The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-10-16
AGRICULTURAL.

Tomatoes make excellent preserves.
loads are the very best protection of cabbage
against lice.
Plants. when dropping. are revived BY few
grains of camphor.
Pears are generally improved by grating on
the mountain ash.
Sulphur is valuable in preserving grapes from
insects.
Lard never spois in warm weather, if it IS
cooked enough in trying it out.
In feeding with corn, 60Ibs. ground goes as
far as lOOlbs. in the kernel.
Corn meal should meyer be ground very fine
IL Injuries the richness of il.
Turnips Of small size have double the puiri.
tions matter that large ones have
kuta Baga is the only root that increases in
nutritious qualities as il increases in size.
Sweet olive oil is a certain cure for the bite Of
rattlesnake- Apply il internally and e1ter-
nally.
kats and other vermin are kept away from
gram by sPrinkling Of garlic when packing
the sheave.
Money skilfully expended in drying land BY
draining and otherwise, will be returned with
ample interest
10 cure scratches on ahorse, wash the legs
WIN soaPsuds, and then with beef brine Two
aPp'ications will cure in the worst cases.
TIMBER cut in the spring and exposed to wealth
cut in the fall
Experiments show apples to be equal to pOta-
toes TO improve cows, and decidedly preErabs
for feeding cattle.
bare pasture enriches not the soil nor fat.
tens the animals, nor increases the wealth of the
owner.
One animal well fed is Of more value than
two poorly kept
thrice poorly.
bounnfui crops are more profitable than poor
ones. Make the soil rich; pulverize it well, and
AesP 4 clean, and il generally will be productive.
rxshhViNG BUrrER.-The farmers in the par
,sh OF odney, in the county Of Aberdeen, prse-
uce tne following method Of curing their
o"'ter. which gives il a great superiority above
that Of their neighbors:
TAKE two parts Of the best common salt one
part Of sugar, and one part Of saltpetre; head
,hem up together, and blend the whole complete
W nke one ounce Of this composition for si,-
'een ounces OF butter, work IL well into the mas,
and close il up for use.
Inc butter cured with this mixture appears Of
Sn ana mafrowy consistence, and fine color,
ana never acquires brittle hardness, nor tastes
salt. DIR. Anderson saws. al have ate butter
cured with the above composition. that has been
kept three years, and il was as sweet as at the
nn'- But II must be noted, that butter thus
euIed requires to stand three weeks or a month
oe'o'e 70 begun TO be used: il it be sooner
opened, the salts not sufficiently blended with
a' and sometimes the GOODNESS Of the niire will
.nen De perceived, which totally disaJ pears af
Inc above is worthy the attention Of every
aa'ry woman.-EdisburgA Journal
AN IArnovEnrNr IN BRrAD-xAkIxG.-PsrsOns
wiz are % unfortunate as to be poorly provided
.;u I'M NOSE agents Of mastication, good teeth,
wai be glad to know that there is a method Of
peking bread which obviates the necessity ola
nara crust. The crust commonly attached to
,ne ioai Is not only troublesome to such persons,
ou. " onen the cause Of much waste. The way
70 DC i'd oil II 10 a. follows: When the loaves are
moulded, and before they are set down to rise.
ta.e small quantity Of clean lard, warm il, and
ruo u lightly over the loaves. The result will be
= ernst beautiful and tender throughout. This
|" not MISUNDERSTANDING Am<riesn.
The PLux.-Downing says the plum is natu-
rally q marine tree. and IL 10 surprising how
mecn salt It will assmilate and thrive upon.
!" nave, ourselves, given . single large tree a
HAIL pusnel Of salt In q season, applied to the
sarface Of the ground in the spring, over an area
- wice a the extent Of the branches The
.res was in q sickly and enfeeblsd state, and IL
nso tne enect Of restoring Il to healthy condi.
uoa. not We consider this an extreme case, and
snoe'a not recommend the abundant use Of sAit
every year,