Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-09-16
Aan1ouLruRAI.
From the Nashville Agriculturist.

coiilinon Sdlt 4 OZ. Saitpetre, gallon mOlaSSeS
Or IL lbs. coarse sugar, and six gallons waller
mix intimately, and apply cold to one barrel of
Beef or Hams.
To those engaged in the cultivation of the Rhu.
barb plant, if they would place an empty barrel
over each plant, it is said to add greatly to its
growth and value. .'-
10 destroy Bed Bugs.--Make strong decoction
Of led pepper, when ripe and apply it with COM
mon paint brush to the Joints of the bedsteads,
wainscoting, &c. where these odious insects usu.
ally resort, and it is said will soon destroy them
Butter-Manufacture and Preservation.
good or bad quality of butter, depends much on
the feed, age, and quality of the cows. The best
and greatest abundance of milk, is produced dur
ing four or five years Of their middle age, when
they are considered in their prime for all good
purposes. The comparative quality of the diff
ferent cows in herd, is best ascertained when
they feed on grass only, as other kinds of food
more frequently change the quality. Close OBJ
seryaton is necessary, to ascertain the merits of
each COW in this respect. The feed which great
ly increases the quantity, generally deprecates
the quality in some measure. Brewery grains
particularly have this effect. Roots are general
ly an exception, as they make rich milk and great
ly increase the quantity. Carrots, ruta baga,
and mangel wurtzel, are preferable in our estlma.
tion to any other. Grass Of natural growth, or
that grown on unmanured land, is preferable to
that of rich and highly manured soil.
Cleanliness and pure salt are indispensable in
making good butter, every body well knows
There is no butter that bears the West India eli.
mate equal TO the lrish Indeed we believe scarce
y any other can be preserved sweet there, any
length of time. This is probably owing, first, to
their mode Of scalding or melting it, in order to
make it more compact, and expel all the butter.
milk. And in the second place, to the custom of
charrng the inside Of their firkins. This impor-
tant fact should be known 10 every dairyman.-
The conservative power of charcoal, is well un-
derstood in the preservation Of fresh meats, eggs
and every article affected by exposure to the
warm atmosphere. 1t is perfect preventive of
every bad quality impaired to the butter by wood,
which is generally found in that put up in firkns.
If surrounded by charred wood, the deleterious
effects Of the atmosphere, which is very search.
ing, will be perfectly prevented. The charring
should be so slight not to impart color to the
butter.-Farmers' Ga=.
To destroy Moles.-An English writer says,
make paste with powdered helIebore roots, wheat
flour, and ground glass place it near their holes
to eat, and you will soon kill them. Again, make
mixture of birthstone, rosin and turpentine, put
them into horn with narrow neck, first envel-
oping the same in tar set fire to the tar thus pre-
pared; then insert the mouth of the horn into the
burrow of the mole, and he will soon be suffocat-
ed to death.
Lime Wafer for Worms.--Take six quarts Of
water, add half pound of cuustic lime, and af.
ter letting it stand few minutes, commence wa.
tering the ground infested with worms, and they
will soon be destroyed. ...
Press for acorking orer Butter.-Smooth as per-
| fectly as possible piece of hard wood plank, Is
inches wide and "a long. On both sides and end
! nail pieces Of boards rising one inch above the
tsurface. Near the open ends screw in a small
ring bolt or what is better, three, at each COR
ner and one in tho centre. Let the ring on the
bolt be one inch in diameter. Make brake 35
inches long, 0 inches Of which is for the handle.
Let it be 3! inches wide, II thick one edge made
sharp, and the other rounded. On the end to go
next to the eye bolts, put ring, and in the CEN
tire SC rev bolt with a head, which will Just slip
through the eye of either Of the ringbolts. The
bolts should be screwed into plank, so that when
the brake attached its edges will exactly fit for
the surface the whole length.
Need say more? The rest is plain Give
the end next to you slight elevation and by
using the brake as a braker does HIS and by chang.
ing as occasion requires, all the milk may be
worked from the butter with n trifing labor.
II marble slab would stick less to the surface.
"A small wooden shovel three inches square, with
edges perfectly straight, should be hand to keep
all In place. JAMES BATES.
Tomato Figs.-We copy the following from the
American Farmer. 1t will soon be a seasonabe
article. The experiment has been tried in this
quarter, with most satisfactory results. Rich
specimens Of the fruit thus prepared, were exhib.
tied at the shows Of the Cincinnati Horticultural
Society this spring.
- PATENT OFFICE, July 10, ls4l.
Dear Sir The medicinal qualities of Toma
toes have greatly increased their cultivation, and
every new article of cultivation, and every pre-.
pa ration Of the article is deserving consideration
A sample of Tomato Figs' has just been depo.
sited at the Patent Office, of very superior quail
ity. From the taste, | should suppose all good
qualities of the fruit are retained. In appear
ance, the drum Of tomatoes resembles one Of figs
so nearly, that they might easily be mistaken for
the same.
7 The sample is deposited by Mrs. Steiger, of this
city, and the recipe transmitted with it is encos-
led for publication. 1t is deeply to be regeted that
since the periodicals of the day are open to COM
munications, that so many valuable improvements
fare lost to the world barely for the want of pu.
(bicity. Others may have dried the Tomatoes
with recipe, however less successful.
i Very respectfully,
I H. L. ELLSWORTH.