Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1874-10-16
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| quite pardonable for the inquiry 'What is this
| for 2" The second responds with an inquiring
emphasis, ''This why, that is Judge Jones' i'm
ported eve, the mother of Sockdolager, that sold
for g., 600, and Judge Jones is worth 800, ,00O."
| ''1ndeed ~ responds the third, ''then we must
| put her down for a premium-of course the
| frst''
! 1t is pity if this little sketch should excite
/ but a ludicrous smile and then be forgotten.
There is unfortunately Il depth in it, which is
/ well worth probing TO the bottom. We all know
that our agricultural exhibitions, useful as they
are, are by no means what they might be ; and
among the depressing Influences, incompetency
7 OF the judges is often not among the least. Iu-
competency is not the word generally used ty
the suffering exhibitor. He prefers TO say injps-
/ tice; but it is not exactly this. The average
Judge wants to encourage the production of art-
! cles for exhibition. Every one who brings an
article for exhibition must ''get something'' in
order to encourage him to. come again. 1t costs
something to bring things to the exhibition, and
something" must be awarded in order to pay
for the trouble. Then again, this is Judge Jones
article. ne is worth s10O,OOO society can
not get along without money only with money
can the poor exhibitors be paid. Judge Jones is
a liberal contributor. His 100000 has often
helped the society in an emergency Even the
exhibitor of superior stock is indebted to Judge
Jones lberality for even the money for the
second premium. 1t will please Judge Jones to
have the first premium. and thus he with his
money comes again. There is of course injus-
tn no OF b,,..
tiOnal. Justice to the exhibitor is forgotten in
what is supposed to be justice to the success Of
the exhibition
But it IS all a mistake. The most fourisl,inl
societies are those in which the law is uuswerv
ing adherence TO rule and exact justice to all
and those who are the least successful are thos,
in which in order to satisfy alI'' an equal dis
tributiou of the money is awarded among the ex
hbitots
1t is often said that our exhibitions do no
seem to show much marked improvement in az
ricuturc, and perhaps the evil We have referre,
to is one of the causes. Judges and manager
are orer-anxious for mere display. They car
more for people bringing things than for the ex
cellencies of the things themselves. The forme
Is aided by the rule of an equal distribution c
the money. Lots of persons will run to thei
fields the day before exhibition and take an,
thing they have when they are sure they will ge
something for the little trouble; but it take
time and labor to grow things with an especia
view TO excellence, and this will not be take
unless the exhibitor feels that the article is I
be judged on its merits alone.
This is but one field in which Judges with Il
hast Int,
which we may refer to some other time.-Ge
'"Gasto,ea Telegraph.
KEEPING BUTTER FRESH.-The best way
keep butter that is prime is TO exclude the 4
from it and put it in q cool, sweet place but u
first is the most important. If the butter is in
pail, tub, or jar, cover it one or two inches wi
the strongest brine, made from the best Onondal
salt. Remember, it will not do TO simplycov
it with salt the air will pass through the sal
bat not through the brine. If the package b
a tightly fitting cover, so much the better. T.
best butter exposed to the air, in the summe
will not keep perfect for twenty-fOur hours. b
ter for the family should be kept constantly
der brine.
| The Farmers 4dyocdts recently offered a pri
fore the best method of keeping eggs over vi
ter. The recipe given below took the prize:
Whatever excludes the air prevents the dec
of the egg. What have found to be the mo
} successful method of doing so is to place sm.
quantity of salt butter in the palm of the L
! hand and turn the egg round in it, so that eve
pore of the she'll is closed then dry suffice
quantity of bran in oven (be sure you ha
the bran well dried, or it will rust.) Then pa
them with the small ends down, a layer of br
and another of eggs, until your box is full th
place in a cool, dry place. If done when n
laid, they will retain the sweet milk and curd
a new laid egg for at least eight or ten montl
Any oil will do, but salt butter never becou
! rancid, and very small quantity of butter
a very large quantity Of eggs. To insure fires
! ness rub them when gathered in from the nest
then pack when there is n sufficient quantity.
To CLEAN OLD HONEY -CoMBs.-To clean
combs, place them in some vessel that will he
water, laying them fat, one on the other, uu
the vessel is full, lay on board and stone
keep them from floating. Now fill the YES
with water and Stacked lime. Let them 30
twenty-four hours, then take out one at 4 til
and with fine broom, brush lightly but q
roughly on each side. Next put them into I
extractor and throw out the water Rinse tn
in clean water and use the extractor each tir
Then stand them up siugly in the shade TO
Two or three days will not be too long to {
them. Then cut out all the drone comb
they are ready for the bees.-FnmeTs' 10
Journal.
A NOVEL ADDITION TO THE DISSER TABLE
The Brsrers' Gazette says. and it ought tc knC
that we are to have revolution, it appears,
wine glasses. London porter requires pewt
and hook green glass, and it has now been
covered that sherry is not sherry unless dru
out of wood, so that we shall shortly have
dining tables laid out with tiny carved cups,
stead of the orthodox wine glass with which
have long been familiar. At present the idea
only in It's infancy, awaiting the artists
have under consideration the design Of The II
cherry cups. We may, however, mention Il
they viii; be larger than the present wine gla
more like the old port glasses which our graT
fathers used.
COOKING Corn IN FATTESING HoGs.-The me
we think about the stereotyped claim Of a ga
of 33-or even 25 per cent.-in favor of cooki
corn fed to hogs, the more we don't believe
So far as we know, there have never been a
really conclusive experiments made. Corn
now high, and it is worth while to save all
can. 1t would be an admirable thing If farm,
in different sections would try parallel expe
menIs, feeding one lot of hogs on 100 bushels
raw corn and another similar lot 100 bushels
ground and cooked corn. OF course, the he
each be weighed before and after the expe
ment, and the results reported to the press, VI
/ full particulars.
| INSECTS on TREEs.-Look over your tre'
The canker worm is upon the limbs; the boz
| (SaDsrda) is after home in the body of the tire
he is generally found by little boring upon
| southeast side of the tree, near the ground.
he has been there Il year he has created line
dead bark Cut him out cut awayrall the de
wood and cover with clay, wrapped so as to he
| it, e. the wound from the air. The EgsriGs
| ,ioSn or teach-borer should now be looked {