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8. Haviland : 



37,800 gallons cider, at 8 cents per gallon |3,000 00 



200 barrels apples, at $1 200 00 



Total $3,200 00 



D. Purdy : 



25,000 gallons cider, at 8 cents per gallon $2,000 00 



100 barrels apples, at $1 100 00 



Total $2,100 00 



D. Griffin : 



15,625 gallons cider at 8 cents per gallon $1,250 00 



1,100 barrels apples, at $1 1,100 00 



Total $2,350 00 



D. Carpenter : 



13,750 gallons cider, at 8 cents per gallon $1,090 00 



300 barrels apples, at $1 300 00 



Total $1,390 00 



Total product of the five orchards $10,790. 



A NEW PREPARATION OF FOOD. 



Solon Robinson. — I promised the club before the holidays, that 

 I would introduce a new article of food, or rather an old article 

 prepared in a new way, and tell farmers how they can grow and 

 prepare upon their own farms a substitute for rice, farina, tapioca, 

 sago, etc., for culinary purposes — something, in short, that shall 

 be as good as either of the above substances for the use of the 

 good housewife, to make a pudding — a pudding that is not a 

 mere adjunct of a dinner, but a real substantial addition to it ; 

 as hearty as one of corn meal, more wholesome than that, more 

 toothsome, and equally cheap, so that it is within the reach of 

 all, both rich and poor ; and as I think it a valuable discovery in 

 the preparation of food, I am anxious that everybody should 

 enjoy the benefit of my discovery. 



HOW IT WAS MADE. 



So he said : "Will you pop for me a pint of your nice, white 

 pop-corn?" 



" Yes ; but what project have you got in your head now ? 



