The People's vindicator., 1874-11-21
Farm and Household Column.

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To KEEP EGGs OVER W1xrER.-
The Farmers Advocate, London, On
tario, recently offered prize for tho
best method Of keeping eggs over
winter. The first recipe below took
the prize. What ever excludes tho
air prevents the decay of the egg.
What | have found to be tue most
successful method Of doing so is to
place Il small quantity of salt butter
in the palm of the left hand aud turn
the egg round in it, so that every
pore !of the sl.el! is closed; then dry
sufficient quantity Of bran in an
oven (be sure you have the bran
we'll dried, or it will rus:.) Then
pack them with the small ends down,
II layer of bran and another of eggs,
until your box is full then place in q
cool, dry place. If done when new
laid, they will retain the sweet milk
and curd Of u new laid egg for 1T
least eis sht or ten months. Any oil
will do, but salt butter never becomes
rancid, and q very small quantity of
butter will DO u very large quantity
of eggs. TO insure freshness rub
them when gathered in from the nests.
then pack when there is a sufficient
quantity.-E. Alexander. ..,5y 49,.
Mrs. VIM. Church says tho best
way she finds is to "take q pot or
pail, or any thing convenient, put
about an inch or two of meal Or any
kind Of brand generally take shorts
from tiour-being a farmers wife, I
have it on handy III it, put a layer, Of
eggs, either end down. close together;
then cover with meal, another layer
Of eggs, and SO ON. until tue box is
full, occasionally giving it . shake to
fill we'll between the eggs. This, plan
l have adopted for years with success,
and the last when usedL~bicl is Of
ten tle" end of April apd beginning Of
Mny,-are as good as tho, first. lcom-
meuce to pack in September. The
whole secret lies in carefully selecting
fresh eggs, packing on end, and keep
ing the air from them. Keep in y
dry, cool place." .,,.
j. B. Strathnairn says, 81 take .
tub of any size aud put layer Of
common salt about an inch deep in
the, bottom. Then grease the eggs
with butter, and place, them in the
salt with the small end down, 90 that
they will not touch the wood Of the
tub nor each other then ill the va
cancies with salt, and cover them
again about an inch deep, as before
then place another layer of eggs a.
before; then salt, alternately. till tho
tnh ia filled: then cover the top with
salt, and put them where they will
not freeze. have kept eggs IN tlis
manner from September till April, a.
good as fresh eggs. The grease on
the shell keeps the salt from penetra-
ting, thereby keeping the eggs fresh,
while the saving qualities of the salt
keep them from becoming putrid.
This recipe is both cheap and good,
as the salt can be fed to cattle after:
ward." .s eruh .n. ., "a. a-....
Emily Audinwood, stapstead Plains,
P. O., says: II have tried several
experiments, but find mono to snswer
80 we'll as the following {: i have kept
eggs for two years; and found them
nertectlv GOOD when used: Two lbs.
coarse salt boiled ten minutes in one
gallon rain water !; pour Of into an
eartheriI jar. When nearly cold, stir
in five tablespoons Of quick-lime
let it stand till next day; then put
in the eggs and keep them tightly
Gov cred until wanted for use"
ONE REASON WHY FARnERs ARE 30
P0oR.--It is believed that seven.
tenths of the planters and farmers Of
this country, North and South alike,
are staggering t. their fan usder .
load of debt and mortgage. What 10
the mattcri, Az q class, farmers 80
not lazy. They are seldom idle.
They work as hard as anybody ought
to work. They make, taking ono
year with another, what may be con-
sidered, under the present standard
Of agriculture, fair crops, and they
get, az 4 rule, good prices for their
surplus products they put, into tho
market still they don't get ricl--in
fact, are getting poorer and poorer
every year. Why is it so1 To say
nothing of a faulty system Of crop.
thing else; or Of credit, liens and
interest. the reason which We had in
mind with which to point this, para.
graph is, that it cost too much to
make onr crops. We grow poorer,
not SO much because our incomes are
30 small, as because" Our -outgoes are
80 large. There is No strict method
in our operations. and close economy
Of means. The expense of making q
crop has not been reduced to- mini
mum. We fence in too large . field
and travel over TOO many acres to
produce ten bales of. cotton or q hun
dred bushels of corn. We pay out
too much for labor md for fertilizers
for the result produced. The remedy
must be sought m souhder methods,
labor saving implements and better
trained labor and less Of It.
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