The Placer herald., 1870-03-19
HOUSE AND FARM.

servation, in 1852, in the town OF Alabama
yGenessee county, n. Y:
"An OK broke ioto field Of corn during
b, the night in the month Of September. and
(. ate immodera,ely Of green corn. 1t was
believed be would die from the effects; its
suffering was such as to cause groans most
.Ipileous The owner, Mr. Lyman PrindIe
.iesvrled 10 the use Of The knife with view
Ito present relief then permanent cure. The
sincisiou was made from about four inches
81 Of the back bone aud back Of the last rib,
but in line with it, aud long enough to
admit tbs hand into the pouch or stomach
lfrhs animal never nnched but, on the con-
stray, ceased to grosn. Mr.. p took out
fully two-birds Of bushe Of the corn,
consisting Of young ears mostly The heat
was very great. The OK was left easy, but
with no expectation of recovery, in which
we were mistaken; for in less than one week
Ill was so far recovered as to frolic among
lthe other stock to such an extent that Mr..
Prnd'e concluded that be could work as
we'll as play and he yoked him and finished
his fall blowing Gndiug him to endure the
heat and labor as well as ever. The orifice,
should say, remained open for some
months, allowing free iogress and egress
of air, which was observable at some dis
stance Whether it would have been better
TO have closed up the lncison by stitches is
uncertain. | doubt not it would have been
done a. first had it been considered possible
tvr the animal TO I've"
To TEST THE RICHNESS OF MILK We
clip the following from the Tuolumue City
Ne~s, where we find it without credit:
1t Is Of no little importance 10 have at
and convenient and reliable mode for
testing The richness Of milk. This is usually
done by the mere rule Of guess" We
will give more reliable way, within the
reach Of all, and one whereby any person
may safely govern himself 10 deciding upon
which of any number of milkmen be will
palronize, or which Of any number Of cows
he will purchase
Procure any long glass vessel-a cologne
bottle or long phIal. Take barrow strip
OF paper, ust the length from The neck to
the bottom of the pha, and mark it off with
one huudred lines at equal distances; or, if
more convenient, and to obtain greater ex-
actness into fifty lines, and count each line
rs two-and paste it upon the phial, SO as
divide its length into hundred equal parts
Fili'it, to the highest mark, with milk fresh
from the COW, and allow it to stand in
perpendicular position twenty yfour hours
The nun er Of spaces occupied by the cream
wiil give you its exact percentage in the
mix, acithout any guess mork.
TRANspLANTING OYSTERS. The San Fran
cisco Bulletin Of the 1st inst. tells Of the
fol owing success in that line:
the California Market imported from Bal
timore, and planted on the east shore OF
the Bay, 100, 900 oysters. They were de-
posted in the water as an experiment.
II was found that about one-haf of them
died, but the other half have tbriven beyond
the antici patton OF The owner. They are in
aspendid condition, and number of them
have been taken up for the San Francis CO
Market. Mayes has, however, sent for
large number from Baltimore and it is his
iltention for the future to raise bis own Bal
limore oysters. The transplantation took
place among the native oysters, which he
had previously planted, the object being to
cross the breed. Since this experiment was
tried parties n Oregon have determined
to imitatethe example, and within day
or two shipment Of 100000 oysters was
received aud sent north, to be planted in
Shoawater Bay.
ONIONS FOR FowLs.-A distinguished
poulerer says: 1t is well known fact to
,.,ro,e of rn,1t,v Of ,ha oonoeiopo al uaa oC
onions, mixed and fed to poultry with their
food, is one Of the best ways of keeping a
yafd Of poultry in health. | am afraid it
has not recAived the attention and use that
its merits really demand. | am well salts
fed that the use of this vegetable would pre-
vent three fourtbs Of the disease that poul-
try yard is subject to-"
--THE Paris Cosmos states that material
which can be pressed into the form Of combs,
buttons, knife'bandles etc, may be made
from leather scraps by cutting them into
small pieces and keeping them for several
days in chloride of sulphur. In this way
they become hard and brittle. After being
washed they are dried, ground to powder
and mixed with glue or solution Of gum
arabic or any other adhesive substance,
when the mixture is ready for the molds.
HOME MADE INK-The ink made as de-
scribed below is a beautiful black, and does
not in the least corrode the pen. 1t is far
superior to the usual acid inks, which will
spoil the best steel pen in few hours use
To five gallons water at boiling heat, add
one bali pound Iogwood; one>haif ounce BIZ
chroma'e Of potash, and one half ounce
prussiate of potash. Your ink in then made
and ready for use. The cost is not more
than fifteen cents per gallon.
PERPETUAL PAsrE.-A perpetual paste
may be made by dissolving an ounce Of
alum in quart of warm water. When cold
add as will make it to the consistency
OF cream; then stir into it half teaspoon
iul Of powdered rosu, and two or three
cloves. Coil it to a consistency, stirring all
the time. It viii keep for twelve months,
md hon lru Ia ,f ,yitb