South Carolina Temperance Advocate And Register Of Agriculture And General Literature

TO MAKE A SALAD WORTHY OF A MAN OF TASTE.

Two boiled potatoes, strained through kitchen sieve,
Softness and smoothness to the salad give;
Of mordant mustard take a single spoon—
Distrust the condiment that bites too soon:
Yet deem it not, thou man of taste, a fault,
To add a double quantity of salt.
Four times the spoon with oil of Lucca crown,
And twice with vinegar—procured from town;
True taste requires it, and your Poet begs
The pounded yellow of two well-boiled eggs;
Let onions atoms lurk within the bowl,
And, scarce suspected, animate the whole;
And lastly in the flavoured compound toss
A magic spoonful of Anchovy sauce.

"Dig about, and dung it."—This direction was given many centuries ago, and has often been repeated, and perhaps I may say, as often forgotten or neglected. Last summer, I took particular care to apply the above to some young pear trees. One was a graft, of a year's growth, on a stock of several years standing. The ground was loosened for some distance about the tree, perhaps a dozen times during the season. From a single stem, of three feet, the new growth measures 30 feet! The effect on all, was very obvious.

G. BUTLER.

Clinton, N. Y. Feb. 1843

[Genesee Cultivator.