The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-06-21

taken to have pals and pans we'll scalded-
1t is impossible 10 make good butter and have
it keep, unless this part is we'll seen to. Your
cellar too, should be clean and tree from the
lost and least triile Of vegetable matter or
smell Whi,ewash it and use lime freely in
early spring. and have it sw Get when summer
comes; and remember also, milk and cream
want air and plenty fit, and butter to keep,
must be kept, air tight
Have your cream tempered 70 sixty two
degrees, and yonr COWS well sailed and your
butter will come easy. When the butter is
well come. draw off your butter milk and
have a pail full Q: cold soft water, pour it on
your butter and Eove YOUR dasher few
times, this will cleanse it quicker and better
than the lsdle; ifnot sufficiently purified,
repeat and the color of the water will show
whether your work is we'll done; then salt
will, the best LIVERPOOL Blown or Turks
Island salt, about an ounce to the pound, and
for packing little more-let your butter
stand covered for four or six hours, then work
it over, removing what little brine YOU may
extract and pack away, Keeping your firkin
well covered from the air. and gil il as soon
As possible. Any churning of butter, which
from some cause or other does not come hard
or Of color corresponding to what is packed.
we use in the family. AS soon at your firkin
is full. place on it a clean damp cloth and
cover with salt An irch or more and head no.
and have large stone to place on it when
wanted
How 10 PLANT PoTA1oEs A pamphlet
has been published in Scotland bv farmer
named Craig on the potato disease and its
cure. BY planting three different kinds of
potatoes together last year. very favorable re-
suits were achieved Two out Of three varie-
ties planted had been on previous occasions
affected by the disease all were found to be-
perfectly healthy when dug and experience
has shown that they kept well during the
winter. lie believes that the potato disease
may he safely attributed to the violation IF
ont Of the laws Of nature, and that the gene
ration OF the m.lady is occasoned by the
plants being too closely bred, OF, in other
words, by sub-brcedlnc"
The lesson we derive from this is. that two
or more varieties of seed potatoes should be
planted in each bill.
GINGER BEEE-Two gallons Of ginger
beer may be made as follows Put two gal
Ions of cold water into pot upon tie FIRE
add to it two ounces Of good ginger bruised
and two pounds Of white or brown sugar -
Let all this come to the boil, and continue
boiling for half an hour. Then skim the H.
Iuor. and pour 1t into a jar or tub, along
with one sliced lemon and halt an ounce o.
cream o: tartar. When nearly cold put in a
'cacu?ful of yeast to cause the liquor TO work
The beer is now made and after it has work
Cd for two DAYS strain it and bottle it for use
Tie the corks down firmly
THINNING OFT PLANrS-There is a va,
ricty OF opinions in regard to the proper pol
icy touching the thinning of plants The
Boston Cultivator. in speaking Of the thin
ming out of the root crops generally. saws that
the plan advocated bv some, of leaving the
roots eight or ten inches apart, costs twice as
much labor as that of letting four or five
plants stand together. and requires the use
of the fingers instead OF the hoe 1t also saws
that these four Or five roots arc quite equal
in weight to one standing ale ne Pursuing
this policy, nearly all the cultivation can b,
done with the pillow and hoe. We quote the
,!:rrctions:
When the plants are first up let hoe be
run along close by them to crush the Young
weeds; this is soon done. Then in one week
let the plants be formed into hills. LEAVING
four or FIVE plants in each and maNlnG til,
hills twelve or fourteen inches apart Tia,
spaces between the hills are kept in order b,
the hoes AS the spares are between :he hill,
OF corn in drills. Thus nearly all the druid,
cry of growing root crops may bc saved and
farmers may he Renewed from the horrll idea
Of knc"iino down in order to thin out ard &c
nurse each plant separately, and OF pulling
each weed bv kand.
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