The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1848-05-12
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Boiling Water.-Every perso,
engaged in culinary affairs. ought t.
be aware that when water has ono,
been heated to the boiling point, all
that is farther requisite, is to keep it
at that temperature, ANY addition
al fuel, more than is bare y necessa-
ny to effect this, is uselessly expend-
ed. as water, heated in an ordinary
culinary vessel, can, by no possibl-
ity Of art be made more than boiling
hot. By stopping the evaporation of
the steam, very high temperature
may be Obtained; as in Papin's Di-
gester, water may be made red-hot.
Il Small H0rSe.-Large horses are
more liable to stumble and to be
lame than those of middle size.
They are clumsy and cannot fill
themselves so quick.
Overgrown animals Of all descrip-
tions are less useful in most kinds of
business, and less hardy than those
of smaller size, If theory is to be
resorted to in order to determine
such questions, we suggest to the
lovers of overgrown animals the fol-
lowing; The largest of any class are
an unnatural growth. They are "a
bovc the usual mark, and it costs
more to feed them in that position
than it would were it more on a lev
ell with their species.
"Follow nature"is rule not to
be forgotten by farmers. Large men
are not the best for business. Large
cows are not the best for milk.
Large oxen are not the best for trav-
cling. Large hogs are not the hogs
that fatten best and large hens are
ken iowihe hens 10 lay eggs.
lie "ngd, that'c,osing horse, take care by
not a. ut II 10 MS his hind legs are short
~ on o"0t thsi "Hand split apart like
all means 'hat s hatrever inquire the
Ifthey are long gels, aIer. RIM Co..
pair Of dividers, nocnct' o. a. , !. va 'oi
nrice of the horse-dect Ter lest you
your life and make no Ga 1"~0"'
be taken up Mass. Plo,"'TS bio Io,rr
The Loading Rake.-Welnt at az,
from one Of our exchanges tnf a.
gentleman in the city of Philad Go,
phia has recently invented and OBJ
tanned patent for new agricultu-
raj implement which promises to
contribute very materially to the a
bridgement of labor in farming. .
The machine is called "Loading
Rake" 1t consists of one or two :
rakes similar to the common horse
rake, attached to the wagon which, y
instead of being inverted and lea a
wing their load on the ground, are raj ii
sed by the onward movement of the Is
team, and deposit their contents in
in the wagon. By this process, as
the hay is taken from the swath the
labor of six or eight men, which is IL '
sually required in raking, cooking, f
and loading, is readily performed by 6
two men and one boy in three fourthS a
ofthe ordinary time. With the force :
above stated, three quarters of an a
ere can be taken up on a fair aver
age, every halfhour. The rake can
be adjusted with some slight altera-
tons, to the ordinary hay wagon,
and can he detached at pleasure :
The cost will be such as to place it =
within the reach of every farmer who
is accustomed to use the common
horse rake. In our large agricultu- ,
raj districts, especially in the new T
States, where the difficulty Of pro-
curing manual labor is so severely
felt, it must be regarded in favor 7
able light, and be in time very gene
rally Observation-Disclosures and
Mechanic.