The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-01-23
Farm and Household COiu

Gentleman, in replying to cor.
pendent who inquiries how tor.
an exhausted farm fertile, after -.
missing that there arc special civ'11
stances to be taken into account
every such case, lays down The j..
lowing general principles in view
a soil which, from continuous l.
cropping. has been deprived Of H..
vegetable matter it once conta;ncd
and settled down into a compact, hi
mass:
l. Undertaking, if The soil SETH
down in a mass after Ion: rains.
3. Mellow cultivation when d.
enough, pnlveriziny the soil we'll as 6
preventive Of drought.
3. The introduction Of clover, to :.
preceded il necessary by mo;!er;.
dressing Of manure, or by some cite
green crop.
1. Working most Of tie farm lii
grass, for the maintenance OF done
tic animvls, and for the rannf.ct",.
Of manure.
5. As the Improvement rHogr"s>a:
planting or sowing surs: crops a. III
pear on trial to do best, such as carr.
beans, barley, Sc, lreierij1g a yagt-
ETY. Of rotation.
How 1t Happens.-Som- ore &sha
why it is that potatoes 80 soon Inn
out? There are two grand reasons.
There are few potatoes in a hill I!:aA
are lit for seed. Some are overs"ovr
coarse. rank, and will not transmit
the original quality. Others are III
aergrown, and not fnll Develops;
seed. A potato of medium size, pc.
feet in all its parts, with change q;
ground will produce its like, cd MEnt-
tam. One other reason, cutting 20
tatOes between stem and seed enc
continually, will aenoralize the in
stitution. It requires the stem an
seed end to make perfect seed. i
cut, cut lengthwiSe. Single eyes will
run out any potato. There is no OFT
er seed that will bear mutilatinn 70
the potato; the only wonder is. nat
it does not run out comp'etely.-I'. en-
tiss from Stcuben.
To Corn Becf.-Pack the beef, cut
into pieces weighing not over six or
eight pounds, into a cask, using two
pounds of salt to one hundred pounds
of beet. In from two to four days
the meat will be nearly covered with
brine composed principally of the
blood which was in the meat, and
which was drawn out by the action
of the dry salt. Then take out the
beet, rinse it we'll to remove all the
blood, and repack, using four pounds
of salt to the one hundred pounds of
beef. Then take for each one hun
bred pounds of meat three pounds
of salt, two ounces of saltpeter. two
ounces of cloves, one ounce of cay
enne pepper, and three pounds of clean
light sugar or three rints of molasses.
If the beef is not from a young ami
NAL add to tile above two ounces Of
saleratus. Dissolve the ingredients
in water, boil and skim, then COO!
aud pour over the meat, adding wa
ter enough to cover all we'll. A stone
should be laid on the meat to keep it
beneath the brine. The "drying"
beef and tongues must he taken out
in four weeks, washed and hung up
to dry. Beef cured in this way will
keep into hot weather. II the brine
is drawn of in May and new put or.
with five or six pounds Of salt to tho
hundred pounds, adding also one
fourth Of a pound of black pepper, tho
beef can be kept all through the hot
weather, though it will not be so ten
der after the second brine is put on.
Country Gentleman.
A Red ink for marking clothes,
which is not attacked by soap. aka
lies or acids, is prepared by Welger
as follows: Enough finely pulverized
ciunabar to form q moderately thick
liquid, is very intimately mixed with
| egg albumen previously diluted with
an equal bulk of water and beaten to
u froth and filtered through fine linen.
Marks formed on cloth with this IL
quid, by means of a Quill, are fixed,
after they have become dry, by pres
sing the cloth on the other side with
a hot iron. The ink will keep in well
closed bottles for a long time without
separation Of the suspended CHINA
bar.
A Good Salad.-Here ia a salad that
will delight those who eat cucumber
with bread and cheese: Take q to-
mato not over.ripe, and cut it into
slices, as you would q cucumber
take y small onion, and cut it up as
fine as you can, sprinkle it over tho
tomato slices, add salt, pepper aud
vinegar at discretion, aud you will
have a salad which, as relish, puts
the cucumber to shame.-Gardiner's
Chronicle.
Green Corn Fritters.-Boil six ears
Of corn; scrape the corn from the
cob while warm. 10 two cups of
coru add three eggs; beat the yolks;
mix with the corn, three tablespoon
fuls of cream aud small teacuptul
Of -four, with a little salt; beat tho
whites to stiff froth, and add last.
Bake AZ griddle cakes.-Cnltivator.
Rice Paucakes.-Boil half u pound