DIRECTIONS FOR CUTTING, 
WHITING, AND LEARNING TO BRAID STRAW. 
Cut ryo near the ground when the grain 
is in the milk; tie it in small bundles, cut 
oft'the hoads, then dip it in boiling water; 
€\t (Dufjarfr mb darken. MA,roKE ro ^- EACH IEEE3 - 
. _ , A TEAR ago this fall, I set eight peach 
FLOWERS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. troes about the 20th of Oct. The trees 
- appeared in a good, healthy state—and the 
Accident has thrown in our way an odd wood, so far as 1 could judge, (boing a new 
J&frjjiinir Slrls & ftirau. 
FLOWERS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 
/;*• „ , j. .* , .,. , .u.v.wnxi.1 i iiuu luiunu 111 v. ill cm nuuu SU Ull iia X UUU1U JUUHG, t U01UU a IIUW 
(it you can not dip it. pour boiling water , „ . , .. . * ° ’ v b 
over it, though dipping is best,) dry it in the numbor of some serial publication on the beginner in horticulture.) well ripened.— 
sun thoroughly, taking it in at night, so that management of Flower, Fruit and Kitchen Last spring, when the season had fairly 
no dew falls upon it. Cutout that part of Gardens. Its object seems to be to give opened, tho tops seemed so thoroughly win- 
the straw that is under the husk, and tie it judicious and practical directions to be ob- tor-killed that I was advised to throw aside 
bom“S Fo. d ‘Ste%r k tL f XKnjth ' erv f m ° n \ h by the cultivators of those already planted and purchase anew, 
between the joints. Gardens. Wo make the following abndg- Upon reflection, I concluded to try severe 
To bleach or whiten straw:—Take a bar- men t of its full and detailed description of pruning and careful cultivation, 
rcl with one head out; take tho bundles of work to bo done in the latter part of Octo- All have lived and made fair shoots_but 
straw you have cut wot them with soap- ber, hoping it may contain useful hints to j not very thrifty ones, with a single exception, 
suds, tie them in the barrel as near the head mnm , I „ . /r , \., , / 
that remains in as you can ; dig a hole in ‘ ^' One ice, (Coolidge s b avorite,) was planted 
the ground, a few inches deep, a little lar- The Flower Garden. —No time should within a foot of one corner of a chicken 
ger than tho barrel; put some ashes in tho be lost in completing the planting of young house which was removed in May to another 
middle of the hole, then heat some iron stocks of pinks for next year’s blooming.— part of the yard. This tree was headed 
anci put the^io^iron vessel "upon the coals. 5 Carnations and picotees must bo sheltered down within a foot of the ground. During 
Put into tho iron vessel two ounces of sul- during heavy rams. Search under the foli- the P asfc season it has thrown out four shoots 
phur (or brimstone) for every pound of a go lor slugs, or they will bo doing much eacb moro than 4 feet in length, and the 
straw. Set tho open head of tho barrol mischiof at the present time among young leaves have been of a remarkably deep 
with the straw in it over the iron vessel, stocks. Finish planting, and secure the old green and healthy appearance. 
time you smoke it, or the smoking will do wanted, tho roots may be lifted sufficiently specific manure for the peach tree and its 
no good. Old straw, Leghorn, or palm leaf to break tho small fibres, and stop the cir- kindred fruits. Yours, A Reader. 
hats or bonnots, may bo whitened in this , c :. _____ _ 
way, if they are thoroughly washed with a I of the sap, so that the foliage may BARKBOUND TEEES. 
