Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1868-12-08

sessing no single quality rightly at
taching to a good article of butter
This is all wrong, the cause of which
is less often attributable to a lack OF
judgment than to disregard of the
plainest principles of right. Suitable
food for cows, cleanliness in the sta
BILE, yard, and the milk room, are the
prime requisites in turning out such
butter as the necessities of consumers
require. 1t should not be so liberal
ly sailed as to render it bitter to the
taste, nor so scantily as to putrlty
while waiting sale. Have clean cream,
a churn free from all foul doors;
work the milk nicely out from the
mass of butter, and work i'll a small
quantity of Ashton salt to the pound;
color with carrots, if desirable; pack
closely in the tub or crock, and cover
literally with finely pulverized salt.
Butter thus made will keep sweet a
long time, and when brought upon
the table will not cause nausea by the
offensiveness of the odors exhaling
from it.-RuraL NeU Yorker.
HEALING WOUNDS ON FRUIT TREES.
"A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman recommends the following
MODE of treating the wounds made on
fruit trees when large limbs are taken
off Cut off the limb early IN spring
smooth with the body-the new wood
forms ridge that year around the
cnt The following spring lay the
wood bare on this ridge, which makes
the wood and bark push forward over
the wound the second season. The
process is repeated until the whole is
covered.
CULTIvATING ORCHARDs.-The Ne.
Farmer furnishes an example of the
benefits resulting from cultivating APP
pie orchards in that of w. Lombard
of Augusta, who has some ITO trees,
mostly old, we'll cultivated, the soil
stirred about as far as the limbs eX-
tend, and the ground mulched with
refuse straw, potato tops, corn stalks
&c. One Tallman Sweet tree yielded
six barrels, which at s. per barrel
brought $50. The whole orchard i'll
one year yielded $513 in fruit sold
and the present, not bearing year
5000.
GARGLE FOR SORE THROAT.-Strong
sage tea, IL pint; strained honey
common salt and strong vinegar, ia
bleSpoon of each; Cayenne pepper
pulverized, l rounding teaspoon
steep the Cayenne with the sage
strain, mix and bottle for use Gar
gle from four to dozen times daily
according to the severity of the case
Mis- II. E. BUNCE, MarySciiLe,
To WASH MERINO STOCKINGs.--Tht
same method should be pursued a:
for hannels, and all WOODEN and cot
ton goods. Boil the soap to make /
lather, wash them in this warm, ant
rinse in a second lather, Off white mi,
a little blue.) Never rinse in plain
water, or use cold lather; and neve
rub the soap upon the merino or fan
mel; the one shrinks, the other thick
ems and spOils the wool.
MINCE PIEs.-Boil fresh beef or
beef tongue tender. Let it cool, thel
chop it fine, with one pound of suet
one-haIt peck of apples, two pound
of currants, picked and washed yer,
carefully: one pound of citron sliced
half an ounce each Of powdered
cloves, allspice, cinnamon and ginger
three pints of sweet cider, one pint OF
Madeira wine, half pint of brandy
with enough sugar to Swecten to You
taste. This will make a large jar full
CURING HAMs.-Take the hams II
sooh as the hog is cold enough to gu
up, rub them well with common sal
and leave them for three days t.
drain; throw away the brine, and 70
two hams of Is or Is pounds eact
mix two ounces Of saltpetre, poun'
of brown sugar and pound of CON
mon salt. Rub the hams with these
lay them in deep picking dish wit
the rind downwards, and keep then
for three days well corned with tn
salt and sugar, then pour over then
a bottle OF good vinegar aud tur
them in the brine and haste daily 70
a month. Then hang them up to dry
and after they are perfectly dry
smoke.
The Minneapolis Iowa) Union
Nov. 7th, announces a steady declin
in wheat which was selling at date a
from IS to so cents per 6ushel.
Nearly all the farmers who max
mention of their potato crop the pre-
ent season concur in saying that tn
= Peach Blow has done admirably.
India rubber overshoes should a
, ways be removed when one enters
? house with purpose OF staying lons
They rot leather and injure the fee
| 1t is estimated that the wheat Gro
, of the present year will afford see
: and five bushels to each person in tt
States, and 100000 bushels for e
: port. -....
Devon cattle are supposed |
: many TO DO the best feeders, grinde
: and digesterS of food. and requiril
the smallest amount of any other
:, keep them in condition.
8 Look to the colts. Cold storms