Port Royal commercial and Beaufort County Republican. [volume] (Port Royal, S.C.) 1873-1874, 1873-11-20
farm, Garden and Household.
Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
A Kentucky farmer keeps tame
snake in his corn crib, and he finds him
cheaper than mice.
In putting up stoves, make thor
ough examination. More houses are
burned from defective fues than from
all other causes combined, probably ten
to one.
Some of the farmers in Eastern Penn
sylvania have formed q company, with
a capital of $4,000, for the manufac-
ture of fertilizers, and especially for
grinding bone, that genuine articles
may be had.
The grand cayalcade at Gullford,
Conn, was formed of 141 yoke of cattle,
one seven-horse team, two six-horse
teams and 15 two-horse teams. Two
decorated carts, one drawn by "a oxen
and the other by 70, attracted special
attention.
A foreign scientific journal suggests
a method of picking meat with rapldlty
and success. The meat is to be rolled
in q mixture of 16 OF. OF salt, ! OF.
saltpeter, and l OF. of sugar, so that all
parts are completely salted. 1t is then
Wrapped in o piece of cotton cloth pre-.
viously scalded and dried, and placed
in porcelain vessel.
Several wide.awake gardeners have
recorded an experience to the effect that
by preparing the soil and sowing peas
in antumn-but so late as to preclude
the possibility of sprouting before the
ground freezes-they secure q crop IN
Spring considerably earlier than by
adopting the usual course. The plan
seems worth trying.
A good many years ago wealthy
farmer owning several hundred acres OF
land remarked to a neighbor that he
wished he could hire one or two acres
for buckwheat patch. That incident
shows the regard in which this crop
has been held by the best farmers. The
good mans soul yearned for buckwheat
cakes, but he could not make himself
willing to use his own well-t,lled and
productive acres on which to grow the
raw material. If he did he could not
well SOW spring grain the following sea-
son. and unless he sowed buckwheat
without interruption he must some time
lose crop before the patch could be
again seeded. Buckwheat is popularly
considered the poor mans crop. 1t Is
almost always got in on the least
productive land, often only half pre-
pared, and at the last may be cut off en-
tirely by an untimely frost. And yet
there are few crops which will better
pay for careful preparation of the soil.
Wine Making.
Grape culture and the manufacture
of domestic wines being on the increase
in this country, we publish the follow
ing directions for making five gallons
of grape wine by correspondent of the
Germantown Telegraph: Express the
Juice from twenty pounds of grapes
rinse the pulp and skins in as much
water as will cover them; mash them
and strain themIthrough coarse cloth
add to this the juice and put in two
pounds of brown sugar to each gallon.
When the sugar is dissolved pour the
whole into keg, having the bung
open, and let it stand where the tenn.
perature will be about seventy degrees
until fermentation ceases; then bune
up tight and let it rest for month to
settle, when it should be drawn of
quietly, the keg we'll washed, and the
wine returned to it, adding one pound
of good raisins, and if it does not seem
sweet enough two pounds of sugar may
be added to the whole. The necessity
of doing this depends on the kind and
quality of the grapes. The wine should
remain undisturbed until the keg is
wanted the next season, when it may be
bottled for use.
Planting Orchards.
If it is designed to plant out an or
chard this fall, preparations for it should
begin as soon as possible. The land
should be well and deeply ploughed,
and, if possible, subsoiled. If neces.
sity imposes the choosing of a location
which is not favorable one, from the
character of the soil as regards fertility,
some pains should be taken to improve
it. To do this well, rotted compost OF
bone dust may be used, or all or either
of these, with such additional supplies
of ashes as may be procurable. Plow
under, and mingle as well with the top
soil as possible. Do not use fresh
green manure. If you have no other,
It will be preferable to plant your trees
and use the manure as top dressing
afterwards. Decide upon the varieties
and the proportions you intend plant
ing, send your orders in time to the
nursery, and do not depend upon apy
chance trce-peddler to take your order.
These are not the proper persons to buy
from, much less to make selections OF
kinds for you, even if they send you
what they profess.
How TO Cure Hams.
The hams of Maryland and Virginia
have long enjoyed high reputation.
Premiums for these hams were awarded
by a late meeting of the Maryland
Agricultural Society. Those who had
opportunities of examining the hams
report that they were of excellent quail
ty. The following is the receipt after
which those were packed down which
received the first premium. For one
hundred pounds of pork take eight
pounds of pulverized alum, two ounces
of saltpetre, two pounds of brownsugar,
one and half ounces of potash, and
four gallons of water. Mix the above
ingredients and pour them upon the
meat, after it has lain about two days
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