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NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



PRS SERVING LARD. 



Take lard in the leaf, excluding all Ijloody or lean 

 pieces, then salt it down as you would pork; using 

 about as much silt as for pork.. When wanted for 

 use, try out enough iard to last a few weeks. This 

 mode is communicated by a gentleman who has had 

 much experience in this business, and he prefers 

 this mode as the lard keeps perfectly sweet through 

 the year. 



T£;MPBR. 



No trait of character is more valuable in a fe- 

 male than the possession of a sweet temper. Home 

 can never be made happy without it. It is like the 

 flowers that spring up in our pathway, reviving and 

 cheering us. Let a man go home at night, wearied 

 and worn by the toils of the day, and how soothing 

 is a word dictated by a good disposition. It is sun- 

 shine falling upon his heart. He is happy and the 

 c?ires of lift^are forgotten. A sweet temper has a 

 soothing influence over the minds of the whole fam- 

 ily. Where it is found in the wife and mother, 

 you observe kindness and love predominating over 

 the bad feelings of the natural heart. Smiles, kind 

 words and looks, characterize the children, and 

 peace and love have their dwelling there. Study 

 then to acquire and retain a sweet temper. It is 

 more valuable than gold; it captivates more than 

 beauty, and to the close of life retains all its fresh- 

 ness and power. 



Barley Water for the Sick and Convales- 

 cent. — Take two table-spoonfulls of pearl barley, 

 wash it very clean, and add to it a pint of boiling 

 water; let it boil for five minutes, pour off this wa- 

 ter, and add two quarts more boiling water, reduce 

 it to two pints and a half, and strain. This is sim- 

 ple barely water; it may be made very pleasant by 

 adding the following: one ounce of figs, two ounc- 

 es of raisins, stoned, a quarter of an ounce of liquo- 

 rice; boil it till reduced to a quart, and strain. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



With the following communication, we have re- 

 ceived the fruit therein named. The apples which 

 we received of Gen. Newhall, strongly resemble the 

 Oakes apple from Mr. Black, and they may be iden- 

 tical. It is difficult to decide with only a few spec- 

 imens. They look and taste nearly the same. The 

 Oakes apple is a very fair, handsome fruit, excel- 

 lent for cooking, and it is a good dessert apple, but 

 not of a high quality. 



Hunt's Russett looks like the American golden 

 Russett, and the quality is about the same. The 

 Russet, to which Mr. Black refers is not the Amer- 

 ican Golden Russett, but probabry the ?:]nglish Rus 

 Bott. The true American Golden Russett, called by 

 Coxe, Sheepnose, and Bullock's Pippin, isaverylate 

 keeper, and is frequently in fine condition in April 

 :Lnd May. It is one of the very best of apples, but 

 owing to its small size, it may not be so profitable 

 for the market as some other varieties. Some per- 

 sons who have cultivated Hunt's Russett extensive- 

 Iv, on being shown the American Golden Russett 

 )n this market, pronounced them to be identical, yet 



we should be pleased to have the subject investigated 

 more thoroughly. 



Mr. Cole: — I have forwarded to you a few spec- 

 imens of my favorite Oakes apple, and also of Hunt's 

 Russett, cultivated in this vicinity; if these speci- 

 mens of the Oakes apple resemble those received 

 from Gen. Newhall, it will support you in your 

 judgment of the non-identity of tliis apple with the 

 Fall Harvey. I am confident that,- (although in 

 some important particulars they resemble each otl»- 

 er) the apple which I cultivate for the Oakes apple 

 is in every respect superior, is not so likely to rot 

 on the tree or fall prematurely, and is not in eating 

 order until the Harvey is gone some weeks, and 

 keeping well until January, while it is one of the 

 verj' best flavored, that I am acquainted with, and 

 in my judgment worthy of extensive cultivation. 



Hunt's Russett, I think you erroneously judged 

 a few years since to be the American Golden Rus- 

 sett. We have in this vicinity both apples, and 

 consider the Hunt's superior in many respects, and 

 mostly for its long keeping. It is a longer shaped 

 apple, a very tender skin, grows fair, uniform bear- 

 er, pulp white, crispy and very spicy; and is a very 

 great favorite. 



I can furnish scions in the spring of the above ap- 

 ples if wanted. 



Respectfully yours, James D. Black. 



Danvers New Mills, Dec. lOth, 1850. 



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