Rensselaer Union, Volume 1, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1869 — USEFUL RECIPES, ETC. [ARTICLE]

USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

A correspondent of the Canada Farmer states that hellebore and water, sprinkled upon currant-worms before they have spread over the bush, will destroy them and save the fruit. A well known horticulturist says: “If one’s garden is quite limited, and a few apples are desired, I advise the planting pi dwarf-trees, which,. with good care, will yield a fair quantity of very superior fruit?’ A housekeeper having some stone jars in which lard had been kept, made them perfectly sweet by packing them full of fresh soil and letting it remain two or three weeks. She suspects it would be equally effective in any case of foul earthen or stone ware. ’ The Gardener' x Monthly says: “ There is nothing-that will make as good a border as Box, or some of the dwaif Aborvittes Of flowering plants, the best is the Perennial Candytuft. This will flower in April. The Mountain or Moss Pink— Phlox Subulala—ia a pretty edging. An expeiienced'horticulturist says fruittrees'should be transplanted during October and November, or from March Ist until May; peaches one year from the bud, plums, cherries, or dwarf pears at two ytars from tbe bud or graft; and standard apples and pears at two or three years of age. OxLdtovW ought never- to be wetted—if at can be possibly avoided-—but merely to be rubbed with a flumel, and.polished with a brush of moderate hardness, exictly like a mahogbny add by this simple means the fading of the colors, and tee rotting of the canvass, which.are in evitably attendant upon the oil-cloth being kept te a state of mote lure or dampness, are entirly avoided.— Exchange.

The JFor#np Farmer sxys the best way to get rid of the young suckers that grow up at the bsae xrf the trunka of orchard trees, 1* to waft till the Buckets are In leaf, at which time they are loosened more rapidly, and taking each separately in the hand, place a thick boot upon it near the tree and pull the shoot from its juncture with the tree. They will not sprout np again. Comhmnce hoeing and cultivating just as soon as the weeds appear above ground, or a little before, if possible. It is a diffl cult task to get ahead of the weeds if you allow them to grow until they are wellrooted and strong. One day’s work killing weeds when they arc an inch high, is nearly equal to fur when they are that number of Inches high. Some men never i begin in time, con* quently they are always behind, and their crops are in the 1 same predicament Always try to be a little ahead of your work and then it will never crowd, even if there are a few rainy days just at the time certain crops need cultivating. These warm days, followed by copious showers, will make the grass and weeds grow around the stems of trees, as well as elsewhere. A handsome tree is certainly of more value than a cabbage or tomato plant: yet there are many persons who will take good care of the latter, but entirely neglect the former. D'g about the roots of your trees; not only close up about the stems, but fork up a good, wide spaee, so that the rain can pass down to the lowest roots, and not be absorbed by the grass and weeds. Keep the soil well cultivated, or mulch around all trees if you want them to grow and remain heaithy.— Hearth and Home.

To prevent guns from rusting, here is a preparation which we have used for ?ears and which we know to be good ; 'wenty ounces best olive oil, one ounce and a half spirits of turpentine. This should be rubbed on the gun barrels, out side and in, with a rag; leave all that ad heres to the barrels, and put the gun away until wanted. Do this and you bid defiance to rust, even in the swamps of Louisiana. Iron rust seems to act like contagion, and when it once commences to work on any utensil it is exceedingly bard to check it. Once roughen the surface of steel and the polish is forever gone.—• Southern Paper. How to Beat Whites of Egos.—On breaking eggs, take care that none of the yolk becomes minglr d with the whites A single particle will sometimes prevent their foaming well. Put the whites into a large flat dish, and beat them with an egg-beater made of double wire, with a wire handle, or with a cork stuck crosswise upon the prongs of a fork. Strike a sharp, quick stroke through the whole length of the dish. Beat them in a cellar, or some other cool place, till they look like snow, and you can turn the dish over without their slipping off. Never suspend the process, nor let them stand, even for one minute, as they will begin to turn to a liquid sta’e, and cannot be restored, and ihus will make heavy cake. — German town Tdegraph..