Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1869 — Will Sorghum Pay? [ARTICLE]

Will Sorghum Pay?

Siime one a-<ks the M festern ' ttitmf wlVeflier It wiTI pn\ t. > . raise Mrghirtti? tl ia t paper gives tuc following figures Hi . reply: - , > - |. * ‘ ■ Dr. ; Phwnfijf-'nnn fitting grrrrjTßt~. ttO" PlantingM)iLc.uUiv>itnig.. H 7 A | Stripping aiul canine •' ' fl i Hauling. •l’«o M -ikiiitr up .it 2.»e p«r gallon ..11 C7> Rctrt of ground.. it no * ,Tot:d cos.t sj; 1 1.1 t> Forty-fivtt gnUgiis syrup,is o > •27 00 ,— — N' >’t profi t. 9 J s 0" 'J his was the profit from a quarter acre of fair conditioned soil, and would seem Fe be satisfactory for one trial, when 1 taking into tire accounts flic mi 1 propitiousiiess of tin; season. ! Codfish H.vsir.— Put in soak •-etv-r-y tdghf - a t eac u p of codtrslr: ; jiicki lup fine. In the nioi nittg boil some potatoes nicely, mash and work them until very, liclit. Put die Idh in the «•!:• t ping-bowl and elmp it fine,after 1 which, before .taking...it- I‘mm the-bowl, madi and work it until line as pasjrj'de. Work - th.e pottrtir in Ikrie by* littie, working it w ith the p>ta to jiou.nd'( : !>*!inil live p::fts o'’ pot a t o -a re tie >l'>ugh * \tire, rptv - rated with thefi-h. TkLsJi iiild . be iK-rtt ctly done. K a-sm the 1 hash a little riclu r- flam f«»r : in;tshed potatoes. Tut it in the potato-kettle and heat it, eomtantly stirring, Have butter heated in t fee spider, pni t!ie hash into it firmly, and cook it gently. . When brown, turn it out without breaking, and set it in the oven until the cotfee is on the table. It is hotter, liowewr, to leave it in the spider, if-not scorching, until it - i> sol ved. This is a very dill- ! erent dish from 111 fit called hv j many codfish hash. Always! buy white codfish. SruTNo Soi l*. —CuTan equal : quantity of carrots, turnips, [ onions and leeks; stew them in ' some good stock, (pot-1 iq nor); : then add some French beans, peas, beau cucumbers, aspara--i gus tops, lettuces, borrel, and chervil; add a little bit of su- ! gar; let these reduce to nearly ! a glaze; then add them to some j stock thickened with peas rub ; bed through a colander, idle : soul) might lie thickened, to vary ft, witii asparagus nibbed through a colander; in this case ;i!t the vegetables should be strained off, and some asparagus tops served only in the S' nip,-

- The number of hogs packed in the West, lust season, ——— Ohio Si 1,051 "ilttimtsTr: sutijukr : Indiana..' 320,<m8 Kentucky • 1 i Missoun 3(11,007' Wisconsin.. .. 1 OD4 ; 10w.a;.. - 22j'.,335 * ~ ' ...... . ..ertlsSr i- i ■ ■ ■ ■'»>"■ - Grand t0jta1........ 2,577,23 l According to Renee Jones's analysis, tlu* relative strength ur stimulative power of liqjors i- as follows: Ten gkv-scs of cider or porter, six glasses of . claret, five glasses of'burgundy, \ four glas>es ol eliampnign, tlnve ' glasses ot poi’t of sherry, are e piivalciit to one glass ofbrandvor three-tiuarters of a glass x • o ‘ of! urn. j- -To cure a* dbg of .-iheep kil- : iiiig. let hi hi. .see the slwep lie I has killed; ill his ju'eseuce take ;off the pelt, fasten it tightly around him, and make him ; wear it. front one to three days. ! —j And then haivg' or shoot , him.— Eds. Lxiox.J —lt is said that if wi ll seai soiled shingles be. dipped iu | lime-wash, and dried before ; laying, they will last much long- | er, and not become covered ' w ith moss. —ln 18(>8the ten Southem J States produced kbusbels ..of corn, being 40.UU0,000 more than in 1807. : —The lowa Agricultural College is five stories high, and contains over one hundred rooms; the farm is 048 acres. A farmer in Ilooly county, Ga., last season, made 272 gallons of “good thick syrup” S from half an acre of sorghum. 1 —Sweet oil is recommended 1 as a cure for bot* in horses.