Rensselaer Union, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 July 1874 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Agriculture is the. most useful, the most healthful, the most noble employment of man. —Advices from Northern Texas say the crops are very fine in that section, and travel to that State very heavy. —The sun direct upon the wood or fruit is not necessary to their perfect ripening. Yet the vine,'as a whole, should have the full and free benefit of sun and air. r —The grape loves a deep, mellow soil, which should be thoroughly pulverized. A dry subsoil is an absolute necessity; if this be a compact clay, retentive of moisture, the remedy is draining. —Never strike a colt when you are breaking him. Push him sideways or any way. Let him go just where he wall and bow be will. 1 Let him fall down if lie will, but don’t strike film. —One cow of a herd may be dear at twenty dollars, another cheap at S2OO. Different cows in the same herd, with same feed and treatment eyery way, often vary 100 per cent, in their profits. —ls every fanner and farmer’s son would plant one tree each every year, and every farmer’s wife and daughter cultivate half a dozen flowers each, how much brighter the country would be.

—The French in hot weather cover the milk cans with textile wrappers wet thoroughly* The evaporation keeps the milk cool, which can thus be transported long distances without serious deterioration. ’■ r . —A tablespoonful of Paris green dissolved in a pailful of water, applied with a syringe to the branches and foliage of the fruit tree, is said to effectually destroy the canker-worm and all other noxious Insects. :.'-A —Converting corn into fat is the most extensive and important branch of manufacturing carried bn in the United States. Even a slight improvement in the process would result in an immense aggregate gain. —Always manage to have the cow eating when she is being milked, and when thus occupied she lets down her milk freer and is less liable to kick or move about than w hen she can give her w'hole attention to the milker. —A fine polish for boots may be made as follows: Mix together two pints of the best vinegar and one pint of soft water; stir into it a quarter of a pound of glue, broken up, half rnpound of logwood chips, two ounces of green copperas, and an ounce of the best iSinglass. Put the mixture over the fire and let it boil for about ten minutes. After straining it bottle and cork it. When cold- it is-fit for use.——

—Flour Chocolate.—Put one teacup of flour in a small iron kettle and set it over the fire to scorch; stir it constantly to keep it from burning on to the sidas of the kettle. When the flour is of a dark .brown color pour boiling water over it, say two quarts or more, if the drink should be more desirable to be thin. Let the whole boil up a few minutes. Add pint of sweet milk, and sugar to suit the taste. Use for drink the sam* as coffee

—Cheese Fritters.—Put about-a of water into a saucepan with a piece of butter the size of an egg, “ the least bit” of cayenne, and .plenty of black pepper. W’hen the water boils throw into it sufficient flour to form a thick paste ; then take it ofl the fire and work into it about a quarter of a pound of grated Parmesan cheese and the yolks of three or four eggs and the whites of two beaten up to a froth. Let the paste rest for a couple of hours and then proceed to fry by dropping pieces of it the size of a walnut into plenty of hot lard. Serve sprinkled with very fine salt.