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TED STATES.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20
NsefnI aud Curious.
Picklsd Cucumberr.


Cbmse small ones |; use none but the best eli
der vinegar. Pick out all the cucunibers that
are speekief or poor; pack the remainder in .
stone Jar OF wooden bucket, first q layer OF Gu
cumbers then of salt; cover the top well
with SALT add cold water enough to cover, aud
have the brine salt enough TO bear up an egg
cover with plate or board leave them in the
brine one week--one month would not hurt
iheta stir them mp from the bottom three or
cumbers, pick them fresh every day and drop
them into the brine. When you are ready to
pickle them, first pick out all that have become
soft, as they are not good; throw away the
brine, place the hard ones in cold, fresh water,
let them stand twenty -four hours, then throw OH
the water; place them in fresh water again, and
let them remain twenty four hours longer. The
next thing is to color them have porcelain
kettle, line it with green vine leaves, and lay
the pickles in evenly; scatter q little powdered
alum over each layer of pickles, piece Of alum
a. large as an egg being enough for four-gallon
kettleful; fill the kettle with cold water, and
cover the pickles over with two or three layers
of the leaves, then cover the kettle, and let the
pickles steam over q slow fire for i've or six
hours; do not let them come to boil: when
they are fine green color remove the leaves,
and place the cucumbers in cold water; let them
remain in it while the vinegar is being prepared
To one gallon of vinegar add one cupful of
graduated sugar, three dozen black peppers,
the same of cloves, and half as much allspice
boil all together five minutes; put the cucum-
bers in stone jar, and pour the scalding vinegar
over cover them closely; in two days scald the
vinegar over again, and then again in four days,
and at last in SIX days; cover over with wood
en- or stoneware cover; they will be ready for
use in two months or less. Green beans and
small green toma toes are picked in the same
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20
Fall POWinG.

Hitherto have been q strong advocate of
blowing in Autumn, but at the present moment
] have some crops which are everything that
could be desired, growing on land that was not
under any control until late this Spring. and
which, therefore was not plowed until It was
neatly time to plant the crops. The excellent
condition of these has shaken my faith some
what in the superiority of Fall blowing, 80 far
at least, that it seems the main advantage of it
consists in the very convenient set forward it is
in the Spring to have the blowing already done.
Moreover, when the crop Is corn, the cut worm
IL not 20 destructive, and in addition to these
two reasons for having the blowing done SO as
to liz all Winter it has also been considered that
tbs frost had then better effect in pulverizing
the soil and making good seed bed.
Yet, a. years roll by man finds there is more
to learn than be ever dreamed of, and farmers
need each others help in investigating many
points and subjects seemingly settled long ago.
A good agricultural paper affords better 0ppor-
tunities for exchanging ideas and bringing for
ward proofs TO settle knotty questions, than any
other device; for there are thousands Of farmers
in every State who, though they might not be
able to rise and make speech, yet could have
their say, without much difficulty, with pen
and ink: Let us discuss together, therefore,
brother farmers, through the agricultural pa
Pers during the ensuing Fall and Winter, all
subjects of interest or benefit to u.s. aud good
hum0redly "agree to differ" on some of them.
No ono need be ashamed to acknowledge that
he has been in the wrong, for all agree that this
is but saying, in other words that he is wiser
today than he was yesterday.
Farmers, like other classes Of men, have all
sorts Of characters among them, but the most
numerous set are those who dislike anything ont
of the old routine, and who form an opinion not
at all complimentary, of any new conner in their
vicinity, who either grows crops different from
those they have been accustomed to, or prepares
his land in q manner strange to them.
WORKING FARMER
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A correspondent of the New York Tiban.
writes: ~ have learned by experience how
my premises can be kept from disagreeable odors,
the contents of the vaults utilized for garden
purposes, and might work done in the day time
at ones leisure, without the peighbOr's knowl'
edge. There are three rules; first, allow no Stops
to be poured into the vaults otherwise you viii
have a nuisance in spite Of all you can do
Second, have some other place of deposit fol
broken dishes, bottles and other rubbish that
will not decay; if put in the vault it must even
tually be sorted out again, and it binders the ac
tion of the absorbents. Third, have on hand, fol
use from time to time, some road dust, dry loan
hardwood sawdust, or sifted coal ashes. There
is no disinfectant or absOrber better than road
dust, gathered in dry weather, though many
other materials are almost as good. If these be
frequently and literally sprinkled into the vault
there will never be any bad odor, and the vault
need not be empted oftener than once in two
years. The composted deposit can he removed
without offense to the eye or nose, and with
little dilnting with dry earth is excellent dress
ing for almost any CROP"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20
Cucumber Pickles.

