The Penn's Grove record., 1883-12-15

INJURY IL not Causeu w USING W. SAA".A
an amount Of salt. As a rule, much
more salt is employed than is necessary
TO preserve the meat. Sometimes it
contains impurities that cause the meat
TO contract a bad hator. Pure salt
should be employed f9r presei wing meat
and dry products. u costs but little
more than that WHICH is impure. and it
IA more satisfactory In all respects.
Meat packed in az barrel and covered
with brine becomfs tainted or spoiled
in Of small portions of it or
some of the fat OF blood it contains
coming to the top of the brine. The
air comes in contact with it there, and
decomposition takes place. The pro-
ducts of the decomposition Of animal
substances always have al unpleasant
taste and smell, and these IN the case
of meat in a barrel are communicated
to the brine and from thence to the
meat Meat packed in brine should be
cut in pieces with a very sharp knife.
This will leave the edges smooth. After
it has been for a few days in the brine
the latter should be poured off and
Loiled. The boiling will cause all the
Impurities to rise TO the surface while
the blood will be coagulated. These
substances should then be skinned of,
and when the brine is cold it can be re-
turned tc the barrel. If the brine does
not continue pure, the operation of
boiling should be repeated. Special
pains should be taken TO keep the meat
under the brine at all times. A perfor-
ated top or false governor a frame work,
siisBnhd rest on the meat and be weighted
down by a clean stone. If these pre-
cfut1ons are employed the liability Of
sbolhng will be very slight
z THEORY OF CROP ROTATION. 1t is now
! generally admitted that rotation OF crops
rs rendered necessary not as formerly
kupposed because the soil becomes ex-
hausted Of some necessary element, or
because unwholesome for that particular
plant, owing to pohonous excreta left
by the roo S, but because insects and
and diseases accompany the plant which
are special to it, the eggs or spores OF
spores OF which are left in the soil to
attack the same crop in the next fol-
lowing year with hnndredfold increase
of numbers and power. Professor Bes-
BY, OF the Iowa Agricultural College,
shows how this is the case with smut,
which grows up through all the interior
of a wheat plant and finally develops its
spores within the bran casing of the
gram, filling it not with -four, but with
~innumerable black, sinking seeds OF
the parasite which, when set free, float
out and stick fast to sound grains OF
wheat aud also to particles of the soil,
where they lie ready to enter into the
circulation OF the next years growth OF
wheat plants, unless killed by sleeping
the polluted seed in blue vitriol solut.on
and drying off with lime. As to the
polluted soil it is purified from the con
mination only by using it for some other
crop OIL which the smut plant cannot
take hold.
YOUNG TRREs.-Young trees planted
in the spring should be watched and
their form regulated by pinching the
the shoots that push too vigorously and
by breaking off the shoots which start
where branches are not needed. A little
care given to trees while young will
make later pruning unnecessary. A
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ted in another tree, instead of IN the
soil, and its growth, needs to be regula-
ted by proper pinchIng. Often the
growth from a bud will be very vigof-
GUS. II the top Of this be pinched, 1t
will become stocky and throw out side
branches.
THERE is a vast difference in the fla
49, - ox-, HNna FnI ~, a1aon onnn1
grain and kept on a clean grass run give
much finer favored eggs than those
that have access to stable and manure
heaps and eat all kinds OF filthy food.
Hens feeding on the oily species of fish
and onions favor their eggs accordingly
the same as cows eating onions or cab.
bage or drinking offensive water lmpart
a bad taste to milk and butter.
The value OF charcoal rs a fertilizer is
that it absorbs ammonia from the atmos-
phere, and gives it out as the roots of
plants require. 1t also improves the
land mechanically, and from its dark
color holds the heat of the sur, making
the lard warm and early. The remains
of old charcoal pits fully attest its fer
tilizing qualities for many years there
after.
A DELIGHTFUL SCENT. Dry some
rose leaves and sweet verbena and also
ripe lavender when all are quite dry
put them into a jar with one ounce OF
orris powder, ole ounce Of gum benja-
min, one ounce of borax pounded quite
fine in a mortar a quarter of an ounce
of pounded cloves is a great addition !;
a handful of salt will prevent it getting
mouldy.
The length of time mai a young hei-
fer keeps in milk after her first calf is
likely to measure her staying qualities
for all after-life. For this reason young
heifers should have their first calf In
the fall. By good care and ensllaged
food In winter an abundant flow can
be established, which can more easily
be kept up the next summer. If heifefs
calye IN the spring they are very liable
to go dry early in the next fall
SUNFLowERs. -Sunnower seed is n
of the best egg-producing foods known
Tor poultry. keeping them in a thriving
condition and largely increasing the
production of eggs. Every poultry
raiser who tries it will find that this
seed is excellent for CLOSING the plum
age of fowls, and is almost indispensa-
bic to those who want to fit their
birds for exhibition to the best advan-
tage.
Mr.. JOHN II. WooDs, OF Albemarle
county, Va, says: - have been rails.
ing Shropshire sheep from the best i'm
portations since shortly after the war,
and have no hesitation in giving it as
my opinion that they are the hardest
and most profitable Of all the English
breeds which have been imported. /
have raised sheep since 1889, when !
commenced farming, having tried Cots
wolds, Lincolns, Leicesters, Southdowns
and different crosses, and this long ex-
perience confirms me in the opinion l
have expressed above"
A CORRESPONDENT says that young
horses should never have shoes imposed
upon them until it Is well proved that
they cannot do without them. He pre-
diets that the day Is not far off when