The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-04-24

Green mountains and of the Adiron-
dacks being Of the best quality for fine
ness and tensile strength The fiber of
New York and Vermont asbestos varies
inlength iron two to forty inches, and
resembles unbleached fax, when found
near the surface, but when taken at
greater depth, it is pure white, and
very strong and flexible It is found
also, In considerable quantities in the
Tyrol, in Hungary, Corsica and
Wales.
MuLcHNe STRAwBERRKs.-Ac cores
pondent to an exchange says: The
snow fell before I had chance to cover
my strawberry beds. VIII it do any
good to put on mulch now? It an
swers The snow is an excellent mulch,
and answers all purposes, if it would
remain on the ground until April. Put
on the mulch by all means on the top
of the snow, and as the latter disap-
pears the hay or straw viii settle down
on the plants and protect them from
the bad effects of alternate freezing and
thawing, which on wet or clay ground
viii 8 hease the stock.
STEAMED INDIAN PUDDNe.-Take
one cup of meal, one cup of -four, one
cup of suet, one cup of melasses, one
cup chopped raisins, one cup of Zante
currants. one cup sweet milk, One-half
teaspoonful soda, pinch of salt mix
we'll put into two-quart basin, steam
two hours. To be eaten with dressing
made of one cup of sugar, one-half cup
of butter put in a basin, and pour on a
pint of boiling water; set on the stove
take tablespoonful of -four, mix in a
little water so that it will not be lumpy
and stir into the gravy, stirring it until
it boils; season with nutmeg or lemon
extract.
How TO Cook Coon BEEFsrEAK.
Have your steak cut thick, put it on
your meat-board, and with a sharp
pointed knife prick it every imaginable
way to make it tender, put it on the
gridiron over the fire, turning it very
often. Put lump of butter, and some
salt and pepper into a tin dish. Put
your steak dish where it will get warm
ed. When the steak is cooked put il
into the tin dish and double it over
press ont all the blood you can, and
lay the steak on your plate. Set the
tin dish with the blood, pepper and
salt on the stove, and as soon as it boils
up and thickens, pour it over your
steak. You can add can OF mush-
rooms to the gravy. This recipe was
never known to fail.
SUMNER PRUNING CURRANrs.- como
my m time and favorable results are
strong points in favor of summer prun-
ing of the currant. For the past three
or four years we have watched clostly
experiments, instituted on large scale,
to test this method, and each succeed
! ing experience is more convincing than
| the previous one at summer is the beel
time for doing the principal pruning OF
the currant. A healthy currant plant
comes into leaf and starts a growth of
wood early in April. It is a fast grower,
so that by the 1st of August the young
wood is fully matured, and may, if want
ed, be cut off from the parent plant, set
in the ground and it will in few weeks
make roots that before cold weather will
be well es ablished. Upon bearing, as
well as young bushes, the new growth
is three times as much as should be-
allowed to remain. With the ole
method, this surplus wood is left tC
mature, and at the animal pruning, late
in winter, this unnecessary quantity els
cut out and thrown away, for Il seldom
happens that those who grow currant,
for home use or market can make use ,
the currant cuttings The most tedious
part of the labor of raising currants il
this annual pruning, which is the only
tiresome, but also expensive. WheI
summer pruning is practiced, at leas
three-quarters of this labor and loss o
time is saved. During the first o
second week in June a boy goes over tn,
bushes, pulling off such shoots as ar
not needed on the bearing bush, ant
with the thumb and finger pinching Of
the ends of the shoots that are left t
mature. And one who has not trie,
this method can form no conception hov
rapidly smart lad will finish bed c
, currants. The thinning and shorter
ing increases the size and vigor of tn
bush in very striking manner. Tr
two rows. pruning one and letting tn
other run wild. In two years the differ
ence in favor of the formerwill be so mark
r ed that stranger would scarcely believ
that the rows were planted at the sam
J time, and cultivated and MANFRED alike
q The size of the punches and berries wi
also give indisputable evidence tina
there is much to be gained by followin
{ this practice Of summer pruning.
: PACKING BUrTER.-At a meeting {
: the Bucks county (Pa.) Agriculture
e Society recently short essay by Mis-
D Kate Craven, OF Newton, was read j
response to the question Can butte
: be packed to advantage in June or Jul
for winter use?" Miss Craven was d,
< cidedly in favor of packing butter j
D early summer, when the price is so 10
e as to be improbable. If properly pI
: up then it can not be surpassed.
must be fresh and good or it will NJ
= keep well. Her recipe is: For twent
n pounds of butter take one and a qua
/ ter pounds of salt, one ounce pulve
d ICED saltpetre, and small quantity
il white sugar, which should be worke
J, into the butter and left over nigh
' Next day work again, make into lump
put into a stone vessel, and cover wit
# brine strong enough to bear an eg
IS Lay bag filed with salt IN the vess
o and replemish when empty. Do not r
3 move the butter long before it is needle
N A Coon Way TO UsE DRY BREAD
e Make batter of wheat -four, not qui
d so thick as for pancakes, using equ
parts of sweet and sour milk for Il
a wetting, one tablespoonful of cor
Il meal, and one teaspoonful of salt. Nc