Make a pickle in q clean tub that will bear a
small potato; wash the cucumbers and put them
in; cover with cabbage leaves, and place some
thing heavy on the top to keep them under the
brine let them lie as long as you wish. To make
n few at time, take them ont and let them re.
main in cold water over night; then put half
water and half vinegar and a small piece OF
alum in the kettle with the pickles. Be careful
not to let them boil Turn them over every fif-
teen minutes, SO they will get done through
You can tell by breaking one in half and if it Is
green it 10 done. Take them out put in a stone
jar throw away the vinegar; put in fresh vine.
gar; cloves and allspice, a few of each F; let it
boil up, and throw it over the pickles in the jar,
and then cover. They will be ready for use in a
few days. Can be kept year if desired.
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Green Tomato Pickles.

Take one peck green tomatoes, ten white on
ions, six green peppers, one small box of mustard
two quarts of vinegar, one and half piDts OF
salt, half pound Of white mustard Seed fourth
pound whole cloves, one tablespoonful of black
pepper; cut onions and tomatoes in thin slices
and chop peppers fine; make layers of them in
a large stone pot, and sprinkle little salt on
each layer. Let them stand twenty-four hours,
and then drain of the brine. Put tomatoes
onion. and peppers in a preserving kettle,
sprinkle on each layer the mustard seed, spice
and pepper, and so on to fill the kettle. The
box Of mustard should be thoroughly mixed in
the vinegar, and thrown into the kettle after ev-
erything else is i'm. Stew slowly over q moderate
fire for three-Quarters of an hour.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20
FOR the fariner.
SETTING STRAWBERRY pbANTs.

In making new field plantations of strawber-
fes, the land should be free of weeds and in .
high stale of fertility. If peas or early potatoes
were grown on it, and highly MANFRED in the
plants in August, the best time to set them, nm
less set in the Spring. Immediately before the
plants are set give the land dressing OF we'll
rotted dung, even it it were manfred for . pre-
vious crop, and pillow it in or first plow the land
deep rs necessary, then spread on the manure
and cover il lightly with q one-horse piow. "A
great deal of manure is wasted by being cover ed
too deep, two inches deep being the depth that
many 81 Periments by the best agrculturists Oh
this and other countries have decided to be the
best for crops generally. IL we harrow in the
manure, much of it is left upon the surface ofthe
ground, and its virtues evaporate. So it is in
some degree when it is covered very lightly with
earth, if the weather he dry after narrowing it
In and ii is a question for farmers to decide,
whether it is not better to take little more
time in some cases, and use one-horse plow to
cover manure. Good crops, of course, are grown
hy covering manure mt the first blowing; but
for an acre OF two of Strawberries or other small
fruits, think it would pay to a one-horse
il too deep.
The rows in the field culture of strawberries
maybe three to three and half feet apart, and
the plants set from twelve to fifteen inches apart
In the rows. This width is to allow cultivator
to be run between the rows, after they have be-
come widened with plants from runners, SO that
the open space between them is not more than
two and half feet. Many strawberry growers
renew their plantations as follows: As soon a.
the berries are all picked, the space between the
rows is plowed with q one-horse pillow, turning
the fnrrOws SO to leave the ground level.
Then it is smoothed with q cultivator; and an
iron mandrake would, if used, be COED finish
ing operation. The plantation is thus left till
Fall, when the space between the rows is cover
ed with runners; then the old plants are plowed
up, and all the runners bat a strip six or eight
inches wide in the middle of them, which strips
are the rows for the next season and in this way
plantation may be renewed for a good many
years; but it would be necessary to apply ma
nure once year to the space between the rows
when they are plowed. 1t is a rather remarka-
BILE fact that strawberry growers who sell their
fruit in the large cities can make more money in
''poor seasons" than in good" ones, because in
favorable season, with frequent rains, the crop
is 30 large that the price is not remunerstive.
Ii New York this season hundreds of thousands
Of baskets Of Strawberries were sold at dead
Loss to the growers, the receipts merely covering
the freight end commission.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

SWEET PICKLEs.-Seven large, or nine small
seed cucnmbers; pare them and scrape out the
insides; just cover them with water to which
has been added . tablespoonful of salt and soak
over night In the morning take two quarts Of
wished very rich, use two pounds of sugar Put
in tablespoonful or more, if desired, of cloves
aud cinnamon and good pinch of cayenne pep
per. If ground spices are used, tie them up in .
piece of old muslin. Thon pnt in the pieces Of
cucumber and boil until tender; don't get them
too SOFT AZ they soften by keeping. Put them in
a jar and pour the spiced vinegar over them.
They will keep q year if you leave them in the
Jar, and are the finest l ever tasted.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20
Treatment of Pigs.

