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quart of vinegar, one teaspoonful each of allspice, cloves, cinnamon, 

 ginger and nutmeg, for every two quarts of tomatoes before boiling ; 

 scald well together, bottle tight and shake before using. 



Canning Cokn. 



Mrs. Martha J. Pumpelly, Germantown, Mason county, Ky. — 

 Having seen on many occasions, inquiry on this subject, submit the 

 subjoined : My method is to cut from the cob and put it down in 

 large stone jars, two-fourths corn and one of salt, by measure ; mix 

 well. We have no trouble at all in keeping it good all the year 

 round in that way. 



Mr. G. W. Goodrich, of Watertown, N. Y., writes : To such of 

 the readers of the Club reports as put up sweet corn, and who don't, 

 for winter use, I would say : There is as much difference between 

 corn scraped from the cob and that cut from the cob, as there is 

 between corn starch and an ordinary hasty pudding. I have tried 

 several ways, and find it reall}' delicious only when it is scraped from 

 the cob immediately after it is husked. Then put it in dishes about 

 the stove and ovens, and dry as soon as possible. 



Wilson Strawbekkt. 



Mr. C. K. Baker, Attica, N. Y. — I have an acre, from which I 

 have sold over 2,000 quarts this summer. One-fourth of them were 

 set two years ago last spring: picked over COO quarts from them last 

 year. The three-quarters of an acre were set one year ago last May, 

 My ground is a clay loam. Some call it a " stiff clay " soil. I 

 manured it with a good coat of barn yard manure, plowed it about 

 eight inches deep, and harrowed it thoroughly ; marked the rows 

 three and a half feet apart; then set the plants from ten to twelve 

 inches apart in the rows, kept the ground well cultivated, and hoed 

 clean. Early in the winter I drew on coarse manure or straw, and 

 spread it evenly over the plants for a protection against freezing and 

 thawing. A part of ray patch lay along the east side of a fence, 

 over which the snow always drifts in the winter ; so I was obliged to 

 cover only those which were away from the influence of the fence ; 

 consequently those wliich were protected by the snow came into blos- 

 som a week earlier than the others, and of course we commenced 

 picking fi-om them just so much sooner. I found no trouble in sell- 

 ing them all at an average price of one shilling per quart in this market. 

 Good judges pronounced them the largest average lot of Wilson's 



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