Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1879-10-17
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and preserve their potatoes through the
winter, and we may say until potatoes
come again. It is the most valuable Of
all vegetables, though here and there we
find person and writer who undertakes
| to tell us of its Embellishments. It is
universally consumed in all civilized coun-
tries, as where it cannot be grown it is i'm
ported, which can be done distances with
out injury when ventilation is attended
| to. a,.
In storing potatoes several methods are
adopted, yet they are practically the same,
the object being to protect them against
freezing, whether buried in pits or stored
| in cellars. The first consideration is to
keep them in perfect darkness; the next is,
the bins should not be too deep-not over
three feet-to produce warmth and cause
them to sprout. When stored in the field,
straight trenches are dug say twenty feetin
length and four of five wide, which are
filed to the depth of three feet with pota-
toes, then well covered with straw, on top
of which utseighteen or twenty inches Of
earth. In pit twenty feet long there
should be about three gas escapes or ven
tilating openings, which should be plug
ged with straw and covered with a board
set at an angle to turn the rain. IF in
cellars, barn or otherwise, the bins should
be covered with rugs, old carpetings or
straw. Those intended to be kept for
late spring sales should be frequently ex-
amined and all sprouts removed; for as
soon as potato begins to sprout 1t loses
its solidity, dryness and quality.
'na,ato,on Telegraph. $3.50 a
KEEPING WINTER FRUIT.-Apples
should be gathered as late as possible be-
fore cold weather, and should be picked
with the hand to ensure soundness. Pack
carefully in clean, tight flour barrel,
shake down gently and head up; place in
a cool, shady shed that is well open to the
air, or on the north side of building, and
cover up the top with boards. Lay the
barrels on their sides on rails, and If very
cold cover up with corn stalks. Keep out
Of doors as late as possible and then re-
move to cool, dry cellar, where air can
be admitted on pleasant days. Here also
the barrels should be laid on their sides
and on rails. ,..f. e., ,......,....,.
Pears should be allowed to hang on the
trees until frosty nights, when they should
be carefully hand-picked and wrapped
separately in paper and packed in shallow
boxes, where they can be easily examined,
for some of them will probably rot. Keep
covered to prevent shriveling. Place in a
cool. dry cellar, and as they begin to ripen
bring into warm room and wrap in
wooden cloth, and their flavor will be high
ly increased.
Grapes can be kept we'll into the winter
if care is exercised. Choose the late RI
pening sorts, such as Clinton, Catawba,
Diana, Isabella, etc. Select the finest and
most matured punches, carefully cutting
out the decayed grapes. if any, being carr
full not to disturb the bloom; after sweat
ing a few days on shelf in cool place,
pack in baked saw-dust or cotton batting,
one layer Of saw-dust and one layer of
grapes, and SO on; keep at an even tenn.
perature and cool as possible, at about
freezing point Lake Vieao Hmticulturist.
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A SIMPLE RELIEF FOR TEETHINa
CHILDREN.-The fortunes W hich babies
have to undergo are SO many and SO pitt
full. and visited impartially on all about
them in travel and at home; so many all
ing, miserable little little creatures are to
be seen on the cars and ferry boats, taken
out by their distracted mothers for change
Of air, that I feel it will be giving general
relief to tell the advice of o hospital ply
stefan, which proved an entire success in
my own family. The pain Of teething may
be almost done away with, and the health
of the child benefited, by giving it fine
splinters Of ice, picked off with pin, to
melt in his mouth. The fragment is so
small that it is but drop of warm water
before it can be swallowed, and the child
has all the GOODNESS for its fevered gums,
without the slightest injury. The avidity
with which the little things taste the cool
ing morsel. the instant quiet which sue
ceeds hours of fretfulness, and the sleep
which follows the relief, are the best wit
ness to this magic remedy. Ice may be
fed to three months child this way, each
splinter being no larger than common
pin, for five or ten minutes the result be-
ing that it has swallowed In that time s.
teaspoonful of warm water, which SO far
from being harm, is good for it, and the
process may be repeated hourly, or as Of
ten as the fretting fits from tsething be-
gin. .]i5 90 aasale t1lgl B9ea
How TO SAVE CLOVER SEED.-One of
our best clover-seed savers is just at our
elbow, and he says: s'Tell them the second
crop is for the seed, and is really fit for no
other purpose, as it saliyates the stock
fed on it; that the best time to cut for
seed is very nice point to determine. It
should be cut when majority of the heads
turn brown, and before any begin to shed
off the little seed pods, each Of which con-
tains seed. Cut the second crop of clo-
yer just as though it were for hay, rake it
irto windrOWs. and Let It lie and take one