The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-10-16
81 zE1f 4t U5 YtHtr4 ssEi4.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

pounds OF cuCumDerS pared and SHced
cover with salt, adding piece of alum
size of a bllttalnut- Next day drain of
the liquid and boil in vinegar until ten
Eder; put hi d jar and cover with q sirup
made Of one pint of vinegar, four pounds
of sugar spiced with cinnamon. =.
II THE California Horticultursst recon-
tmends the following mode Of keeping
grapes; Spread the carefully cut fruit
thinly OH the shelves or tables for a few
days. to dry up the stems u little. Then
cut clean, dry rye straw in q 1straW-cu
tel about an inch long, and cover 1iber-
ally the bottom of q suitable tightly
jointed box, on which place y moderate
layer of fruit; then cover with the cut
straw literally and lay on fruit again,
and thus proceed. Put them in a cool,
dry place, and the grapes will keep
sound for several months. as @i'T'
1.-The Rocky Mountt,in lLlats6aadn,a,s
says: /" The, grasses, of Montana are
unlike those of California in regard to
killing out by pasturage. Old fields
| turned out soon become reset with their
primitive growth. The pasturagc is
permanent. antl. almost without limit,
and stock fatten, and flourish the year,
round. Although there are severe
storms in winter'and the snow lies deep
on the mountain ranges there is com-
parative1y little in the valleys, and stock
comeIout' in the spring looking better
than they do along the banks Of the
Neuces, in Texas. :" =.
1PfccALILLI.-On One peck of green to-
matoes,, one large head or two small
ones of cabbage, three green peppers
and two red peppers. Take out the
seeds from the. peppers and chop with
the cabbage and tomatoes quite fine;
Put into a stone pot, sprinkle with salt
and let stand over night In the morn
ing drain in colander. Take one
quart OF strong vinegar, one pound of
sugar, one4half ounce each OF ground
cloves and allspice, and two. ounces of
whole white mustard. Put the vegeta-
bles, vinegar, etc. overi the stove in II
kettle and boil fifteen minutes. Put into,
glass cans and make aif-tight.
| AwRIpER n'tlle Vine ind FTua Re.
cordes, says he has, discoyered from. prac-
tice that sulphur, one ounce to Il gallon
of water, and spfinklcd or syringed over
grape vines, just ut pighfalb wll'destroy
insects and mildew and leave no bad
show afterward. When sifted as a pow
der it has an unpleasant andloftentinies
injurious effect, although it is acknowl.
edgedia a specific manure Of value, even
when applied boldly broadcast upon the
soil. Salt applied to vines in connec-
stion with gypsum or plaster of Paris,
forms q. manure which acts rs q healthyl
'stimulant on soils of q. loamy clay,
gravelly or dark, rich sandy b:sn. ~
ExPERIMENTs. Rim made with .great care,
during two seasons, upon the farm of
the Ohio State University, to ascertain
the most profitable quantity of seed
wheat to tile acre, have given the fol.
lowing results: tThree peeks Of clean
seed, drilled into ground which had been
put in the condition of Il garden by re-
apeated STRINGS (but without mandre),
gave Il crop of thirty to thirty three
bushels per acre; for each additional
peck Of seed, sown under the s;tfne con-
ditions, the harvest was. increased by.
from one to two bushels per acre, until
seven peeks were reached, after which
an increase of seed seemed to cause a
decrease Of cropGIine pecks of seed Civ
ing no larger retuin than three or four
pecks. s.,..,..s. ,fs.,.,.s ..sa.33 t.ae .zta.,
L LEARNED from a aneighbor, says a New
York s9rita,se contributor, how to make
u cistern filter that works, perfectly;o Of
40 common hard brick, and cement
enough to .Eay them, bail,l mp aloandthe
pump-pipe a tube of-isur~iaehes diamc-
tor. hn In
be drawn in SO that the last touches the.
pipe; then cement the top close around
the pipe, and it is finished Every drop
of water you pump must pass through
the bricks Some may say, as did,
"the water will pct pass through asifastr
as you sometimes wish to use it. - You
can't pump it outass long as there Is any
water in the cistern, 'and it is clear as
erYstal, and clean. For few. days it
tastes d little limey, ,ibuttfr.t soon passes
This filter docs not 4 sget out iof 4 order,,
does not freeze, is out of the way, and
cost for mtiterial and labor 80 cents. A
friend tells me he had one i'm successful
use eight years. t4 .yy
Gig DAVIDSON, Wayland,, Mich,
who has had three years. experience in
culllVduiIp anu ulfldnuIdCGullllg sorghum,
gives some points of general interest TO
Sorghum growers. N He writes:. essI
have satisfied myself that, the sooner
the cane is made Up after it is ripe and
cut the better. the quality. the sirtr,
and the larger the percentage of sugar
|, that will grahulate. 80 No cold juice
Should be added 70 the evaporation after
hit comes to boil. Large deep pans or
evap6ratofs aissths best. The continu-
ors-steam process lessensthe chances Of
a granuIating product from all ground;
cane Juice. liI'he running of cold juice
into hot, at any stage of the reduction
|coagulates or sets the albuminous and
waxy elements so that it requires; d fl
tering process to extract them. j. :lsD
found that the more the cane-stalk was
shortened at both ends the better the
quality Of, tho sirup4naThe butt Joints
are barren OF scaccharine matter and
give the sirup bad taste, and the top
joints are worthless. From.cxperiments
on small scale I, think the best results
cah be obtained by, steaming the, cane
and EXPRESSING the Juice by Screw press