THE TIMES, NEW BL00ME1ELD, PA., DECEMBER 11, 1877. abc $iIoomfirIb tthncs. HOUSE, FARM AND GARDEN. Wcmvltn communl'-ntlnns trim nil tirrinn who are Interested iu matters properly bulouidnK to tuisde. imrtuieut. Exclusive Meal Feeding. We notice thru the correspondents of the Agricultural press are opening the discussion of Mr. Miller's plan of win tering dry cows on meal exclusively on hay, fodder, or straw nnd that after another winter's trial the plan seems to have more advocates than ever. Of the results thus far oflered the ex- perimenter best known In the dairy world is Mr. II. 1 Dunbar, who reports the results of experiment of keeping fourteen cows for fifty days on meal alone. Mr. Miller writes ; " " With me this new plan has proved a decided success, and I have substantial grounds every time I milk this portion of my herd for congratulating myself for having tested it. For the first four weeks my meal was finely ground, and my cows gained In flesh ; but the last three weeks I fed, contrary to Mr. Miller's rules, meal that was coarse, under which they lost fully as much as they had previously gained, and I noticed a slight tendency toward Bcour ing; but when put back upon hay no stranger could pick out the meal-fed cows from the herd. Some of my eigh teen head were heifers, and young, and my judgment is that the meal diet did not answer their wants as well as it did those more advanced in years. They calved all right ; the calves were line, and everything about them satisfactory. I paid $1.30 per cwt. for the meal, and the cost of keeping was about one-half that of hay at $10 per ton, while the labor of hauling and feeding the meal was only nominal. Now, as to after results : 1 am getting much more milk from those meal-fed cows than I ever got before decidedly more than from the rest of my herd, which were winter ed in the usual manner upon hay the cows all running in the s.ime pasture and treated alike. Of course I attribute this increased production to the meal feeding. My opinion Is that this new system of feeding develops in some way I will not pretend to say how the milking qualities of the cow, but those who practice it should follow, as nearly as possible, Mr. Miller's rules of feeding as laid down in his pamphlet," After having carefully read Mr. Miller's pamphlet our convictions were against it, but after the reports which have been given to the public during the past two winters ( all favorable) wo are inclined to think there is something worthy of note in the plan, and that under certain circumstances it may do well. Homo Made Cracked Wheat. Cracked wheat, which has i n the last few years become a staple article of food, may be made at home at a much less cost than when bought ready prepared from the grocer. Use the best wheat, which at $1.50 per bushel would cost two and a half cents per pound. Spread the wheat upon a white cloth, and pick out of it all the oats, straw, and the like ; set it in some open dish in the, stove oven to dry, but not to scorch; when very dry run it through a coffee mill, set so as to crack every kernel. This will be a kind of wheat-hominy, mixed with some fine. To cook it, let the water be boiling, then stir in the wheat and keep it stirred, till it has done settling ; then a very gentle flre will keep it boiling, with an occasional stirring. A big flre will surely burn it. It is better to boil it an hour or more. This may be eaten warm, with any kind of dressing ; or, when cold, like corn mush, be sliced and warmed for use. If stirred when in a cooling state, it be comes sticky, like paste. Ittnay be taken up hot into dishes, and cut in slices or otherwise when cold. The Shrinkage in Corn. A Des Moines (Iowa) correspondent says : Farmers are in doubt whether to take twenty cents for their corn this fall, direct from the field, or rely upon get ting thirty cents next spring. After corn is dry enough for cribbing it will shrink about one-flfth by next May. Unless well protected from the vermin they will destroy from five to ten per cent. The interest of the money from the sales this fall would be five per cent. These three items make thirty-five per cent, in shrinkage, depredations and interest. The shrinkage on wheat is about seven per cent., and depreda tions of vermin three per cent.; interest five, making altogether fifteen percent., ho that eighty-five cents is better this fall than one dollar next June. The shrinkage on potatoes is light, but the loss by frost and rot are heavy, and it Is better to take thirty-three per cent, leas in the fall than the spring. 1877. FALL STOCK. 1877. -(0- NEW GOODS. We have again recelv- d it (nil supply of Kail (ioods, to wlilcli we ask your attention, PRETTY PRINTS. Our stock of runts and oilier Low Trice drew goods Is the pret tiest ever offered In this county. Will von come and lo jk at them? MEN'S GOODS. Wo have a Splendid Assortment of (ioods suited for Men's Wenr. Our stock Is very com plete In all kliids of goods from IS cents per yard upwards. BOOTS & SHOES. Do you want Hoots or Shoes for Men Women or Children 1 If so come nnd see the Stock we have. It Is complete, and Prices will suit yuu. HATS AND TAPS Wpi particularly nnio rtNDbnro. ,.,, I)f ,)ur Hpiendi.i Assortment of Hats & 'nps for Men or Hoys. The styles are good and the prices will be sure to please you. EVERYTHING. If yon want Roods of any kind you will lie al most sure to llnil them In the Splendid Slock, just opened by F. MORTIMER, New Bloomfiehl. MAKE HOME HAPPY. A Plentiful Supply of Good Beading and Beautiful Pictures WILL DO IT. THE CINCINNATI WEEKLY STAR, A fine elRht-psee psppr, wllh 48 full col umn!, etMIn mil. 111.00 per rear Iwe rn )m!.'e), ami in llie laiftrxt, briphtett, iut'1 brut paper published lor the monev. It in inaeiendent in politim, Kiyei all "tin- news. Mid, oest'tes much ether goo1 rpmtiiiB. eveit number hs three or four excellent orininal or Ircetl Uorlen. Kvery Biilcriher sln .recetvr a enpv of the benmilul euura' itiL'. "Tlio 1'bor tlie Poor Mutt's Fi'Ic-ihI," fue ItxM (lichen, anil a copy of iiiii eTAit n.i.t;srBAi'i:i) ai.ma NAi tt.l . extra muat he neut tn pay expense of pnrkinii and mnilini! pre tiiMtnis. AxfOiir littliirciiicttta to Airoiltai, alwnya the most lilw:il in the (lifid, are tioif jrvnCcr (Afiii ever. We want every cluh nueut in Ihe country to communicate with ua before commencitic work. To any person desirina to yet up a oluh, we will send A sample copy ot t lie picture and a canvnuNfi's oulnt. for 25 plat. Sprrimrn cop't of poprr free. Sipntl Tor one Ikpfore ruImci'IU litic for nny oilier. tvrsnns to whom we have alreartr sent the picture, TIC lNmr 111 1'oor fflHn'ft l'rlt.ml,' hy miyiiii! ao can have in its steml sunther excellent en graving, of sntne sl.c, which wo huve secured fortius purpose. B4f" Jiper without picture. One Dollar. 230 Walnut St., Cincinnati, O. MAKE HOME PLEASANT. THE SEASIDE LIBRARY. Choice books no longerforthe few only. The best standard novels within the reach of every one. Books usually sold from 81 to f3 given (unchanged and unabridged) for 10 and SO cents. 1. East Lynne, Mrs. Henry Wood (DoulldNo.)20c. 2. John Halifax, Kent., Hy Miss Mulock. 2oc. 3. Jane Eyre.By Charlotte Bronte, (Double No. )20c. 4. A Woman Hater,Charles Keade's new novel. 20c. 5. The Black-Indies, J Hies Verne's latest. 10c. 6. Last Days of Pompeii, By Bulwer. loc. 7. Adam Bede. By George Kllot. (Double No.) 20c. 8. The Arundel Motto, By MaryCecll Hay. 10c. 9. Old Myddelton's Money By Mary Cecll'Hay. 10c. 10. 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