The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1872-06-26
VOLUME L.1UlylM xIX--No. 8.

THAp the cream of different
cows, when mixed, does not pro.
dnce butter at the same time, with
the same amount Of churning, has
been fairly illustrated in the fami.
Y OF Mark Hughes, at West Grove,
Pennsylvania, recently. They
bad an Alderney heifsr in good
flow Of milk, and an old eow--a
stripper. Their cream, when
worked together, it was observed,
did not make butter enough for
the bnlk of the cream. The but
ter milk also looked rich and seem.
ed to collect a cream upon it,
They put the butter-milk in the
chnrn again, after having the but.
ter first to come, and made about
five pounds. They churned again
tor few minutes, and found from
two to three pounds more OF but.
ter in the churn,. showing conclu-
siyely that the heifer's cream had
made butter first, and that the
cream of the old cow needed
more churning.
To KEEP BUTTER TWO YEARS
Take l. ounce each of saltpetre
and white sugar and mix them
thoroughly, 2 ounces of the best
Spanish great salt, all in fine
powder Z; then add one ounce of
the mixture to every pound of
butter, and incorporate them
thoroughly together. The butter
is then to be lightly pressed into
clean glazed earthenware vessels,
so as to leave no vacuum.
PIcKLED CUCUMBERs.-Take a
dozen medium.sized cucumbers,
and two large onions. Peel and
slice them thick, and sprinkle
well with salt next day put them
in a seive to drain for several
hours. then place them in lay.
ers in a small jar, pour over
boiling vinegar enough to cover
them, cover closely and let it
stand i'll warm place. Next
day pour off the vinegar, add a
little more fresh to it, boil it up
once, and pour again on the On.
cumbers, covering as before. Re-
peat this for several days in sues
cession, until they are green, then
pour off the vinegar and cover
them with pickle vinegar; add
them to mixed pickle.
LIME ON PEACH TREEs.-A
writer in the Western Rural SAYS
that the application of lime to
peach trees is successful method
of treatment: Ct saw recently an
article on lime being injurious to
peach trees. / will here state an
experiment tried by myself on
trees last spring. In our garden
there were six trees. They all
bloomed and looked well. The
fruit set nice, but on some, leaves
did not start. Thought there was
something wrong; on examina-
ton the borer was there. I trim.
med off the bark, found the insect
as described in the paper +; took
air.slacked lime and put it all
around the stem then put back
the dirt. The leaves came ont
and the peaches got ripe. Tho
trees lo"ked well. Those where /
didn't put lime died."
PROTECTION OF CABBAG
AGAINST WoRMs.-To procure an
efficient remedy against the rava-
ges OF the cabbage worm is a de.
sideratnm long needed by our veg
etable gardeners and farmers
Mr.. Thos. S. Trigg, of Montgomery
county, a gentleman of nice obser-
walton, assures us that stale soap
suds applied to the heads of cab.
bage will drive away and keep
away all worms. There is
something about the soap suds
especially obnoxious to tho
worms, and few applications of
it will protect the cabbages from
their ravages. There is another
advantage in the use of soap suds
it fertilizes the land and induces
a more vigorous growth of the
plant. We hope every farmer
who reads this will give it a trial
and report on its efficiency.
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TOMATOES. The secret of rails.
ing large and smooth tomatoes-it
being understood that the seed Of
the best selected stock is impera-
tive-lies in giving them an abup-
dant supply of water-pot so
much during the early growth of
the plant, but especially during
the ripening of the fruit, and in
keeping the soil about them thor
oughly stirred. Hoe the ground
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