Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-10-07

The same age had 4 broad teeth, nearly !
fully developed. As these sheep, had iii
been bred alike, the one in queation being
perfectly healthy, aud an average size, he |
wishes to have the great difference accoant-
I'D for by veterinary professor. That they
Rre generally correct in their decisions he
has no doubt, but hel thinks that the case
described tends 70 show that the teeth are
not to be relied on as an unfailing test of
age, and as such great discrepancies do &C.
occur, minute ones NAV do 30
frequently; and, therefore, injustice may
be done to exhibitors by disquaiifying AMI
mails by the dentition or tooth test,
BUTTER. "A singular method Of making
butter has lately come into quite extensive
use in Franco. based upon the observed
fact, that cream ia changed into butter BY
being simply buried in the earth. The
theory Of this result Ia not very ineligible
though the fact is stated to be beyond ques-:
ton; aud in Normandy and other parts of
France, butter is actually prepared on
large scale in this way. The process con-
sists in placing the cream IN linen bag of
moderate thickness, which is carefully
closed; then burying the bag about q foot
and q half deep in the ground. and allow
ing it to remain from twenty.four to tVen-
ty-five hours. time. After the expiration of
this period the cream is found to have be-
come hard, aud it is then broken up by
means ola wooden beaten into small pieces,
and enough water poured upon it to wash
out the buttermilk. To prevent any mix.
turs OF earth, 1t 1B advisable to enclose the
bag in second ono of larger size aud
coarser quality. This method of making
butter saves great deal Of labor. and sep-
arates the butter more perfectly than the
ordinary process; and We are assured that
butter thus prepared is Of the most excel
lent quality.
A COOP RAT TRAP. Take barrel which
will hold water, cut the head q little small
or than the top of the barrel, pass string
through the centre Of the head and hang
it up so that 1t may hang perfectly free in.
1idS the barrel. three or four inches below
the chime. Now pnt in five or six inches
of water, and drop some grease on the top
of the barrel head, which you must bal
ance by lacking on some thin pieces Of
lead; place your trap whore the rats can
get on it easily, and it ID ready. They
cone up TO get the grease, and on stepping
on one side of the head the other naturally
tips up, and in goes the rat, The head
soon gainR its equilibrium aud is ready for
another. Sometimes, when there is con-
siderable grease around where they can get
at it, they won't take it for bait, In this
case. put q little anise.seed in your bait.
CorroNwoop HEDaz.-Rev. 8. W. Ing
ham, Of Toledo, Iowa, writes to the Fort
Dodge Times in relation 70 cottonwood
hedges. He says there arc several of these
fences in that part of Iowa. aud that they
answer an excellent purpose. He notices
one only four years old that would turn
swine aud live stock effeotually. He notices
another. three years from The setting, that
already turned cattle. The slips were set
from twelve to eighteen inches apart, and
the second year the tops were woven to.
gether 90 ito reduce their height to about
three and a half fest cutting Off all the
limbs that remained higher than that. and
we're not long enough to weave with the
fence, and to all appearances the fence bids
fair to turn any kind of stock, in two years
more. with proper attention during that
time.
PASTE THAT WILL KEEP YEAR. Dissolve
q teaspoonful Of alum in quart Of warm
water. When cold, stir in ~ much -four as
will give it the consistency of thick cream,
being particular TO beat up all the Jumps;
UIIi 10 uAuCu pOWOoAcSA Aooau % "SAA my
on dime, and throw in half dozen
cloves to give pleasant odor. Have on
the fire q teacup of boiling water, pour the
dour mixture into It, stirring we'll all the
time. In very few minutes it will be the
consistency Of mush. Pour it into an EARTH
ern or china vessel; let it cool; lay q cover
on, and put in q cool place. When needed
for use, take out a portion and soften it
with warm water. Paste thus made will
last twelve months. It ia better than gum,
rs il does not gloss the paper, and can be
written on.
BUGS AND Cos:KRoAcHEs.-Th Journal
of Chemistry publishes this remedy for
water bugs aud cockroaches: boil one
ounce Of poke-root In one pint Of water
until the strength is extracted; mix the de-
coction with molasses and spread it on
plates in the kitchen or other apartments
which are infested by these insscts All
that have pavtakeM Of this luxury during
the night will be found organic remains
tho next morning"
CHEAP FooD FOR CANARIEs. Folks who
have pet canaries will find they are extrav.
agantly fond of the seed produced from the
plaintain, which may be found in almost
every yard, the leaf OF which is known to
every school boy rs an excellent remedy
for the effects Of bee sting. The birds
will cat these seed voraciously. when they
appear to have decided tlistate to every
other kind Of food offered.