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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST. 
[Dec.  i,  1892. 
How  to  Make  Hens  Lay  Eeos. — Provide  them 
with  clean  quarters.  See  that  they  get  at  least  one 
meal  a day  of  food  in  which  there  is  red  pepper, 
and  do  not  go  near  the  nests  till  sundown. 
To  Clean  Oilcloth. — Never  use  soap  in  scrubbing 
oilcloth  nor  a hard  scrub  brush,  but  use  a soft  brush 
and  then  wipe  with  a wet  cloth.  Once  in  a while 
apply  a coat  of  copal  varnish  to  keep  it  looking  new. 
To  Remove  Scorches  from  Linen. — Scorches  may  be 
removed  from  linen  by  spreading  over  them  the  juice 
of  two  onions  and  half  an  ounce  of  white  soap.  To 
remove  rust  or  ink  stains  spread  the  stain  with  a 
paste  of  lemon  juice  and  salt  and  lay  in  the  sunlight. 
Of  course  this  applies  to  white  linens  only. 
To  Obtain  Oil  of  Rose  Geranium.— Fill  a wide- 
mouthed bottle  with  fresh  rose  geramiun  leaves  that 
have  been  gathered  when  dry,  and  pour  in  as  much 
perfectly  pure  glycerine  as  the  bottle  will  hold.  Cork 
it  securely  and  keep  in  a warm  place  for  several 
weeks,  then  it  will  be  ready  for  use.  It  is  good  for 
the  bath,  also  for  rough  or  chapped  skin. 
How  to  Care  for  Shoes. — A little  linseed  or  sweet 
oil  well  rubbed  into  the  leather  about  once  a week 
prevents  the  leather  cracking.  Whenever  you  have 
the  misfortune  to  wet  your  feet,  don't  despair.  Fill 
your  shoes  with  oats,  which  will  help  absorb  the 
moisture  and  preserve  their  shape.  When  nearly 
dry  rub  with  oil,  and  the  next  day  your  shoes  will 
look  as  well,  and  mayhap  better,  than  before  their 
wetting.  The  oats  may  be  dried  and  saved  to  the 
next  time.  Above  all  things  else  don’t  neglect  the 
heels.  At  the  first  evidence  of  so-called  “running 
over"  have  them  repaired. 
To  Press  Seams  Tailor  Fashion. — The  pressing 
board  needed  is  about  twenty-six  inches  long  and 
shaped  like  a shirt  board,  perhaps  two  and  one-half 
inches  wide  at  the  small  end  and  three  and  one-half 
at  the  large  end.  It  has  rounded  edges  and  is  thick 
enough  hot  to  need  padding  or  covering.  Press 
thick  cloth  with  a firm,  hard  stroke,  letting  the  iron 
remain  on  the  goods  if  necessary.  If  unlined  cloth 
or  flannel  is  being  pressed  the  iron  must  not  stand 
on  it,  for  a mark  would  be  left  on  the  right  side. 
The  flat  sides  of  the  board  are  used  to  press  the 
waist  seams,  the  long  edges  are  for  the  sleeve  seams 
and  the  round  ends  for  the  armhole  seams.  In  doing 
these  last  the  board  is  braced  between  the  knees, 
one  end  resting  on  the  floor.  All  this  pressing  is 
done  holding  the  board  in  the  lap.  But  the  special 
knack  is  to  press  all  seams  above  the  waist  line 
down  and  below  the  waist  line  up  This  keeps  out 
wrinkles. 
Lemon  Jelly  Cake. — Two  cups  of  sugar,  half  cup 
of  butter,  two  teaspoonfuls  of  cream  tartar,  one  cup 
of  milk,  one  teaspoonful  soda,  three  cups  of  flour. 
Bake  in  five  layers,  use  juice;  yellow  rind  grated, 
of  one  lemon,  mix  with  water  and  boil  till  it  thickens. 
Pineapple  Jelly. — Soak  half  a box  of  gelatine  an 
hour  in  a cup  of  cold  water  and  stir  in  a cup  of 
sugar.  Add  a little  more  than  half  a cup  of  the  liquor 
drained  from  a can  of  pineapple,  and  half  a pint  of 
boiling  water.  Strain,  stir  in  a cupful  of  the  pine- 
apple chopped  fine,  turn  into  a mold  and  set  on  ice. 
Lemon  Custard  Pie. — Grate  the  rind  of  one  lemon 
and  squeeze  the  juice  on  one  teacupful  of  sugar  and 
a tablespoonful  of  flour,  mixed  together.  Beat  to  a 
froth  the  yolks  of  three  eggs,  and  stir  into  them 
one  cupful  of  new  milk,  then  mix  in  the  sugar,  flour 
and  juice,  and  bake  in  a plate  lined  with  paste. — 
Florida  dJispatch. 
ENORMOUS  PRUNE  YIELD. 
On  the  Briggs  orchard,  Visalia,  Cal.,  three  trees  of 
the  French  prune  variety  yielded  a total  product  of 
2,813  pounds,  the  average  per  tree  being  937.66  pounds. 
