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The Farm and Garden.
How to Fatten Chiefcciift.
It is hopeless to attempt to fatten
chickens while they are at liberty.—
2 hey must be put in a proper coup ;
and this, like most other poultry ap
purter cnees, need not be expensive To
fatten twelve fowls, a coon must be
three feet long, eighteen inches high,
and eighteen inches deep, made entire
ly of bars. No pmt of it solid —neith-
er top, side nor bottom. Discretion
must be used according to the sizes of
the chickens put up. They do not want
room; indeed, the closer they are the
bettor provided they can all stand up
at tho same time. Caro must be taken
to put up such as havo been accustom
ed to be together, or they will fight. —
If one is quarrelsome, it is better to
remove it at once; as, like other bad
examples, it soon finds imitators. A
diseased chicken should not bo put
U P-
The food should be ground oats, and
may either be put in a trough or in a
flat board running along the front of
thc coop. It may be mixed with wa
ter or milk ; the latter is bettor. It
should be well slaked, forming a pulp
as loose as can be, provided it does net
run off the board. They must be well
fed three or four times n day—the first
time ns soon alter daybreak os possible
or convenient, and then at intervals ol
fjur hours. Each meal should Ire as
much and no more than they can cat up
o’eun. When they have done feeding,
the board should be wiped, and some
gravel may be spread. It causes them
t> feed and thrive.
After a fortnight of this treatment,
you will havo good fat fowls. If, how
ever, there aro but four to six to be
fattened, they must not have so much
room as though there were twelve.—
Nothing is easier than to allot them
tho proper space ; it is only necessary
to have two or three pieces of wood to
pass between the bar 9, and form a par
tition This may also servo when fowls
arc put up at different degrees of fat*
ness. This requires attention, or fowls
will not keep fat jmd healthy. As soon
as tho fowl is sufficiently fattened it
must be killed, otherwise it will still
get fat, but it will lose flesh. If fowls
aro intended for tho market, of course
they aro or may bo all fattened at once;
but if for homo consumption, it is but
ter to put them up at such intervals as
will suit tho time when they aro re
quired for the table. When tho timo
arrives for killing, whether they are
meant for market or otherwise, they
should be fasted, without food or water
for twelvo or fifteen hours. This en’
ables thorn to be kept some time after
.being killed, even in hot weather. —
Jjondon Cottaye Gardener.
,A tho World Wags.
FARMERS IN 1825.
Mon to the plow,
Wile to the cow,
Girls to the yarn,
Boys to the barn,
And all dues settled.
FARMERS IN 1850.
Men a mere show,
Girls at the piano,
Wife, silk and satin,
Boys, Greek and Latin,
And all hands gazetted.
FARMERS IN 1877.
Men all in debt,
Wives in a pt,
Boys mere muscles,
Girls, puffs and ruffles,
And everybody cheated.
Corrcot. True bill.
Clover. —No matter how tnismaq
agcd, cloroi is a benefit, aud whatever
else he may do, the farmer who grows
clover, 18 making his farm better.—
What, then, might not the result be, if
the same care wore taken of the clover
field as of other crops ? It does not
need cultivating ; the long, deep reach
ing roots mellow and pulverize the soil
ns nothing else ca"n. If tho clover
grows thriftily, the top acts as a mulch,
seeding the ground and keeping it
moist. A crop of two tons or more of
clover, whether ploughed under or cut
for hnj, can hardly fail to leave tho
soil better than it was before, It should
be the farmer’s aim to grow the largest
possible crops of clover. A slight
dressing of gypsum ono hundred
pounds per acre in early spring—often
produces wonderful results. But if a
farmer has a little well rottod manure,
the scrapings of barnyards, fall is the
time to apply it- Clover is often iur
jured by freezing and thawing in win
ter, and a very slight cuvcring of ma
nure will afford a great deal of protec
tiou. Rich earth from corners of fen
ces, is well worth drawing a short dis
tance on young clover, provided the
ground is hard and firm. If the field
is not mowed next season coarser tua
uuro can be used.— Country Gentle
man.
Hints About Making Preserves.
—lt is not generally known, that boil
ing fruit a loog time, and skimming it
well, without a oover to tho preserving
pan, before the sugar is put in, is an
economical and excellent way—econom
ical, because the bulk of the scum rises
from the fruit, and not from the sugar,
if the latter is good; boiling it with
out a cover, allows tho more perfect
evaporation of all the watery parlicules
therefiom ; and the preserves keep firm
and well flavored. Tho proportions
are, three quarters of a pound of su
gar to a pound of fruit. Jam made in
this way, of currants, strawberries,
raspberries, gooseberries, is excellent.
All preserves keep better if the fruit i
ripo.
Summer Mince Pice. —Pour crack
ers, one und ono half cups of eugar,one
cup of molasses, one cup of cider, two=
thirds of a cup of butter, ono jup of
chopped raisins, one-half cup of cur
rants, two eggs, woll beaten aud stir
red in, the last thing; spice to the
tafltf f
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