brush or sponge and soap-suds, before smok- dry gradually beforo finally taking up tho _ 
ing. Straw must always be wet when it is roots. Before planting hyacinths, the sur- Some over-wise people have an idea that 
braided to prevent its breaking. An ingen- face of tho bed should bo covered with a when a. tree gets mossy and barkbound 
ious person can learn to braidor plait straw thin layer of sandy earth, and undereach the latter another term for the want of 
by taking a piece of old braid, and wet it, t , , ,, , i d growthandweakness,consequentuponneg- 
and pick it to pieces, and then braid it again. , .. _ . P ‘ ’ lected cultivation—it is only necessary to 
Short pieces of braid may be obtained at the whlch prevents tho mould adhering too B n t the bark up and down the stem with a 
bonnet makers. Every person who has a closely. All sorts of evergreens may now jackknife, and it will at once spread out and 
family of children^ should procure some be removed and planted, that they may grow. This is sheer nonsense. Dig about 
straw and try it. For I have heard of chil- take fresh root before cold weather. Now and cultivate the roots, and tho bark will 
dren who earned their clothes, when four . g geason t bof , iu t0D , ant _ orts take care of itself, with a scraping off the 
yeais of ago by braiding straw. »Iho fino 1 ° ^ c . moss, and a washing of tho stem with ley or 
straw used in Italy for braiding is procured sorts ot hard y deciduous flowering shrubs, soap suds> ' or chamber slops, which last is 
by sowing ryo very thick upon poor land, so such as roses, lilacs, honeysuckles, &c. The quite as good. The increased flow of tho 
that the straw does not grow to half the borders aud clumps of flowering shrubs and sap, induced by a liberal feeding of the roots, 
usual size. Various kinds of grass and the J pi ants i u the garden should now bo thor- will do its own bursting of the “ hide-bound ” 
straw of any kind of gram maybe used,for w j to d f d Continue to bark,whichissimplyitsenfeebledcondi- 
braiding, either with or without curing as °° \ 0 CC(lh ' Continue to t ion as a consequence of its poverty of root, 
above described. The tool used for split- transplant into the borders all herbaceous No ono thinks l of turning out a bonv, half- 
tmg straw is a piece of wood five inches plants propagated during the season. starved calf in tho spring, into the clover- 
long, with a series of sharp spurs near one T he Fruit Garden.— Most kinds of fruit fiold > with the skin on "its sides all split 
ond with a wooden or metal spring one side . a _ , - , . , A , T through with a knife in order to add to its 
ants propagated during the season. starved calf in tho spring, into the clover- 
The Fruit Garden.— Most kinds of fruit dold > with tbo skin on its sides all split 
nos mav now bo safolv Tf through with a knife in order to add to its 
of them which is pressed d‘own*upon the f 008 *>" be safely transplanted. If ~ ££ 
straw to keop it spread flat while it is drawn the. soil be strong and of a clayey nature, as sensible and philosophical as the other.— 
through tho spurs and split. . let it be mixod with sand, ashes, and manure; Nature takes care of itself in these partic- 
It has been recently stated in tho news- but if it be on the contrarv, sandy, some ulars. Sap in plants is what tho blood is to 
papers, that the farmers daughters of Mas- rich loam from a common, mixed with cow, animals. Its vigorous flow reaches every 
SftCnusBtts solu stitiw hats and bonnots, in . , , , . nart of its composition and ohvpq tn pnn k 
the year 1849 to the value of *1,640,596.- ho & " ^ng w, I bo a great improve- f tg j a P nd fStiom "We can show 
And during the same year there was straw, ment to the soil. All the principal kinds of f requont instances of a decrepit shriveled 
palm loaf, willow, &c., imported to tho gooseberry and currant bushes are propa- branch, by the throwing open and manuring 
amount of $1,109,941, which shows the an- gated oither by layers, suckers, or cuttings, of the roots, and a thorough pruning of the 
Hfl^rrS 011 b ° aboutt . liree miIIions The proper cuttings for planting, are young. whole t0 P> increasing from an inch to two 
of dollars. 1 ho above directions are fur- .jj, { f inches in diameter in a single season; and 
mshedgratis by J. Dooms, Jr., Washington, straw 11 snoots oi last summu s growth.— n001 - o f arw , Q ; f k, i 
THE WHEAT CROP OF OHIO. 
