The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1847-08-11

solve into liquid paste, 10 which there
must be added, by stirring in, wood ashes or
thick mortar. Put the mixture Under cover
out of the way of rain, a:ld in a few weeks it
will become u light dry powder, which may
be applied hy the hand or otherwise, to any
kind Of land that may require it. In prcpa-
ring this mixture, great care must be OBJ
served 10 keep the oil of vitrol from touch
ing the clothes or skin, as it will burn them
as badly as fire.
The oil of vitrol, for this mixture. must be
of a first rate quality, otherwise it would re-
quire n greater quantity than given above
to dissolve 100 lbs. of bones. The mix
ture answers best for turnip-crop but it
is highly valuable for other roots as well as
for grass and grain. 1t should be applied at
the rate of 20 to 40 bushels to the acre. sown
broadcast on grass land, in the spring, or on
turnlp-crops planted in rows o: drills,
as roots, corn, beans, peas, &c. SC, it may
/ be applied in the hills or rows at the time
ofsowing, or it may be afterwards sprinkled
around the plants at the time Of hocing.
TO DESTROY WEEDS IN GRAVEL WALKS
of all the excellent recipes for keeping
pavcmcnts and gardcn-walks free from
grass aud weeds, none is so cffcctual as to
hire cook to pour upon them every morn
ing the water in which the eggs for break
fast have been boiled but the virtue is en-
tirely lost if it be not done the instant the
skillet is taken from the fre-that is, the
water must be boiling hot
TRIMMING TREES. Es.-Junc is good month
for trimming fruit trees, and in June we
have more leisure than in May. We ad-
wise to trim of a little each year in prefer
cnce to cutting away large branch, or Il
large portion Of the top at one time. If YOU
climb into the tree and stand on the limbs,
cast OFT your thick shoes or boots and put on
Old slippers that are more easy to the feet
and to the green bark of the tree. Heavy,
thick soled boots and shoes make have hu.
VOC on young and growing limbs.
1t is argued by some that no limbs need
looping, since nature has provided has pro-
vlded suitable proportion of leaf and root.
ii this be SD in a state of n::are, it does not
follow that it vii! hold good in state of cul-
tlvatlon. In cultlvating among trees we
are continually cutting off roots The tops
then would seem to require equal cutting.
But We have no faith in the doctrine
that the tree never has snperabundance
of limbs and leaves. 1t seems apparent
that nature has provided surplus in nu-
merons cases tina. come under observation.
1t may be that an excess of leaves is provi-
ded in order to feed the vermin that incline
to live on trees and when it so happens
that this Class Of creation fails to multiply, or
is destroyed by the hand of the cultiva;or
more leaves are actually found than the tree
can well support-Ploscmon.
PICKLEs.-A correspondent of the New
England Farmer, gives an easy and effica-
clous method of picking cucumbers, which
he learned from en- old sea-captain in the
West Indies
The recipe is very simple, and the supe-
rrlority of pickle cured by its directions, has
been tested by many years experience
They are neither affected by age or climate
The following is the recipe:
"To each hundred of cucumbers put q
pint of salt, and pour in boiling water suffi-
clent to coverthe whole. Cover them tight.
to prevent the steam from escaping, and in
this condition let them stand for twenty four
hours. They age then to be taken out, and
after being wiped perfectly dry, care being
taken that the skin is not broken, placed in
the jar in which they are to be kept
Boiling vinegar lif spice is to be used, it
should be boiled with vinegar) is then to be
put to them, the jar closed tight, and in
fortnight delicious hard pickles are procured,
as green as the day they were upon the
vines"
CULLoDEN.-It was on the field of Cullo-
den that Scotland fought her last battle.
The field is still visited by travellers of eve
ry nation, and is often resorted to by the
G0eI as the shrine of his country's chivalry;