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2 Agricultural J*" * Department t ?- t "? * ^ r??:i_ *.1 f JCIOW to oan rruus 111 urc ? Common Kitchen. ? Frhm the Progressive Farmer. Dear Aum Aiaiy: "Have you forgotteu "Polly" who wrote to you over a year a>:o? 1 did not know until recently that my let* ter iiad been published. I am now a housekeeper of a lew months' experience?or, rather. 1 should say, inexperience?and come to you for advice. 1 want to preserve a good deal of fruit and some vegetables to use next winter. Is a canning outfit neces- ' sary and can vegetables be can- 1 ned in glass jars? Also is sali- s cylic acid sale to use in putting < up lruit aud vegetables? I have ' directions for its use. How are ! cucumbers kept until pickling ?* time, and how are the sweet and < sour pickles made? Also kraut? < I want to put up corn, snap 1 beans, dry apples and peaches, and would appreciate any ad '< vice; but please be explicit. < Most recipes give only the pro- J portions, and suppose that one < knows all the details. i I.ee Co., Miss. Polly. ' (Answer by Aunt Mary.) A regular canning outlit iB not * necessary for canning fruit or 1 vegetables, whether tin cans or rl glass jars are used. Getting out all imnerfect portions ot what is C to be canned an.l sterilizing the * cans and the fruit or vegetables thoroughly, are the main points to observe for successful canning. e Cleanliness and the use of heat c are all that are necessary for sterilization. After that the ] exclusion of air-becomes the main 1 thing. Salicylic acid will help to pre- | serve canned stuff, but is un- . wholesome and one might get into trouble it selling cannedi Roods preserved by the use of the acid. The common kitchen metholl of canning truit is to steriliz the , cans by rinsing them out , thoroughly and keeping them immersed in boiling ater till the cans are as hot as the water. It would bo safer to apply t ho j heat for some time longer, since' some germs will endure the boil ing temperature some time an 1 survive: but it cannot be denied that in the very large majority' of cases success is attained mereIv by getting the cans as hot as! the boiling water. If fruit is in j tended principally for exhibition purposes, it will make a better! ttpptjitrain w 11 11 1* put niiu nu' cans before being cooked, since I ( it will not be broken by bemv | put into cans aft^r cooking. But j .nany prefer to cook some things, j{ tomatoes for instance, in a larger vessel first ; and to skim off' thoroughly all scum that may | rise in the vessel, after which t the tomatoes are put into the cans fi and sealed while hot. When I glass jars are used, one should f not neglect to screw down the: ji Mt? ticrhter at tor thev have ""1"" *"B " -~J stood six or twelve hours. The reason for this 13 that when the heat has passed out of the jar, the cap can bo tightened hotter. ife sure that the cans aro in good condition to begin with; < and if glass jars are used, use^ THE LANOAt qaal care to see that the covers J< md the rubber rings are in perect condition, and do not neglect la o sterilize the caps as well as di he jar*. If the rubber rings in iff ririf. siimnwlia! soft, and elas- m ic the sealing will not be per- tl ect. Much fruit is lost by those tl louig the canning trying to save at i pittance by tlie use of old rub )er riuiis, instead of using those b< hat have not lost their softness LI ind elasticity. Buy new ones is jvery year if necessary. It will si isually be necessary. It will be s< jest to wash and sterilize ihe tl "ings, hut care and observation ire needed not to apply so much ?eat to the rings as to injure K hem. When a cap is set on a oi smooth table right side up, the ^ 3dge ol the cap that will tit over c< Rt the rubbor when on the can m should touch the table clear around the circle. If it does not iifihis, it will not pres9 on the I an rubber firmly enough at all ^ points to exclude the air totally, g No matter what kind of cane b are used, sterilize all the cups, p iippers, spoons, and tunnels, or F anything else that may come in o: ion tact with what is to be can- h led. Immersing these articles p .11 boiling water a few minutes in ?