The Commissioner of Agriculture of tho State
of Georgia, in o manual on the Hog" says,
among other excellent things:
"Success in raising hogs depends in o good
measure Ipon attention given pigs for the first
few months of their existence, and il proper at
tention 10 given them it may be stated as a max
i'm that increase of pigs is an increase of pork.
The future usefulness of every animal, man in
cluded. depends, in an eminent degree, upon the
treatment received while young and in none
more than in the pig. Pigs that are allowed to
become poor or diseased seldom so entirely re-
cover ~ to attain equal development with those
that receive no check to health or growth during
the formative period. 1t is, therefore, of prime
Importance 10 keep pigs, from their birth, in q
thriving, healthy condition. Az soon as they
can be Induced to eat, they should be provided
with shallow trough in the sov's pen, but in
accessible to her, to which they can resort at
pleasure. Commences by giving them Q small
quantity Of milk, several times day, being care
full to feed at regular hours so that they will
pect it at those hours, and sleep quietly during
the intervals. Increase the quantity, aud give 3
little grain as they grow older, being careful to
clean out the trough each time before feeding.
If the pigs have been well fed, and the SOW Is
much reduced, they may be weaned at six weeks
old, but if the sow is still in good condition, and
strong enough to bear the drain upon her consti-
tuition, they may remain with her ten or twelve
weeks, if there is time enough to prepare for the
next litter. When only few weeks old the
boar pigs should be altered and marked, and the
sows spayed about two weeks before they are
weaned, that they may have the mothers milk
until recovered from its effects. If the pigs are
castrated at this tender age, there is less risk,
account of the greater ease with which they can
be held in the proper position, and the small de-
veiopment Of the parts. If allowed to run three
four mouths, as is too often the case the parts
become more sensitive, and hemorrhage, swell
ing and stifening of the parts are apt to follow.
When the pigs are operated upon the SOW should
be removed to o sufficient distance from the pen
not to be excited by the cries of her young, sin
there will be risk of her eating her pigs if she
smells blood upon them when she is excited.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

TOMATO FIGs.-Take six pounds of sugar to
one peck Cor 16 pounds) of tho fruit scald and
remove the skin of the fruit in the usual way
cook them over fire, their own juice being snf-
ficent without the addition of water, until the
sugar penetrafes and they are clarified; they are
then taken out, spread on dishes, fattened, and
dried in the sun q small quantity of the syrup
should be occasionally sprinkled over them
while drying, after which pack them down in
boxes, treating each layer with powdered sugar;
the syrup is afterwsrd concentrated and bottled
for use; they keep we'll from year to year, and
retain surprisingly their flavor, which is nearly
that of the best quality of the fresh figs the
pear-shaped or single tomatoes answer the pur-
pose best; ordinary brown sugar may be used, a
large portion of which is retained in syrup.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

Branded PEACHIs-To every pound o.
peeled peaches add one pound of sugar and one
gill of white brandy; make syrup of the sugar
add only enough water to dissolve it, let it come
to boil, then put the fruit in and let it boil five
minutes; remove the fruit carefully, then let the
syrup boil fifteen or twenty minutes longer, I'M
til it thickens add the brandy, and take the
kettle at once from tho fire; pour the hot syrup
over the fruit, aud seal at once. If, after the
peaches have been removed, reddish liquor
the clear syrup. Put up in glass jars that have
been rolled in hot water. The peaches should
not be over-ripe. White-cling- are, per
haps, the best.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

you see Q chicken little droopy and its comb
growing dark, remove 1t at once and doctor it
for cholera its discharges are green, and if al
lowed to run loose would spread the disease. As
. preventive, use handful of salt twice q week
in . wash basin full of bran mixed With q little
meal, and three times o week give corn at night,
on which pour little coal oil, just enough to
coat every grain and no more. My neighbors
all around have been losing their chickens, both
young and old, and I've lost but one, and that
was one of my imported Brahmas; she was af-
fected so differently from other cases had seen
that she died before knew it was cholera none
have died since. Clean ont your ehicken-hous-
es, whitewash them aud scatter carbolic acid
around
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

