Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-10-17
Farmhouse Notes.

CABBAGES.-lnlSi Is one vi Gue qulCh0S'
decaying vegetables, if kept in warm
place; and the usual practice in this vi.
cinity is to set the heads in a furrOw,
with the roots up, and then cover very
Tshtly with earth. In such a position
they re"oin frozen nearly all winter, and
come out in spring almost Dis fresh as
when gathered in autumn.
To DRIVE AWAY BED BUds.-An ex
change gives the following as a sure wav
to drive away bed-bugs from old beds ::
"Take green tomato vines, put them in
basin or tray, pound them to pieces as
fine as possible, then stain the bedstead
which they inhabit with the Juice, fill
the crevices with pieces OF vines, and
lav leaves under the ends of the Stats.
II this is practiced twice year not bug
will remain in the bedstead.
ON1oNs.-Onions will withstand far
more cold than is usually supposed. Il
hacked drv in tight barrels. and Ill inter.
stices filed with chatf, they may be kept
in barn. or where they will freeze quite
hard, and not be injured, provided the
barrels are closed tight and not opened
until the onions are again thawed. Onions
stored in warm cellar are very likely to
sprout in winter, and then decay, emitting
anything but an ag: eeable OdOr.
HOG KILLING. We have given several
old horses their quietus with guu, and
so suddenly and completely were all the
powers paralyzed that there was not the
slightest evidence that any pain was ex.
perienced. They fell slowly forward
without noise or struggle. SO it was
with the hog. Will not the reader, then,
ser to it that no animal of his shall BE-
hunted duwD, caught and bound, and
then die nnder the torture of the knife
this wear? A pistol will be found most
convenient, but. If gun is used, it should
he with a small charge Of powder, and
q plug Of hard wood three-fourths of an
inch lcng and half as thick through will
anSV,r Is well as q ball. In taking this
cou 20 he had is not di>fgured so as
to ! g ,ticeable, and in every respect it
is preferable to the old inhuman mode.
FALL PLowING.-J. B. Jones, Mace
don. Wayne County, n. Y, writes thus ::
I often noticed articles recommending
fall blowing for heavy soil, and occasion
ally complaints of it having been tried
with poor success. 1 always find fall
blowing beneficial when done early
enough in the season to rot the sod
but never turn sod late in the fall
intending to plow again in the spring /;
in fact, for most crops good cultivation
in the spring is better than plowiDg, if
we'll plowed and subsoiled in the fall.
| prefer to turn a sod early in August
after sowing or pasturing ; harrow and
cultivate often, keeping the surface loose,
and not allowing the sod below to dry !;
it will then rot perfectly by November,
when I cross-plow and subsoil, leaving
the surface rough. In the spring put on
a good twO-horse cultivator, and work
as deep rs possible, and plant or SOW at
once. Even for nnrsery stock land thus
prepared it has given the best satisfac-
ton, aud for planting berries upon it is
very superior.
Practical BUTTER MAKING.-A lady
in the Westrrn Rurui thus pleasantly de-
scrbcs Ter practice in the butter making {:
81 use six quart pans, putting about three
quarts in each, an1 allow it 70 stand
thirty or thirtv-siX hours before lifting
the cream, which is put in sulta"le YES
sci usually PAM in which it remains in
place somewhat warmer than IN which
the milk is kept; stirring occasionally in
order t. eQuaize he acidity and tcmpera-
ture. Churring day comes twice week,
and is lookeO forward 10 with pleasure
rather than otherwise. Ny churn is very
ptinnrive IN its simplicity-a stone jar
used without a cover of any kind. When
chuInlne time comes. set ny cream near
the stove. stirring occasionally while get
ting breakfast, scald my jar, and put in
the cream before the jar gets cool, anG IN
from four 10 scGen minutes churning, 1t IS
ready for the butter bowl; and strange as
it NAV seem all the work Of Churning l.
performed IN an open jar, with a siuole
pa6dle. Patent ChurnS Of the most philo-
sopLical pattern will fail wien cream is
imrroLcriv cared for There is 10 witch
craft about the churn, nor mystery in
butter making; the one thing needful Is
common sens" and vIeIlanre in the care
and preparation Of the cream"