The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-12-03
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Sugar, ono pound butter, one pound
-four, one pound sixteen eggs; brandy,
quarter pint; raisins, three pounds; cur
rants, two pounds; onesp6u1t citson, one
tablespoonful molasses, one and . half gill
of sour milk, one half tea-spoonful salera-
tbs. Mace, cinnamon, nutmegs and cloves
TO favor. Bake four hours Western
Rural. 9 "a 10 inaaGg Hamr Ell sJi
A NEW .CURCULIo RDmDY-Mr.
Charles Arnold, q well known Canadian
Horticulturist, says he has tried, with
good success, the plan of withdrawing
the soil under fruit trees as protection
from the curculio. He pours the white
wash on the ground, and spreads it with
brush 30 as to completely cover the sur
face, and says the larvs Of the curculio
will not enter the ground-remaining and
dying in the fallen fruit.
ASPARAGUS BEDS IN AUTUMN.-When
the stalks Of asparagus have come to ma
off and spread over the surface of the bed.
After lying for few days, they viii be-
come sufficiently dry to burn, which
should be done for the purpose Of killing
the Larvae Of any insect that may be shove
ground; then heavy top-dressing may
be applied, and remain on the surface un-
til spring, when it may be forked in. As
paragus beds are never too rich; conse-
quently liberal supply of manure may
always be given, and the best time to APP
ply it is in the autumn.-Hedrtha and Home
ARE BEES INJURIOUS TO FRUIT?-In
answer to this question, DR.. A. Packard,
editor Of the american Naturalsst, OBJ.
serves: az would reply that all the evil
dences given by botanists and biologists
who have specially studied the subject
shows that bees improve the quality and
tend to increase the quantity of fruit
They aid in the fertilization of flowers,
thus preventing the occurrence of sterile
flowers, and by more thoroughly fertiliz-
ing flowers already perfect, render the
production of sound and well developed
fruit more sure. Many botanists think if
it were not for bees and other insects,
many plants sooaId not fruit at al.
IT is bad plan to place potatoes against
the damp walls of cellar, or to put them
in large, deep bins, where they will be
likely to gather moisture. If bins are
used, the bottom should be made of strips
with small spaces left between, to admit
air. Barrels or open boxes are also good,
as well as convenient vessels, in which to
keep potatoes, and whenever it is neces-
sary to look over and pick out decayed
tubers, it is more easily done than when q
large number of bushels are placed in one
heap or bin Cellars in which potatoes
are kept should not be too light, because
it will, as every farmer knows, make them
turn green, and injure their favor and
value.-HedrM and Home.
PUMPKIN PUDDMa.-Take one pint of
pumpkin that has been stewed soft and
pressed through colander melt in half q
pint of warm milk a quarter of pound of
butter and the same quantity of sugar, STIR
ring them well together; one pint of rich
cream will be better than milk and butter !;
beat eight eggs very light, and add them
gradually to the other Ingredients alter
nately with the pumpkin then stir in q
wineglass of rose-water and two glasses of
wine mixed together, large teaspoonful
Of powdered mace and cinnamon mixed,
and a grated nutmeg. Having stirred the
whole very hard, put into buttered dish,
and bake three-quarters of an hOur.-Cor.
Germantown Telegraph.
How TO FIT A COLLAR TO A HoRsK.-
In purchasing collar for your horse, it is
important to get one that fits him, as both
the animal and yourself will thus be saved
much annoyance. The Harness and Car
rsage journal says: "The plan adopted in
the West, and which, we are assured by
men who have been long in the collar
business, does not injure the collar in the
least, is to dip it in water until the leather
is thoroughbred, then put it on the horse,
secure the names firmly, keeping it there
until it becomes dry. 1t is all the
better if heavy loads are to be drawn, as
that causes the collar to be more evenly
fitted to the neck and shoulder. If pos
sible, the collar should be kept on from
four to five hours, when it will be perfect
ly dry and retain the same shape ever
afterward, and as it is exactly fitted to the
form of the neck, will never produce chafes
or sores on the horses neck"