*ill sterilize them. This mat- 8i er ot sterilization is dwelt on a or the reason that so many do et lot understand the necessity of w lestroying all germs of decay, cc rhese germ> are like a crop of p; :orn. Thev must have seed to tl jet a start. It no germs enter cc he can and the air is excluded, et here will tie no decay. For L terilizinsr cans and their covers w md such other things as need ai iteiilizing, they may be put in a n pan containing cold water, lay- fi ng tho jars on their sides, t he jovers may be put in another pan. Place these pans over the tire, let them come to the boil- ^ ing point, and lot the water boil at least ten or tifteen minutes. . A piece of cloth or lath may al-l V way- be put under glass vessels (( when over a tire, to keep I hem Irom b'Mim healed more rapidly j at the bottom and therefore i< orach inc. C Any proportion ol fugar may j be used in canning. or the caiin- ,| iii? may he done without the f use of any sugar What isiu-jj, tended to be used as a sauce |, should have the sugar cookedjp with it 1'iuit intended tor cook-jj inpurposes need not have sugar |j vlded. Strawberries are better i (( f no water is added to them, un- i i. I * if is desired lo cook them in'c t heavy sirup. Other juicy j., 'ruite, such as berries and cher-1 0 ries require little or no water. ! M There are two bulletins that I j. very thrifty liousowile who j ,akes an interest in good house-|n Keeping should have. One is j ? Tmers' bulletin No. 203, on j 1T Canned Fruit, Preserves, and j j SI00 Peward. SI00 R The readers of this paper will bo pleased ) jt o learn that there ih at least one dreaded j iisea-tf that science has been able to cure' C n all its stages, and that is Catarrh i _ f ill s Catarrh Cure is the only positive | ure now known to the medical frateinity [J 'atarrh being a constitutional disease, re-! inir- s a constitutional treatment. Hull's j Jatarrh Cure is taken internally, acting! lirectly upon the blood and mucous snrhces of the system, thereby destroying' lie touodatiou of the disease, and giving j(\ tie patio lit tienytti oy liuilding up tlio 111 onstitution and assisting nature in (lolni? tJi ts work '1 he proprietors have so much ai aith in its curative powers that they offer In >ne Handled Hollars for any cane that it in ai Is to cure .Send for list of testimonials. hi Address F. -J CHENEY a CO., Toledo, la ). II Sold by all druggists. 7">e d< Take Hall's Fa mil y Fills for constipation, hi 3TER NEWS. JULY 29. allies"; the other is No. 291 on Evaporation of Apples." The ? ist will Rive general ideas about I rying other thing3, it one is itelligent enough to apply the lethods to other uses. Both lese bulletins can be had irom ic Department ot Agriculture, t Washington, tor the askinc. Tolly's other questions will e answered in a future number, ler letter ot several month.- ago i well remembered, and I hope le will let our readers know imething of her experience and rials as a new housekeeper. here is ono preparation known today that ill promptly holp the stomach. This is \ odol. Kodol digests all classes of food, id it docs it thoroughly, so that tho use Kodol for a time will without doubt ?lp anyone who has stomach disorders or oniaeli trouble Take Kodol today and mtiuue it for the short time that is noces try to Rive yon complete relioi. Kodol is >lu by all druggists. w-s Leave the Corn Clean. We are opposed to much hoe rorfc on the farm. We think a reat deal ol labor has been lost y using the hoe to do what the low could do so much better, or a long time we have endeavred to raise crope without the oe as near as possible. By good lowing and plenty of it, the oe work can be made a very mall part of the expense, otill little work with the hoe is nec isary even in corn. Somet'mes e have none of it done in the jrn-field until the corn,has been lowed for the last lime and then le hoes are carried through the )rn to remove weeds and bunch j of grass left by the plow, eavo the corn-field clean it you ant to raise heavy crops of corn ad peas. Do a little hoe work "S ow.?J. M. Beatty, in Smitheld Llerald. Don't Lay by Too Soon. ' As I lie weather gets hot and lie people get tired the tempt aion to qui! the crops loo soon is erv great. Some people quit forking their crops loo soon for ?ar they will injure them, when pally they are injured by not eing worked late enough There i very htllo danger ol hurl inn rops by working them laio tineas the roots are plowed up and amage comes in that way. Some annera feem lo tliink aboul two dowings enough lor coin, but lie best corn growers now give i three lo lour plowing*. We lave heard that corn should be aid by when it begins to bunch ?r the tassels, but it is better to eep working it until a few silks an be seen 111 the lield. Plow our corn very shallow about no tirno more than yon think it eeds plowing and you will find iter that you have not done too inch for it. Onjaccount ol heavy lanuriiur, cotton grows about a lonth later than formerly. This lakes it necessary to work it iter. Many good farmers have J rule to plow cotton ono time i August. Don't get m a hurv and quit your crop too soon. /! -J. M. Beatty, in Smith field v [erald. , . . ? . A It Can't Be Beat. oo The best of all teachers is experience. HM M. Harden, of silver city, North Oaro in iih, eftys: "I find Kb-ctric Hitters (loos nl[ rte iat'8 claimed for it. For Stomach, Liver \d Kidney troubles it can't be beat I ive tried it and find it a moat excellent odieine." ilr. Harden ih ri^ht it is tin# j?t of all medicinoN aUo for weakness, ine ba<k. and all run down conditions . cat too for nbills and malaria. Sold uu- * ?r guarantee at -T. F. Mackey I o, Fucd<-r? ne urk Fbaruiacy, .#0c w 19Q8 II m m. m wmm w mmm ^ Wt Sk.fc.IS. 1 t YOU M PATF < I / Vis rSffl / t mi %i \ - - \J WE SELL EVE '"IN MEN'S WE m w -m w v m hm v w w YOURS TRl Williams On ?= ? -?J ifuP?EiC??i?U J Jf^C/ J-ifcr4 Catawba J This resort extends to the Citi fountv an invitation to visit it r \jl LJ. u. uiimci, iiuiti lieu HICQRA COLLEGE < Owned and controlled by the I'renbyteriH highgrade c liege for women. A CI uraea in the Arte and Sciences*, M uai< .1 knaini.Uu I area o >. H >KIU L?.. K*. Modern convenience*. Healthful ctioft, and in city of 25,000. EXPENSES FOR THE A. Tuition, Hoard, Kooin and fee* |183 ion A. and Tuition in Muaio, Art of E ixt aeaaion open* Septenil?er 17th For CI 7??85 S. i and offers to you such induceme find at but few Summer Resorts lina. First the water at Catawba i has medicinal properties in it w indigestion, bladder and kidney t a renewed lease on life by virtue this place. The table is all that ask, and the climate unsurpassed, allev, lawn tennise, and no one hi Catawba S that did not wish to return. Com* are reached over the Southern North Western to Hickory, N. C. fortable hack line that will tr Springs in 40 minutes. Fine driv enjoyed rather than to be dre given by applying to Catawba Spring Hickory, - - Sirs NONAGE CE H?i *1?V| 5 ^ h^* ^ * 2 ? 2 ^ ~ ?3S ? fO iJ. ?D -5- j. ?2 E3 a^c ? C^? ? ^ <T !1 pg op 3. CD CIV? izens of your town and luring the hot Summer nts as would be hard to in Western North CoroSprings hich are no humbug for roubles. Many have had i of spending 60 days at any one could and would vt , fine orchestra, a bowling is never spent a season at Springs e and try it. The Springs i Ry., and Carolina and , where you will find com ansfer you to Catawba e and one that is always laded. Full information s Hotel Co., - N. C. [ell, Statesville, N. C. iREENYILLE, 8. C. >s of the Synod of South Carolinn. hrlstian home school. Graduate j. Art, KxpreHsion, (?ymnasties HUtiful grounds Kle^ant build climate. Location in Piedmont ENTIRE YEAR (to B, All included in propoixpreaxion $303.00 to $'213 00 The * % ktalogue and information aidreaa A i C, BYRI), D. D., President. .. 5 ^ o *** ^ ? cr ^ a ?k w ^ i ? ? <?< .. 2,g1 :rything I ar" :::::: i JLA, ? ighes Co. ! i : ??*sssszs.m Springs