The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-01-24
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The following recipe for making good
Butter, was attached t. that exhibited by
Mrs. Patterson Of Jcftcrs9nville, and her
specimen certainly establishes its excellence.
This Butter was made ii NtE-, churned in
the old fashioned cilur1i. Add T. ten pounds
Of Butter, one teacup full Of salt well worked
without the aid 81 water, left standing twenty
Que hours in a wooden bowl then add three
table spoonsfJll Of crushed sugar and one of
pulverized saltpeter worked well together.
Then pack in six-gallon jars, beaten down
with wooden pestle; cover well with cloth
well saturated with saltpeter water, and then
cover that with three inches of common salt
This body convened Yesterday, in such
numbers as to fill tire Supreme Court Room.
Their proceedings in fu!l will be published in
our Agricultural Department Immediately
upon their adjournment. So far all things
indicate an undated ,igor and zeal on be-
half of the Board and Delegates, and there
is no doubt that this body will exercise
strong and beneficial influence upon the
agricultural, Manufacturing and Mechanical
interests of our State.
The exhibition Il a different matter from
what it was last year. \ few ears Of corn
and some specimens Of seed wheat and other
grains were all. Now the tables reaching
through the State House hall are filed. and
fruits and preserves are in the rooms in album
dance. The n,oats arc the finest we have
ever seen; apples still display ali their beau
ties which were 50 attractive at State
Fair; butter has lost none Of its excellencies
since then, and can and other preserved fruits
are az good as when put up. The deficiency
is III smoked meats, simply because it is too
early to have them. a month later, and ii
would have been complete in this particular.
I -. 1 4 I L u -
vacancies Of retiring members Of the State
Board, and tile following gentlemen were
elected: Mcssrs. Orr OF Laporte; Williams
of Knox; Col. Nawter Of Jennings; DIR.
Raymond of Franklin; VIM. NJ. Franklin
Of Owen; DR.. Brown Of Montgomery; j. Il.
c.. Nelson Of Allen; and Z r. Graf of q bison.
Mr.. MatSon of Putnam resigned his place
on the State Board, and DR.. Stevenson of
the same county was unanimously chosen to
fill his vacancy.
The following premiums on ESSAYS were
announced by the Committee-the successful
competitor receiving a silver cup worth TWEEN
ty-tive dollars.
On the Cultivation of Wheat-'r F. 6 ood-
win, of Franklin county.
On the Cultivation of Irish Potatoes
Chas. VI. Walker; county unknown.
On the Grasses-Dr. Brown, of Crawfords-
Vile.
On Fruits-Wi lillian II. LOOMS, Of Allen
county.
On the Soils of acknowledgements Brown,
Of indianapolis.
On Manures-Alvin Albertson, Of Wash
ington county.
On Ditchng and Draining-R. j. Calling,
of Marion county.
On Fencing and Hedging--Wilber S.
Stone, of Putnam rouuty
No premium was awarded on the cultiva-
ton OF Indian Corn, for none of the ESSAYS
We're deemed worthy of it.
The new Board vas organized by Flee
ting DR.. \. c. Stevenson, Of Pstnam county,
President of tho Board for two wears The
following are the Executive Committee
Messrs. Stevenson, Orr, Dennis Wagner and
Lane. \ new feature in the next fair will
be the opening of Tie prsIhi1rn list TO the
world And Il recommendation to the county
Societies to do likewise. Weare and always
lave been in favor OF this course, and made
an inetfeetual attempt two years ago to bring
il about.