, 1874-08-15

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From Our Il rricH'tHrat Corresnontient.
CHAMPAIGN, H.. Ang. Is, 1871,
THE WASTE or THE ORCHARD.
Making cidor in August II? queriol nclgh-
bor. J" 1t wou't kccr, and sou will llayc nothing
but vinegar" Vol, thai is all that expoct.
You ROO some Of thoBo applos aro partly docayol,
aomo arc too nma'l for market, md othors arc
but tlioY will all mako vinegar, At
lcnst 40 por cont Of those brought in from tho
orchard cannot 10 sont to market, md yet tEloy
mako good vinegar. Not III much from n bs}lol
rs toy will lator In tho season, but 1t Ia safe to
eay alat tlleao 20 bushels III that prcsalng vail
yIod GO gallods Of cidor-yineyar, aftor dolucting
tho sodimont aud evaporation. II no ca1i it
worth 90 ccuta at Wholesale. wo havo 212 worth
OF vinegar for yory littlo worl, and that il
aboyo tho cost OF tho cask; but thon ono has to
wait, II 1t ia put In tho cellar, aomo two years
for tho return. Twenty PR cont OF tue quanti-
" Or yield Of tho orcharl is worth looking aftor.
Tho far1nor who grows 600 bushela Of applss Inns
100 or moro thnt would 80 to waato 1t not turned
into vinegar.
Unless ono picks up tho windfalla wookly 10
can hnyo no idea OF this waAtc, gu tho inaecta
destroy thcm rapil!y nnd they disappear.
LII the Now York markot no sea cfller-vinegar
qnotnd at % cauta wholesale, which suppoao
includes tho package, aud manufactured vinegar
l6 ccnta uoro the former soils al 26 coLtg, aud
tin latter is sold at IL to 18 couts, package in
cludcd THUS 1t will bo scon that tho fur1uor
who has buta smal1 stock OF waato apples will
do woll to look after thom and turn them into
vinegar.
somo one maY ask, 1Vhat shall ve DO for a
ptesn, and gindor. and horsepower, forall those
cost something, aud the man with the small
orchard cannot afford to buy thou1, for tho ill.,
torcst and aotor'oration would tako of the
prottte press for 60 bushels will cost s100,
:975. 70 ills prosscs u,ay bo a,ltloi to any ex-
tsHt. Buch NIL apparatus will nlako good cider
md prcus o1t a'l tho juice, but tie hau- -prossea
that cost $50 to $780, L, but poor things, though
better than none, wlcn, Que eans,oE got tic
work dono nj tho regular elaer-inllls. But,
for tho nlakirS Of vinegar. wo mny dispense with
prasn altogether. Tho Shakers used to make
vinegar by rn;tiis sho rof"so nppos in vat or
after tho manner OF tho apparatus Tint tic good
wifa ,ses in niaklng iyo for nuap. Tl,csa nay
1,o got up out 0! duorH, Or Under nonlo she'd OF
down tn tlo cellar; out Of the way, n,i tho nr,,
little water s to bo added, autl thu cider will rtn
ont az tho applcs decay. LIZ MGrin weather Il il
! aoon tanned to vinegar, aud ID II worry good vinc-
FAR for immediate uHe; u'tt. without tho ad1i-
! ton Of molasHcn or w!,inky, wonla not keep bo-
You'd fow months, "a it lacks boay, or raaor9e
Of vineEnrnatots), cs, alter tl.ls latter Ia all
oxt,ansto', t11s vinesnr, aonn Gats lat
bou.o people put tno!r cayr'casks out IN the
SIN; bnt tin IL not Eoot policy n. it ondanEeta
tho utavos exposed that tho caSls will ]oaE. Al
wayB l,nt them n1lher coyo.. Then, ngni1,, when
tho vincgnr ID ro!at to tnnrhct, 1t ,,st bo drawn
of cuar Of tho Ices, Or 1t will bo riley ind unfit
! for nsn. Tho frru>er might Htvo nlaNy dollars
| ntsllally from tho orchard. ratl, ut tho hhtMg
| tsma, benefit tho 1atof-nat,lr;" fruit. tn ca0o
Of willt blowing oil larger quantities Of appfcs
bnforo fully matA;cd, tho on}y resouscc is to
| mate tllem into vinegar.
