Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1836-04-14

RECEIPT FOR MAKING COLD SOAP.
The leach-tub or hogshead must be covered
at the tottcm with straw and stcks-tEen
Put in a bU>hel of ashes, then two or three
quarts of unslacked lime, Glon which you
n ust throw two quarts of boiling water to
! excite fermentation and slack TIE lime Put
| in another busheI of ashes and as much
more lime and water, and continue TO do so
until your vessel is foil; Tut 10 bot water
! till YOU can draw cf1'the I've, after which
! the heat Of the water IS not Of much conSe-
Queree. You must have al least two-thirds
of bushel of lime TO hcgshead, if u
wish your soapto he madequlck; one hogs
! head Of ashes will make. two barrels Of
soap. When you draw off your I've YOU
must keep your first two Fai!fuls BY The m
selvs, and the next two in another We sSel
& the third two in another vessel still: then
weigh % pounds OF clear, strained gye@se.
or OF scraPs, without raining, 81 pounds,
| put into kettle with 8 pounds Of loSIn:
then rour ever it che pajltul five from the
fist drawn vessel, and one from the second
drawn vessel put it over the fire and let it
toll twenty m;nutCs-te particular TO add
no I've over the fire, but swing off the Grain
if it is in danger of boiling over:-put il
into your barrel and add enc pailtul of I've
from the third drawn vessel, and give it a
thorough string; then weigh YOUR grease
ter another barrel and take the I've remain
inc in the last vessels. in the same manner
as for the frSt to1lcl: then draw f. y5ur
weak I've and fill up the vessels as fast rs
/ 10 ms MI lrf 20 =
barrel, ;hattAev may be e u lily strong. If
your leach run through last: you may
have your barrels full in an hour, and Sc
hard that yCu can bardlv- Stir them You
must stir 1t after you be gin to put in YOUR
I've, till your barrel is full Fourteen
quarts OF melted grease is the quantity for
a barrel
| MANY families in this town make their
soap according to the foregoing with per-
feet success. l-Hamp. Gazette.
PRUNING THE RASPBERRY. Where
this work was neglected in au.rnn, it
should be done immediately OF as early
in the spring as circumstance viii elbow.
The Old Stems which tore last wear are
first to be cleared away then <te-t on
each root, for next years bv:ninE, three,
Jour, or five, Of the stroHgt>, ofthe last
sun mer's shoots; the remainder. includ-
ing all Struggling stems, are 10 be cut off
closely TO the ground
The shoots which are jeh should te
- shortened by cutting c # their to- s to ahou.
: four feet IN height and should BE- Tied to an
, upright stake driven close beside the root
This support viii prevent their being
: borne down ty the weight OF fruit aud
/ leaves next summer, or their being flown
: down by violent winds, and will also pre-
: vcntthelr occupying too much ground By
- Struggling ltyCnd their limits.
? Atthe same time they are pruned, if the
/ state ofthe ground viii admit il, the earth
i about their roots should Be- cleared entire
; ly Of grass and weeds and we'll IocseneI
: with hoe. If not, it must be done as
!, early in the spring as practicable.
Every farmer who is not well supplied
: with tbs delicious f.ujt, ard its best varic-
ties, should take early measures 20 pro-
: cure them. The ground it will occupy is
s almost nothing. the labor o. cultivation is
e exceedingly trifing. it never fails OF a
: CtoP anu IRIS comes al season When
: there is scarcelyany other fresh fruit to be
y obtained. -Nonthtv Gene5ee Farmer.
/ WEIGHT OF GRAIN 1t may be in
i teresting, and possibly of real utility to
t young farmers, to give the average weight
) OF some of the most common kinds oil
f grain and grass seed.
: Wheat, mean weight, SO lbs.
Rye, Sc
0 Barley. AZ
/ Oats, IS