Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-24
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CIDER AAhfk0.

p,,obsr and November are tho Months 20
Mahs the Choice Article.
From the Baltimore sun.
ucsobcr aud November, according TO eli.
mate, or when light irosts are occurring and
the fruit is In all the perfection OF ripeness,
is ume TO make a choice article OF cider.
Cider from lste apples Ia Of better quality and
possesses more body than from early apples.
II will also keep much longer. Cider varies
In character, not only with the season In which
Il In made, but also with quality OF me
apples. The best Is made from apples wn,cn .
arc somewhat astringent In their PropoIoss
the Juice containing the largest percentskeo oi
alcohol. The strongest, ~ a rule, comes iio.n
apples which contain the least ainouhto Juco'
The different crab varieties, sucn ~ .nv .,oa,,
ginia Hessian, Garfield and DINERS, Meon,eny
esteemed as cider apples, ~ are also the russet
and pippin varieties, although almost any sort
OF fairly developed late apples MAKE very
good article The general oplnioh seens 70 po
that tho best cider that reaches .he larger t. mt
kets /, made al steam mills, where the fruit
In crushed fl large bulk, IL being thought that,
other thing being equal, cider made in large
press Keeps better than that made IN the com.
mon sized country presses But however thai
NAV be, one thing In certain, that richer,
fuller favored and better colored elder IL OBJ
tanned when the pomace IL allowed 10 remain
In the vat u few hours TO become little Ter
mented before expressing the Juice. Inc color
OF the juice is influenced more or less ~ the
management OF the pulp. Different varieties
OF apples impart different tlavors, but from
any one variety 10 distinct ilavors may DO
produceo-one by expressing the Juice Do
fore any change OF color takes place conse-
auent upon the pomace being longer eS-
posed to the atmosphere, and the other before
such exposure. In making what II called
champagne cider, or where light tcolor IL de-
sired, the Juice should be expressed iinme-
diAteiy alter the grinding, and strained
thvr, uh a ri nj IL, a bafrel-Wl liHky barrels
being best. When these cannot be Obtained,
care must he observed to thoroughly cleanse
the barrel with lime or wood ashes and hot
water, after which for greater security, the
barrel should be well fumigated with rags
dipped in melted sulphur, and, after ignit-
ing dropped Into the same.
II 1t II desired that the cider should DO
kept sweet place the same into Kettle ana
bring to q boil, skimming OIL all scum as IL
rises. Then, while the cider is still warm,
bottle IL a. YOU would fruit To preserve II,
sealing the bottles with corks dipped into
com position of equal parts melted tallow and
rosin--the main thing in its preservation
being to entirely exclude the air.
FsttsninH swine.
While larger prices are sometimes obtained
at other seasons Of the year, when not 40
many hogs are put on the market, the last
three months Of the year will always remain
the favorite, and the best season OF the year
for fattening swine. The June market
usually exhibits good prices but hogs
mar keted then must be kept throughout the
Ipreceding) winter-a time when all the
conditions tor grain are uniavorabie weather
severe, requiring large amount OF food to
maintain animal heat, and also detracting
from the process OF digestion feed OK pensiye,
~ 1t must all have been gathered, cured,
stored and dispensed TO the animas-and as
u result the pork costs moro than that made
by taking spring pigs OIL the pasture as the
grass falls In the tall, and fitting them for
sat nj " IA. xts
health.
Farm and Garden Notes.
From the Germantown Telegraph.
Cut fodder when the corn begins 10 glaze.
The new wheat crop Is estimated as high as |
450, ,0o0, 600 bushels.
Next spring try fiat culture of potatoes, |
without any hilling up.
II is claimed that the worlds supply OF
wheat Is shorter than the average and the
prices will be higher
Peppermint which Is considered weed, Is
utilized in some sections, the oil thereirom
sellin at S. 50 per bottle
broad -mou,hed truit Jar partly iuil OF |
sweetened water will catch the cabbage
moths. Have several such jars around the |
cabbage patch. |
1t costs more to take bushel of potatoes |
from Albany TO New York by rail than from |
Liverpool TO New York by steamer.
Collect all the windisll apples and cook |
them for stock and you will greatly lessen |
the crop of codling moths next season. |
cross OF the Jersey with the hornless |
Galloway cattle Is said 10 be productive OF ex- |
cellent results. The calves from this cross |
are bornless
A good. sized bag OF charcoal hung In a els,
tern will sweeten the water ii 1t has soured
or become foul. The charcoal should be
brdeen Hnto small Jumps
Nearly all the fruit growers make the mis- |
take of setting out greater number OF kinds
than can be marketed with profit For a
family supply number OF varieties is admIs-
sible, though, even then, nearly the entire
supply Will be procured from few isvorite
trees For market, at present. good size and
snowy appearance are more important than
quality, 80 that II a fruit 10 fairly good there
IL no paying demand for he very best.
A French journal giv.s the following
method OF preserving grapes, ~ described
by the Inventor OF the process Al the end
OF October cut the punches with portion of
wood attached. trim the base of this last to
point, and stick 1t into a potato. After
wards ! spread the grapes upon straw or
very dry hay, and a. much as possible so
that they do not touch each other. Thus
prepared, these grapes keep quite as well ~
II the stems were placed in bottles Of water