Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1876 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Waste riofhlfig. Everyttfhg in W wide nnhterse has its sises. BotntrtiiUeo wn do'nttt know 1 'what these uses are, but then We z kiionM set to wort to dlscOfer’ them.—Tr»bune. J l7 - ’” . rccouiniends. verty highly : Bran, .H>rpe parts by welgbr: oats, four parts, and thirty-sjx to'fnrty-elght parts of flax seed. Pour bolling wider over the flak seed And oats in h pap, then add the bran and cover the vessel with a wooleii cloth and allow four or five hours to cool. It is eagefly' eaten by the horses. 1 I —A notice of an improved carriage wheel appears In a recent number Of the American SttilAer. The ' improvement consists 1 in setting the boxes in a rubber casing, so as to diminish the force of a jar Sr shock, such as the whee) in running 1 bdgh roads is liable to receive. The rub ber makes a sort of a cushion, whjch yield* and relieves the strain upoa the entire wheel. >’ ' ' ’ ' • —Cellars above ground, or nearly so, nontlOre thMT three feef‘info "tHe ‘ earth, are becoming more popular $3 their Advantages become better known. The qost of construction is no greater. ,Uw! those' deep in the'ground, wlnle thef (fryer, ixxiier iji summer, can be better ventilated at all Seasons, can be made light or dark as requited; and can be used for diilk and butter, while deep -cellars seldoirt can be. Farmer. . . ( ( —A correspondent of the Country Gentleman giies the following as the only correct Way to cook an oyster stew: Tajce qpe quart of liquid oysters, ptit the liquor, (a tetoupful for three) iq a stewpan, and add half as much more k-atefr; salt; a good bit of pepper; a teaspoonful of butter for, each person, and a teaspoOnful of rolfpd cracker for each. Put on the stove and let itboil; hftve your oysters ready in'a bowl. The moment the Hduor begins to boil take jour watch, fcdtlHt f Jitst’ thirty seconds, and take ybur dysters from ! the stove. You will 'have your 'ffijg ’dwh ready with one and one-half tablespoonfuls of cold milk for each person? Pour your stew on this milk and serve immediately. Never boil an oyster in mllk df you wish it to be good. —What constitutes a day's work in plowing is a question rtpbn which theirq seems to be uo definite, settled opinion. Some will Say that an acre is a day’s Wort for a man and team: This rtust e’iident-i ly, vary just as the sortof plow, the qualify of plowing, the character of the soil and the kind of team Vary. Hence * the esfcimate for • a day’s plowing oan only be made approximating definiteness; > Take a man who makes furrows as crooked 1 Almost as a fence worm, and’ from two to three incheSideep, and some foot and a half-wide,*-leaving nntumed- ground between the furrows, and ffifr, man will say work sllotHd Jbe Compared with plowing done up in first-rate order, with a good plow', straight furrows, turning and lapping well, of proper depth, and ail with’ a good team. usual day’s plowing for this kind of work tosy tertet down to about an achaean AvWj, aha such A ffihn said team as worth about $3.50, which is the estimate for plowing, sm acre of ground.— Rural Sun.