THUMBS IN YoUNG PIes.-"W. b. Columbus,
Ga, sends to the AMerioas Asricsltsrst the fol-
lowing method for treating young pigs for tho
thumps, which he has found successful. One
pig of litter four weeks old was attacked first
subsequently another of the same litter was
similarly affected. As killed . young pig in
trying to force medicine down its throat,
thought it prudent to try another way. begin
to feed my sucking pigs at three weeks old, and
as one, or two, won't eat alone, 1 gave the whole
litter dose each, Tin as little food as possible
to insure their getting all the medicine) Of cas-
tor oil, once day for week, with dose of
Oopperas every third day, and little sulphur
once or twice. In q week the two sick pigs
were entirely cured, and the whole litter inn
proved by the treatment. If drst in the pen
and yards is prevented, there will not be many
cases of thumps
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

A SIMPLE, yet very effectual remedy to heal the
poison of ivy can be found in solution of cop
psras water, applied by immersing the wounded
part into it, or by bandaging it with cloths dip
ped in it, and wet as often as they become dry.
Make the copperas solution by turning boiling
water upon the green crystals, and let the water
take up all that it will then pour off from the
sediment into bowl, and dip thu hands or feet
into it. Great relief will he experienced in even
q few hours, and repeated applications will new
or fail to complete the cure. The same remedy
will apply to poisoning by oak and sumac.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

CARPENTERS ApoLoGY.-Mr. Justice Miller
and Matt Carpenter were always at lagerhsads
in the United States Courts in Wisconsin, and
on one occasion Mr.. Carpenter plsyfully observ-
ed of the Judges ruling that he bad seen such a
ruling in Pennsylvania Court where the other
side bought up the Judge with half a bnshel Of
beans. The Court gave Matt one minute to
apologize, and he apologized in q neat little
speech, concluding with the statement that if he
had said bushel of beans instead of half o bush
Ell he would have been damned before he would
have recantsd
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

KEEPsAKE.-"Whst can give you for keep
sake, my dearest John Z" sobbed out sentiment
al English girl to her scape- grace lover, about to
join his ship in warlke times.
''Give my dearest angel" cried Jack, in some
confusion, "ahem-wby, you haven't such a
thing q five.p pound note about you. l suppose p
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

TOMATO CATsUP.-Boil one bushel of tomatoes
until soft; squeeze them through sieve; add
half gallon Of vinegar, one pint of salt, two
ounces Of cloves, quarter ounce of allspice, two
ounces Of cayenne pepper, three tablespoonfuls
Of black pepper; mix these together and boil
not less than three hours; pour in a jar or keg
till COOL then bottle; it will keep we'll the
cloves and allspica put in whole; when boiled,
strain through colander.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

A YOUNG lass went to a camp meeting and
came back full of the revival which they had,
and did nothing the following week but sing
Shout shout we're gaining groundr
She had the tune SO pat, that all she said was
but continuation of that song, and not uufre-
guently the rhyme was too long for tho tune.
Old JowIer Slipped in and took bone off the ia
BILE, and just as he was making for the door she
sung out: f.
If you don't 60 out I'll knock you down-Hae, halle
ujah;
You nasty stinkin flop cared hound o. glory haelu
jahr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

DRYING PLANTS foR THE HERBARIUN.-A vi
emma journal remarks: "Most botanical students
must have regretted the change of color which
plants undergo on drying. We are here inform
ed that this Inconvenience may be obviated by
dipping the plants in q warm mixture of 1 part
hydrocloric acid and GOO alcohol, shaking theu
to get rid of superfuous fluid, and then laying
them in warm blotting- paper, which ought to be
changed at least once daily. By this means, the
plants will not only dry quickly, but will also
ratain their natural colorr
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

A GERMAN peddler sold q man a liquid for the
determination of bugs. "And how do you use
it inquired the man, after he had bought it.
"Ketch to bug und drop one little drop into his
mouth" answered the peddler. "The deuce you
do" exclaimed the purchaser, 81 could kill it
in half that time by stamping on it." "Vell,n
exclaimed the German, "dat is good way, too"
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1877-09-20

PEACH CoBBLER.-Make rich biscuit ernst
put it rolled thick around the dish put in a
layer of peaches, then butter and sugar, and a
very little -four, then peaches, and till the
dish is full; cover with a thick crust, cut slit
in the center, and pour in boiling water till full;
bake in . moderate oven.