The  Visalia  Delta , says : With  sixty-four  trees  to 
the  acre  this  would  give  a yield  of  60,910  pounds,  or 
80|  tons.  As  2.65  pounds  of  fresh  prunes  are  required 
to  make  one  pound  dried,  one  acre  would  produce 
23,362  pounds  ready  for  market,  and  at  11  cents  per 
pound,  the  present  selling  price,  the  gross  value  of  the 
yield  of  a single  acre  would  reach  the  sum  of  $2,569.82; 
at  2J  cents  per  pound  on  the  ground,  for  which  they 
could  be  sold  today,  the  price  of  an  acre's  product 
would  be  $574.05. 
In  the  Briggs  orchard  there  are  twelve  acres  of 
prune  trees  of  different  ages  and  several  experienced 
orchardists  estimate  the  average  yield  at  600  pounds 
per  tree.  There  are  64  trees  to  each  acre,  which 
would  make  38,400  pounds  to  the  acre,  the  value 
which  at  2£  cents  per  pound  on  the  ground— the 
price  at  which  prunes  are  now  selling  here— would 
be  $960  per  acre,  a net  profit  (after  allowing  for 
every  possible  expense  and  loss)  of  more  than 
$900  per  acre.  If  dried  at  the  orchard  and  sold  the 
value  of  the  crop  per  acre  would  be  $1,593.90,  and 
for  the  twelve  acres  the  enormous  sum  of  $19,126.80 
would  be  realized. — American  Grocer,  Oct  12. 
VARIOUS  NOTES. 
Tea  in  Foccnow.—  The  Foochow  Daily  Echo  of 
15th  Oct.  says  : — 
We  hear  that  the  activity  in  the  tea  market  during 
the  lat  er  part  of  last  month  led  to  wired  orders 
being  sent  up  country  to  prepare  more,  and  that  the 
answer  came  hack  “ Too  late,  no  more  to  be  got. 
Sacks  of  old  tea  have  been  used  as  fuel  to  boil  rice.” 
We  give  this  information,  which  is  not  derived  from 
Hong-men,  Brokers  orTca-boys,  for  what  it  maybe 
worth.  It  is  thought  that  there  are  still  some  20,000 
chests  to  arrivp,  which  is  not  likely  to  be  added  to,  on 
account  of  the  demand  having  sprung  up  so  late. 
A Blend  of  Coffee  and  Cocoa. — In  noticing 
a food  exposition  at  New  HaveD,  the  American 
Grocer  writes : — 
The  space  occupied  by  the  Clark  Coffee  Co.,  is 
a centre  of  attraction.  The  decorations  are  tasteful, 
and  their  effect  heightened  by  the  brilliant  red  of 
the  handsome  packages  containing  Cocoa-Coffee, 
which  we  noticed  in  many  of  the  New  Haven  stores. 
People  tested  the  merits  of  the  goods  at  the  ex- 
position, going  away  pleased  with  this  new  blend  of 
coffee  and  the  cocoa  bean. 
Soyer,  the  famous  French  chef,  was,  we  believe, 
the  first  to  combine  coffee  and  chocolate,  the  com- 
pound being  named  by  him  “ choca.” 
Forestry  in  Burmah. — From  the  official  re- 
ports on  forest  administration  in  Upper  and  Lower 
Burmah  during  the  past  fiscal  year,  it  appears  that 
the  most  important  work  done  in  the  upper  province 
was  the  reservation  of  forests,  the  total  area  reserved 
during  the  year  being  1,059  square  miles,  including 
the  most  valuable  teak- producing  areas  iD  the  country. 
The  total  area  of  protected  forests  is  16,461  square 
miles.  The  experimental  cultivation  of  eucalyptus 
and  English  fruit  trees  has  not  been  successful.  The 
experience  of  recent  years  in  Upper  Burmah  teaches 
that,  with  few  exceptions,  the  fortsts  have  been  much 
overworked  and  that  it  will  be  a loDg  time  before  they 
reach  the  normal  condition  of  productiveness.  The 
drought  of  last  year  had  the  effect  of  largely  decreas- 
ing the  export  of  teak,  for  the  rivers  were  so  low 
that  between  40,000  and  50,000  tons  remained  ttraEded 
and  could  not  be  got  down  to  the  sea.  The  reports 
from  various  parts  of  the  country  show  that  forests 
of  all  kinds  have  been  wastefully  worked — the  rubber 
forests  by  the  Kachin  chiefs  and  the  Sban  forests, 
where  the  chiefs  entered  into  improvident  agreements 
with  speculators.  But  the  Government  did  not  think 
it  prudent  to  interfere  at  present  with  the  ShanB.  Th« 
exports  of  teak  last  year  from  Rangoon  and  Moulmein 
amounted  to  161,967  tons,  valued  at  more  than  117 
lakhs  of  rupees.  Of  this  less  than  one-third  went 
to  Europe,  the  remainder  going  to  India.  The  exports 
of  teak  from  Siam  at  one  time  threatened  to  come 
into  rivalry  with  the  Burmah  teak,  but  they  have 
fallen  off,  and  last  year  no  Siam  teak  went  to  Iiidia. 
The  Moulmein  teak  all  descends  the  Salween  and  its 
tributaries,  while  that  in  Rangoon  reaches  the  sea 
by  the  Irrawady  and  the  Sittang.  The  net  revenue 
from  forest  administration  to  Lower  Burmah  last 
year  was  nearly  16  lakhs  of  rupees,  and  in  the  upper 
province  nearly  ten  lakhs,— London  Times, 
