Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-09-10

THE BKsT MANURE FOR PEAR TREEs.--In
the wood and fruit of the pear an amount OF
potash is found, therefore Il is needful that
potash should be in the soil in considerable
quantity-more so than is necessary Tor
wheat crop, as that needs the phosphates.
From this chemical fact we would say, apply
wood-ashes, unbleaohed, to the pear orchard.
Chemistry saws there is large quantity Of
iron in the wood and fruit of the pear, there
fore we would deduce the theory from this
that, iron is good manure for pears. This
has been found true in practice. In olden
times il was customary to take the right
front shoe off of a dead horse and hang it
on the lowest limb of a pear tree that showed
signs of a decline; in year OF two the tree
seemed to recover, and It was attributed to
the shoe keeping the witches off, when in
reality, it was the atmosphere acting on the
iron and forming an oxyd which was washed
to the roots of the tree, furnishing the need
ful mineral. Barnyard manure has within
its bulk nearly, if not all, the mineral con-
stituents of plants this, applied in small
quantities every fall, with every three or
four years a top-drt sing Of ashes, and ssme
few blacksmiths' cinders, will be all the
manure required. The barnyard manure
should be applied every autumn, for the
reason that if only applied every three years,
in larger quantities, it might stimulate the
tree to a late and succulent growth, which
would be very likely to cause frozen sap
blight the succeeding summer. 1t is an
excellent plan to compost swamp-muck with
the stable-manure, in the stables, also serv-
ing the purpose of an absorbent in the sta
bles. Be careful that the mice do not harbor
in the mulch about the tree, and commit
severe depredations in the winter.
PRESERVING PEACHES IN THEIR OWN JUICE.
Edward Bancroft, of Athens, Georgia, has
brought the art of preserving peaches in their
own Juice to great perfection. Having
superior ripe peaches, a little hot syrup made
from double-refned oafsugar and their own
juice, heated with the peeled peaches, pre-
pares them for the most perfect sealing in
tin cans or glass bottles. His rule is one
pound of sugar to two of fruit. We did not
know before we drank it of his make, that
the juice of delicious peaches is capable oi
yielding a valuable wine. Preserved, with
out fermentation, rich peach juice may be
used at the table in various ways, and give
| satisfaction every day in the year. Itshould
| be bottled in the way described by q recent
correspondent for putting up new cider, tc
keep 1t sweet indefinitely.
MODE OF KEEPING PoTAToEs IN THE Gel.
LARA correspondent OF the New England
Farmer says: "Put them in pile as deep a:
you can conveniently" He has for three OIL
four years noticed that where they were
deepest they kept the best. Last autumn he
| put out 125 bushels in one bin, and filled
them two and half or three feet deep. They
! have decayed but little, and he found more
rotten ones near the top than any where
else.
REMEDY FOR SLoBBERING IN HoRsEs.-A
| correspondent of the Boston CultiDdtoT cures
| this disease by the use of saltpeter. A table,
spoonful to dose he has found to cure the
worst case he ever had, and has not found i
necessary ever to give the fourth dose. H,
gives tablespoonful in the morning, and il
three days, if the horse is not free from ii
repeats the dose.
THE BENEFIT OF ONIONS FOR CATTLE.-A
writer in the Homestead has great faith in tn,
efficacy of peck of onions for ridding cows
or oxen of lice. He claims to have founC
them an infallible remedy in his practice
They also give tone to the stomach, and ar
especially valuable in hot weather, whel
working cattle will lie in the shade at noon
time, and refuse to eat. .....