Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1871-09-06
Farm, Garden and Household.

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To PICKLE PEACHES. Take any guam |
tiiy of good ripe peaches, wipe them
clean, Law them one day in good brine,
take them out and pour sufficient cold
vinegar over them let them stand one
day and they are fit for use.
VERSuS on SroCK.-A correspondent
saws he feeds his stock a teaspoOnful Of
sulphur to each animal, with their salt,
once IN two weeks. When he has done
80, no vermin have troubled them, aud
his dairy cows have not been affected
with garget, nor his sheep with grub in
the head. He has practised this twenty
years.
LIME FOR FRUIT TREEs.-The Horfi-
cuiWis says: 1t is a good plan for all
fruit growers 10 apply lime freely in their
orchards every two or three years. A
half bushel TO each tree, or 100 bushels
broadcast. per acre, will suffice. Light
loamy lands will be the best benefited by
the lime, and shell lime is better for fruit
trees than the usual stone lime.
REMEDY FOR Poll Evn.-If it has
broken, wash the sore clean with CASTLE
soap and warm water, then inject and
dress it with spirits Of turpentine, pyro-
igneous acid and linseed oil, equal parts,
mixed. Fir balsam has also very good
effect on indolent and morbid parts. So
soon, however, as the parts show a dis
position to heal, dress with tincture of
aloes and myrrh. Keep the bowels open.
PEAR MARMAIADE.-To six pounds Of
small pears take four pounds OF sugar
cover it, and set it over the fire until the
fruit are soft, then put them into cold
water, pare, quarter and core them put
to them three teacups of water, set them
over the fire roll the sugar fine, mash
the fruit fine and smooth, put the sugar
TO it, stir it well together until it is thick
like Jelly; then put into tumblers or jars,
and, when cold, secure it as jelly.
ENGLISH MODE OF SERVING CUCUMBERs.
The English mode of serving cucum-
bers is said to render them less liable to
cause indigestion than when cut up raw
in vinegar. Cut them in thin slices,
lengthways, and soak them in vinegar
and salt for half an hour. Dry them in
a clean towel, and fry in butter very
light brown. To the butter in which
they were fried, add little -four, the
yolk of an egg, and some meat gravy
mix all well together, pour over the Gu
cumbers and serve.
PRESERVING TOMATOES. Wash, bruise
them and put in boiler over fire, boil
half an hour and strain boil the Juice
until reduced one-half, cool, put in jars
and seal; then place the jars in a boiler
of cold water, with straw or rags to pre-
vent breakage boil twenty minutes /;
when perfectly cold, place the jars in
cool, dark cellar. They will keep for
years. Add seasoning when used for
the table.
For catsup add to the above peppers,
pimento, cloves, etc.
Tomatoes may be prepared as above
and put into bottles for future use. Of
course, they should be well cooked and
sealed.
NoxIoUs WEEDs.-It seems to be n
great puzzle to some persons how to get
rid of noxious weeds. There is one Ger
tain method which never fails if it is
properly and persistently put into prac-
tice, viz, keep all the leaves and stems
cut close down to the surface. It makes
but little difference what kind of an in
strument Is used for this purpose, wheth-
er it be hoe, pillow, or cultivator, only
let them be used SO frequently that the
plant can get no opportunity for breath
ing, as it were, through its leaves.
There is no species of noxious plant
that will live any considerable time with
out leaves, and this peculiar characteris-
tic should be taken advantage of in their
destruction. Even Canada thistles and
toad flax will succumb under such treat.
ment
10 CAN PEACHES AND OTHER FRUITS. -
Allow half pound, OF less, of sugar to
one pound of peaches. Make q strip Of
the sugar by adding pint of water to O
pound OF sugar, and boiling for a time.
Pare and halve the peaches; drop them
into the sirup and boil for ten minutes
Put into cans - glass ones - and sea
tightly. Any other kind of fruit may
be preserved in the same manner. They
will keep equally well without sugar, but
1T is usually quite as convenient to ado
the sugar when canned. Some add .
few peach kernels, blanched. For con
venlence sake, and safety's sake, plac,
the can, being filed with the hot fruit
on wet napkin or towel, folded mum
Der Of times. Some varieties of pears re
quire longer cooking, while some othel
varieties of fruit need less. The can,
should be filed to the top.
BoRAx FOR EXPERIMENTING Cock
reaches. Among the many applica
tons OF borax recently made, one o.
the latest Is the determination of cock
reaches, which purpose it is said to an
swer very perfectly, although we are in
clined to doubt it. Half pound, finel,
pulyerized and scattered about wher,
these disagreeable pests frequent, will
1t said, clear an infested house SO thor
oughly that the appearance of one in {
month is quite novelty. 1t is no
known upon what peculiar influence O
the borax this depends but we are as
sured that the facts are MS stated. Tn,
advantage OF this application is til,
harmless nature OF the borax, SO tina
there is no danger to the household from
Its being exposed. The use of borax
IN Europe, for washing, is well known
the addition of large handful of bo
rax, instead of soda, to ten gallons O
water, being sufficient to save half tn
quantity Of soap ordinarily used. Fo
light fabrics and cambrics, a moderat
quantity is to be used but for crino
lines, which require to be made stiff,
strengthened solution lis necessary. Be
ing neutral salt, it does not affect tn
texture of linen in the slightest degree
and as it softens the hardest water, it
much used in washing generally. 1t
also said TO be unsurpassed for cleanin
the hair. q.