2238. Flowers beginning to fade, can be restored by putting the stems in scalding water.
2239. Bacon Hams in Summer.—Pack in a barrel, in clean dry ashes or charcoal; head up the barrel and put it where it is dry, and as cool as possible.
2240. Timber cut in the spring and exposed to the weather with the bark on, decays much sooner than that cut in the fall.
2241. In Feeding with corn, 60 lbs. ground goes as far as 100 lbs. in the kernel.
2242. Apples.—Experiments show apples to be equal to potatoes to improve hogs, and decidedly profitable for fattening cattle.