The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1874-08-14
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC

APPLE JELLEY.-Soak one quart
of apples in four quarts of water,
over night, boil until the apples are
soft, strain the water off carefully,
and to one quart of juice add a
quart of sngsr, and boil until it
jells. If the apples are nice you
may sweeten them and they will do
very well for sauce, especially if you
have little lemon to put in them.
but you can use apples for this that
are not fit for the table. In looking
over apples to stew, throw away all
that are not first class into dish by
themselves for jelley.
A SUBSTITUTE FOR IcE.-It is prob
able that many good housewives do
not know that butter may be kept
firm and hice looking by merely in
verting over it a flower pot covered
with damp cloths. In the same
way water pitcher enveloped in
wet cloths will keep its contents
cool and grateful to the parched
throats this hot weather.
On large scale this same plan
may be used in the ields-as we
have before said, but it will bear
saying again. The contents of q
barrel enveloped in cloths which
are kept constantly wet, will be so
pleasant as to induce the laborer in
the field to drink more than is good
for him.
The reason why water kept this
way is cool is, that the evaporation
of the outside dampness carries of
the heat from the inside-just as
perspiration carries off the heat
from the human frame, and
renders a live man capable of
withstanding heat which will cook
a beefsteak.
RosEs.-After the hybrid perpetu-
ais and monthly roses have ceased
to bloom, cut back all the Towering
stalks, do not let one rose form a
seed bud, as that process exhausts
the roots more than any other. Then
trim off all the weak shoots, and
cut back with a vigorous haud, until
it will seem to the passer by that
your bushes are nearl y ruined. But
fran the wreck will spring the most
lovely roses you ever raised, for the
roots will send out fresh shoots,a
flowers borne on such stalks are al
ways the handsomest. So prune
with an unsparing scissors, trusting
in the fair promises of the antumn
to repay you for the sacrifice of the
green branches. At the same time
remember that roses require more
rich food than almost any other
shrubbery plant that we can culti-
vate, and will surely give you finer
flowers in return for extra culture
and close pruning or cutting back.
Now is the best season for amateurs
to start roses from cuttings. Select
young wood of this years growth,
but so seasoned that it will break |
off readily; if too green it will not |
be so apt to grow. Take the cut
ting about six inches long, and plant |
in an inch or two of clear sand, with |
rich earth at the bottom of the pot. |
Put a glass over the cuttings, and |
keep in the sun after the third day |
THE AGRICULTURAL FAIRS and 9TH
er industrial exhibitions, horticul-
tural, mechanical, &c, for the au-
tumnal season of 1874, will soon be
in order, and hence now is the prop
er time therefor. Taking it for
granted that most of our readers be-
lieVe that rural fairs and shows may
be rendered highly benefcial-hoW-
ever badly some of them may have
been managed, in the past-We urge
farmers, horticulturalists, manufac-
turers, mechanics, and all other in
dustrial producers, to prepare in sea-
son to present specimens of their
various products, wares, &c, at the
approaching exhibitions. Farmers,
and their wives, sons and daughters,
should especially take pains to at
tend, and contribute to the variety
and value of the exhibitions held in
their respective localities. Our idea
is that every farmer, horticulturalist,
gardener, &C., ought to contribute
first to the nearest fair-whether
town, union or county-and exercise
his influence to see that it is con-
Quoted in an unobjectionable man
ner. By becoming member, and
annual and other meet
ings, any farmer can do much
toward the proper direction of the
affairs of a society. And this is
much better than keeping aloof and
complaining of faults and errors
which his presence.and advice might
have obviated.-RuraI Neao Yorker.
SURROUNDINGS OF FARM DWELL
NGs.-Alexander Hyde writes to
the New York Times concerning the
surrounding of farm
houses. He has this to say of the
barn-yard: "Another surrounding
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