In tho excellent remarks of Prof. Manes 
made at tho third Ohio State Fair in this spado, and make the alleys afterwards.— b ^ dg tlU11 01 1110 Iieau 10 1110 iaziness ot tne 
city, we notice a statement in reference to Take care of your peach, nectarine and other ^ _ _ 
the wheat crop oi Ohio in the early days plants that you have in pots, and put them THE GARDEN 
that seems to us a little out of tho wav. f_ ,. , , ,, 1 , . ' 
The Prnfescsnr tint 111 80me “got mould that will keep their - 
it ■ X, • ' i ‘ v- C I 00 ! roots from frost Your garden now requires a great deal of 
wheat per acre in Ohio and New York has r00ts « om tl0S ‘* attention. If it bo rich, innumerable weeds 
fallen from da bushels to 15, and infers that The Kitchen Garden.— Patches of kitchen will show themselves, and if suffered to go 
l !S in consequonco o at cu ivation and garden ground,now vacant, should be manur- to seed, they will propagate themsolves, and 
The present averago°does not, it is true, ed ’ du « U P- and tren «hed, that they may have S™ ^ MM* trouble in the spring. Be 
exceed 16 bushels, if we except the last three tho ful1 benefit of lallow from tne sun and c , u . 1 up 110 r ‘ l . g " eed ’ sma ^ t 
x 1 . , _ purslain, barn grass, pur weed, and other 
years. But there never was a time when air in the winter season. Continue to pro- Uublcsome vegetable intruders, and if 
the average was 3 d bushels, and probably it tect the roots of artichokes in severo weather, their seed is nearly ripe, put them in a pile 
n °Thore are no statistics for the early days T ? ko " P ““ , boot , s , a " d storo **>«“ for f d . , bu ™ -otherwise they will become 
of Ohio husbandry; but our recollection wmter us0 - As they bleed at every wound, scattered about your premises and propa- 
and information derived from the earliest btt tbcm carefully on some dry day. Car- ^ a r ?,' n Qrw1 of n 
settjors goes back 40 years, and during that rots and parsnips should be taken up and and weeds, and as fast is you gather mr 
penod -0 bushels per acre would, we think, preserved in dry sand to keop them from vegetables, smooth up your beds and patches 
r>?itiaf 1 an . aveia S°- the frost. Cauliflower plants which were andputeverything‘*ship-shapoandBris- 
with reference to the state of agriculture planted in frames the last month, to forward tol fishion, as the sailors say. Lay aside 
one hundred and twenty-seven farmers gave them for transplanting the latter end of this 5 lu P ea sticks and bean poles for another 
„i f r u • u x in j i i , 5 year. Apply manure to your strawberry 
the general average of their wheat crop, ex- under bell and glass houses, must be con- J ed) if it “ e ^ ds it . Cover the plants with 
tending through their whole experience, m stantly uncovered night and day for tho straw, coarse hay, or long manure. It will 
sixteen and-a-half bushels per acre. S reator P° rtl0n ot 0ctobcr ’ un l ess th « b ® an improvement to pass the straw or 
Our first official statistics on the subject vveather 18 ver ) r wet and cold - Continue to ha y thiough a hay cutter; as it can more 
are tho census returns of 1839. J earth up celery. The beds of mint, balm, n a !^ i “ inu ‘ el y. be dlrtused amon g + tb « 
Aii i • • .... .I, n . , , „ plants, and thus form an even coating m the 
JS “f ‘ tZnTa 10 yei d u , cr0p i y ’ SOrre ’ pansy ’ P enn y r °y a1 ’ should spring, beneath the plants, to keep the fruit 
upon tlm crops Sh S eia lybaSed bav0 tll0ir stalks cut down to the ground, from dirt and sand. Try the experiment 
We have always found that a farmer in Woeds cleared awa ^ and allo >’ s formed— a «d if it does not operate well, abandon it. 
