh milk, | cold water, pour in the mixture, and set on the ice until firm, when it is ready to serve. In order to dissolve the gelatine, soak it for an hour in the pint of milk, | and then place the vessel containing it inside another of boiling water, and stir until dissolved, Strawberry Tarts, — The very attractive | fruit tarts which one sees in the confec- | tioners’ windows may be very easily made at home, Supposing that you have mas. tered tho art of making a good, light paste, roll it out very thin and out three rounds for each tart; from the two up rounds cut out the centers with asm i berry Dum «Make a paste from ous ps of dt Tut, rp table- » uls of butter ( : you pre- _ . ful of salt, and milk to i beds, “smart to } | marriage, place with a knife blade (a palette knife | | has ‘Good BI NEWS AND NOTES FOR WOMEN, Cornflower blue is a new color, Flowers continue to rule the toilet, Pearls are prime favorites at present, Turquoises were never more popular, The bustle is coming into style again, Gauntlet gloves are only for daytime wear, Norway, Me., has a woman road sur- veyor. A distinctive church dress for women is proposed, The Parisian hair-dressers have decreed that bangs must go. The stronghold of the blonde is the FRY North and Northwest. The sticks for some fans cost $50 each, and the paintings $400 more. Pale blue, yellow and apricot are favorite shades for tea gowns. Loose fitting gray growns seem to be a fad with many literary women, Heart-shape stones are the rage for pins, earrings and finger rings. There are 425 female students at the Universtiy of Ann Arbor, Mich. A good walk will redeem an ill-de. signed skirt, and a bad walk ruin a good one. Pretty mmidens rival the butterfly in their attire, and resemble walking flower of be The girl to the period thinks it is ignorant of common things, A London woman has a classs of 100 In Amsterdam now it is the fashion sunounce a broken engagement os | A pretty bride went to the altar in a white Swiss muslingown sod a white { chiffon val. Benora Isidora Cousino, of Chili, is a | handsome young widow with a wonthly income of $80,000, Dr. Martha Robinson, of Cleveland, Ohio, has Leen her father's partoer in dentistry for several years. Louise Michel has started a school in London, where she gives {ree instruction to forty poor children, One of the prettiest of Alabama's many i J | belles is Mise Mary Leftwich, of Florence, She is a small blonde of graceful figure. Johns Hopkins University, Jaltimore, received the comfortable sum of $100,000 for its Women's Medical School fund. A Kentucky paper relates that the grandmother of the bride at a wedding in Covington recently acted as the brides. maid, It said that Miss A, @ daughter of ex-Governor Bedle, is one of the hgndsomest young women in New Jersey, Loose fitting gloves are the latest, It pisinly, ‘see how small my 0 Huirpios of shell, with orsamental top of twistled gold, valued at seventydive dollars each, are not uncommon in the streets of New York. A girl in Atchison, Kan., has a pecu- | Har way of attracting attention to her. self. She scallops her finger-nails and | leaves them that way. A woman is pow considered old fash- | foned who does not care for women's rights and a lot of things it is supposed she ought to care about, full pour over sll a custard made from a | quart of milk, two beaten eggs, and two | A fad of the moment among some fad. affecting young women ® to chew a | flower, or, to put it more elegantly, to | wear one between the lips, Embroidery silks come from China, | Japan aod Italy, but they are dyed and prepared in Eogland, Girls are em | ployed in skening and winding it. them ; if any are soiled reject them. Put | Pio 8 R them in a granite preserving kettle in | “ : | men who can charm snakes, There are constant demands for wo- The sup- ply is very small, and the wages are $100 a week, with all expenses paid, It is said that England has more wo. men workers in proportion to her popu. Intion than any other country; twelve | per cent. of the industrial classes being | women, i Elaine Guret and her sisters have | | started a novel undertaking in the form | | of a mushroom farm, the proceeds of | | which are for the support of a boy's | | evening school. Wet a mold with | 1 The Superintendent of the Baltimore | Training School for Nurses, Miss Louisa Paysons, studied her profession in Lon. don with Florence Nighingale, and was a nurse with the Egyptian expedition. | Dresses may be rendered incombustible | by dipping them in a solution of tung- | state of soda, one pound in two gallons | of water says the Sanitary News. The | most delicate color will not be affected by it. Mra. Annie Hyde, of Fishkill, N. Y., the oldest pensioner on the rolls of the United States Government, has cele brated ber one hundred and second birth. day. Records show that she was born io Fishkill, April 28, 1789, —————— sm———— Is absolutely Essential to Cood Health You may have both by taking the best Blood Purifier. Hood’s “August Flower” There is a gentie- Dyspepsia. man at A the-Hudson, N. Y., named Captain A. G. Pareis, who has written us a letter in which it is evident that he has made up his mind concerning some things, and this is what he says: : “1 have used your preparation called August Flower in my family for seven or eight years. It is con- stantly in my house, and we consider it the best remedy for Indigestion, and Constipation we Indigestion. have ever used or known. My wife is troubled with Dyspepsia, and at times suffers very much after eating. The August Flower, however, re- | lieves the difficulty. My wife fre- | quently says to me when I am going to town, ‘We are out Constipation of August Flower, and I think you had | better get another bottle,” Iam also | troubled with Indigestion, and when- ever I am, I take one or two tea- spoonfuls before eating, for a day cr two, and all trouble is removed.” & on” a Bo ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts tly yet promptly on the Kidneys, ver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels ccids, head aches and fevers and cures habituai constipation. Byrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste od pi ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in ita effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, ite many excellent qualities com mend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. 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