The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-11-25
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

AT a late meeting of the New York
Fruit Growers Club, it was stated that
gentleman in New jersey kept from two
hundred to three hundred barrels of
apples last winter in perfect condition by
simply piling them together in the open
air and covering them with quantity of
salt hay.
BLACK CAKE THAT WILL KEEP A YEAR
Sugar, one pound; butter, one pound !;
flour, one pound sixteen eggs; brandy,
quarter pint; raisins, three pounds; cur
rants, two pounds; one pound citron, one
tablespoonful mOaSSeS, one and half gill
of sour milk, one half tca-spOonful salera-
tbs. Mace, cinnamon, nutmegs and cloves
to flavor. Bake four hours. Western
RurdI.
A New CURCULIO REMEDY.--Mr.
Charles Arnold, a well known Canadian
HOrticulturist, says he has tried, with
good success, the plan of withdrawing
the soil under fruit trees as n protection
from the curculio. He pours the white
wash on the ground and spreads it with
brush so as To completely cover the sur
face, and says the larva 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
turity in autumn, they should he moved
OIL and spread over the surface of the bed.
After lying for a few days, they will be-
come sufficiently dry to burn, which
should be done for the purpose of killing
the larvae OF any insect that may be above
ground; then heavy top-dressing may
be applied, and remain on the surface I'M
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 ap-
ply it is in the autumn.-HearM and Home.
ARE BEES INJURIOUS TO FRUIT?-In
answer to this question, DR. A Packard,
editor OF the american Naturalist, OBJ
serves: 81 would reply that all the evil
denccs 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 deycloped
fruit more sure. Many botanists think if
it were not for bees and other insects,
many plants aoo,ttd not fruit at all.
IT is bad plan to place potatoes against
the damp walls of cellar, or to put them
in large, deep bins, where they will he
likely to gather moisture III bins are
used, the bottom should he 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 decaycd
tubers, it is more easily done than when a
large number of bushels are placed i'm one
heap or bin. Cellars i'm which potatoes
are kept should not be too light, because
it will, as every farmer knows, make them
turn green, and injure their flavor and
value.-Uedrh and Home.
PUMPKIN PUDDING.-Takc one pint of
pumpkin that has been stewed soft and
pressed through cOlander melt in half u
pint of warm milk aquarter of pound of
butter ard the same quantity of sugar, stir
ring them well together; one pint of rich
cream will he 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 a
wineglass of rose-water and two glasses of
wine mixed together, large teaspoontul
of powdered mace and cinnamon mixed.
and 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 House.
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
riage 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 iJure the collar in the
least, is to dip it in water until the leather
is thoroughly wet, then put it on the horse,
secure the names firmly, keeping it there
until il becomes dry. 1t is all the
better il heavy loads are to be drawn, as
that causes the collar to be more evenly
fitted TO the neck and shoulder. If pos
sble, the collar should be kept on from
four to five hours, when il 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 phafes
mr. eoras M. the horses neckn