New-York daily tribune., 1859-12-24

nv cattle answered: Simply becsuse 4 would nos
pay. did buy lot Of rutAbagss one Autumn oe.
hvtred at nv house six cents bushel, and the use
of them taught me th they were dear food woaio
now If living such district, feed roots to STOCK Just
90 far as thought necessary TO keep the animals n
good health and no more not II could ouy NJ tue
saue price which was one-fourth tho price OF sound
corn sud eues the economy OF feeding any kiad Oh
roots the rate Of value 10 any greater
Is required for health That roots, particularly wnse
turnipe largely fed in cold weather, TO young
cattle | have no doubt. They are full OF wafer
that too much Off taken into the stomsch WIKI tne
food. If roots any other wstsry food Is TOO AEeh
fed 10 mich before and after eslvlng you VIII
be sure TO have q mean cali. III we VIII think, ana
take reason for guide, TO what man requires Tor
healthy food shall not 90 FAR wrong with domesOe
aninas Man loves roots occasionally, and 80 ne does
coup, other sloppy food but what would be be good
for If fed week after week upon such watery stun A.
turnps or such porrd 20 some people compel their
cattle 10 eat After all this question OF winter feed
ing is question of values; and Il - not alone the
value counted By rst eost, but the value ot results
Now what il the of giving my opinion thai thls or
that kind Of food is the best or most econome when
cannot say Of single thing, knOu. don't know,
and don't know any body who does. II is all guess
work and at the present price Of eAttle-food Is e1
An AZ 10 GTind-The number of axes that are
brought here to grind is remarkable. To-day, M
Pitkin of East New-York, had very dull Que TO oe
.harpened-somethng about making shoes. The Club
listened to long dull, poiniless harangue until tired
and then requested him to carry his grs to some other
mill.
Tee HoEses.-SoLoS RoBISsos. The discussion OF
this question has awakened good deal OF interest IN
the country. hold in my hand letter from &. Rob.
bins Of this city, who lives upon Staten Island ana
wants 10 build an ice-house, and avoid some OF the
of his neighbors AS his letter inpars as wen
as asks information, viii read il. He says:
81 live on Island where ne her charcoal 'avdast nor
tan car e bad s1ssP ss = great .ss S1t Of a *. latter
good purpose for ice house out OF ground snd So
propoe ts make two boxes Of rough hemOck bOszdhe
feet square by 10 feet high the inner one 10 ess
square By tbs sane hlsht-so s 70 h sS s
leaves bay pressed down tight N The ROOF 20 oe covered
with onsued ana srooved boards ana ses an & % X
pesk Of hc roof The outside frame to be supported by chest
nut posts. lined side and into the ground four Tee.
sps the in de box or frame be supported BY jos lSi
ch edsewsys ect spart secured against the oner side
bosrds which there win be good drainage WI /. Ss
top for ventiston ~ Can you suggest any On
this psn without increasing the cost - One OF my nen
house op the ground walled up with stone bu. fails 20 keep
the ice (sJ Yours truly, G. ROBBINS, No sChf-st.
will briefly answer these inquiries: /. Either salt
hay or leaves will answer good purpose and should
use whichever s the cheapest.
2. This plan will make an ice house that will keep
the contents safe in any place.
8 There is the same necessity for double roof,
that there is for double Sides and more for that Is not
necessary If there is good thick lining of straw be-
tween the ice and boards. l double my roof by
thateh of straw, first laid and then boarded over
a..
cbeaper FRAME Make the outside Just like the inside
1t is cheaper and viii answer just as well as the chest
nut posts.
5. This is probably owing to deficient ventilation
That is openings in the gable ends far above the ice
10 allow the hot air and foul gases that accumulate
there to pass off, II the stone walls OF sn iee-house
once get heated from the sum- they retain the heat day
and night and communicate II TO the atmosphere WIN
in Stone is the worst material for an icehouse that
can be used.
yery interesting discussion followed upon the ice
house question: and the preservation OF fruit by ce
Mr. J. p. VEEEDER-l made my ice-house by dlg-
UinV hole ten OF twelve feet square and lined It with
boards as a double wall, filled in with tan bark Ny
roof is straw thstch. My ice keeps perfectly well:
| have good drainage and put about SIX inches OF
straw around the ice, bottom, sides, and top The
house only four feet below the surface and the rest
above pack about twelve or fourteen tuns OF ice,
being careful to fill all the erevices with broken ce
JOHs q. BERGEN said that he did not think double
roof necessary None of the icehouses In his negn-
borhood bad them.
Prof MIPEs-The point settled in building ice-houses
il that the whole ice-house should be above ground
This s the practice in massachusetts There IS no 7ao
saasl eosned p4oA ~f sr for III" 'v@ll~ Of
ice-houses. Build Of Whatever substance you please
80 that YOU have double wall and tight enough to
hold air and you will have perfect protector OF ice
As TO ventilation, Jenner who first constructed vent
lated ice-boxes fund that ice melted faster ~ yentl
lated than in unventlated boxes Ventilation is neees-
cary when you desire to keep food sweet IL there s
no ventilation the confined air soon becomes very foul
from animal substances on ice He then gave some in
terestinR particulars OF the large regerat0s IN some
of the city packing-houses. Some are 80 large that
they use up number of tuns Of ice day. The tenn.
perature is kept Az and in large rooms thus cooled
hundreds of animals can be killed and cooled every
day. III your object is keep ice without use, shut up
cose, it needs ventilation. lie also spoke OF Curss
plan Of keeping fruit, which he keeps secret But is
true that keeps fruit very perfectly. thought that
had found out how to keep fruit, by moedding Il In
bone black The fruit keeps well, but it is worthless,
the aroma Of the fruit is lost The best thng that
have tried is very clean washed and dried beacn sand
The stem Of the fruit, If it has oDe must be sealed
wrap each pear in ssue paper, and then, II the sand
is pure and dry, and placed where will keep dry the
fruit keeps well.
Wx S. CARPEsTKR--I have prolonged the ripening
Of pears by placing them on the ice Fail ppplns are
preserved in the way, packed in barrels, and
simply laid upon the ice.
The CBAIRsAS mentioned an experiment Of packing
apples in cider but it did not answer. packed
pippins in dry sand and kept them three years. The
apples first dipped in wax, and then wrapped ~
tssue paper and carefully packed 10 well-washed and
dried sand.
bis fruit to be tasted by the Club, which were found
to have kept perfectly Bartlett pears almost as good
The CE1fRMas said that he had tested the fruit
preserved in Boston by Dir. Curtis and found that Fall
pears were fresh and good IN SPRING lie suggested
that the preservation owing 70 carbonic acid gas
Prof. MARKS thought ice would deteriorate pears
but not apples.
Mr.. CaRPESTER said that 20 far as he had noticed
the pears did not suffer in any Of their natural
good qualities from being kept many weeks beyond
their season upon the ice.
Dr. PERCY suggested that sand must be very pure
to pack fruit in. If it contains any portion of clay, It
will injure the fruit.
Mr.. FULLER said that what was wanted was pure
siIex in a powdered state. Colnmela mentions the
plan Of keeping grapes in his day, packed in pure
sand.
Prof. MAPEs mentioned that grapes packed in dry
braD in large ungazed earthen Jars had otten been
imported and sold in this city, in very good condition
G. -. eos, ha rsnanad nnon tFee II be