Show w BIRD murder A HINT tho president of the naturalists Natura lists field club stated antho autho anniversary meeting of the club that he had been calculating the number of caterpillars which the tha sparrows killed by a member of a I 1 sparrow club in essex and for which he had act actually received a prize of los ios would ha have hae e eaten the amount was goo while the clodhoppers of sussex are killing sparrows by the thousands the australian c colonists are impo importing rtin frob them at a considerable expense from england to act the part of protectors of the crops and thereby of promoters promoter of the comforts of the people gates head observer eng HARVEST BEER BEEB A co correspondent asks us to repeat the recipe for hop beer oa given v on in the last volume of the genessee farmer mer mcf we tasted this beer in connecticut last summer and thought it better than anything of the kind we ever before drank in this country we give the recipe a little more in detail for fifteen gallons of beer the ingredients are 12 or 14 ounces of hops 6 quarts of molasses and 10 eggs put the hops in a ba bag and boil boll in three pails of water pour the water into a cask while hot then boil boll the hops again thae in two pails of more water wh when on this is is is put into the cask add the molasses then fill up tha the fifteen gallon cask with cold water when so cool as not to scald add the ten eggs without beating stop up the cask close so that theres th there thero ereis is no vent in warm weather it is usually ready to drink in three days in cool weather the cask should be put in a warm place when ready feruse for use the beer will wiil foam and be full fuli of life but as it has no yeast it will never sour at least not for several months the cask should be a strong one when properly made this beer will be founta found a healthy and pleasant plea piea ant beverage beve race rare in warm weather f HINTS AS TO GRAPE grare Cui cul ruKE the stockton independent remarks the fruit in the vineyards has nearly completed its first swellings and the berries are nearly the size of marrowfat peas about the time the grap esgrow to be the size of peas the stone or fruit begins to harden while this work is going on the berries usually gain but little in size and for a term of ten days or a fortnight stand apparently still the vines at this time are supposed by b y many intelligent cultivators to be performing forming their hardest work that of maturing the seed which is really the fruit proper of every plant during the tho seaon season when ahe vine is maturing maturin g its seeb seed se ed many contend that a knife sli sil should ouid not be used on its branches as shorten ing ehg the branches at this time has an injurious effect upon the fruit inasmuch as it sends a flow of sap to the berries when they are not in a state fitted to receive it the result of pruning or checking the shoots at this season my may frequently be observed by the berries bursting and the seed sticking out at the side those who manage growing vines under binder glass in the eastern states and eastern boun countries tries carefully avoid pruning much if any at all between the time the berries stop their first swelling and commence the second it will be observed as a general thing that as soon as the stony part of the seed becomes hard and brittle the fruit will take a sudden start in swelling and so continue until it reaches the full size and commences to color the first degree atthe of the ripening process it will also be observed by practical cultivators that grapes are seldom lia iia liable bie ble to mildew after they begin fo to ripen CANNING pruit kruit FRUIT A correspond correspondent dilt ailt if f the country genteman seasonably reminds the readers of that journal that many fruits may be preserved with little or no sugar he says I 1 I 1 currants gooseberries goose berries peaches and pears require no sugar to preserve them raspberries Rasp berries and biach blach blackberries berries do not require more than four ounces of sugar to a pound of fruit and strawberries but a little more we have novy noxy the different kinds nearly as fresh and good as when first gathered put them up the same way as if you used the usual quantity of sugar that is expel the cold air by heating the fruit after it is placed inthe hithe j jars J a rs by setting the thle jars in cold water w which hi ch heat to boiling the jars we ve use are self sealing with zinc covers which can be screwed on before the j jar ar is removed from the hot water we have dave have never lost a jar of fruit put up in them A 1 am LIKE A VINE R marcella marvella marceila has a grape vine growing in the len ien closure enclosure adjoining his saloon nii dil in oroville ille cal which the union re record c ord ora describes as the largest and most thrifty overgrown in this State etwas planted in march 1859 vand yand and has grown straight and almost of a uniform size measuring in circumference thirteen inches for ten feet from the ground to where it branches directly below which the vine measures over fifteen inches an awning is erected upon three sides of the building thirty by twenty one feet which is completely covered and shaded by the branches of the single vine and a large cluster of gra grapes P es are equally distributed over the entire awning the bunches of grapes have been correctly counted and they number each of which it has been estimated will avera average e two pa pounds ands making a yield of over 00 poun pounds ds from this one single vine this season |