The Placer herald., 1870-10-08
HOUSE AND FARM.

. long lie, WITHOUT Soou iA"seles. AnouSn
there is a variety of ways which exercise
may be obtained, yet domestic labor is best
adapted to develop and strengthen the whole
system. Within few years much interest
has been awakened upon the subject of phys
ical exercise, particularly as connected with
schools and seminaries ofleaning. Besides
the outdoor exercises and games, calisthenics
and gymnastics have been introduced inside
the school-room and are becoming part OF
the REGULAR exercises in many institutions. This
il an Improvement in the right direction
and is good as far as it goes-but is entirely
;nadeouate to meet fully the demands of
nature. No kind of exercise for girls is so
well calculated as household work to develop
all the muscles of the body-to do it in early
life, and gradually under circumstances fav-
orable to health generally. The girl and
Young woman must thus be trained year at
ter year, otherwise she will never obtain that
h rdihood of constitution; that strength of
n uscle, that power of endurance; or, in other
words, that balance of temperament so essen
.ial to good health and happiness in all the
,oceal and domestic relations of life.
To TELL THE ACTUAL VALUE OF Cows-The
american Stock Journal, in reference to this
subject SAYS, Now we can 60 into dairying
neighgborhood, and point to farmers who are
losing from two to three thousand dollars
year by keeping cows yielding two hundred
pounds of butter per year, instead OF those
that would yield from five to six hundred
pounds in the same time. How many dairy
men can tell the relative value of each cow
of his herd by actual test? There is little
instrument for this purpose, that does not
cost much, but very few dairymen know
ANYTHING about it, 1t is called a "Lactome-
ter" constructed by placing number OF
glass tubes equal length and diameter IN a
wooden frame The milk from each COW is
placed in some of these glass tubes there
they stand, side by side, and you can see the
depth of cream that rises in each tube, re-
presenting certain COW, and estimating her
value thereby.
PERs1MMoN TREES IN CALToRSIA.-T
Sacramento Bee says there is a perslnmon
tree, e,which has been in full bearing for sever
al wears at the northwest corner Of & and
Third streets, Sacramento. 1t was planted
by Colonel Sanders, fourteen years ago.
The Grass Valley Union, in noticing the
above, says: "And there are several trees at
ThrelkeilPs ranch, between Auburn and Rat
tlesnahe Bar, Placer county len years
ago, or more, the largest tree there bore fruit.
Now. there is a large orchard of trees, and
plenty of the fruit. The persimmon is not
only fine fruit, but the wood of the tree Is
the the best out of which pulleys can be
made. We have already noticed the fact
that Mr.. James Lick cultivates the persm
49,, o,, I;s ,,rob Daar Santa Clara
LEAF impressions may be taken by using
manifold paper which can be purchased at any
stationers. Place the leaf face uppermost on
clean sheet OF paper, and over ii q sheet OF
manifold paper of the color that you wish to
give the impression then on the manifold
sheet place another sheet of clean paper
With one finger hold the leaf firmly in its
place, and with the other hand rub the sheet
leaning heavily to remoy the colorlng materi-
al to the leaf When you have rubbed for
minute or two, remove the leaf and place 1t
between the leaves on which you desire to
take the impression. Rub as before, and
you will have an exact picture.
HARD OK ANT1-ToBAcco CHEwERs.-
late meeting of the British Medical Assosia-
ton, at Newcastle, paper was read by Or.
John Murray showing that the use OF tobacco
is really beneficial and curative for more
than one disease lie stated that a habtual
smoker seldom or never died of consumption,
and that the progress of that disease is fire.
quently arrested by taking snuff. The latter,
he maintained, is not only of great use i'll
curing catarrh, but is an admirable expedient
in preventing it. In cases of bronchitis, lib
eral pnches of snuff are strongly recommend
ed
BurrERM11K. This is advocated as food
for very young children, in conjunction with
rice or wheat flour. Besides being easier of
digestion, it is cheaper and less liable to adul-
teration than milk from the cow. DIR. Van
Maanen of Bameveled, says that buttermik
is invariably used by the children of that dis
trict, and with the best effects. They get
through their infantile disorders with wonder
full celerity Scrofula is unknown, and the
bills of mortality are reduced to minimum,
all owing, according to the doctor, to the use
of buttermilk.
TOMATO SAUcE.-This is good way: Cut
into quarters two quarts of tomatoes, and
sprinkle them over with salt; let these remain
until the next day, when the juice should be
squeezed from them and boiled with quarter
of pound of shalots, some whole peppers
and bruised ginger boil the mixture slowly
for half an hour, and strain it: pulp the toma
toes through a strainer, add them to the
liquid and boil again slowly for another half
hour.
IL curing hay, a mistake is often made
by sun drying too much. In fact large
portion of nutritiye properties of the grass is
exhaled by long exposure TO the action of the
sun, leaving the stock, so to speak, the cob
instead of the corn. After an exposure sufi.
cient to wilt the grass, it may be cured in the
cock, and thus be made to retain the most
valuable portions, too often given to the air,
under the mistaken notion that this waste is