Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-10-30
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
KEEPING CABBAGE.-A correspondent
of the Country Gentleman says; The
best method of keeping cabbage that L
ever tried was to select piece of ground
quite dry, and at the same time mellow
and easy to trench with spade, or, II
large number are to be preserved, use a
plough and then the spade, or round
pointed shovel, to shape the bottom and
sides. and of sufficient width and depth
to receive the heads so they will not
touch either bottom or sides OF the
trench. Now, take a piece of 2 by 4
inch scantling and place it edgewiSe
over the trench ia such a position that
the heads will not touch either side OF
bottom, after stripping off the coarse,
outside leaves; suspend the heads I'M
der the scantling, roots up, by putting
a suitable nail through the stump of the
cabbage the roots coming up a trife
higher than the natural earth; then take
some short pieces of board, or other
suitable material, just long enough to
make sort of rafter reaching from the
edge of the bank to the scantling, in
such position as to give slight pitch !;
place board on these rafters, length
wise, of course; scatter over it suffi-
cient quantity of straw, or other coarse
material, to prevent the earth from fall
ing in; throw on sufficient quantity
of loose earth which came out of the
trench. to prevent too much freezing,
and il will keep the heads cool and suffi-
GENTLY moist. Delay placing the heads
i'm position as long as the weather will
permit. The trenches may be in sec
tons of 10 or II feet, as in opening in
spring it would be better not TO let the
air come to all at once.
How TO UTILIZE WASTE LAND.-What
a world OF food might be produced by
utilizing the rough and steep places on
the farms with apple trees. An ordi-
nary apple tree will produce from ten
to twenty-five bushels Of apples one
year with another. These are worth for
food, as compared with grain, ten cents
a bushel, and when combined with
grain they are worth more. In no other
ha
cheaply on the same amount of land.
This is not all; by seeding the ground
with orchard grass or blue grass more
pasture may be had with the trees than
without, and forbidding looking spots
on the farm may be made ornamental
All this can be accomplished by the
simple outlay for trees and an occasional
mulching with coarse manure while the
trees are young. Wood ashes are the
best fertilizer for apple trees, and where
they can be obtained it will pay well TO
use them, as the effects Will last for
years. Cultivation is not necessary for
the growth of apple trees. All that is
required is an occasional surface manur-
ing until the trees begin to bear, after
which, if the fruit is eaten by stock ON
the ground, no other enriching is re-
quired. Have faith and plant apple
trees.-Forest, Forge and Farm.
How to KEEP CIDER SwEET.-Pure
sweet cider that is arrested in the process
of fermentation before it becomes acetic
acid or even alcohol, and with carbonic
acid gas worked out, is one of the most
delightful beverages. The Farm, Field
and Fireside recommends the following
scientific method of treating cider to
preserve its sweetness. When the sac
charine matters by fermentation are
being converted to alcohol, if bent
tube be inserted air tight into the bung,
with the other end into bail of water,
to allow the carbonic gas involved to
pass off without admitting any air into
the barrel, beverage will be obtained
that is fit nectar for the gods. A handy
way is to fill your cask nearly up to the
wooden faucet when the cask is rolled
SO the bung is down. Get a common
rubber tube and slip it over the end of
plug i'm the faucet, with the other end
in the pail. Then turn the plug so the
cider can have communication with the
pail. After the water ceases to bubble,
bottle or store away.
HoMINY AND FARINA.-A change Of
dish of hominy or farina is very palata-
BILE. Farina should be mixed thin
about like meal husband boiled for
about an hour over hot water. Hominy
should be soaked in cold water over
night, and boiled for an hour, with n
little salt, in the morning. Eat with
sugar and milk or butter and sugar.
APPLE PUDDING.-Grease pudding
dish with butter, and line with grated
bread crumbs; lay in a pint of chopped
apples and sprinkle with sugar; cover
with bread crumbs, and drop here and
there crumb of brown sugar and
grated nutmeg, and so continue until
you have six or eight layers, one upon
the other; serve hot.
CELERY BRAIsE WITH GRAvY.-Take
six heads of table celery, trim off the
green tops and cut off most of the root