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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 
These will hold about 50,000 bushels, of 
which 40,000 are peaches. 
“ These cans will average at least 10 cents 
each, or $100 per 1,000, or in all $60,000 for 
cans alone. The peaches cost $60,000 also, 
and the sugar for syrup $20,000 ! Thus we 
find the cost for canned fruit to be about 
$140,000 ! It will require at least 250 acres 
of peach orchards to supply the demand for 
canning fruit! This is for the Miami coun¬ 
try only ; and if we examine the facts atten¬ 
tively, we shall see that the demand for 
fruit and the profit upon it will continue for 
many years.” 
HOW MBS. SMITH MAKES WHEAT BBEAI). 
Mrs. Elliot Smith, of Norway, received a 
premium at the Agricultural Fair for the best 
specimen of Wheat Bread. The following 
is her process for making it: 
“ One third of a tablespoonful of dry pow¬ 
dered hop yeast was soaked in a tea cup full 
of milk, 20 minutes, to this one-sixth of a 
teaspoonful of dry saleratus was added. 
This was mixed with two-thirds of a quart 
of new milk, and a sufficient quantity of 
flour was stirred in, but not molded. It was 
then left to rise sufficiently for baking, when 
one tablespoonful of solution of saleratus 
was well stirred in. It was then baked in a 
brick oven one hour and fifteen minutes.” 
How to Make No-Matters. — This is an 
article of food, which has for many years 
been confined to the descendants of a single 
family of this town. Its excellence will 
commend it to the attention of those house¬ 
wives who wish to make a good display of 
culinary skill upon their tables, at the same 
time having a due regard to economy. 
The lady who furnishes the recipe has given 
frequent opportunities of tasting their de¬ 
licious flavor; and if any are inquisitive, 
perhaps she might be induced to inform them 
how the cakes obtained their homely name. 
“ To three teacupfuls of buttermilk add 
three tablespoonfuls of rich cream and a 
small quantity of sugar. Stir in flour until 
it is of a consistency of paste for dough-nuts. 
Roll out the size of a large breakfast plate, 
and fry in lard to a rich brown color. 
As each cake comes from the fire, cover 
with apple-sauce made from tart apples 
sweetened to taste, and spiced with nutmeg 
or cinnamon, and continue the process till 
the plate is well heaped.” 
To Drive away Ants.—A foreign journal 
recommends chopping garlic finely, and lay¬ 
ing it in their usual paths and about their 
usual haunts. The plan is said to be suc¬ 
cessfully adopted in the south of Europe. 
It .may be a very good one for those who 
would not be more offended by the garlic 
odor than by a whole regiment of ants. 
Sealing-wax for Cans. —A very good seal¬ 
ing-wax is made by melting and stirring well 
together : one ounce of Venice turpentine, 
four ounces common resin, and six ounces 
of gum shellac. A beautiful red color may 
be given by adding one quarter of an ounce, 
or less of Vermillion. 
THE FOLDING LADDEB. 
It often'happens that some of the most 
convenient implements are little known, 
simply because the inventors, or owners of 
the patents, do not belong to 
that class of’persons who have 
the “ faculty ” of getting their 
wares into notice. We could 
name fifty agricultural imple¬ 
ments, which perhaps not one 
in ten of the farmers of this 
country have ever seen—and 
perhaps have not heard of. 
Here, for instance, is the cut 
of a folding ladder—a simple 
implement, and very conven¬ 
ient to have about every house. 
One part of the cut shows the 
ladder opened for use, while 
the other gives its appearance 
when closed. The ends of the 
rounds are encased in a strong 
brass or iron ferule, through 
which an iron pivot passes. A 
groove is made on the inside of 
the upright side-pieces, so that 
when one of these is raised up 
the rounds turn upon pins in 
each end, and close into the grooves, and 
the ladder then occupies no more space than 
a single round pole, which can be set aside 
in a corner or other convenient place. 
A literary friend saw one of these not long 
since, for the first time, and immediately or¬ 
dered it for his library-room, to use in get¬ 
ting up to the higher book shelves. When 
not in use it is set in the corner behind the 
book case, and is nearly out of sight. 
