, 1872-10-14

uALtG[s Is148 du NIu6I LQaV AL LUG UE1Q-
OF the Board shall buy and sell by wsight
|, ~oducts that ere now sold by weight or meas
and the whole Northwest would soon adopt
n1e.
need do something to take off the corner
i snd ahow that you have the true interest
i 'th producer and consumer ut heart Then,
y up to the work and reform this petty
| :ng that Is everywhere present, from the
et-maker to the man who hands the product
orchard and the garden over to the con-
How much in pounds, or Of measure, is
ID for barrel Of apples? No one can tell,
ranges from two and q half to three
I half bushels heaping measure. When
many are you to receive by pounds o. BY
oasure7 Neither the courts nor customs
decided the question in our State. II we
ou1d buy and sell by the pound, there would
no room for difference Of opinion and
tn buyer and seller would have no cause of
complaint.
We must have g change,-if for no other pur-
pose. for the purpose Of reforming the size and
forms of our
SHIPPING PACKAGES
We would have the barrel Of uniform size.
The dour-barre1 that would hold 200 pounds of
-four would hold three bushels OF apples, or 1856
pounds when properly packed for shipping. We
barrels, and sugar.barrels. all differing in size,
from two and 4 half to three and . half bushels.
Those barrels are sent from the city to all the
pooins Of trade; and are return-
eabbaeea ed ps ph oupos potat0ef5 5s,n appssd and
nuts, which are sold to the dealer BY the barrel.
, not by weight while the dealer sells by meas
91s, and by wine measure when til possible to
do so. This evil is not improving in the least,
and it is time that some effort was made to re-
foIm it. Let the Board Of Trade resolve that,
after the 1st Of November, all produce that
comes into the hands Of its members shall be
: eold BY weight, and the good work Will be accom-
pliahed.
Basket-nakere, coopers, and box-1nakers Will
then adapt themselves to the new order Of
things, and the packages will all be made with
:: regard to economy in chipping, and not, as now,
: to the cheating OF the consumer.
trust that some member OF the Board will
take the matter in hand, and push this thing
through to successful conclueion. In all the
Vest Coast, and as lar east as Colorado. al these
things are sold BY weight: if you ask for half
thus each man gets just the same quantity for
the same amount Of money. bushel OF apples
weighs from a to Sc pounds. and we might av-
!. erage it at Is. Ten pounds is all customer
not weigh ont that number Of pounds? Every
farmer should have scales for the selling of his
produce 4 farmer told me yesterday that he
had lost more IN selling hay by guessing
than would pay for a hay-scale. Nearly all Of
4our large stocE-men have large scales, and, in
stead Of guessing at the weight, it is reduced to
= : certainly. I have hay-sce1e that has been in
use for eight years, and, in all that time it has
required no repairs, and WAS always ready to tell
to half-pound the true weight. It has been Of
g7eat value in regulating the loads for market,
and in correcting the slight errora that some
times creep into village-weighing. Scales that
weigh $40 pounds may be had for $40, and
these weigh to haf an ounce; those Of LOO
expense in regard to the sort Of scales. have
! no occasion to guess at my corn or potato crop,
Tor the scales give me- the exact figures.
J, And, if sell load Of hay, fat
hnv fSry 1oaI IcFS lot ar d
pigs, the scales are ready to reduce them to
! pounds ..-..-...-..
HPLE-sAUcE rs. APPLE-BUTTER.
!: Apple-sauce is q New England invention, or at
Rinter stores Of . New England kitchen. The
practice extended into New York, and travelled
Vest with the extension Of the orchards; but,
: u evil hour: some one more nice than wise.
+: i until all it's particles had been reduced to 2
saush, and the cider boiled to q black liquid, and
su11y incorporated into the yielding plastic pulp
: This added labor changed the material by giving
i an excess of cider, and thus rendering it of
ess value for food, as it is too rich to be eaten
J. u any quantity; hence the inventor named it
! APPLE BUTTER.
Z It may be good thing for the city folks to
lse IN 2 small WY, but, as compared to good,
Two gallons boiled into one, and the apples
thoroughly cooked in this liquid, is the whole
( PROCESS Of boiling. The apples are pared and
!, Vuartered, and care is had to cook them just
X nough 30 as not to make uush Of them, but
X.ave the pieces remain as large as possible:
Esweet apples are preferred, and the Old Pound
lweet, Or other books have it, Lyman's Pump
in Sweet, is the favorite. II is a large yellow
!: barrel Of apple-sauce IN the collar
eeds Of the good Old times whan people ate to
:. live, and grew robust On plain, solid food: We
aust bring back to the table some Of it's o1d-time
7uuriea, and one Of these is the apple-sauce
. hat has been set aside by the more pretentious
nd labor demanding apple-butter.
Ny neighbor, Mrs: Sam Jones, came over last
vening to see II We had any good, old-faahioned
er eye when one Of the girls asked her, by way
answer, what she wanted Of pumpkins: ttFor
les, Of course: Somehow cannot get Sam to
:ow pp%pkns; He says the striped ~ bug
i eep them of the pumpkin-ylnes as
{, elf as the cucumbers and squash
{ 5; but then, some people prefer: squash,
/: ,ie, and that may be the secret after all"
: 7ould she have Hubbard or Boston Marrow?
J Q, she had plenty Of them; 10 short, nothing
IS than a genuine yellow pumpkin would please
ar But the pumpkins had been planted In the
eld, and, not being looked after in time, the
: ubbard squash is very good substitute when
2u once get used to it, But my kind neighbor
s, ould not be pacifed so easily. "Mr. Rural,
lid she, ait il g shame that men who claim to
! ford single pumpkin for pies. Next month
g shall have Thanksgiving, and then what is to
edone? Eat squash pies, will you:"
That settled me, and am determined to hunt
"a good pumpkin for that interesting occasion.
How about apple-sauce, neighbour Her eyes
,ightened. tsles, apple-sauce; why, neighbor
uIa], have tull barrel of it. Do you suppose
lat ne could keep house in respectable way
ithout app1e-tauce? 1t is so handy. Bread
I'd butter, apIle-sance, cheese, and o cup of
,fgea make neal: that ia I mean when one in