his first reply puts it too high, and on re- H y ss0 P, majoram, savory and thyme ought Set O0t y° ar hard y» bulbous, and other 
flection and after striking out the bad years also to have their flower stalks cut down, T \ pla " t , SU , dl ^ ™ y ° U Wlsh ’ a ” d lt 
and short crops fall, materially. 5 and their roots du* about with a fork and leTet “bom “ »*“ °“ 
There has been moro diminution in corn we!1 manU red. Stir the earth about the _ _ 
The yield of corn on the virgin soil has leoks aild onions and draw it around their Transplanting a Pear Tree Laden with 
also boon overrated. Both corn and wheat stems - If’hard frosts begin to coino on ‘ RU1T ~\ Vo learn from the Xew England 
The proper cuttings for planting, are young, whole top, increasing from an inch to two 
straight shoots of last summer’s growth.— inches in diameter in a single season; and 
rp, , , i j i i u without assistance it grew, bursting and 
The strawberry beds should bo cleared of throwing off its old contracted bark al free- 
all superfluous plants and leaves. It they ly as tho growth of a vigorous asparagus 
want moisture, dig in some strong, rich, shoot will develop itself during a warm 
loamy earth amongst them with a small shower in May. Such nostrums are only the 
spade, and make the alleys afterwards.— hancls^ 0 ' 1 ^ ^ t0 ^ ^ aidness tbe 
THE GARDEN. 
Your garden now requires a great deal of 
attention. If it bo rich, innumerable weeds 
will show themselves, and if suffered to go 
to seed, they will propagate themselves, and 
roots ; plant such trees as you Avish, and if 
thoy do not leaf out in the spring, you can 
re-set them. 
Farmer, that the novol experiment of trans¬ 
planting a pear tree laden with fruit, was 
recently performed at Cambridge. The 
tree was 13 inches iu diameter, 34 feet in 
height, and the quantity of fruit upon the 
troo was estimated at two barrels. The tree 
was moved a distance of 32 feet in the fol¬ 
lowing manner. A trench in tho form of a 
viously levelled, then put on it a coat of tar, square, 12 feet on each side, was dug around 
and sift soino sand or coal ashes all over it the tree to tho depth of 3 feet. A box of 
very thickly; when this is dry repeat tho plank was built around the earth thus loft 
operation until you have got four coats of adhering to tho roots, and by working in 
tar, and as many of sand or coal ashes.— planks at the sides, a bottom was formed to 
in the early settlements were subject to groat without snow, scatter some straw over tho 1 aimor > inat 1110 novel experiment oi trans- 
loss from late sowing and planting, andfrom rows of parsley. Radishes may still be sown ‘poHonneT af^cLubrilh^^’ The 
who S deTred Their" fields °with l the dflTX in M J arm bordors ’ and aIso mustard aad tree was 13 inches in diameter, 34 feet in 
hand, and between shakes of the fever and salad * * hei S ht ’ andthe a aailtlt y ot fruit upon the 
ague, wore not always in time. . -- treo was estimated at two barrels. 1 ho tree 
Tho average from the earliest cultivation , Aspii ; vlt ? f 0R , Gar0E * Walks — Tho was moved a distance of 32 feet in tho fol- 
of the Mill Creek bottom was 54 3-10 bush P* aco intended to be asphalted must be pro- lowing manner. A tronch in tho iorm of a 
« a Little Miami “ “ 55 0 *< viously levelled, then put on it a coat of tar, square, 12 foot on each side, was dug around 
“ “ Great Miami “ “ 59i “ and sdt 801110 sand or coal ashes all over it the tree to the depth of 3 feet. A box of 
“ “ Hickory Flats “ “ 44^67 « vor y thickly; when this is dry repeat the plank was built around tho earth thus loft 
a a Upland 1 “ 42 30 “ operation until you have got four coats of adhering to the roots, and by working in 
These are tho average of from*20 to 1~0 tar ’ and as maI1 y ob sand or coal ashes.— planks at the sides, a bottom was formed to 
cases in each description of soil bv those YoowiI1 then have an excellent clean, dry tho box which thus completely encased its 
who raised the crops, given after dolibera- aml hard path. It will makegood walks, or roots. A canal was dug from tne tree to 
tion. The highest case was 110 bushels to tloor * tor shed8 . cmt-buildings, &c., and will the place to which m was to be moved, of 
tho acre wear tor many years .—Gardener s Chronicle, sufficient depth and width to admit of the 
We think tho average of wheat is greater -—--passage of this mass of earth, and the tree 
now than it was ten years sinco, and is rail- Seeds. — Save tho best and eariiest of Wlth tho bod y °* 1110re than r>0 ? cublc feet 
idly improving. It may, as Prof. Mapos every kind, and, more, satisfy yourselves by of earth, and estimated to weigh 25 tons 
intimates, bo easily brought to 25 bushels observation and inquiry what the effect ef )'’ as safely deposited in its new location— 
per aero, and with perfect husbandry to 35 80 doin g wid bo U P 011 your future crops. T he time occupied in moving it was 40 min- 
as tho English have done.— Ohio Farmer. -- utes; expense $o0. 
