The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1875-10-28
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
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Moody, lady assistant steward at Mt.
Vernon Qnd.) Grange, communicates to
the Hoosier Patron the following plan
for corn
l. Get the best sweet corn, scald il on
the ear and cut it off while hot, put
pan over q kettle of boiling water, to
keep it hot until you can get enough to
fill can. Have some weak brine boil
ing in q porcelain kettle. Fill your can
within an inch of the top with coin
cover the bottom with brine, leaving
room for it to swell seal the can while
boiling hot.
2. Dissolve one and one-fourth ounces
of tartaric acid in one-half pint of water;
cut the corn from the cob put it in q
vessel over the fire and bring to q boil
ing point to each pint of corn allow
one tablespoonful of the solution. Boil
one-halt hour, stirring occasionally, then
put the corn in tin cans and seal tightly.
When wanted for use, put the corn into
a bowl and stir in two-thirds of tea
spoonful of soda to each quart of corn.
Let it stand one hour before cooking.
3. Cut the corn off the cob and pack
closely in quart cans; then solder so
that every particle of air is excluded !;
set the cans in kettle of cold water and
bring to q boil let the corn boil two
and half hours in this sized cans
Qarger cans will require more time) I;
when done, pour cold water into the
kettle to cool the cans and enable you to
remove them more carefully
PRESERVING FRUIT.-For the preserya-
tion of all kinds of fruit use glass bottles
or jars. Select those of even thinness,
for they are often exposed to consider
able heat To close them air-tight,
corks will not do. We recommend
waxed cloth, tied over the jar, as q
substitute at once cheap and effective.
Prepare in this manner: Melt together
some resin, beeswax and tallow, in equal
parts tear the cloth in strips four inches
wide, or at least wide enough con-
veniently to tie over the mouth of the
jar, and draw them through the hot
wax. After the jar is filled with hot
preserves, and while still hot, close the
mouth and bind it with good linen cord.
Trim off as much of the cloth as is de-
sirable and dip it in some melted wax,
made with only about half as much tai
low. Sealing-wax may be used instead,
if desired. The jars should be put
where the wax will cool at once, so that
the exhaustion caused by the cooling of
the preserves and the condensation of
the steam may not cause the wax to
run through the cloth.
To MAKE BOILED CUsTARDs. Take q
pint and a half of milk, three ounces of
loaf sugar, four eggs, lemon, twelve
drops of almond favoring, bit of stick
cinnamon. Beat up the eggs with their
whites in half pint of the milk. Rub
two of the Jumps of sugar on the rird of
the lemon till they are quite yellow
then put the whole of the sugar, the
pint of milk, and the cinnamon into
a saucepan. Let the ingredients boil
for five minutes then throw, the whole
out to cool for few minutes then beat
all up together with the beaten eggs
return it to the saucepan for few
minutes, stirring over a very slow fire
all the time till it thickens then strain
1t through fine tin strainer into Jug
put the almond favoring into another
Jug, and keep pouring the custard out
from one jug to the other till it is cold.
If it should be inclined to turn to curd,
which it will do if boiled too rapidly OF
over too fierce a fire, keep pouring it
through the strainer into the Jug when
cold, pour it carefully into the glasses.
Over the tops of the custards may be
grated some very fine nutmeg, or some
blanched almonds cut up in fine shaw
ings. The above quantities will fill
from twelve to fourteen custard glasses,
according to the size of the glass.
Saving Seed Corn.
One of the great difficulties expert
enced in the cultivation of corn is the
failure to get good stand. In nine
cases out of ten this arises from injury
to the seed while hardening for corn
thoroughly ripe and dry at the time cold
weather sets in will remain intact and
germinate as promptly at planting as
any other ordinary grain. Our plan,
says the Western Farm Journal, has
been, in fields thoroughly ripe, when
husked, to have man at the wagon
when unloading to throw out such ears
as appear all right; These should be
thrown into narrow cribs, we'll protected
from the weather, and in an airy situa
ton, where they may have the full bene
fit of the sun and wind. As soon as
convenient the corn should be sorted
saving only such as is perfect in every
respect, and put where it will become
thoroughly dry before hard weather
comes.
If corn is damp at the cob, freezing
and thawing will surely iniure the chi
or germ. In this case we have found il
of great benefit to smoke it lightly, say
for one day, thus assisting in drying
This has been practiced by the indians
from time immemorial, and when they
do not smoke it they bury it during the
winter in some dry spot, thus securing
an even temperature and uniform mois
ture. Whatever plan is pursued fol
saving seed corn it must not be PLACED
i'll compact masses, else injury is liable
to follow. Once dry and kept so it il
secure. Now, if none but the best earc
are saved for planting, you will have nc
difficulty i'll its terminating, and, as like
produces like, increased yield must fol
low selection from the best just as surly
as it does in the animal kingdom. II
will pay.
Farmers sons.
Farmers, give your sons an interest il
your business, or remunerate them in
some fair way for their work. Educate
them yourself in farm matters and teach
them to use their own Judgment in buy
ing and selling farm produce. DOM
tyrannize over them, but rather treat
them as companions and encourage then
to have confidence in you. Make home
pleasant to them by means of books anG
music and rational recreation. By doing
all this you will render farm life pleas
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