vol.. XIH, SO. 6. 



AND HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL. 



43 



ITEMS OF ECONOMY. 



Catchiiif; Mules in the jVcck of a Broken Bottle. — 

 Take two comiiion l)eer l)otile necks, set llieiu in 

 the hiiiTow Willi tlieir wiile enils outermost, iiicing 

 iliB hole l)otli ways 5 mnke tlieni firm witli a cou- 

 jile of slicks to each, crossinjj each other over the 

 liottio necks, close to tliiMr widest etuis ; e.xcliiile 

 lijjlit and air liy a piece of tiirl'or the like, and the 

 tr»|) is set. The mole, coming to the hotile-neck, 

 tinils the way plain, and squeezes lierself'in. She 

 \Yonld get ihriingli, were she a'lle to hold her hiiul 

 teet on the glass to push her head and fore legs 

 through ; but here she fails, and is generally i'oiind 

 .squeezed in so hard that a stick is wanted to force 

 her out. This mode of snaring was practised, il' 

 not inventeci, hy a far/ner in ijand'shire, in tlie 

 early part of the seventeenth century ; and it is 

 likely that, though it might then have been gener- 

 ally knoivn there, it has since been lost sight of in 

 the udoplion of less simple though more portable 

 snares. By (his means the poorest cottager might 

 ensnare lljis nriweh.-ome g(iest in his garden, whilst 

 he might not he able to spare either his pence to 



buy, or iiis time to make, any other traji. 'Idoles- 



centulus. 



Jelly from .'Jpplcs. Dr. Tliatclier iu his Ameri- 

 can Orchardist, gives the following : 



It is not known perhaps so generally as it ought 

 to he, that apples make an excellent jelly. 1'he 

 process is as follows : They are pared, quartered, 

 and the core completely removed, and put into a 

 jiot without water, closely covered, and |>ut in an 

 oven or over a fire. When pretty well stewed, the 

 juice is to be S(p(eezed out through a cloth, to 

 which a little white of an egg is added, and tlien 

 the sugar. Skim it previous to boiling; then' re- 

 duce it to a i)roper consistency, and an excellent 

 jelly will be the product. 



[From the New York Farmer.] 



Sowinsr Grass Seeds. The latter |)art of this 

 month, those who design to sow for permanent 

 sowing and pasture, should begin to make prepar- 

 ations, for sowing. A mixture of some ten or 

 tw<dve different kinds of the most approved per- 

 ennial grasses should he obtained. 



Shade in Pasture Lots. Horses, cattle, and 

 sheep, reipiire shade in their jjasture. Without it 

 they do not thrive as well, nor are they as con- 

 tented. If the owner does not wish trees in the 

 tillable part of his lot, he should set out a clump 

 in a corner where two or more lots join. 



tl'ater on Meadows. Soon after mowing, water 

 should be turned on the meadows. 



tf'aler for Stock. Cattle and horses, and also 

 sheep, are not (infrequently made unruly by being 

 kept in the field all day, and even a longer time, 

 without drink. When practicable, they should be 

 watered at noon, as well as in the luorning and at 

 evening. 



Sifltfor Live Stock. Those who neglect to give 

 to their cows, horses, shee[), and swine, salt at this 

 season of the year, are not only sacrilicing their 

 own interest, but acting with much inhumanity to- 

 war<ls their useful beasts. 



Stubble Ground. Those fields from which grain 

 has been gathered, and which have not been laid 

 down to grass, should be immediately harrowed or 

 ploughed. The grain will come up so as to be 

 ploughed in, or serve as pasture. 



Hogs. This is the month to begin to forward 

 the hogs in flesh on cheap food — clover, apples, or 

 thickened swill, with a sufficiency of salt. If they 



are kept in |)en, the cart or wagon shotdd seldom 

 return from the fields or woods, without some raw 

 material for the hogs to manufacture into nianure. 



Potato Vines. At this season of the year potato 

 vines are often thrown into the cow yard, where 

 there is stan<ling water. This when drank by the 

 cows has been known to poison and kill them. 



Potato Hoe, or Digger. This is an instrmnent 

 with three wide tines for digging potatoes. It 

 materially expedites the work, and itijujcs the po- 

 tatoes less. 



Hoeing Turnips. This crop should, in ahriost 

 idl cases, be sown in drills. The ease with which 

 they are lined, and thinned to a proper distance, 

 together with the greater certainty of a crop, ren- 

 ders this method of sowing decidedly preferable. 

 Even when sowed broadcast, they should in most 

 cases receive one or more hoeings. A small hoe 

 of three or four inches in length, or one tajiering 

 nearly to a point, if faithfully used, will add very 

 much to the quantity of the croj). The eartli 

 should not be heaped up. 



[Fro7n the Ctdtivator] 



To have good Yeast in Summer, is a desirable 

 object with every housewife. She may have such 

 by the following simple process. 



Boil a single handful of hops (which every far- 

 mer can and ought to raise, to the extent of house- 

 hold wants,) in two or three quarts of water — 

 strain and thicken the liquor when hot, with rye 

 flour : then add two or three small yeast or turn- 

 pike cakes, to set the mass. If this is done at eve- 

 ning, it will be fit for use early next morning. 

 Reserve a pint of this yeast, which thicken with 

 Indian meal, make into small cakes, the size of 

 crackers, and dry them in the shade for future 

 use. In this way the yeast is always fresh and 

 active. Yeast cakes ke|it a long tinie, are apt to 

 become rancid and lose their virtue. The freslier 

 the cakes, the better the yeast. 



