, 1861-11-07
0hr cfarHr's Corner.
How to Make Good Cider.

Next to having cider press, 1t is essen.
tial to know how to make good cider; and
for the benefit Of such as contemplate max,
ing cider we publish the following recipe,
from late number Of one Of the best
agricultural journals of the country. All
who turn their attention to this new business
on the Pacific coast should carefully pre-
serve the subjoined recipe Prof. Horsford,
Of. Harvard University, had recently pub
lished recipe for improving and preserving
cider, BY means Of which the progress of
the vinous and acetic fermentations may be
arrested at pleasure, and the cider preserved
in just such state as may be desired. A
correspondent Of the Boston Journal says:
Put the new cider into clean casks or bar
Tels, and allow il to ferment from one to
three weeks, according as the weather is
cool or warm. When it has attained to
lively fermentation, add to each gallon three
fourths Of q pound Of white sugar, and let
the whole ferment again until il possesses
nearly the brisk pleasant taste which it is
desirable should be permanent. Pour out
. quart Of the cider and mix with it one
quarter Of an ounce Of sulphite of lime
for every gallon the cask contains. Stir
until Il Is Intimately mixed, and pour the
emulsion into the liquid. Agitate the con-
tents Of the cask thoroughly fir few mo
ments, then let Il test, that the cider may
settle. Fermentation will be arrested at
once, and will not be resumed. Il my be
bottled in the course Of q few weeks, or il
may be allowed TO remain in the cask and
used on draft. If bottled, it will become
sparkling cider-better than what is called
champagne wine.
Prof HorsfOrd, Of Cambridge was the
first 10 use the sulphite Of lime for this, and
70 him is due the credit of first calling atten.
ton 10 10 usefulness. Il Is in no respect
delelerlous, as the snlphate, into which the
sulphite Is changed by the liberation of sui
phurOusacid, isentirely inseluble, and remains
e the bottom Of the vessel.
The writer has cider prepared in this way
Two years since, which has remained un.
changed, and Is now a beverage Of unsur-
passed excellence. The sulpkite of lime,
not The sulpkaIs, must be used. (
Moss on RooYs.-Therc Is one thing,
sAys the AmerieaR 4grieHtsUrist, that nearly
ali people know IL they would attend to il;
dat 4, 70 sprinkle slaked lime on the roofs
Of their holdings, in rainy days Put Il on
considerably thick, 50 as to make the roof
look white, and you viii never be troubled
Wilhmoss; and Il the shingles are covered
ever 90 thick with moss, BY putting on lime
tWiOe, D will take all the Inoss of. and leave
Che roof white and clean, and will look al
most as well as IL Il had been painted. 1t
ought 70 be done once year, and, in my
opinion, the shingles will last almost twice
as long as they will to let the roof all grow
Over 70 moss tried It on the back side Of
my house, ten years ago, when the shingles
were al covered with moss, and they ap-
poarod 70 be nearly rotten. gave the roof
a heavy coating Of lime, and have followed
Il every year since then, and the roof is
better low than Il was then: and, to all ap-
pearance. &C follow my hand, L will last
Cen Or fifteen years longer. The shingles
have been on the roof thirty years. There
Is no more risk about sparks catching on the
roof than on a newly shingled roof Those
that Do not have lime near by, can use good
strong wood ashes, and these will answer q
good purpose 70 the same end.
1auDusr AZ A FIxER or AMnozIA.-The
Eynrr aad Gardsnsy says: Sawdust is one
a. ~ very best abs0rbents for LIQUID man.
urts Mixed with diluted suiphuric acid, It
y ere cf tho best materials for mixing the
amlhonla which Is given of in stables. The
following experiments have been put on rec
ord a shallow basin, In which sawdust
uoi1lenod with diluted sulphEric acid was
spread, vas hung 10 a stable, and in the course
81 ilIcs weeks al the acid IN the sawdust
Va. coupletely peutFnli1ed BY the ammonia
IN the air of tfs stable, and . considerable
quantity oT 6nlplnleof ammonia vas formed
IN this manner. FoE Ills reason, sAwdusI
mixed Eiih sulphnric acid Is recommended
= means Of keeping stables sweet and
wholesome Tbs acid should be diluted
With forty-fve TINES Is bulk Of water, be-
o1o q Il applied % The saWdusts Just
enough should be applied 70 make The saw
dultise damp. On account Of It's porosity,
AEdust retains he acid very perfectly, and
prcerni1 . large surface for the absorption
of he ammonia
Nuuno OTIEx.-I have never practiced
milking more than twice day, says dairy.
mn md frmor, because in spring and SUM
m1r olher farm work was too pressing to ad-
nit of D.; but there Is no doubt that, for
some weeks after calving, and the height Of
t1e hoW, he COW ought, IL possible, to be
MIXED regularly three times q day-at
early morns noon and night. Every prac-
lIcal dailyman knows that COWS thus MIXED
.1Iro 4 Inruor onartftu of rn;lL ahar "A ,,,;lLad