The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-22
FAsMER's READING.
THE TEETH OF THE HORSE.

twenty four double teeth, or grinders,
four tushes, or single file teeth, and
twelve front teeth, called gatherers.
As a general thing, mares have no
tushes. Between two and three years
old the colt sheds his four middle
teeth, two above and two below At
ter three years old twoeother teeth
are changed, one on each side ofthose
formerly shed; he now has eighfcolt's
teeth, and eight horses teeth. When
four years of age he cuts four new
teeth. AT FIVE years old the horse
sheds his remaining colts teeth, four
in number, when his tushes az pear.
At six years of age his tushes are up,
appearing white, small and sharp, and
the mouth is now complete. AT six
years old the cups in the two middle
teeth fill up and become smooth on
the end; at seven the two next fill
up, and at eight years of age the re-
naming corner teeth are the same, at
which age the teeth are all filed up.
KEEPING SWEET CIDER.
A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer, after giving sufficient rea-
sons why grated horseradishcshoul
not be used for the purpose of keep
ing cider sweet, pointing out not only
how surely it will ruin the flavor of
the cider, but likewise that it is by no
means a sure preventative of fermen-
tation, gives the following advice on
the subject W
= Perhaps the best substance for
keeping cider sweet thatcan be read
lily procured in almost any locality is
mustard added in about the proper
ton of q pound to a barrel. IF the
cider. is not of good strength, half a
pound will do. It is the best to put
cracked seeds in a long muslin bag
and drop it into the bung hole of the
barrel. BY this means the seeds are
retained in the barrel. Ground mus
tard will not answer the purpose, as
the oil, which is the preservative
agent, is extracted before the seeds
are ground.
Another excellent substance de-
signed to effect the same result is the
bisulphite OF lime. This agent works
to suppress fermentation by means of
the sulphurous acid of which the sui
phite of lime is in part composed.
Independent ofIthese methods, all
of which aim to abstract the oxygen
"a substance the name of which sig
nifes acid former-the liability of
fruit juices to pass into fermentation
may be diminished by freeing them
from the pulp of the fruit from which
they are expressed. This may be ac-
complished by taking care toproperly
clarity thejuice by repeatedly strain
ing it before it is barreled and rack
ing it off by means of a syphon after
the pomacc or lees have settled to the
bottom of the cask.
1t must also be borne In mind that
GLOVER the temperature to which
the cider is exposed, the less is the
liability to-sour. =
PRESERVING POTATOES.
A correspondent of the Scientific
american says that he has tried the
following method of keeping potatoes
for two years with complete success,
though in some instances the tubers
were diseased when taken out of the
ground: Dust over the floor of the
bin with lime, and put in about six or
seven inches deep of potatoes, and
dust with lime as before. Put In six
or seven inches of potatoes and lime
again; repeat the operation until all
are stored away. One bushel of lime
viii do for forty bushels of potatoes,
though more will not hurt them-the
lime rather improving the favor than
otherwise"
WHEAT. BREAD.
Our whole process of converting
wheat into bread has, at almost every
step, violated the laws of nature and
disregarde0 her suggestions, and the
reform must be a fundamental one.
Wheat is, beyond all dispute, the
most perfect article of human food,
it being the only vegetable produc;
ton yet discovered that contains all
the elements necessary for the nour-
ishment Of the muscle, bones, fatty
tissue, and brains in just the right pro-
| portions. Beans, pears, Indian corn,
and the other grains afford perfect
punishment for all the organs but the
brain, by which term is Included the
spinal marrow aud the nerves, which
branch from the brain, and are iden-
teal in composition with it, the whole
forming one system or set of organs.
| Now the pabufum of the brain is
phosphorus, whose life giving fire
thrills along the nerves, and whose
light illumes the chambers of the
mind-fer could we rightly under
stand the correspondences between
the martial andth spiritual we might
| see that Light in the Intellectual sense
was something more than mere fig
ure of speech. The wear of the brain
by study or any mental effort throws
off the phosphorus, which IS found
| x.xi4h o4har uoSfa matter IN the urine