°300 QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JouRNAL. [1 Aprin, 1902. 
Mixep Picxies.—Mixed pickle ‘may be made by using a collection of 
vegetables, such as gherkins, cauliflower, onions. beans, and radish pods, also, 
if procurable, a few green chillies. Make a brine of salt and water, and let 
the vegetables stand in it for, say, 12 hours; then place in'a pan, and heat to 
‘boiling point. Now pour off the liquid, and thoroughly dry the vegetables. 
This may be used as plain mixed pickle by adding spices (peppercorns, ginger, 
and mace), by pouring over the whole cold vinegar, and will be ready for use 
after standing for, say, a month. ‘The mixed vegetables may be made into 
mustard pickle by mixing a cup of flour, 4 tablespoons of mustard, 1 
tablespoon curry powder, 1 dessert-spoon of turmeric colouring, with enough 
cold vinegar to make a smooth paste; then add half-a-teacup of sugar and 
sufficient vinegar to make about 5 pints in all. Put this mixture into a pan, 
place on the fire, and stir until it thickens, when you may add the vegetables, 
and allow the whole to reach nearly boiling point, when it may be bottled. 
Pricxitep Fres.—Four quarts of vinegar, 1] Ib. of loaf sugar, 4 oz. of salt, 
4-02. peppercorn, 2 oz. allspice, 2 oz. cloves, 2 oz. ginger. Soak the figs in the 
ingredients for three days, then drain it off, and boil, and add it boiling to the 
figs. This pickle must stand for at least a month before using. 
Green Tomaro PrcxiE.—Slice 6 lb. of green tomatoes and three large 
onions, sprinkle them with salt, and stand over night. Next morning drain, 
and add half-a-gallon of good vinegar, 1 lb. of dark treacle, and boil for about 
three-quarters of an hour, with 3 0z. of whole ginger, 1 oz. cloves, a little 
mace, allspice, and half teaspoon of cayenne pepper tied ina muslin bag. 
Bottle and tie down. 
KEEPING BIRDS OUT OF FRUIT TREES. 
The birds of Ceylon must have different ideas of the value of material 
objects from those entertained by our Queensland felons in feathers, the fruit- 
eaters. In our February issue we described a plan for obstructing their 
nefarious proceedings by means of looking-glasses, as given by the Ceylon 
Tropical Agriculturist. A correspondent from Georgetown, Etheridge, now 
writes to say that he has found looking-glasses to be a complete failure. The 
-bower birds simply danced round them with delight, and one even tried to carry 
off a bit of the broken glass. Our informant bought a dozen cracked mirrors 
and hung them by strings from sticks stuck in the ground and on the branches. 
It appeared, however, that the birds were rather attracted than repelled by the 
glitter of the mirrors. Those who know the habits of the bower bird will not 
be surprised at that dancing dervish amongst birds trying to run away with the 
glass, for they seize on anything shining, as well as shells, to scatter round 
their bowers, which are often “ halls of dazzling light.” 
HOW A SMALL ORCHARD WAS KEPT CLEAN, 
The wife of a settler in the Opaheke district, whose orchard was noted for 
its fine yields of good fruit, never infested by the codlin moth, though nearly 
every orchard in the neighbourhood was troubled with the pest, thus narrates 
how she and her husband kept the enemy at bay. The soil about the roots of the 
trees was removed as far as the roots went, laying them bare. The wood ashes 
from the household fire, carefully saved, bazged, and kept dry, were strewn 
over the exposed roots, and kerosene sprinkled on afterwards. The soil was 
then returned to its place. The trunks were tarred to the height of 1 foot just 
about budding time, and beyond that washed with a mixture of kerosene and 
warm water. After that was done, the upper part of the trunk, and the limbs 
as far as convenient, were whitewashed. No bandages were used, no paper i2 
the forks. Cultivation was resorted to under the trees. Only the one washing, 
when the trees were budding, was given to the trees.—WNew Zealand Harmer. 
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