The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-11-13
AGRICULTURAL.
From the Cuiiyaior.
Ts make geSa Batter in Winter.

From the Culiiyaior.
Ts make gesa Batter in wister.
We often hear the complaint that butter made
in winter Is poor. Ours was 80 for several sea-
sons. IL was very slow in coming. and iroihy.
white, and sometimes bitter while butter MADE
from the same kind Of milk in the warm season
was good. devised many plans for improve
ment. such as throwing in salt, warm milk,
sealding cream, &C.; bat 10 no purpose. Al
length scalded my milk when brought from,
the COW, afterwards setting IL in either cold or
warm place as most convenient mean CON-
municated sufficient heat TO my milk to DESTROY
the effect which frosty feed in autumn or dry
feed in the winter had upon II. Since which
time We have made, with fifteen minutes ehurh-
ing, purer, sweeter, and more yellow butler
than we ever made in summer-and sometimes
from the frozen cream gradually warmed. And
were II not that the increase of manufacture
the pursuit Of fashion, and other Causes CON-
binec, render helping hands in the dairy-room
now-a-days very scarce, | should be al N,
trouble Of scalding my milk before setting il
during the summer, as well as in winter: for
surely, butter made in this way possesses de-
licious richness and dryness which cannot be
found IN any other. HoUsE-KEKPER-
BOILING VEGETABLES AND MEArs.-In boiling
vegetables, they should not be put into the water
until it is fully heated, and then there SHOULD be
no Cessation of heat until the cooking is finally
done.
But when meats are to be boiled, quite "A oo-
Poste procedure is to be observed. They require
TO be put into the water while il is cold or, in
case Of fowls, while the water is little warm:
then, instead Of rapid boiling, the water should
be merely simmered. BY this process, the meal
is made tender, while by fierce boiling il i. hsr5-
ened and made tough.-Prsirir Farmer.
There is much due to the suggestion As TO the
manner Of cooking, boiling. broiling, roasting
or baking, Of both vegetables and meats. Hav-
ing heard the suggestion that potatoes should
be put into boiling, instead Of cold water over
the hre. while warming the feet in the kitchen
at the time of cooking an early breakfast. We
saw the water boiling before the man had
brought in the potatoes, taken that morn ng from
the ground. The soil Of the garden was so rich
as to make the potatoes heavy: well cleaned,
they were boiled as quick as possible and with
IN some twenty minutes we were eating them
at the breakfast table, bursting from the tender
skin, and mealy as the best potatoes raised upon
the rich grounds upon our neighboring high.
lands.-Fsrmsr's Monthly Visitor.
LINE WATER FOR HEys-AccrpKvrAL DIS
covEaY.-Duriug the last season, Mr.. Joseph
wilcox, of this town, having occasion to al
minister lime water to sick horse, inaiyertant-
~ leit pail OF the preparation in his barn.
which remained there for some months, serving
as q favorite drink for his hens He soon after
wards found that the laying Of mis- Hens was
apparently increased to a considerable extent
Becoming convinced Of the importance Of the
ITO him new discovery, he has during the pres
ent season kept his Hens constantly supplied
with lime water, placed In trouehs within their
convenient access, and the result has been al in
crease In eggs Of some four-foId as compared
with previous experience. He is willing 10
share the benefits Of the experiment with his
neighbors, il they choose to try IT.; and hence
this publication. The newness Of the disc overy
though it may not be new to ALL Is clsim-d
only as applicable to the mode of imparting the
lime in this case-it is used in another form for
the same purpose having been previously under
stood by many.-Wsyne SeaiineL
GooD fAnMrNe--Here ID the secret Of good
farming. You cannot take from the land more
than you restore to II, some shape or other,
without running II. and 90 DESTROYING your capt.
tai Different soils may require different modes
OF treatment and cropping. but in every va
rie'y OF soil these are the golden rules to attend
to:-Drain until you find that the water that
falls from heaven does not stagnate in the soil
out runs through IL and of it freely. Turn
UP ana u'i The land until your foot sinks into .
loose powdery loan, that the sun and air re,di-
iy passes through. Let no weed occupy the
place where useful plant could possibly grow
Collect every particle Of manure tina, yoa can,
whether liquid or solid. Let nothing on the
arm 90 TO waste. Put In your crops in that
course which experience has shown TO lead 10
success In their growth, and to an enrichment
and not an impoverishment Of the land. Give
every plant room to spread its roots In soil and
leaves in the air.
BorLKD ArrLK Prpprxe.-Pare. eore- and
quarter, as many fine juicy apples as will weigh
TWO pounds when done. Strew among them a
quarter OF pound Of brown sugar; add gra-
ted nutmeg, and the Juice and yellow peel Of q
large lemon. Prepare a paste of suet ana
hour, in the proportion of pound of chopped
snet TO two pounds Of -four. Roll II out Of mod
crate thickness; lay the apples in the centre.
and close the paste nicely over them in the form
81 large dumping tie IL in cloth, and boil
u three hours Send il to the table hot and ca,
Err.
ArrLE l,rye. fair. pIeasaut
sour and mellow apples pare them, and take
out the core with q small inifc, and fll M the
place with sugar; prepare some pie crust, roll
out quite thick, and cut it into pieces Just
large enough to cover one apple. Lay an apple
on each piece, and enclose them entirely tie
them up In a thick piece of cloth that has been
well Toured, put them in pot of boiling water,
and boil them one hour IL the boiling should
stop they viii be heavy. Serve them up with
sweet sauce, or butter and sugar.
APPLE DuxrLrxe-Set your tin pail or kettle
ON the stove, put In cup Of water, cut In four
isfge apples, one pint sour milk, one large tea
spoonful :a'erasus; mould your crust and spread
over the top; cover il tight; bake IL one
hEks.-Swarms should not b. kept In south
ern exposure during the winter. The bees arc
apt 70 % tempted to leave the hive, and thus be.
como chilled and disabled from returning, before
sney are aware. In summer they should not b
exposed 10 the sun, bat shaded.
kssP. the weeds eat Of your garden, and pick
Up snd horn Ill the fallen fruit 10 kill The futuss
Insect that destroys ysur Plaas, &c.