Junket — is a term applied to a dish which every 

 farmer's wife can readily make, and which con- 

 stitutes an excellent light food for all classes dur- 

 ing the heat of summer. It is merely milk cur- 

 dled by the addition of a little rennet half an hour 

 before dinner, and seasoned to the taste. First 

 prepare your rennet for use, by cleaning, salting, 

 stretcJiing and drying the skin. When dry cut 

 into pieces as big as a dollar, and jiut them into 

 brcivvn sugar. When wanted for use, put one or 

 two of the pieces into half a gill of cold water 

 before wanted. Season the milk with sugar, nut- 

 meg and wine, if desired, then add the water in 

 which the rennet has been soaked, stir the whole 

 well, and in fifteen minutes it will be fit for use. 

 Milk from 2 to 4 quarts. 



7'o Boil Green Corn. Take it fresh from the 

 stock, husk and put it into a kettle or pot of b<]il- 

 ing water, and cover it well with the inner husks. 

 Green corn soon grows vapid after it is picked and 

 husked ; the husks in the kettle preserve its fine 

 fresh flavor. 



To make a Minute Pudding. — Stir flour into 

 boiling niilk, to the consistence of a thin hasty 

 pudding, and in fifteen or twenty minutes it will 

 be fit for the table. Serve with sauce to suit the 

 tasle. 



To make Currant Jelly. Take the juice of red 

 currants and white sugar, equal quantities in 

 weight. Stir it gently and smootldy for three 

 hours, put it into glasses, and in three days it will 

 concrete into a firm jelly. 



FAIR. 



A GRAND project is said to be in contemplation 

 in France, in the nature of a general fair, or exhi- 

 bition of the productions of all the countries of 

 Europe, on a magnificent scale. It is proposed to 

 beheld in Paris, in 183G, in a large range of build- 

 ings provided by the French Government. The 

 expense is estimated at about 600,000 francs. 

 The occasion is expected to bring together the 

 finest productions of taste, art, and manufac- 

 ture, from all parts of the continent, and serve to de- 

 li'rniiiie the contested question ofsiqieriority in skill. 



MASS. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EXHIBITIOSif OF FI.OWERS. 



Saturday, Jlugusl 16, 1834. 



]\Ir. J. W. Russell, Mount Auburn Cemetery — 

 fine large IJonqiiets. 



Mr. Tho. Mason, Charlestown Vineyard — Car- 

 nations, Dracocephaluin S|)eciosum, Dahlias, Rud- 

 beckia jxirpurea, Bignonia radicans. Phlox subula- 

 ta, do. purpurea, Bignonia grandiflora, Eupatoriuni 

 odoratU(n,Verbascuni Delphiniu(ns Callistema mul- 

 tiplex, Ferraria pavonia, Roses, &c. 



Messrs. MovEY — Ilermeniania fumarifolia, Ado- 

 nis aestivalis, Malope-grandiflora, Nigella dainasce- 

 na, Gillea capitata, Del[iljinium consolida fl. jil. 

 Georgina var. King of the whites. 



Mr. S. Walker, Roxbury — Dahlias (or Georgi- 

 nas). Mountain of snow, Henri VIM., Matilda, 

 Romulus, Heroine, Jefferson, Phlox, &c. &c. 



Mr. Wm. Kenrick, Newton — Dahlias, Chinese 

 Roses, Althea friitex several varieties, Helianthus, 

 Bigmmias, Snowberry, Rudbeckia, Lychnis, Lilies, 

 &c. &C. 



Messrs. WiNSHiPS — the beautiful China Rose 

 micropliylla, and other specimens. 



Also was presented by .1. E. Teschemacher, Esq. 

 of Dorchester — Salpiglossis seedling varieties. 

 By order of the Committee, 



JoNA. Wi.NsiiiP, Chairman. 



FRUITS EXHIBITED. 



Peachef. Belle de Vitry and Royal Kensington, 

 from plants in |)Ots two years from the buds bear- 

 ing 12 to 20 each, from Messrs. Hoveis, Cain- 

 briilgeport. 



.Ipricols. Peach Apricots, from Mr. Luther 

 Parks, Boston. 



Early Breda, from Mr. Tho. Mason, Charles- 

 town. 



Plums. A seedling Plum, first fruit raised by 

 Mr. Wm. Crop, Sulem, by Mr. R. Manning, Salem. 



Bollman, from Mr. Tho. Mason, Charlestown. 



Pears. Early Catherine or Roussellet Hatif, 

 and Green Chissel or Madeleine, of Cox, from 

 John Prince, Esq. Roxbury. 



Rodsseliet Hatif, as above, from Quince stocks, 

 from R. Manning, Salem. 



A variety unknown, from S. Downer, Dorches- 

 ter. 



Apples. Red Astracan, from R. Manning, Sa- 

 lem. ■ 



River Apjile and Williams' Favorite, from S. 

 Downer, Dorcdjester. 



Curtis's Early Striped, Early Harvest, and Early 

 Bough, from E. M. Richards, Dedhani. 



All the fruits were considered excellent. 



A fine specimen of Water Cress raised from 

 seed from the banks of the Iris, hy Saml. Walker, 

 Dorchester. 



For the Committee, 



B. V. French.. 



