Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-11-15

covering to your water pipes where there is
any danger of freezing
Implements should be cleaned, dried and
laid aside. Carts, plows, harrows hoes, rakes,
all slowed under cover. There ought to be
place for everything and everything in its
place, to prevent loss Of time in finding what
is wanted By such means, machines and
tools will last much longer Employ leisure
in repairing fences to prevent hurry in spring
Give your refuse apples to hogs. They are
worth more for this purpose, wcig ht for weight,
than potatoes To salt pork properly, it is
essential to immerse pieces completely in salt.
Place layer of salt at the bottom, then
layer of pork in the usual manner, filling the
interstccs, and SO on till the barrel is full.
Use plenty of salt, it will not be lost. Sal
petre, when used, should be in small quaint.
tics, say 400th part. Some add a small
quantity of sugar. To cure hams, mix
bushel of good salt with pound of nitro,
rub the hams well with the mixture, and put
them down. Rub them again in few days
that they may absorb the salt more evenly.
In about four weeks, (sooner if the pieces are
small,) wash them and hang them up in the
smoke house. The following mixture is rec.
commended for hams one pound Of salt, one
ounce nitro, pulvcrized and mixed, added to
two quarts of molasseS the pieces are to be
thoroughly rubbed with this, and laid flesh
side up. and suffered to remain three weeks.
In the garden some vegetables remain to
be gathered. Cabbages should be taken up
on warm dry day; drained in an inverted
position of such water as they contain, and
properly protected from water and too much
dryness, and from frost They may be thus
protected in various ways. One is to place
them in a cellar with the roots buried in
box Of earth. Another, to place them in a
row in a dry part Of the garden, in an upright
position, the roots and stems buried, and then
covering them with two boards or slabs, in
the form of roof and burying them with
earth. Another, is to separate the loose
leaves, and bury them in conical pile, pre-
cisey as turnips and potatoes are treated
when put in the cellar they should DO dry and
clean, otherwise in warm weather they will
cause unwholesome air from the commence
ment Of winter. Lay down tender exotic
grape vines placing a few stones upon them
to keep them down until two or three inches
Of earth are thrown on the vines, when the
stones are removed and the vacancies sup
piled with earth. All tender shrubs need pro-
lection before winter. Flexible stems may
be laid down; stiff, upright ones may be pro-
tected by incasing them well with the branch
of evergrecns. All transplanted Dubious
roots will also need protection. Asparagus
beds, when the tops are dead, should be
cleared off, and layer of dung two Or three
inches thick spread evenly over. Some SOW
seeds Of parsnips, carrots, &c, in autumn, if
done so late that ihsyF will not yegetatc be-
fore cold weather. aaly peas, also, if there
be no danger from }. Parsnips likewise.
All vacant grOdh - eald be ploughed or
spaded, to be subjected to the action of win,
ter frosts, and to be in readiness as early as
possible in the spring.