The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.


THE Western Rural says if fruit trees
are not planted in October or November,
they should be left until spring.
CRAZE APPLE JELLY.-Put the apples in
the kettle; just cover them with water,
and left them boil until they are very
tender. Mash them with spoon, and
strain out the juice. Take pint of juice
to pound of sugar.-Nrs. Putnana's Re
cipe Book
SELF-sEALING FRUIT CANs.-After self
sealing fruit cans, jars or bottles have
been filled and the lids adjusted, the
latter should not be disturbed until the
fruit is wanted for use. Opening the lids,
of course lets in the air, and the spelling of
the fruit is a 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
| bushy.
| A BRITISH pomologist CDR. Lindley)
writes thus: The loading down branches
of trees by an Overcrop of fruit is most in
| furious; for the pores of the woody stalk
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 stos 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
| loft Ia 81, l., -
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 it and pour
ing off 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 I've.
To KEEP POTATOES FOR SEED.-Whcn
first dug, let them dry off well by lying
several days spread out thin on the barn
floor if they are greened by the sun it is
a double advantage for no careless cook
viii take of them twice for boiling. Then
place them in a 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 the
winter, and if they show tendency TO
grow, rub the eyes off and spread them
out thinner.-Am. Agriculturist.
How TO HAVE EARLY GRASS IN TIE
SPRING.-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 it of
all excess of moisture In our latitude,
during the month of September, if not
already seeded, the soil should be thor
oughly pulverized, MANFRED, 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, OF
iinely-rotted compost, spread evenly over
the surface. Rich land, if seeded in the
spring of the year with early red clover
(Ii!toiium aretensc) and orchard grass
(Dactylis glonaerata), will produce crop
sufficiently large to be moved by the first
of June, provided the growth of the
young plants has not been seriously re
tarded by the hoofs and teeth of domestic
animals. Where muck constitutes a large
proportion of the soil, dressing of argyll
laccous clay after the grass has ceased tC
grow will subserve the purpose of manure
to great eXtcnt.-HearM and Home.