The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-08-13
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.
From the American AgriculturaIist for
August.

some sections the accounts are glowing
people being hardly able 10 estimate the
great yield of wheat and oats. This is
true of parts of Pennsylvania at any rate,
and good crops are reported from Mary
land, and West Virginia. Throughout
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky the wheat has
suffered "in streaks" from drouth, and in
some counties the estimates are of / to I a
crop. In some places the winter wheat
was much hurt by the frost and subse-
quenuy the drouth nearly finished it.
The rains in June came Just in time TO
save the oats and other spring grain-and
in many sections they filed well. There
are few complaints Of either rust or fly !:
though there are some serious ones.
Our correspondent in Michigan repre-
scented very severe drouth in June follow
ed by hard frost "adding death to desQla-
ton" These reports were followed by
others chlonicling abundant rains. SINH
lar reports come from the Far West, Wis
consin, Iowa, Minnesota, the rains howev-
er coming in time to add half to two thirds
to the value of the crops. The Monthly
Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture,
last month, estimated two -thids of crop
of wheat the country through.
, In this State and New Jersey, agricul-
tural prospects were fair throughout, until
within the past month, and rains coming
soon would retrieve the failing fortunes of
the farmers. Corn is just beginning to suf-
fer. So with fruit, though blackberries
and raspberries are drying on the vines.
We get very bad reports from the hop
growers mildew and aphis add their blight
to other unfaYorable circumstances, and
more than half crop can hardly be antci
pated. A fair crop Of hay was we'll secur
ed (not damaged by ram, at least). In
pretty well, and as to corn and hay the
same remarks apply. So far (up to the
10Th of JULY, in our opinion, we may
count upon but little less than an average
yield of farm produce generally though
continuation of the drought a few days
longer will make serious differences. The
damage is already great.
MORE Amour BREAD.-Molly Greenfield
writes to The American AgriculturisL.
Many farmers wives make milk or saltrs
ing bread, and if well made it is excellent;
but it is not always as convenient to make
in summer as hop-yeast bread. Hop yeast
Is very handy for biscuit, rolls, cake, and
rusk as well as for bread. One is not
obliged to keep a fire half day for the emp
tyings to rise, with the risk Of failure from
carelessness, in allowing them TO becom
cool or scalded. Here is a recipe for yeast
which is good, something nearly like which
l found in an agricultural paper good
while ago. Steep a handful of hops in a
large basin Of water, mix with the hop wa
ter three or four good sized potatoes boiled
and mashed; also tablespoonful Of flour,
half tablespoonful of salt, aud half tea
cup OF sugar. When cool, add a cup Of
brewers yeast. Domestic yeast and mo-
lasses may be used instead of brewers yeast
and sugar. If you wish moist bread, pour
boiling water on half or more OF your -four
when you sponge your bread. But about
Graham bread-do you ever make that
If we'll made it is truly excellent and whole
some. Here are two good ways of prepar-
ing it. /. Mix wheat meal with sweet
milk, roll about s of an inch thick, and bake
in quick oven. 2. Mix the meal with
rich buttermilk or thin sour cream, use So
ia or salt, drop on buttered tins in small
cakes and bake quickly.
SORGHUM SUGAR-Two beautiful sam
pies Of sorghum sugar (from lot Of 500
pounds made by Charles B. Lines Of Kan
sas, have been placed upon our table by
Blymyer, Bates and Day, the manufactur-
ers of Cooks Evaporators, Cincinnati, o.,
IN refutation of remark in the Agrieultar-
dlist that sorghum sugar ''has not mark
ct value so high as the syrups it will make,
and that, as it generally occurs, it is ga
= eummy mass and not marketable" There
has never been the slightest doubt in our
minds that sorghum juice contained erys-
tallzabe sugar We know that ii does,
and that it is usually so mixed with grape
sugar and other impurities, that, rs it has
been produced by SO people in 100, it is 6
gummy mass lacking sweetness and Meth
er marketable, nor wanted by tie sugar re-
fners. There is no doubt that as process
es are studied and practice perfects the su
gar boilers. and as the apparatus is improv
ed, more sugar may be produced: and W.
certainly hope that we may be able TO buy
and buy to recommend 10 our readers, t
aim at making sugar rather than syrup, a
it is now almost certain success attend
syrup making, so while we urge expert
menting, we cannot recommend indiscrim-
mate trying to make sugar, because disap
pointment would follow.
HOUSEHOLD HISTs FOR AUGUsT.-Ho
weather, busy days. Get as much Of tn
housework as possible done in the cool c
The day. Spouga the bread at night. tia
It may be ready to mold into loayss in th
morning, aud do other baking at the sam
time. lfyou have washing to do. soa
Your clothes over night, and bcil them u
in the morning after partial rubbing 70
clothes much soiled, or use eraziye soa
and a spoonful of sal soda in tie boilin
ends, TO save great deal of rubbing. Re
mind your husband that a GOOD washin