- -— -- Apples.—W inter apples should bo care- ----- 
I here is a plant growing in tho springs fully picked by hand. Keop them in a cold A great fault—that man thinks himself 
ot Iceland, which not only flowers, but boars moist cellar, tho colder tho bettor if they do more than ho is, and yet values himself at 
soous in wator hot enough to boil an ogg. not freeze. loss than his true worth.— Goethe. 
wear for many years .—Gardener s Chronicle, sufficient depth and width to admit of the 
-——----- passage of this mass of earth, and tho tree 
Seeds. —Save the best and eariiest of with the body of more than 500 cubic feet 
LIST OF PATENT CLAIMS 
ISSUED FROM THE UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 
For the week euding October 12, 1852. 
Matthias W. Baldwin, of Philadelphia, Pa., and 
David Clark, of Schuylkill Haven, Pa., for im¬ 
proved apparatus for heating feed water for steam 
boilers. 
Thos. Barnett, of Beverly, England, for improve¬ 
ment in mill stones. Dated Oct. 12, 1852. Pa¬ 
tented in England, Jan. 8, 1852. 
Chas. Bishop, of Norwalk, Ohio, for improve¬ 
ment in gang plows. 
Wm. H. Clement, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im¬ 
provement in sugar boiling apparatus. 
Wm. H. Clement, of Pliiladelpha, Pa., for im¬ 
provement in scumming apparatus for sugar pans- 
Dated Oct. 12, 1852. Patented iu England, July 
23, 1846. 
Chas. Delescluze, of New York, N. Y., for im¬ 
provement in distilling apparatus. 
Robt. Foulis, of St. Johns, New Brunswick, for 
improvement iu illuminating gas apparatus. 
Chas. Goodyear, of New HaveD, Conn., for im¬ 
provement in modes of making India rubber bat 
cloth. 
John S. Gustin, of TrentoD, N. J., for improve¬ 
ment in electro-magnetic. 
Alfred Guthrie, of Chicago, Ill., for improvement 
in safety valves. 
Walter Hamilton, of Elmira, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in double seaming machines. 
Jas. Hughes, of Cambridge city, Ind., for im¬ 
provement in hominy mills. 
Dauiel Kellogg, of Pittsfield, Mich., for im¬ 
provement in presses for bundling flocculent and 
other substances. 
Walter Kidder, of Lowell, Mass, for improve¬ 
ment in gas regulators. 
Thos. C. Mardock and Wm. C. Kellar, of Cin¬ 
cinnati, Ohio, for improvement in harness saddle 
trees. 
Samuel McEltabrick, of Dauphin, Pa., for im¬ 
provement in the apparat us for transporting trains 
on inclined planes of railroads. 
Oldin Nichols, of Lowell, Mass., for improve¬ 
ment in grinding mills. 
Mighill Nutting, of Portland, Me., for improve¬ 
ment iu expanding window sashes. 
James Robb, of Lewiston, Pa., for improvement 
in plow fastening devices. 
Jas. Robb, of Lewiston, Pa., for improvement 
in seed planters. 
Rufus W. Sargent, of Philadelphia, Pa., for im¬ 
provement in burners for spirit gas lamps. 
Erasmus Smith, of Norwich, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in packing watei wheels. 
John Tremper, of Buffalo, N. Y., for improve¬ 
ment in governors. 
