Rensselaer Union, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1876 — HOME, FARM AND GARDEN. [ARTICLE]

HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

—Making money la a alow process on the farm, but a very sure process. A little addition ought to be made yearly either in the shape of valuable improvements or the accumulation of money la bank. —A Western writer— Rural World—thinks if dairy faming pays at the East it may be made more profitable in the West, because there Is a good market for Eastern cheese. Besides our feeding season is not so long as in New England and portions of New York. —To cook egg-plant, slice the plant a quarter of an inch thick; sprinkle with salt; place layer upon layer, and let stand fifteen minutes. Dip in a batter and fry in butter and lard. Another good way Is to dip in egg and roll in crushed cracker, and fiy same way.— Cor. Chicago Tribune.

' —What in the world do people suppose the luugs of horses are made of, if they are to be kept steeped in ammontac&l ana noxious gases, day and night, except *the few hours’ airing of their daily tasks, and not get diseased. The ventilation of horse-homes would be a good point in which to direct the efforts of reform.—Batton Transcript. —Carbon is mostly drawn from the air In the fjorm of carbonic acid, though a small part is obtained from the soil. The quantity required for the vegetation oh the surface of the globe is immense, for it constitutes one-half of the weight of all vegetation. The proportion of carbonic acid in the air is about one twenty-live-hundredth part of the whole. —Good luck is a poor dependence; it seldom makes men rich, and when it does, ten to one it spoils them. Never spend any time looking for it, or waiting for it, nor waste your breath in Wishing for it to come to you. Success in life comes from energy, a strong faith in yourself, skill and knowledge in the use of the means at hand and in never getting disheartened or discouraged. . —One very common habit or practice we observe, both in the city and in the co’intry, among the rural population, is that jit yelling sharply at horses before cart, wagon, omnibus Of buggy, with that of suddenly and violently jerking the reins, supplementing it with sharp shrieks of the voice, provided they make an untoward movement—a habit we deem no less reprehensible than detestable, and one that should be at once corrected and abandoned forever. Gentleness and kindness will be found not only the wiser and better, but the more humane and effective course in accomplishing the end desired. —Boston Cultivator.

—Years ago the ailment called “ hollow hojn,” or “ horn distemper,” was very common, and in many yards cows might be seen with horns bored on the under sideband Into this hole, and on the top of the bead, the remedies were applied. A syringe or wooden squirt-gun was used to inject into the horn soap-suds, pepper tea, brine, etc. It is now known by most farmers that there is no such disease as horn-ail, or hollow horn, but that when the horns are cold that state of things indicates the presence of disease elsewhere, and a feeble circulation. The horns, being extremities, are cold, and the circulation needs to be equalized. It is now known to be a dangerous experiment to treat animals after the manner they were used to be treated. —Detroit Tribune.