HAMPSHIRE COUNTY FARM BUREAU MONTHLY 



A. W. HIGGINS 



SOUTH DEERFIELD, MASS. 



FERTILIZERS AND 

 FERTILIZER MATERIALS 



Telephone South Deerfielii Uil 



or E. S. RUSSELL, South Hadley, Mass 

 Telephone Northampton HJIH 



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hlices are of uniform thickness and cook 

 evenly. For hard fruits, add an e(iual 

 quantity of cold water by weight; for 

 soft fruits, add water equal to i the 

 weight of the fruit. 



Cooking Period. Place the fruit and 

 water in a covered kettle and boil for ten 

 minutes. Remove to the back of the stove 

 and let s'^and for ten minutes. Strain 

 through four thicknesses of cheese cloth. 

 Remove jnilp to a kettle, add cold watei' 

 equal to that added in the beginning and 

 repeat the directions given above. The 

 juice obtained this time is called the 

 second extraction. 



Addition of Sugar. The old-time rule 

 most commonly used calls for equal 

 amounts of fruit juice and sugar. Ex- 

 perience shows that jellies of superior 

 flavor and quality may be made when the 

 sugar is reduced to 3 or i the amount 

 commonly used. With fruits one-half as 

 RIQQFIl'Q TIDF Q HOP 'much sugar as juice by weight will give 



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obtained. Heating the sugar is an un- 

 necessary bother for the quality of the 

 jelly is not improved by this precaution. 

 Fruit juice should be cooked before .sugar 

 is added. It is difficult to set any arbi- 

 trary period since the rate of boiling and 

 the character of cooking vessel will de- 

 termine this largely. Where small quan- 

 tities of juice, 2 to 3 quarts, have been 

 cooked at a tim.e in a fairly shallow 

 aluminum kettle at a rate which kept the 

 liquid at a hard boil, the following rule 

 has been found to work satisfactorily: 

 If 4 as much sugar as juice is to be used, 

 boil 5 minutes; if h as much sugar as 

 juice is to be used, boil 10 minutes and 

 if i as much sugar as juice is to be used, 

 boil 1.5 minutes before the addition of the 

 sugar. 



Straining. .Jelly need not be skimmed 

 during the cooking period. Continuous 

 skimming is wasteful of the material. 

 Allow the syrup to boil vigorously until 

 the jelly test is reached. The sheeting- 

 test most commonly used is the one that 

 can best be relied upon. When cooking 

 juice has become so concentrated that it 

 forms a sheet i inch or more in length 

 on the edge of the .spoon when suspended 

 in the air, it is ready to be removed from 

 the fire. Strain through a cheese cloth 

 into a hot pitcher and fill the sterilized 

 jelly glasses immediately. It is a wise 

 precaution to hermetically seal jelly when 

 i to i as much sugar as juice has been 

 used. 



NOUTH,*>IFTON, MASS. 



Miller, Goodyear, and U. S. Tires 



Tires and Tubes 



Vulcanized by Steam 



GOODYEAR SRRVICE STATION 



HiKK .A IK 



66 KING STKEET 



T«.i. isn.-^-M 



NORTHAMPTON 



COMMERCIAL 



COLLEGE 



"THE .SCHOOL OF THOROUGHNESS" 



Li session twelve iii(}iitlis in 

 the year. Students admitted 

 at any time and graduated 

 when competent. 



Greater demand and better 

 salaries for business = trained 

 men and women than ever be= 

 fore. For catalogue and com= 

 plete information address 



JOSEPH PICKETT, Principal 

 76 Pleasant St., Northampton, Mass. 



Scaling. After the jelly has stiffened 

 in the glasses, run a blunt edged knife 

 around the edge to loosen the jelly from 

 the glass to a depth of I inch. When the 

 boiling paraffin is poured on, a much 

 better seal is obtained. Cover jelly 

 glasses with the tin covers or paper sealed 

 over the top. 



COBURN dc GRAVES 



The REXALL Store 



Tel. 200 . . Northampton, Mass. 



SMITH'S AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL 



Hit yitii \v:iiit til Ih> nil iiitenigeltt farmer ? 

 Woiihi y«m like to be it skilled carpenter or 



sheet metal worker ? 

 Have you a tiesire to beeome an ellieieiit 



home maker ? 



SMIIH'S St HOOL HAS 



1. Agricultural Department 



% acre farjii, 5 acres market garden, 35 

 acres field crops, 10 acres orchard and 

 berries, blacksmith's and farm mechan- 

 ic's shop, .500 bird poultry plant. 



2. Carpentry Department 



Seijarati- building, trade training, trade 

 ■ mathematics, shop practice drafting. 



3. Household Arts Department 

 Kitchens, laundry, dressmaking, milli- 

 nery, home decoration. 



4. New Sheet Metal Department 

 One of the best paying ti-ades. 



Entrance without examination. No tui- 

 tion. A democratic school. Practical 

 teachers. 



School opens Sept. 8th. Agricultural 

 Department opens Oct. 6th. 



Aihii'ess the I>ireetor at the Sehool 

 for inforiuatioii. 



H. D. SMITH 



Hatfield, Mass. 



GRAIN, COAL, ICE 



AND 



FARM MACHINERY 