Arad W. Welton, of Cheshire, Conn., for im¬ 
provement in glass buttons. 
RE-ISSUE. 
Lewis Moore, of Bart, Pa., for improvement in 
the seeding apparatus of seed planters. Patented 
July 2, 1850. Re-issued Oct. 12,1852. 
DESIGNS. 
Jas. L. JacksoD, of New York, N. Y., for design 
for a grate frame. 
N. S. Vedder, of New York., for design for a 
parlor stove. 
WROUGHT IRON SCYTHE SNATH. 
This is a new invention brought out by 
Messrs. Chas. Clow & Co., of Port Byron, 
Cayuga Co., N. Y., for which thoy havo ta¬ 
ken measures to secure a patent. The sam¬ 
ple which we have had the pleasure of ex¬ 
amining was in shape and crook very much 
like, and in every rospect equal to Lamson’s, 
or Clauds, now acknowledged tho best in 
use. They are made from a tube of iron 
similar to that used for gas pipe, which is 
bent to tho desired shape by patterns and 
blocks constructed for tho purpose. The 
nibs are of the most approved construction. 
At the -lower end it is flattened on the un¬ 
der side, to which a ring of the same shape 
is fitted, constructed so as to fasten tho 
scythe by means of a screw on the upper 
side of the ring and snath, dispensing with 
a wedge. Tho scythe can be set out or in 
as needed, and is firmly held at tho desired 
point by tightening the heel ring. The 
whole forms a very desirable tool, not quite 
as heavy as the wooden ones in common use, 
and in many respects superior. It is quite 
as stiff, does not vibrate or tremble when 
used in heavy grass, always retains its shape, 
is not liable to decay, and costs but little 
more than the woodon stick. Another sea¬ 
son they are to be more fully tested, it be¬ 
ing the design of the manufacturers to sup¬ 
ply some of the prominent dealers with the 
article — though, from what we learn, thoy 
will undoubtedly bo every way satisfactory 
and find favor with the public. t 
Colored Daguerreotypes. —A letter in 
the National Intelligencer from I’rof. Morse 
explains tho discovery, by Mr. Hill, of a 
method to produce photographs naturally 
colored, and defends him. from the imputa¬ 
tions east upon him on account of partial 
failure in the results. He says that tho in¬ 
vention is still incomplete. Some colors 
can be transferred exactly, while others are 
only imperfectly obtained. Mr. Hill is en¬ 
gaged in further experiments. 
A perfect ruby, fine in color and trans¬ 
parency, is much less common than a good 
diamond, and when of the weight of tliree 
or four carats, it is moro valuable than that 
gem. 
WHO MAY PROCURE PATENTS 1 
, According to tho new Patent laws, which 
were passed at the last session of Congress, 
patents may be taken out for new inven¬ 
tions by citizens of the United States, or 
citizens of any country. The question 
arises who is a citizon of the United States ? 
According to Webster’s Dictionary, a woman 
or a minor cannot be a citizen, for he says a 
citizen has the right of tho “ elective fran¬ 
chise.” However correct this definition may 
be, as a general one, it is not correct as ap¬ 
plied to the United States. It is a common 
practice for women and minors to take the 
oath that they are “citizens of the United 
States,” and to receive patents for their in¬ 
ventions. A citizen of any one of the States 
is a citizen of the United States. Any white 
person born in the United States, we hold, 
whether male or female, of any ago, is a 
citizen of the United States. The children 
of adopted citizens do not ipse facto become 
citizens, but must themselves take the usual 
oath of adjuration to foreign powers, and 
fidelity to our constitution and laws. Tho 
manner in which residents of annexed coun¬ 
tries become citizens is regulated by the 
treaty of annexation. 
Foreigners, however, cannot take out pa¬ 
tents on the samo terms that citizens, and 
resident aliens, who have “declared their 
intentions” of becoming citizens,can. And 
tho law does not make the patent exactly as 
broad in its operation when granted to a 
foreigner as it does when granted to a citi¬ 
zen, for foreigners must put their patented 
articles on sale within eighteen months af¬ 
ter date, at a fair remunerating profit, or 
the patent becomes void; with citizen pa¬ 
tentees such is not tho case. 
