Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-09-07
Farm, Garden and Household.

and it is ready for use.
To PICKLE PEACHES. Take any guam
tity of good ripe peaches, wipe then
clean, lay them one day in good brine
take them out and pour sufficient colo
vinegar over them let them stand on,
day and they are fit for use.
VRRMIN ON STOCK. "A correspondent
says he feeds his stock teaspoonful O
sulphur to each ANIMAL with their salt
once i'll two weeks. When he has done
so, no vermin have troubled them, ant
his dairy cows have not been affected
with garget, nor his sheep with grub il
the head. He has practised this twenty
years.
LIME FOR FRUIT TREES. The Horii
cmtwiSt says: 1t is good plan for ali
fruit growers to apply lime freely in theil
orchards every two or three years. A
half bushel to each tree, OF 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 EvIL.-If it has
broken, wash the sore clean with CASTLE
soap and warm water, then inject and
dress it with spirits of turpentine, pyro-
ligneous 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 u dis
position to heal, dress with tincture of
aloes and myrrh. Keep the bowels Open
PEAR MARMALADE.- 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 tllmblers 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 we're 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, br1ise
them and put in boiler over a 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 boiler
of cold water, with straw or rags to pre-
vent brcakage boil twenty minutes ;
when perfectly cold, place the jars in
a 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. 1T seems to be a
great puzzle to some persons how to get
rid of noxious weeds. There is one GER
tain method which never fails if it is
and persistently put into prac-
tice, viz, keep all the leaves and stems
cut close down to the surface 1t makes
but little difference what kind of an in
is used for this purpose, wheth-
er it be a 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.
To CAN PEACHES AND OTHER FRUITS. -
Allow half pound, or less, of sugar to
one pound of peaches Make q sirup of
The sugar by adding pint of water to
pound OF sugar, and boiling for time.
Pare and halye the peaches; drop them
into the sirup and boil for ten minutes.
Put into cans - glass ones and seal
lightly. 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 add
the sugar when canned. Some add
few peach kernels, blanched. For con-
venience sake, and safety's sake, place
The can, being filed with the hot fruit,
IN wet napkin or towel, folded a num-
Der of times. Some varieties of pears re-
luire longer cooking, while some other
varieties of fruit need less. The cans
should be filed to the top.
BoRAx FOR EXPERIMENTING Cock
reaches. Among the many applica-
ions of borax recently made, one of
jhe latest Is the determination of cock
reaches, which purpose it is said to an
'wer very perfectly, although we are in
clined to doubt it. Half pound, finely
pulverized and scattered about where
these disagreeable pests frequent, will,
It is said, clear an infested house so thor
oughly that the appearance of one in
month is quite novelty. 1t is not
known upon what peculiar influence of
5he borax this depends; but we are as
;ured that the facts are rs stated. The
advantage of this application is the
harmless nature of the borax, so that
here is no danger to the household from
It's being exposed. The use of borax,
N Europe, for washing, is we'll known;
jhe addition of large handful of bo-
FAX, instead of soda, to ten gallons of
water, being sufficient to save half the
quantity of soap ordinarily used. For
light fabrics and cambrics, a moderate
quantity is to be used but for crino-
ines, which require to be made stiff, a
solution is necessary. Be
ng q neutral salt, it does not affect the
jexture of linen in the slightest degree
md as it softens the hardest water, it is
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