Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-06-03
FACTS,
INTERESTING TO FARMERS, COLLECTED AND
ABRIDGED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES FOR
THE LANCASTER GAZETTE.

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Peas soaked one or two hours in water,
blood warm, before planting, will come up
sooner, and the bugs which are frequently
in them will thereby be destroyed.
The Anglo-Merino sheep will carry its
fleece in all its strength and beauty three
years.
Sea Sand, when used as top dressing
upon grass land, either alone or with mould,
never fails to bring forth, for succession of
seasons, very sweet and valuable heritage.
A little vinegar added tc cream, will
greatly assist in bringing butter. Lemon
juice, also, is said to be very good; say the
juice of one lemon to churning of or 10
pounds of butter. Churning is sometimes
difficult in consequence of the thickness of
| the cream. In such cases it is recommend
ed to mix new milk las muck as there is
creamy with the cream, which will save
much labour in churning.
Hot acoter applied to the roots of trees
will resuscitate themif they be worm-caten.
Many trees in decaying condition have
been saved by scalding them in this way
Pour the water round the tree slowly, and
be careful that it penetrates to the roots.
Hot water will also be found extremely be-
neficial in radish and other vegetable beds.
Scald the earth before sotOing the seeds, by
which means you will destroy the larvae of
the insects which are apt to be very plenty
in rich soil.
Fruit trees should be planted or trans
planted before leaf expands or a blossom
appears.
Hams, after being smoked, may be pre-
served through the year by packing them in
oats.
Cafes, it is said, will thrive better if not
suffered to eat any grass the first year.
They will wean better if kept out of sight
and hearing of their dams.
Vegetables may be preserved from injury
by frost, by sprinkling cold water upon them
early in the morning after freezing night
Soaking seed corn in copperas water will
destroy the wire and cut worms, and acce-
lerate the growth of the corn. Warm the
water, make it strong with copperas, and
soak the corn AZ hours before planting.
Raw patatos, being of watery and grip
ing nature, are thought to do cattl. more
hurt than good, especially if they are not
used to it.
Inc smuiI yeiiow-speckIed bugs, which
lntest cucumbers and melons, may be de-
stroyed by making light blazing fires in the
garden for several evenings. The bugs
will fly into the blaze and be burnt to death.
YEAST. A method of making what
may be called portable or durable yeast,
is as follows =
Take quantity of hops, suitable to the
quantity of yeast you intend to make, boil
them well, and strain off the water in
which they are boiled into this water stir
suitable quantity of flour, and considera-
bic salt, and then add to this proportion
ate quantity of good yeast; let this mass
rise as much as it will; then stir in fine
Indian meal till it is so thick as that it
can be made into small cakes of the size
OF a dollar or larger. When the cakes are
thus made, dry them in the sun till they
are hard, minding to turn them frequently
to prevent their moulding, and then lay
them by in a dry place, for future use.
When you wish to have yeast take one of
these cakes, crumble it to pieces, pour
warm water on ii. and let II stand in
warm place, and it will soon rise suffi-
ciently to make good yeast. A quantity
Of these cakes may be thus made at once.
which will last for six months or more.
! Farmers ASsist0nt
RECEIPT FOR PRESERVING BUTTER.-
Take two parts of salt, one part of salt
petre, and one part of Loaf sugar-pound
all fine, and then mix them well together.
Put one ounce of the composition to each
pound of butter, taken from the churn. and
mix it well in with the butter, as you for
merly did the salt.
The salt should be well dried before
weighing it. Care must be taken in the
first place to work the buttermilk well
out.
POPULATION. Upon an equal space where
one man subsists in Iceland, men subsist
in Norway; IA in Sweden; SO in Turkey /;
SO in Poland 63 in Spain; 80 in Ireland {;
ia in Switzerland; 1877 in Germany 152
in England; 153 in France l72 in Italy /;
1872 in Naples; 224 in Holland 1,103 in
| Malta.