Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1861-09-27

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ACTIoN OF SALTAND SBLTpETRE ON
MEAr-The following interesting ac-
count of the action of SAIL and saltpetre
=. on meat will doubtless be new to many
of our readers
The manner in which salt operates in
its preservative functions is obvious By
its strong affinity, it in the first place ex-
tracts the juices from the substance Of
the meat in sufficient quantity to form a
saturated solution with the water contain
ed in the juice, and the meat then absorbs
the saturated brine in the place of the
juice extracted by the salt in the first
place. THUS matter incapable of putre-
faction takes the place OF the portion Of
the meat most pershable. Such, howev-
er is not the only office of salt as a means
Of preserving meat it also acts by its
astrngency in contracting the libres of
the muscles, and so excludes the action Of
air on the interior Of the substance Of the
meat The last mentioned operation OF
salt as an aniseptic is cvinced by the
dimnUtion Of the volume of the meat to
which it is applied.
The astringent action Of saltpotre on
meat is much greater than that of salt,
and thereby renders the meat to which il
is applied very hard but in small guam
titles it considerably assists the antiseptic
action of saltand it also prevents the de-
struction Of the ford Cor red color Of the
meat by the action of salt. From the
foregoing statement Of the action Of salt
and saltpetre on meat, it will be perceiy-
ed that the application of these matters
deteriorates in considerable degree the
nutritive, and to some extent, the whole
some qualities of meat; and therefore in
their use the quantity applied should be
as small as possible consistent with the
perfect preservation of the meat,-Far-
mer and GardeRer.
FALL PLOwING.-According to the
opinion of an experienced farmer, all
clayey and hard wet soils, are benefited
by fall blowing, but all loose, slaty or
grayelly soils are, more or less, injured
by the same. All hard soils are benc-
fitted in several particulars, viz -
first, by blowing in the fall, soils that
have tendency to Flow up lumpy and
hard, are exposed to the action of the
frost and become fine and mellow by /
spring. Secondly; the land is more
free from weeds and grass the next
season, consequently, it is less labor to
cultivate it if planted to hoed crops
Thirdly, the land can be worked in the
spring, at proper time, without danger
of its baking down hard, which INJURIES
the land and crop both whereas, if it
be plowed in time to put in spring crops,
it is so hard by the middle of summer
that it is impossible for anything to grow,
except weeds, which will grow any
where.
METHOD OF SETTING POsTs FOR /
Fen CING.-Halve each post at the bot
tom four inches mp, making it dove
tailed, and take a piece OF scapfling two
feet long, cut tito fit the post, and drive
it in forming a sort of foot These set
about two feet deep, with stone laid on
the cross piece, and fill up with gravel,
The timber should be well seasoned. and
hot tar applied at the foot of the posi-
This will not pull up with the frost nor
lift with the wind.
How TO DESTROY MILLERs OR BEE
MoTHs-Put, every night white plate
containing a mixture of molasses and f
vinegar, on level with the bottom of
the hive and near to it, and in the morn ~
ing you will find that you have trapped ;,
a number of the moths. This you may
to do till you have extermated !
the pests.
How TO PREVENT SHIPPERS IN A
HAMs.-keep your smoke-house dark. NJ
and the moth that deposits the egg will II
never enter it, Hams may be kept \,
sweet and perfect for years by simply fe
taking this precaution Green hickory n,
should be used in smoking, as it pre- le
serves the full flavor Of the ham. ri
SooT AS MANURE.-Soot mixed with
water in the proportion of twelve quarts
If SCOT to hogshead of water makes si
'a'uable liquid manure, and is especially
10 peas, asparagus, strawber-
les, raspberries, and the like. 1t is good ri;
however, for nearly all growing crops. m
CURE FOR Colo IN HoRSEs.-Pour
old water on the back of the animal for
Iiteen or twenty minutes. Pour the wa
er on from the withers TO the loins. so as
o run profusely over the sides and stom ~.
'ch' 1t Is asserted that this treatment la