The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-12-06
DEEP PLowIS9.

As the season has arrived when curing meat
is in order, we republish, as of old, our famous
recipe for curing beef, pork, mutton, hams,
&C., as follows:
To one gallon of water
Take y lbs. of SALT
- ID. sugar,
"a saitpetre.
y o. potaSh.r
In this ratio the pickle can be increased to
any quantity desired. Let these be boiled to-
gether until ell the dirt from the sugar rises 70
the top and is SKINNED off. Then throw it into
tub to cool, and when cold. pour it over your
beef or pork. The meat must be we'll covered
with pickle, and should not be put down for at
least two days after killing, during which time
it should be slightly sprinkled with powdered
saltpetre, which removes all the surface blood.
&c., leaving the meat fresh and Clean Some
omit boiling the pickle, and find It to answer
well, though the operation of boiling puri6es
the pickle by throwing off the dirt always to
be found in salt and sugar. Ii this recipe is
strictly followed, it will require only single
trial TO prove its superiority over the common
way, or most ways, of putting down meat and
| will not soon be abandoned for any other. The
meat is unsurpassed for sweetness, delicacy and
! freshness OF color GefmantoUn Teleraph.
$Omit the potash unless you can get the pure
article. Druggists usually keep il.
KEEPING GRAPEs
The best keeping grapes are those which con-
tain the largest amount of sugar; another good
keeping quality is thick skin. Sour grapes
and thin-skinned grapes are not, In general
| good keeping sorts, although the latter may
readily dry into good raisins if they are sweet
enough. The Diana grape has always been
noted for its good keeping qualities; it has a
/ thick skin, and also is sweet when quite ripe.
The Clinton also keeps well, especially if it is
I allowed to hang on the vine until just before
Z -
/ although 1t changes color early; 1t VIII turn
| black couple of months before it IS in best
| eating state, consequently many persons gather
them long before they are eatabie, merely be-
| cause they are black.
! There are many methods adopted for pre-
| serving or keeping grapes, the main cOnsidera-
| tion being to keep them dry and cool down to,
but not below, the freezing point. Flat shall
/ low boxes are best; wide-mouthed and narrow
bottomed boxes are also good Some prefer
| laying the grapes among well-dried oak leaves,
but CHS is not looked upon as being essentially
| valuable. As it viii be impossible to detect all
defective berries when storing, it is well to
| overhaul them occasionally and remove all de-
caying fruit.
TIE CHINCH BUG.
The chinch bug has made its appearance in
some parts of the country, and the following
precautions have been announced by an ento-
mologist. "At present only timothy and other
| grasses seem TO have been attacked. Wherever
| attacked the root is destroyed and the grass en-
tirely killed. fit increases, the crops of wheat
rye, barley, and corn will next be attacked,
as these are its fayorite food plants. 1T patches
of dead grass, looking as if winter killed are
detected, the indication is that the enemy IS at
| work, and IN order TO check its extension, the
grass should be burned over, which may be
done effectuallly by first laying on a coating Of
dry straw and then setting fire to it. It viii be
an additional safety to plow over the burned
area in broad and deep furrows. turning the
sod fatty over not permitting it TO be in ridges.
Where blowing over the sod is Objectionable,
gas-lime, at the rate of 200 bushels to the acre,
should be distributed over the ground"
DEPTH OF SOWING WHEAT.
Experiments on sowing wheat at different
depths favor, IN strong, stiff soils one inch, and
in lighter or somewhat sandy soils. two inches.
Samples of pure seed, sown IN good firm lcsmy
soilone-half inch in depth. came up In eleven
days, seven-eighths of the seed terminating
that sown one inch in depth came up in twelve
days, and all the seed germinated; two inches
deep, seyen-eighths of it came up in eighteen
days; three inches deep, three-fourths Of it
came up in twenty days; four inches showed =
growth of one half, that came up in twenty one
days; five inches, only one half grew, and came
up in twenty-five days, while that planted SIX
inches deep came up IN twenty-three days, but
only one-eighth of it germinated.
MANURING LAWNS
When lawn grass becomes wiry sud thin ID
will be revived by dressing Of manure Just
before heavy freezing weather in the North,
and any time until the end OF the year IL the
South. The manure to be employed should be
very efectually decompo5ed; indeed, it should
be specially prepared by frequent turning over
while in the heap, the better TO pulverizs It, SO
that it viii fall in over the roots OF the grass
without actually covering ii up, Nothing can
look worse during winter than lawn streYn
over with litter. By using fine manure and
breaking it over once week with a rake, il
viii soon disappear, and the grass will soon
give evidence of its effect.
GRAPE Rot.
correspondent Of The Frnis Recorder reports
that he syringed his grapes, when the rot first
appeared, with solution of carbolic acid and
water, aud that no more rot appeared, and ths
| frui itripened perfectly. One ounce ofthe acid tS
twelve quarts of water was used. No signs o.
the acid could be detected when the fruit wa
| ripe. Should repeated trials prove the above
to be an effectual remedy, it viii certainly be a
boon to grape growers. Upon the suppositioE
that the rot is caused by fungoid growths tn,
application nsy prove to be all that is claimed
for it.
TILE DRAINING.
An Interesting fact in relation to the beneht
of tile draining has been developed at the sugar
works near Champaign, Ill It is found tha
the cane grown on the drained lands even II
low places was not injured by the recent frost
in the least, while that on undrainsd land syeE
in elevated locations was more or less damaged
!. ., The effect OF drainage is to produce hishs
teInperature than would otherwise prevail
: This is most Important advantage TO man!
crops besides sorshum.-IscicRa FaIeeF.
sILos EoR HERE'S.
; The principle of preservation of green vege
T tation in siios is being extended. We see tina
medicinal herbs are now treated in asOms~ha
+ similar manner. The herbs are placed IN bot
ties, which are sealed with wax, and the bottle
buried underground. By this nlsn chemist
can utilize medicinal herbs throughout tn
winter. and obtain fresh extracts from then
without sacrificing the aromatic properties o
the bsrb, which would be the case. generally
speaking, If the foliage had been dried IN tn
sun.
| GREASE FOR WAGONS
:. Lard should never be used on wagon, say
the Coach Makers Magdxi,se for it viii peae
!. trste the hub and work It's wsv out arcane
0 the lemons OF the spokes and spoil the v,l..rl
TILL L. ~ L-.k 1t a