These ladders are very strong, as they 
are made of white birch, and are so light 
that a child can handle them, and are usu¬ 
ally painted blue or green so as to have a 
neat appearance. They are made of various 
lengths and are sold at about 25 cents for 
each foot in hight. 
Toothache Remedy. —The Dublin Hospital 
Gazette states that diseased teeth have been 
rendered insensible to pain by a cement 
composed of Canada Balsam and slacked 
lime, which is to be inserted in the hollow 
of the tooth, like a pill. It is stated that 
such pills afford immediate relief in all tooth¬ 
aches but chronic cases of inflammation. 
This remedy is simple, safe, and can easily 
be tried by any person. 
Animals kept quiet, dry and warm, will 
require a great deal less food, and will do 
much more work, keep in better order, and 
yield much more profit than those ex¬ 
posed to the inclemency of the weather. Do, 
kind reader, remember this fact. It is unkind 
to starve your stock, and, what is a far more 
grave and potent argument, it is unprofitable. 
Large Potatoes. —Mr. Joseph Lunt, of 
Oldtown, has raised this year about 1,700 
bushels of potatoes, and among them are 
some very large blacks, thirty-two of the 
largest of which measure a bushel. This 
beats all potatoes we have heard of yet. 
INPKEGNATING AND BAISING CABNATIONS 
AND PINKS EE0M SEED. 
Persons accustomed to raise seedlings 
never think of saving the seed from single 
flowers. I should say that from such seed 
there would not be a moderately good flower 
in ten thousand. The only fault with at 
least two-thirds of our present varieties is, 
that they are too thin of petals, and will not 
form a good crown, which is an indispensa¬ 
ble property in the criteria of a fine Carna¬ 
tion and Pink. I ask, what can look more 
meager than the half-double flowers I 
For the information of your readers, I will 
detail my mode of proceeding. I select 
such flowers as are perpectly double. That 
such flowers may produce seed, it will be 
necessary to let every bud assume a glitter¬ 
ing icy appearance, take any one half- 
expanded bloom, and tear it open, when will 
be seen the apices (anthers) containing the 
pollen, or dust; take one of these, and, if 
not already bust, open it, and draw it along 
the pistils ' (thread-like terminating horns) 
till you see some of the powder adhering to 
them. If this lias been properly done, the 
bloom will close in two or three hours ; and 
if no alteration takes place, repeat it till it 
does. In two or three days after impregna¬ 
tion has taken place, cut off all the other 
buds, and remove the plant to a situation 
where it will get plenty of sun ; keep it well 
supplied with water, and protect the capsule 
(closed pod) from rain, by placing a square 
piece of thin board or other material upon 
the stick, just above it; gather the seed 
when ripe, and keep it in the pod in a well- 
corked vial. It will be also necessary to 
protect the pod from earwigs, which is best 
done by winding a little fresh sheep’s wool 
round the stick and stem; they will not at¬ 
tempt to pass over it, as it entangles them. 
These directionslapply equally as well to 
Pinks, with the exception that the bloom 
from which the pollen is to be taken must 
be opened before it begins to expand, or the 
apices will all be burst, and the pollen gone. 
—Florista, in Flor. Cabinet. 
To take Impressions of Leaves. —Take 
green leaves of trees and flowers, and lay 
them between the leaves of a book till they 
are dry. Then mix some lamp-black with 
drying oil, and make a small dabber of some 
cotton wrapped up in a piece of small leath¬ 
er. Lay the dry leaf flat upon a table, and 
dab it very gently with the mixture till the 
veins of the leaf are covered : being careful 
not to dab it so hard as to force the color 
between the veins. Moisten a piece of pa¬ 
per, or, what is better, lay a piece of paper 
between two sheets of moistened paper for 
several hours, and lay this over the leaf that 
has been blackened with the liquid ; press it 
gently down, and then lay a heavy weight 
upon it and press it down very hard. By 
this means you obtain a very beautiful im¬ 
pression of a leaf with all its veins; even 
the minutest will be represented in a more 
perfect manner than they could be drawn 
with the greatest care. Impressions thus 
taken may also be colored in the same man¬ 
ner as prints. 
