Washington sentinel., 1853-11-06
From the N. Y. Tribune.

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From the N. Y. Tribune.
QUiNcEs.-Go forth sluggard that thou art,
into the gardens Of thy neighbor, if thou hast no
such glorious sight Of thy own, and look at the
clusters of rich, ripe, golden fruit, nesting
among the green leaves of its handsome parent
! shrub; which ought everywhere to be planted
as an ornament of lawn, garden or pasture or
as q bordering of meadows, field or orchard
roads; or along ornamental fence, or fish-pond
| shores or around rocks or unsightly objects to
be hidden from view; for which nothing can
be more appropriate than the ounce; at the
same time its cultivation win afford certain
profit. AS an ornamental shrub, there is but
one fruit tree, the orange-and that we cannot
have at the north-which excels it in beauty,
either at the Towering or fruit season. The
pure white beauty Of the orange, or delicate
| pink-tinted blossom of the ounce, or the rich
golden fruit Of both, might tempt stole to ex-
claim, oh, how beautiful How can any hu-
man being, wandering forth in the sunshine of
| these bright autumnal days, amid an orchard
Of fruit fail to feel grateful glow Of gratitude,
for such a blessed picture as nature only can
paint. If for nothing else then, than the gratii-
cation ofsight, plant quinces-plant them now
there never will be better time than this very
month. Theuseofthe fruit ismainly forpreserv.
ing as sweetmeats; though nothing can be finer
dessert than the ounce in its season, cooked
daily. To prepare them for this purpose, pare,
quarter, core, and lay them on q white earthen
| plate, and bake till soft, but not enough to
change the form. Serve them up in jelly plates
for the table, to be eaten with butter and su-
gar, or syrup, or wine sauce, hot or cold as con.
venient or preferred. Some prefer to pour
over them little syrup when about half baked.
Another excellent sauce may be made by stew
ing cores and SKINS and straining by squeezing
through coarse cloth, and sweetening the
juice with an equal quantity by weight of white
sugar, or by measure Of syrup, and then boiling
not as much as for jelly. You may improve
the flavor, by adding to each fruit a small hand
| full of stone raisins and quart of lemon or
orange peel.
Prepared in the same way as for dessert,
mashed through a seve, sweetened and made
thin enough to spread over single crust, or in
alternate layers with six or eight very thin
ones and you will have as delicious pie as
need be eaten.
Every New England housewife knows how
much her apple sauce is improved be adding
one-third ounces.
Everybody don't know what an excellent
sauce they make stewed in syrup or molasses.
Everybody don't know, but ought to, how easily
they can be grown, and that trees once in bear.
ing viii continue SO for thirty or forty years.
GUANo AND Social REvoLUTIoS.-The Re
former, q German paper published in this city,
has an article under the above title. 1t struck
us as a singular one, but upon reflection it ia
not so much so as might appear at first sight.
We will illustrate our view Of the subject.
A portion of the State of Virginia, known rs
the forest lands of the Northern Neck, lying
between the Rappahannock and Potomac riy.
ers few years ago was desert sandy waste.
1t had been cultivated in corn and wheat and
tobacco until it gave back no return for the
seed then sown occasionally with rye, until 30
exhausted that crop Of three bushels to the
acre could not be produced; and then suffered
to grow up to old field pines or sedge-grass,
and some of it was too poor to produce that
almost last effort Of expiring nature, and strug
gled on year after year to keep slight show
Of greenness in the very last growth, a scanty
crop Of poverty grass
These lands were inhabited by class of
people who needed social revolution as much
as the land. The people of a country are al
ways improved with the improvements of the soil.
This was the state of things when Willough,
by Newton and DR.. Fairfax, almost simultane-
ously encountered the ridicule Of their neigh
bors by applying guano and sowing wheat upon
that soil What was the astonishment of the
scoffers to find that 200 lbs. Of guano produced
| 10 or Is bushels of wheat and a rich field Of
clover, upon every acre, where none would
| grow before. Lands rose in value from one
dollar to twenty, and the population either rose
in their condition or gave place to those who
would partake Of the benefits produced by the
social revolution which guano was efecting.
The character of the country has changed, the
people improved. And this is the case every
where that guano has been introduced. 1t has
worked q social revolution. 1t will do away
with the poverty and slavery of the laborers
who struggle to exist-that is all they can do,
upon soil doomed to sterility.
All improvements, either in the soil, the
means Of cultivating il, or transporting its pro-
The world is improving.
GUANo AND DAIsEs.-That dreadful pest Of
New England farmers, the white daisy, may
be exterminated by gnano. If it is in land
that can be ploughed, break it up and SOW $50
pounds Of guano per acre with oats or wheat
and clover. IL it is in pasture, SOW the guano
with half bushel Of plaster to each hundred
pounds Of guano, and the daises will disap-
pear.
Corn MEAL.-Indan corn ground with the
cobs makes most excellent feed. All animals
| fed with it seem to keep in good health and
| thriving. more than when fed with clear
grain. The reason of this is, the cobs serve to
distend the stomach, and assist the digestion OF
the corn. Cutting hay and straw, and grinding
cobs, are among the improvements of the day
which farmers may adopt with profit.
SALrING BUTrER.-Take two quarts of the
best common salt, one ounce of sugar and one
of saitpetre. Take one ounce Of this compost
tion for one pound Of butter, work it well IN
| the mass, and close it for use. The butter cured
with this mixture appears Of rich, tat, marrowy
consistence, and fine color, acquires britte
hardness and does not taste salty.
| Coon CENESr.-Take some common lime
and mix il with quantity Of tar-just enough
| to make tough dough. Use II quick, because
!. becomes hard in few moments, and will
no,ar soak or crumble. This is first-rate
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