440 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



Sept. 



Old-Fashioned Hulled Corn. — Shell a doz- 

 en ears of ripe, dry corn, put it in an iron kettle 

 and cover with cold water ; put in the corn a bag 

 of tv/o teacupfals of fresh wood ashes, and boil 

 until the corn looks yellow and tastes strong of 

 the alkali, then take out the bag and boil the corn 

 in the lye over an hour, then pour off the lye, add 

 fresh water and simmer until the corn swells. If 

 the hulls do not then come off by stirring, turn off 

 the water and rub them off with a towel ; add 

 more water, and simmer for three or four hours, 

 ofcen stirring to keep it from burning ; when it 

 swells out and becomes soft and white, add salt 

 to liking, and let all the water simmer away. Eat 

 warm or cold, v/ith cream or milk. 



Pine- Apple Jelly. — Take a perfectly ripe and 

 so'iind pine-apple, cut off the outside, cut in small 

 pieces ; bruise them, and to each pound put a tea- 

 cup of water ; put in a preserving kettle over the 

 fire ; cover the kettle, and let them boil for twenty 

 minutes ; then strain it, and squeeze it through a 

 bit of muslin. For each pound of fruit take a 

 pound of sugar ; put a teacup of water to each 

 pound; set it over the fire until it is dissolved; 

 then add the pine-apple juice. For each quart of 

 the syrup clarify an ounce of the best isinglass, 

 and stir it in, let it boil until, by taking some on a 

 plate to cool, you find it a stiff jelly. Secure it in 

 jars. 



Potatoes in Haste. — A nice dish of potatoes 

 may be made in five minutes, if the water is boil- 

 ing. Peel and cut some potatoes in slices ; pour 

 on them boiling water enough to cover them, and 

 let them boil till tender ; skim them out, add but- 

 ter with flour ; let it boil up once, add a little 

 chopped parsley and pepper. 



THE CATTLE MAKKETS FOB AUQUSl. 



The following is a summary of the reports for the four weeks 

 ending August 21, 1S62 : 



NUMBER AT MARKET. 



Cattle. 



July 31 1668 



Aug. 7 1639 



" 14 2101 



" 21 1649 



7057 



Sheej^ and 

 Lambs, 

 8758 

 5380 

 5769 

 7064 



26,971 

 PRICES. 



Shotes and 

 Pias. 

 270 

 200 

 350 

 190 



1010 



Lire 



Fat Hogs, 



750 



150 



750 



Interesting to the Ladies. — For once the 

 course of true love has run smoothly. When the 

 Duke of Portland died recently in England, he 

 tried to prevent the marriage of his daughter. La- 

 dy Mary Bentinck, with Sir William Topham, by 

 stipulating in his will that her dowry of £32,000 

 should be M'ithheld in case she disobeyed his com- 

 mands. The lovers were warmly attached, and 

 Sir William carried the case into court, deter- 

 mined to have the lady, and her portion with her. 

 The court decided that the Duke had no right to 

 encumber the apportionment of money under a 

 marriage settlement with such capricious condi- 

 tions, and the funds were made over to Lady Ma- 

 ry. Whereupon the lovers were made happy. 



If we had not within ourselves the principle of 

 bliss, we could not become blest. The grain of 

 ii; iven lies in the breast, as the germ of the blos- 

 ■.jni lies in the shut seed. 



Juhi 31. Aug. 7. Ati^. 14. Aug. 21. 



Beef cattle, ^ % i\m}; 4:lU^\ 4 (g6i 4 '(TfGJ 



Sliocpandlambs,inIots.$i:{S3} $2 inSJ $2.VS3i §2.^5-%^ 

 Swine, stores, wholesale.. 4^ §6 a\h 4^51 4|fj54 



" " retail 5'g7 5 !^7 4 (g6| 5 @7 



Dressed hogs 45ff5J 4S-g5i 533 5^3 



RsMAKKs. — Prices for beef cattle showed a downward tenden- 

 cy during the first three weeks of the above term, but there was 

 not, in our opinion, sufficient depreciation to authorize a change 

 of figures, farther than to erase, as was done, from the list of 

 prices aftar the first week, the statement then made that "a few 

 extra Western steers may cost over 6,'<c." An addition of near- 

 ly 500 to the average supply for several previous weeks was re- 

 ported for the week ending August 14th. Some three hundred 

 cf these arrived at market one day behind hand, and consequent- 

 ly after most of the butchers were well supplied. The result was 

 that the late-comers and such remnants of droves as remained 

 iu the yards at the time of their arrival, had to be offered at prices 

 considerably lower than cattle had been selling for, to induce 

 pm'chasers to add to the stock already on their hands. Low as 

 they were offered, however, they were not all sold, some 60 to 80 

 head being kept over to the next week, in the hands of the dro- 

 vers. The cattle at market August 21st, both Northern and 

 Western, were not only less in number, but they were smaller 

 and inferior in quality. About 200 cf the Northern cattle were 

 stores, consisting of thin worlcers, milch cows, and young cattle, 

 among which were some yearlings not as large as calves ought 

 to be. In consequence of this short supply of beeves prices ad- 

 vanced from 34 to lie ^ ft. 



The market for sheep and lambs has been quite uniform dur- 

 ing tlie last four weeks. The frequent rains have kept the feed 

 good, and a steady impi-ovement has been noticed in the size and 

 quality of the lambs offered for sale. There have been but few 

 old sheep at market, and these have generally been sold with the 

 lambs, within the range of prices quoted above. 



The market for milkers may still be reported as rather dull. 

 There have been but few workers brought in as yet, and there 

 has been thus far, this season, but little inquiry for store cattle 

 of any kind. 



In consequence of a disease among swine, the trade in store 

 pigs and shotes has become quite small, at Brighton, as will be 

 seen by the number at market for the past month. 



New Hampshire State Agricultural Fair. 

 — At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors 

 of the N. II. Agricultural Society it Avas voted in- 

 expedient to hold a State Fair the present Fall. 

 The Directors of the Rockingham County Agri- 

 cultural Association have passed a similar vote. 



