Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-10-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
USEFUL RECIpES. ETC.

THE Western Rural gays if fruit trees
arc not planted in October or November,
they should be lcft until spring.
CRAB APPLE JEILY.-Put the apples in
the kettle; just cover them with water,
and left them boil until they arc very
tender Mash them with spoon, and
strain out the Juice. Take pint of Juice
TO pound Of sugar,--Hrs. PutnamS Re
eipe Book. .rf Il. .G.
SELFsEALING FRUIT CANs.-After self
scaling fruit cans, jars or bottles have
been filled and the lids adjusted, the
latter should not bc disturbed until the
iruit Is wanted for use. Opening the lids
of course lets in the air, and the spelling of
the fruit is q natural and generally certain
result.
OLD raspberry cane should be cut away
AS they have done bearing, and young
ones pinched back to form three or four
feet in height, according TO circumstances
From four to six inches should be taken
from the top of the canes. This will cause
The young canes TO grow strong and
A BRITISH pomologist (Dr. Lindley)
writes thus The loading down branches
of trees by-an overcrop of fruit is most in.
are strained on one side of the bend and
compressed on the other hence the vessels
through which the requisite nourishment
flows being partially closed, the growth of
the fruit is retarded in proportion Ito. the
straining and compression of the stalk"
A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gentle.
man gives her method of hulling corn, as
follows: She puts the corn in an iron
kettle, covers il with lye, and boils it
moderately until the hulls start pretty
freely by rubbing with the hands. She
then skins the corn into pail of cold
water and continues rubbing 1t and pour
ing of the water until about clean. The
corn is then again boiled, the water being
changed two or three times so as to remove
all taste of the lye
To KEEP POTATOES FOR SEED-When
first dug, let them dry off well by lying
several days spread out thin on the barn
| floor; if they are grecned by the sun 1t is
u double advantage, for no careless cook
will take Of them twice for boiling. Then
| place them in COOL dry part of the eel
lar, on a floor of boards, and not more
than two feet deep. Never keep them in
barrels. Examine them during tho
winter, and if they show tendency to
grow, rub the eyes off and spread them
out thinner.-Am. Ag,icmtrist.
How TO HAVE EARLY GRASS IN THE
SrRiNG.-In order to have early grass,
either for grazing purposes or moving,
the land must be made rich by the appli-
cation OF manure, and by relieving il of
all excess of moisture In our latitude,
during the month of September, if not
already seeded, the soil should be thor
oughly pulverizcd, manurcd, smoothed off,
and seeded. If the grass and clover seed
were sowed last spring, all the better, as
equal parts of grass and clover will make
more desirable feed than either clover or
grass alone. Allow the young plants to
grow until cold weather, without permit
| ting even light animals to Craze in the
field. Then, before snow falls, apply a
liberal dressing Of barn-yard scrapings, or
| incly-rotted compost, spread evenly over
the surface. Rich land, if seeded in the
spring of the year with carly red clover
| (1FJoIium prctenSe) and orchard grass
| (LhctWis Ql0merdta), will produce q crop
sufficiently largeto he moved by the first
of juno, provided the growth of the
| young plants has not been seriously re-
tardcd by the hoofs and teeth of domestic
animals. Where muck constitutes a large
proportion of the soil, dressing of argil-
laceous clay after the grass has ceased to
grow will subserve the purpose of manure
to great extent. Hearth and Home.