The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-08-07
The Albann 2egistfr,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1863.
AGRICULTURAL. A

DR.. Long, of Alton, Ill, says that
mulching evergreens after setting out
out is indispensable to their growth.
He succeeds best with Norway Spruce
and Arbor Vitae. Lost but three per
cent. of we'll rooted trees when mulched.
When practicable eyergreens should be
shaded after setting out, in all sunny
weather.
THE HORSE.
Referring to this noble animal, the
7uyf, Field and Farm states that when
the horse is asleep one ear is generally
directed forward and the other back ward,
IN order to catch the faintest sound that
may come from either direction. And
at night, when on the march in company,
we are told that athose in front direct
their ears forward, those in the rear back
ward, and those in the center turn them
laterally or across, the whole troop seem
ing thus to be actuated by one feeling,
which watches the general safety" The
idea is a beautiful one, whether it rests on
romance or not. Apprehension for the
mass bespeaks generosity of heart, and
to see each Individual become the watch
and safeguard for the whole, is to recog-
nize feeling that musi be pleasing in the
sght of God. Man, in all humility, may
learn many lessons of noble love and un-
selfish love from the animal world.
PAPER HOUSES.
Passing along the street the other day,
the writer's curiosity was excited by see
ing small house on the sidewalk.
Was it model Of some famous mans
domicil, or had it been used in a political
procession, or figured at County or
State Fair? Or was it put there as a
sample of how houses should be built
On examination, the writer found that
the roof, sides and floor were covered
with compacted paper or pasteboard sat
urated with tar and impervious to air and
water, and non conductor of heat and
cold, making it cool in summer and warm
in winter, and protecting the house
against vermin. It is put on the studs
without sheathing boards, or on the
sheathing boards before clapboarding, or
on the inside of the studs before lathing,
or on the lath, and papered instead of
plastering, like any wall, on the joists
under the foors-to keep out cold and
nose-and on roofs, under shingles Or
states, or instead of felt for gravel roof
And it is so cheap that house 25 feet
by so, and 20 feet high, can be covered
with it, and made air and water tight, and
as warm as brick house, for about
twenty five dollars.
The paper can be used before satura-
ton for the inside of rooms, instead of
plaster, and be papered or whitewashed.
This material is being very generally
used, the Rock River Paper Company, ,
No. 13 La-Salle street, Chicago, manu-
featuring it in large quantities at their
extensive mills at Beloit, Wis. and Mar
shall, Mich and like all other new and
useful things now a-days, it is patented.
Samples and full particulars by circulars
are sent free on application to the Com
pany. We have had paper boats for scuu
races, and now we are to have paper
houses We live in day of wonders.
= Chicago Tribune.
Oat Meal Cake-Wet meal with wa
ter. Cut in small shapes, with a cooked
rasin in the middle. Bake in the
oven.
In estimating hay by measurement,
allow $50 cubic feet for tun in the up
per half of NOW, and 400 in the lower
half
Vanilla Custard-Boil five cupfuls of
milk, put half stick of vanilla, cut in
small pieces, to soak in it for one hour;
make the custard; pour it in cups, and
cook as for coffee custards.
The Gordner's Monthly says that inn
mense numbers of insects might be des-
troyed in garden or orchards by using
bottles of sweet liquid Systematically.
This is quite common in England, where
they do not let every fruit enemy rnn riot,
and then sit down and cry about having
no crops.
A raptured writer inquiries, sWhat is
there under heaven more humanizing, or,
if we may use the term, more angelizing,
than fine black eye in lovely woman 2"