The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-14
AGRICULTURAL.
GRAPE GOSSIP.

GRAPE GOSSlPs
A writer in st. Louis paper is urg-
ing the importance of deep culture OF
the soil as means OF preventing the
diseases which appear on the grape. In
the preparation of soils for permanent
vineyards, too much stress cannot be
placed upon the importance OF drain
age and deep stirring oil the soil. II
costs heavily to do this; and in some
places il is impracticable; but In the
end it is economicalto to do so. Not alone
are diseases of the vine and fruit pre-
vented by such culture, but the causes
of diseases OF plants and grains are re-
moved by such management of the
soil =.
A. II. q G. B. worthen of Hancock
county, Illinois, sent samples "f wine
of their first vintage to the American
which were highly commented by good
judges. The following Is their mode oil
manufacturer
"Dplawares were picked September
II; 6atawhas October II; sorted and inn
perfect berries removed, ground in a
wooden fluted mill, the Catawbas being
pressed Immediately, and Delnwares
after remaining eighteen hours. The
vat of the wine-PIess is 81 feet square,
The follower being moved by IA 81 inch
wrought iron screw, 5 feet long.
tsEifty gallons of the must was put in
sixty-fiVe gallon caSk, and n Syphon
inserted, one end fitting the bung air
tight, and the other placed in vessel
of water, the Thermometer in the cellar
indicating G5 deg. Fan. The must com
menced Fermentation in about forty
eight hours after being placed in the
cask. When the gas ceased to bubble
up through the wuter, the cnsk was filled
from another one, and the bung placed
lightly over the hole for u week, when
il was driven in tight. --,zt g. E-f- 81
'.trhe wine cellar or vault is built in
the side of hill, and is sixty feet long
and eighteen feet wide in the clear, nd
eleven aud Il half feet high in the cen-
tire of the arch; the walls are of lime
stone, Two feet thick, and arched over
with the same materiali side walls are
carried up TO the top OF the arch, and
The cellar has limestone floor, plas
tered with cement, making it rat-proot
and proof. A good well of water
is in the cellar, and large cistern out
side, eight feet in diameter and fourteen
feet high"
DIR. Hull, OF Alton, stated at meet
ing of the Alton horticultural Society,
May 8, that full one-third of the fruit
buds ON his grHpevines had been de-
stroyed by the Chalybra or Steel Blue
Beetle.
Mr.. s. Wilson sent statement re-
Gently to the Merrimac Horticultural
Society that he had found Il remedy for
the grape rot. 1t is: Sprinkle dry lime
over the vine. DIR. Warder stated that
Mottier of Cincinnati had found lime OF
more service than either ashes or sui
phur. NJ. Braches thinks the rot de-
pends upon minute nocturnal insects,
and asserts that the rot is not found If
the average night temperature falls be-
low 500; even il the rot is in progress, it
stops when the rot falls below. DR..
BeuIe thought this fact might account
for the rot being unknown in Califor-
mia, where the nights are uniformly
cool.
Talking about sample of Concord
WINE on exhibition recently, DIR. Hull
of Alton, is reported to have said that
he considered it no better than vine
gar; and that if we make wine from so
poor grape it must be sugared. j. A.
starr said he had procured IA must scale,
thus intending to bring wines to the
same standard. He should use sugar
when necessary; but conform to the
standard.
TRICHINK IN MUTToN.
A. j. Murray, Veterinary Surgeon,
says:
statement in the American press, that
AN Italian SdUGHL has discovered tri-
china in mutton, and that he found
them especially abundant in the lungs
OF sheep. This statement is calculated
to produce alarm, and to excite Sus-
picions us to the soundness of mutton,
which it does not deserve. The Italian
SaUdnE WAS mistaken as to the nature
of the parasites in the sleeps lungs
They were not trichine, but are small
worms scientifically termed the StTeu-
lyLttS fEa7'id, and which produce u dis
ease popularity known in Britain as the
"husk." Their ova will not develop in
human beings, so that their presence
in sheep is not dangerous to man.
have dissected the lungs ofa grea tmany
sheep of different breeds in England,
and have found the lungs of three out
ofevery four sheep more or less affected
with them. They do not apparently
injure the animals health, unless they
are present in very large numbers. l
have not yet ascertained whether they
are present in American sheep or not,
though they have been found by scien-
tific men in the sheep ofmost European
countries" -,-t
PRESERVING GRAIN.
The following is the report of COM
mitIee ION preserving grain in raritied
air." to the French Academy, and is
worthy the consideration OF grain deal
ers. The apparatus made for carrying
out the process consists of one or more
sheet-iron cylinders, each provided
with "A man hole on the top for the in
PRODUCTION of tue grain, and hopper
below through which il can be discharB-
ed. A partial vacuum having been
uade within the cylinder, by means OF
an air pump, 1t was found that this
could be maintained during six months
or more. All the insects which attack
grain, aud particularly the weevil, were
quickly destroyed by the raritied air of
the cylinder. The grain was perfectly
well preserved during the six months
devoted TO the experiments OF the conf
mittee.
HOW TO KEEP EGGS.
Mr.. G. Kenyedy Genelin, in his work
entitled Poultry breeding in IA Com
lowing directions for the preservation
of eggs: Now the most effective, sim
pie, and economical plan for truly pre-
serving eggs, or rendering them ht for
Matching purposes, is to use the patent
stoppered glass jars with vuIcaniZed
india rubber joints, and proceed thus;
immediately after daily collecting
the eggs, put the jar in hot water, and
when thoroughly warm so as TO rarity
the air, place the eggs in the jar the
pointed end upper-most, and pack and
line with paper shavings or cocoa hbres
to prevent their breaking; then close
the Jar before taking il out ofthe waller,
and 1t will be found that the eggs pre-
served by this method will be ut for
Matching twelve months after, and that
those Intended for the breakfast table
will be as fresh as on the day when
laid"
Prof. Smith, of Columbia College,
said that the common way of preserving
eggs in the North of Europe, and which
other mlde he had ever seen was this:
| The eggs are placed in q barrel,