WORLD’S FAIR EDIFICE. 
The plan adopted for the New York 
World’s Fair building is a Greek cross with 
a dome over the intersection. Each diame¬ 
ter of tho cross, is 365 feet long, and 149 
feet broad, and the dome is 130 feet high. 
Tho plan was furnished by Messrs. Car- 
stensen & Gildemeister. Mr. Gildemeister 
is an architect of reputation here. Mr. 
Carstensen is the architect and designer of 
the Tivoli and Casino of Copenhagen, which 
are extensive buildings and grounds for the 
recreation and amusement of the people of 
that city. 
There are in the building 111,000 square 
feet of space on tho ground fioor. and 62,- 
000 square feet in the galleries. The struc¬ 
ture is estimated to cost $195,000. The 
building is to be entirely of iron and glass, 
and is already advertised to open on tho 
first of May, 1853. 
The other plans are very beautiful and 
ingenious, but tho Directors are confident 
they have selected the best. The commit¬ 
tee who recommended tho plan adopted, 
consisted of C. E. Detmold, superintending 
engineer and architect, Horatio Allen, con¬ 
sulting engineer, Edmund Hurry, consulting 
architect. 
BREAD MAKING. 
An Agricultural Society in one of the 
Eastern States recently offered a premium 
for the best bread. Bread made according 
to tho four following recipes were submit¬ 
ted and took premiums : 
Flour Bread. — Mrs. J. V. Wilson. —My 
bread is made in tho following manner:—I 
boil six ordinary sized potatoes and mash 
them very fine, then pour on them a pint 
and a half of water in which has been boiled 
a handful of hops; to this mixture 1 add a 
cup of ilour, and when milk warm I add two 
or three tablespoonsful of yeast. The above 
is my manner of making my yeast, which 
will keep a week with the addition of a little 
salt. To make my loaf of bread, I take 1 
quart flour, 2 spoonsful of yeast, with a 
spoonful of lard ; mix with warm water and 
let it rise over night; in the morning I 
knead it over, put in pans J let it rise half an 
hour and bake. 
^ Flour Bread.— Mrs. Geo. E. Shores. — 
Take 1 cup of new milk, 1 of hot water, 2 
of flour, a little salt; let it rise 6 hours.— 
Then put it into 2 quarts of flour; add new 
milk enough to knead it; stand 1 hour to 
rise; bake in a quick oven. Made of wheat 
of our own raising. 
Rye and Indian Bread. — Mrs Wm. Dyer. 
—Take 3 pints of Indian meal, 14 pints of 
rye meal, 1 tablespoonful of salt, 1 large 
spoonful of cream tartar, 1 quart scalding 
water, 1 cup of molasses, 1 largo teaspoon¬ 
ful soda; the whole to be mixed and then 
thinned sufficiently with sweet milk. 
Boiled Brown Bread.— Mrs. J. West. _ 
Take 3 cups Indian meal, 3 cups rye meal, 
4 cup molasses, 14 pints sour milk, 1 table¬ 
spoonful saleratus, 1 teaspoonful salt; boil 
4 hours in a tin kettle. Excellent when 
hot. 
Indian Bread. —Beat two eggs very light 
mix alternately with them one pint of sour 
milk, or buttermilk, and one pint of fine In¬ 
dian meal, melt ono table-spoonful of butter, 
and add to tho mixture ;.dissolve ono table¬ 
spoonful of soda and saleratus, &c., in a 
small portion of tho milk and add to tho 
mixture tho last thing, beat very hard and 
bake in a pan in a quick oven. 
Cranberry Sauce. —Pick and wash three 
quarts of cranberries; put them into a stew 
pan, and when they are stewed tender, stir 
until all tho sugar is dissolved, then take 
the sauce from the fire, dish it and serve. 
Tho above proportions are easily rem©m- 
berod ; one of water, two of sugar, three of 
cranberries; aad they will always make an 
excellent sauce. 