/ In our yiiinEe-atnlos, gona cii1er-rincgar ro.
tais at 10 canls T. gallon, wito tho manufactured
"F,ue cacr-r,::at.ar relis at 25 To 10 conls,--
thi,a cncouraaing tho farmer 10 make Eooi
that, tn mako good cidor-gtnelar, inrsclropor
tion o( wator NAV 1,o uHed; hut auch IL mt tn,
easo. II watoicd loo much. It nostra quickly
and almost NJ quietly is H2oilos!, go!s ns das a.1
pea:cl casca Of fa1lnro II your cl'lor-syinegas
Is not NJ Bhar:, rs you would iko to hayo 1t, you
,nny bo pretty vol nssarea Tint it will improve
by ngo, as tia ynegar-,natcriat hag NOT been al
ta1ttn up bit il n little tnsipi1. 1t will soon d
Tor the want Of body, or yaosat mctarial.
Bolno party in Chicago might make r good
thing in making the lnn1ueI a3plna il TINT rnnr.
ket into vinegar. There IL another very great
mistake made by our far1nors who hayo anros mud
t.mt iu, that tho marlborough and defective M.
pos will do quito vol foreidar; Init tia. Is not
10. Apples ior cislor must lo lipe aud aonntl
but tl,oy naed not bo inrge. Fow farmers 'naks
| cider in August, and to Do 60 q portion OF tho
applcu nl,ss te sweet, and al be ripe and sound
Ut oo,,rSo It IL not n1p:olea TINT such sarsy-mads
cider will Do EeEt for wi1ltcr-1se. Int from tht
s,1n,nnor and oaiy fall ap?les and tho windfatlt
OF tho winter rpllts, no sho1l}u gasher II targt
uorcentagc of Tho profits OF tho orchard in ths
| form Ct cider-yinngar.
LITTER in tho sanson, tho grenter part bf The
wlnJfalp end the Hn,all apploi may bo made inte
good arficlu Of cisler and tho ponaace ropresAe3
Tor vinegar ns tho las, pressing Of cldor IL only
I }ufS fha ctr{
barrel, will rcdnce itH Saine.
Yhoae who ;refer to drv their imperfect fruit
to making it into cider. will lind aomo Of tic nav
sltyors OH gale useful aidG in thai direction, sne
t.aposns Of s.l,all and oyol-ripo fruit that Noule
not do TO seu4 to market.
THE IocUsr-noIEn.
WAxEr1Elp, Ka1,., July 20, 1874.
locnst,trecs mako haroor for tue norer that tnfes
aelsEess t. 20 saoad ts s:ust,t1ess e no ea
there nro fow III tho nppls-srees. ED s1nEnV.
Thero ure tl.rce kinds Of borcra that infcst thu
! locust, hut these borors do not disturb tl
, arpIe-trooB. There aro two borers Of the apple
tho round aud tlat-hcaded saphordia. III
Ba,.u borors work in tho mapio aud other foroat
| trccR. 49,.
or tho locust t-uorcra, the s.nalloat ia little
, reddish caterpillar, whose operations arc con
9lucd to tho small branches mud to vury yonu
tycea, in tho pitl OF which it llyeu, a,ld BY it
Irritation it causes The twig to swell around til,
rar a.tackot. This swelling bc1ng sponHy. au'
also perforated by tho cAterpil!ar, the twiss a.
+ wsaknr. and aro often broken OH in tiia wnd..
, Tin second AM! most common aud doatraotlvo
b2ror IL named CIytus Pio!as, Lho poiatel, cty"
| tax. Tho third, which is lees common, and nnl,
lrosts tho larger troos, is aso very t!eat!acftvt
when it has oHpe Nada II lo<lgmont. It IL namct
L,0ssps Ro1inai. It is supposed to romain In th'
trees tLsee yaara. Hou.e years ago WIS II
Washington County. oil e. farsn That had grove
| OF Locust. tsaes, from foot to u anonoa III u
amotcr, that thoso bososs wete cutting down
Ihey could TO distinctly heard At work. cutting ~!
viii their sharp troth on tho hard wood: ThiE
insec. is from inela to incca long, ana son,o
tinea as largo Us onas llttio finger These E 10
tire stock Of yellow black 1oostat-roes, thongl
It ID possiblo that thcir ravngeR may bo chcckos
. iy uu1no othnr insect OF the b!stls. Tho apple
tyoo bogoya do not iufeat thu loc1ast-troes.
, TIE GnAsst1oPpEHH.
Iowa FALLS, ln.. Aug. 5. 1874.
Mn, tt n,,RA1 '4ss1n: i;hro Tl1E TRIBUNE has ane
nmnr facIlirs far Aarsrta,nnN tho condition nt til
rrnra throughout t.a co,nry, think 1t atloull ncx
lIrec s attention to tho Hrasahopnor prospects. II
ata, woud suggcat TINT yon ascertain from som
ron,ocnt perknn Ftrat. wlcro they lay t1lulr egga