The People's vindicator., 1875-07-10
Farm and Household Columns
PRESERVING APPLES, PEARS, S.
The Royal Horticultural Society

ton of hardy fruits, for winter rs
next in Importance to growing tho"
offered prizes for the finest specimt:
of apples, pears, &C.. kept until la''
in spring, accompanied with desert
tions of the manner in which tl''
had been stored. They then puhlis''
ed the following summary Of the j;
formation received:
As the flavor of fruit is SO eas:: !;
affected by heterogeneous od"rs, j:
is highly desirable that the apple a;'''
pear rooms should be distinct.
The walls and the floor should lac
annually washed with a solution r
quick.lime.
The room should be perfectly dr..
kept at rs uniform IL temperature -
possible, be we'll ventilated, ana
there shall not be a thorough drai:.
The utmost care should be take"
in gathering the fruit, WHICH should br
handled as little as possible.
For present use, the fruit should b.
we'll ripened; but for long keeping ii
is better, especially with pears, thu,
it should not have arrived at COM
plcte maturity. This point, however,
requires considerable Judgment.
No imperfect fruit should be store'!
with that which is sound, and every
more or less decayed specimen should
l>o :,,,,,,o ,1;o tn)., so,,,ovo.1
II placed on shelves, the fruit
should not lie more than two deer,
and no straw should he used.
Where especially clear and beauti-
full specimens are wanted, they may
be packed carefully in dry bran, az
in layers of perfectly dry cotton.
wood, either in closed boxes or in
large garden pots. Scentless sawdust
will answer the same purpose; but
pine sawdust is apt to communicate
an unpleasant taste.
With care, early apples may l..
kept till Christmas; while many
kinds may be preserved in perfection
to q second year.
Value of Sugar. Beets for Catten.
ing Swine.-An experiment was r..
Gently made in New Hampshire up
on a Suffolk pig wherein sugar-bcets
were largely employed in fattening.
The animal was about . year old, and
the feeding on boiled sugar -beets.
tops and roots began on the 18th ot
and was continued three.
times a day until the lst of October.
after which ground feed was given.
consisting Of two parts Of corn and
one of oats, three times a day, till
the animal was slaughtered, the meal
being mixed with cold water. Tho
result was, on the 10th Of August,
when the sugar-beet feeding was be-
s::;. .lsea .has-fssla4ds3 -1Ga a6e 1cs,se; IL,
pounds Nov. lst, $50 pounds. Thi:;
is the substance of the statement
given, by which we perceive that til"
increase the last Of August, when fell
on boiled sugar.beets, was at thc
rate of two pounds per day. The
same rate of increase on the same
food continued through September.
When fed on ground corn and oats,
made into cold slop, the gain for tho
next fifty days was less than q pound
and a half per day.
The real waste among well.to d.
farmers, the Boston Journal of Chem
istry says, ''is in the throwing away
Of house slops, and in allowing tho
liquid excrement of animals to h.
lost. It is better to advise farmers
to save every drop of the liquids Of
the house and barn, than to urge
them to pile up huge heaps Of inert
to be used as fertilizers
A heap Of dry muck or peat, whicl.
10 itself has no special value, may b.
used advantageously to absorb thu
valuable liquids of the house and
barn, and in this way q farmer ma;
largely increase his manurisl resourc-
es without mourning great expense ''
Mrs.. WIS F,itters.-save all your
bits of bread, soak them in cold wa
ter and mash fine; add little nut
meg, three or four large spoonsfuls ot
sugar, part of teaspoon of salera-
tus dissolved in two large spoonfn!s
of milk, a little salt, and stir into this
-four enough to make a batter stit.
enough to hold up = spoon. Drop IL
little from the end Of spoon into
hot fat, and fry as yon wonld dough
nuts. After one trial no bits of bread
will be wasted.
To cure colt Of pulling at his
halter, place a stiff spring pole in
front of him, but out Of sight bel,in!
his maugcr. Pass the halter stra,,
through hole in the partition, and
tie to the spring pole. II all is pro-
perly adjusted, the colt will try l,is
entire strength without breaking
loose, and will he apt to e. back IT,
his mangcr great deal quicker than
he backed away from it.
Custard.-Swccten one pint Of mill;
with little pounded sugar, boil il
with a piece Of cinnamon, and tln-
thin rind of a lemon, strain. and
when a little cooled mix gradually
the well.beaten yelks of four eggs.
stir it over slow fire until it thick
ems, keep stirring every now an;
then till cold.
Irish Stew.-Trim tho fat from
three pounds f the best mutton
chops; pare and cut in slices six
large potatoes, and six large onions.
Put into a stew.pan few pieces u:
fat pork. and on these put alternate
slices If potato, onion, pepper an:
salt. Cover with cold water. Cove :.
the stew-pan closely, set it where IL
will cook slowly, and Let it stew fox
three hours. Serve very bot.