The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-11-21
not on tho ground in barnyards, as it

not on the ground in barnyards, as it
will absorb the poison of yards. Two
bushels of charcoal, broken into fine
particles, one half bushel of wood ashes,
eight quarts of salt, we'll mixed, one and
one -qual ter pound of green copperas,
either ssolved ir water or ground fine,
mixed with the aLove, should always be
in q self-feeding- box, with good cover
on it, where swine can have free access to
it. When high feeding of carbonaceous
and concentrated food is resorted to IN
time of fattening, soft sandstone, brick
dust, or even dry clay, will be greatly
relished-in fact all the above ingredients
are essential to aid digestion and xii!
intestinal worms. consider ground
food, as a rule, the most economical.
Suggestions about Packing Appl~s'
In packing apples the practice is to
face two rows of fair, slightly apples,
stem down, against the head, to be
opened when offered for sale, as in this
way they look better when the barrel IS
opened than if they were put In last ana
pressed down by the head. After the
apples, in what is to be the opening end
OF the barrel, are properly arranged, it
may be filled up by laying the fruit IN
indiscriminately, but small or imperfect
apples should all be kept out. The
barrel should be packed as full as it
can be made to hold, and a little gentle
rocking is allowable, as the filling pro-
ceeds, to assist in settling them uni
form!y. The last apples put in should
come up above the croze in the barrel,
so that when the screw is used to put the
head down into its place the packing
will be tight enough to prevent any
shaking or movement of the apples when
the barrels are handled. The pro..er
degree of pressure to be applied can
only be learned by experince, but 1t IS
quite as often too little as too much.
1t is worthy of note that apples
slightly bruised or indented by the press
ure of the heads do not ordinarily rot
from that cause, while if injured to the
same extent in some other way before
they were barre!ed they would do so.
The difference is probably owing to the
continued pressure; as 1t is generally
believed apples keep better under
pressure in the barrel than when laid IN
loosely, or when put into bulk previous
to barreiing.
1t is advised, when packing apples in
barrels, to make first and second quail
ties, and in cases where there is small
portion OF unusually large fruit, even
third quality. In this way uniformity
in size, which contributes greatly to the
appearance, can be preserved, and,
while one quality will sell higher than
lower one, the aggregate amount re-
ceived will be larger than when large,
medium and small apples are packed
together.
1t is sometimes advised to pack both
heads alike so that when opened each
end shall show courses of the best ap-
pies, stem upward. A more general and
far better way is: After the apples have
been faced to the head standing on the
ground and the barrel is filled up to the
croze. to finish up with apples that will
we'll represent the smallest ones the bar
rel contains. Two good reasons can be
given for so doing. One is that as the
apples are to be pressed down small ones
will lie closer together and pack down
better under the pressure of the head
than large ones will, and if few are
squee ed too hard the damage will be
less than if they were of the largest.
Another and still better reason is that
buyer may in this way have the opportu-
nifty of seeing sample of the smallest as
well as OF the largest and best.
Extremes, however, should be avoided,
and unusually large and fine apples
should be packed by themselves, as be-
fore intimated, and form an extra fine
quality to be sold for fancy price, and
quite small ones should not be packed at
all. Only good, fair sized and merchant
able apples should 60 in as No. l, and
the small size should be packed as No.
2. Uniformity in size should be pre-.
served throughout as well as possible,
except that when opened one head may
show slightly above and the other slight
ly below. the general average.-New fork
World.