The record-union., 1893-05-24

den is owned by NJ. Colmant, Rue de
Misnil, Asnieres, who gave these facts to
Rev. W. Tuckwell, the well-known coun-
try parson, who is doing SO much for the
rural laborer in England, and are EN-
Dodled in his article on village life in
france and England, printed in the Con-
temporary RerieeC for January, 1892. The
statement is evidently only partial one,
but indicates the highest culture.
RECIPE FOR PICKLING OLIVES.
From the Los Angeles Times we take
the lolIowlng recipe furnished that paper
py j. ,. Calklns OF Pomona. Mr.. Calkins
mas met with entire success by this
metnod OF plokling: dissolve pound
OF George L. Lewis concentrated lye in
SIX gallons of water; add four ounces of
salt. Soak the olives in this mixture two
days; then draw of and replace it with
more of the same kind and soak two days
longer, drawing the mixture off several
times daily and pouring it back on the
olives. Now draw off again and immerse
the onVes IN water from five to eight
days, then draw off the water and put on
a brine OF two pounds OF salt TO four gall
ions OF water for two days, or until the
last trace OF lye is removed. Finally,
cover the olives with new brine of three
pounds salt to four and one-half gallons
of water.'
FRUIT GROWERS ARE PROGRESSIVE
As a general rule fruit growing dis
trlcts comprise the most intelligent and
progressive people to be found any where.
1he sHp-shod, Dackwoods method does
not thrive in neignborhood OF fruit
farmers. They insist on good schools,
good churches and lecture halls, good
roads lined by rows OF trees, and are
always willing and ready to pay for these
necessary adjuncts of to-day's civiliza-
ton. We observe with much pleasure
! that 1rult growers in number OF sec
tions are moving to have the country
highways sprinkled regularly through
out the dusty season. Such public spirit
and intelligent action must commend the
localities to the attention of new cOmerS,
and besides being in line with proper
degree of appreciation of modern neces-
stiles, Will be found to pay largely in the
better demand for property and the
higher value OF all products.-Calitornia
Fruit Grower.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
y little sugar added to butter when
salted is for the purpose of increasing the
preservative action OF salt, and not, as
many suppose, to give it a better and
sweeter flavor.
For partially dislocated stitle Joint in
horse, if chronic, blister once a week
with caustic balsam, and stand with hind
quarters twelve inches higher than the
lore. In that position it can not slip out.
Before lambing commences the ewes
should be carefully tagged. Leave no
punches OF wool where it will interfere
and especially see that there is none
about the udder to prevent the lamb
sucking.
farm at Truesdell, Wis, holds the
record for the production of twins. There
are, 1t is claimed, a pair of twin boys, a
PAIR OF twin calves, a pair of twin colts
and one hundred pairs of twin lambs on
the farm.
The funniest thing i'll New York is the
fence which Corneal Vanderbilt has built
10 keep folks from seeing the new extern
sion 10 his house. Imagine tight board
fence four stories high and with windows
IN 1t, ana there you have it. The fence
alone must have cost as much as decent
farm house.
Never allow fruit tree to die without
replacing it by another, and every year
plant at least lew new trees. If This
rule is followed the farmer is always sup
pIled with vigorous orchard, and, if
there IS any fruit III the country, such
farm has it. The same rule is true OF
berries ana all sorts OF small fruits.
Pullets are usually better layers than
older hens. but for breeding purposes nut
o-year-old hens with cock OF The same
age or a year younger. Eggs intended
Tor hatchlng should be carefully selected,
IN mating fowls for this purpose. have
special regard 10 size, good habits. early
development and points" color, etc.
The general inieriority of farm horses
is due To careIesSneSS OF the farmer in the
quality OF mares. \ big price will be
paid to secure gooli stallion, but no
thought is given to th1 mare. So it goes,
year alter year, and the same scrubby
mares are used for breeding. The same
class of horses are the result. We are
glad 10 see, however, that the farmers are
awakening to this TACT.
70 prevent grub in the head of sheep
feed the latter salt always in two-inch
augar-holes bored in the side of a Loo:
have tar smeared around the side of the
log. Whenever the animal licks salt it
gets tar around the nostrils, and this pre-
vents the fly laying the eggs in the nos
tril, from which The grub is produced
This is a simple preventive, easily ac-
complished, and is worth dozen cures"
If we are to lind whether farming paws
or not we must discover what is the cost
of production. TOO many farmers never
think Of this, and go on year after wear
lallowing wasteful and costly processes
that make what they produce come 10
more than its market value. That doesn't
pay. The farmer must bring his best in
telliGence to make every bushel of grain
and every animal cost less and less. lie
ought 10 know what he is doing as we'll
as the merchant or the manufacturer.
Some of the great lights of the New
York Horticultural Society have ruth
lessly slaug htered one OF our most cher
ished dogmas. They declare that fruit
packed for shipment should be boxed up
tight, SO that no air can reach it. the
tighter the better, and that our we'll
nursed ldea about open boxes ventilating
and circulating air is delusion and a
snare. Well-cooled straw berries packed
in closed packages, they claim, are in
tiniteiy better when opened than those
shipped by the old way.
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