The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1847-08-20


one hall peek, or 26S.s cubic inch
eS.
A box, inches by inches square,
and As inches deep, will contain
half a gallon, or l3l,4 cubic inch
es.
A box, inches by inches square,
and 40 inches deep, will contain one
quart, or 67.2 cubic inches.
The measures come within a
small fraction Of cubic inch of be-
ing perfectly accurate, as near in
deed as any measures Of capacity
have ever yet been made for com
mon use.
Accoding to a calculation some
few years since there was in the
United states 3l,000,000 of sheep
Ata moderate and rational computa-
ton the value Of these may be esti-
mated at seventy millions of dollars,
and the amount of wool annually
produced at 100000. Of this
vast flock the state of New York
4 owned, at the time Of making the
above estimate, nearly one fifth
For the five years Immediately pre-
ceding that time, the increase of
sheep in the u. States averaged
100000 pei year. Since then it
has probably been much greater.
WHAT NEXT!- Ns,O Source far
Supplying BuLier.-Butter was re-
Gently so cts per h., in the east,
and those who were obliged to buy
! it, will be delighted to learn that the
"cow's horns are not the only
3ource whence this necessary arti-
Gle for the table is to be Obtained
A physician in n. York mentions in
communica alton the results of some
experiments, in which by the aid of
analysis, butter was found in a pure
state, in grasses, seeds and grain
Out of one hundred weight of cora
meal, for instance, a good chemist
can extract from eight to ten pounds
of butter.
at has furthermore been proved
that butter obtained from the cream
of milk, is not animal secretion, but
that it existed in the pU.e and origi-
nal state in the hay or food Of the
COW and skillful chemist can make
more butter ont of 100 weight of
hay than a COW can, as the COW must
appropriate considerable share OF
it, for the uses and nccessarics of
her organization. Give a COW a
hundred pounds of hay, and she will
render back eight pounds of butter,
but an expert chemist can realize
twelve or thirteen pounds of it,"
When butter reaches fifty cents,
in the West, We have no doubt that
a company will be started to extract
it, fresh every morning, from hay
and corn.-Chicago Tribune.
! To B III Bac0n.--Soak the bacon
for several hours take of the skin
before you boil it, for it has been
proved by experience that a pound
of bacon boiled without the skin,
will weigh an ounce heavier than a
pound boiled with the skin. Fat ba-
con should be put into hot water,
and lean bacon into cold water.
9pdrdgus.--The London Gar
dener's Chronicle mentions the fol-
lowing method of growing asparagus
at Nice. Perhaps it does not par
take of the character of the marvel
Gus, and it may be very easily tried.
Take quart wine bottle, invert it
over an asparagus root, just rising
from the ground, aud secure it to its
place by three sticks. The aspara-
gus will grow up into the interior OF
the bottle, and being stimulated by
the unusual heat and moisture, will
speedily fill it. As soon as this has
taken place, the bottle must be bro
ken, when the asparagus will be
found to have formed thick head
Of tender, delicate shoots, all eati-
Bile, and as compact as cauliilower.'
-.
To Drive Atoay ants.--I saw in
your paper, plan to drive away red
ants by feeding them bacon but the
following will beat that; it is to
drive away blacks ans: When they
trouble your sugar box, SC. justroll
up small piece Of camphor gum in
! paper, and put inside the box, and it
c will soon kill or dispcrse them.