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SOUTHERN CULTIVATOR. 
To Extract Grease from Cloth, — The following is 
infallible ; 
To sixteen ounces of rectified spirits of wine add ten 
grains of carbonate of potash (pure,) half an ounce of es- 
sential oil of bergamot, and one ounce of sulphuric 
ether; mix and keep in a glass-stoppered bottle. Apply 
with a piece of sponge, soaking the cloth thoroughly when 
the grease is not recent. The mixture emits a peculiarly 
fragrant odor, and being a fluid soap, chemically com- 
posed, will be found a perfect solvent of oily matter, — 
Exchange. 
[The above is a good recipe for the purpose stated; of 
this we judge from the nature of the substances of which 
it is composed. A cheaper fluid for the same purpose, 
and one that will answer equally as well, is made of an 
ounce of liquid ammonia and four ounces of alcohol mixed 
with an equal quantity of water. — Scientific American. 
Watermelon Molasses. — An article has been going 
the rounds of the papers about the practicability of mak- 
ing molasses from watermelons. We felt incredulous on 
the subject, but have recently been presented with a bottle 
of it by our friend Phillip A. Mason, of Woodbury, New 
Jersey, who is well known in this market as a successful 
grower of the mountain sweet watermelon. It was really 
a nice article, clear, sweet and of a very pleasant flavor. 
He informed us the only process was to boil down the 
pulp to about one-half The boiling was continued for 
several hours. Whether it will pay to manufacture mo- 
lasses in this way is another question, and a matter of 
very great doubt. — Pennsylvania. Fa.rmer. 
A New Protection against Insects. — The Imperial 
Horticultural Society of Paris has just received a commu- 
nication from M. Tessier, one of its members, stating that 
the ammoniacal waters of gas have the property of de- 
stroying the insects which commit such ravages on the 
fruit trees. This ammoniacal water is mixed with three- 
fourths its quantity of common water, and is then sprink- 
led over the leaves and branches of the tree. A small 
ti’ench is dug round each tree to receive the water which 
falls, and this kills the destructive insects which harbor 
about the roots of fruit trees. 
Creosote for Warts. — Dr. Rainey, of St. Thomas 
Hospital, London, has written an article to the Lancet, 
detailing the effects of creosote applied to warts. He ap- 
plied it freely to an obstinate warty excrescence on the 
finger, then covered it with a piece of sticking plaster. 
This course he pursued every three days for two weeks, 
when the wart was found to have disappeared, leaving the 
part beneath it quite healthy. 
To Preserve Sweet Corn.-- -Gather the corn just as it 
begins to harden ; boil as for the table ; cut the kernels 
carefully from the cob; spread them to dry on a sheet or 
clean floor, and keep them thus till well dried; then pre- 
serve them in a dry, cold and even temperature till needed 
for use. Soak the corn a few hours, and boil till proper- 
ly softened, and serve them to your taste. 
For THE Cure of Croup.- -A piece of fresh lard, as 
large as a butternut, rubbed with sugar, in the same way 
that butter and sugar are prepared for the dressing of pud- 
ding’s divided into three parts, and given at intervals of 
20 minutes, will relieve any case of croup, not already al- 
lowed to progress to the fatal point. 
To Cure Hams. — When you are smoking your hams 
occasionally throw upon the fire a handful of China ber- 
ries, and it will be found a preventive against skippers. 
So says a gentleman who has seen it sufficiently tested in 
South Alabama. 
Pickle for Beef.— To one hundred weight of beef, four 
quarts of salt, two oz, of saltpetre, and one pint of molass- 
es; mix in water enough to cover the meat. 
To Make Corn Bread. — Two quarts corn meal, one 
quart rye, one quart of sweet milk, one quart of butter- 
milk, one teacup of molasses, one spoonful of salt and one 
teaspoonful of soda. Beat with a spoon until well mixed. 
The crust, if not burned, will make an excellent coffee. 
Macassor Oil. — Common oil three quarts; spirit of 
wine, half a pint ; cinnamon powder, three ounces ; berga- 
mot, two ounces. Heat them together in a large pipkin; 
then remove it from the fire and add four small pieces of 
alkanet root, keeping it closely covered for several hours. 
Let it then be filtered through a funnel lined with filtering 
paper. 
Custard Pudding. — Beat up six eggs, add a quart of 
new milk, a little lemon peel shred fine, five or six bitter 
almonds blanched and grated, or crushed, and sugar to 
your taste; mix all together — then have ready your dish 
covered with a good puff paste, into which pour the cus- 
tard ; grate over it half a nutmeg and bake it, or put it into 
a basin without paste, tie a cloth over it and boil it. If it 
is boiled serve with melted butter. 
Melted Butter. — Put a tablespoouful of flour into a 
clean saucepan, mix it carefully with a little water at a 
time till you have about a cupful ; now cut into it, in 
small pieces, four ounces of butter; shake it around 
rapidly till well mixed ; then place it on the fire ; watch it 
constantly, and keep shaking it and turning it around un- 
til It boils; it is then ready. Be careful to turn it always 
one way, or the butter will oil; should this happen, you 
may recover it in some measure by putting into it a little 
cold water, and pouring it backwards and forwards sever- 
al times. 
Veal Minced with Potatoes. — Ctiop some cold veal 
very fine ; add to it an equal quantity, or more if you 
choose, of cold boiled potatoes, chopped ; also season with 
pepper and salt to the taste ; add to it veal gravy or hot 
water to moisten it, and a good bit of butter , dredge a 
little flour over it, and put it in a stew pan over a moder- 
ate fire; cover it close for half an hour. When thoroughly 
heated it is done. 
Cholic in Horses. — Dissolve in a quart of pure water, 
as much salt as will thoroughly saturate the liquid, and 
drench the animal thoroughly until you discover symptoms 
of relief. This is a simple and effectual remedy and has 
been successfully applied in cases of bots. 
A small piece of paper or linen, moistened with 
spirits of turpentine, and put into a bureau or wardrobe 
for a single day, two or three times a year, is a sufficient 
preservative against moths. 
Artificial Manures for Fruit Trees.— The best 
manures for fruit trees, under usual circumstances, are 
composts made of stable manure, turf, muck or loam, with 
a small quantity of ashes; and still less lime. The ad- 
dition of guano, bone manure, &c. , increases its value. 
The proportions may be one-third manure, over one third 
turf, loam, or peat, and a tenth ashes, a twentieth guano, 
or bone manure. The special manures applied separately 
sometimes produce decided results, but not usually. — 
Country Gentleman. 
