The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-11-11
Farm, Garden aud Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
oS1oSs,-7as Mw England Homestead
Is authority for the statement that il
packed dry in tight barrels, and all in.
terstices filed with chat, onions may be
kept in barn, or where they will freeze
quite hard, and not beiniured, provided
the barrels arc closed tight and not
opened until the onions are again thawed.
STEAM P1ows.-At South Orange, NJ
j., recently, there WIS trial OF road
engines OF English manufacture, They
were len horsepower nominal, solidly
and very neatly constructed, and were
handled with facility. They were
turned in circle OF 80 feet diameter out
side Of the wheel-tracks, and one Of
them hitched to train Of ten loaded
wagons, weighing altogether 27i tons,
went off in n very lively manner up q
hill with grade Of one foot in thirty.
CAR1Ess CosnIrrTEE.-We find this
paragraph in The Boston CaltigGiOr A
man was awarded premium as the late
cattle show and fair in northampton for
two.year-colt, when tho animal he
entered was horse eight years old.
The owner Ind colt in pasture. and
sent man to bring him to the show
the man made o mistake and took the
eight'year-old horse, which was in the
same pasture, and tho committee "put
him through" This reminds us OF nm.
other country fair where the same COW
took the prize Mt one fair as an Ayrshire,
and at the same country fair the next
year as Shorthorn. Also Of prizes
awarded toa pen OF heifcrs when one
Of the animals entered was bull and
three parcels of butter from the same
churning that took the first, second and
'H't" premiums
The SECRET OF Coon BurTIR.-Many
have been the attempts to account Tor
the superior reputation of Philadelphia
butter. Perhaps the most popular no.
ton was thatit was due to the prevalence
IN our pastures and hay fields OF the
sweet vernal grass, which often gives
sopecultHr n fragrance to meadow hay.
But IT needed very little reason to dc.
molisl such theory as this. This grass
is one oil tue poorest for hay or pasture
purposes, and scarcely exists, except on
cold clay lands, in partially shady places
near groves or low woods. We owe
much more Of the sweetness OF our but.
otho abundance ol springs and spring
houses IN our State than to anything
peculiar Which grows in our pastures.
Milk has particular affinity Tor any
odors in the atmosphere, and water has
some: hence whatever impurities may
get into the atmosphere of the spring
house arc drawn out by running water,
and tie very best security is provided
against their being absorbed by the
cream.-6etTlnRto'7h Telegraph.
WINTER Burrrn NArt.n uov;,,,
read nm article in tho Rm.1i Ny VI, ~.
inoniring tbo bost no 10 n,oro ,,.;ntS.
butter, / nm willing tn tiyo some ~ me-
experience Of TWENTY-FIVE wears: Com.
menco to heat The milk when tbe cow,
nre first given corn fodder whicI, r r ~S
nee in this way: Strbin ilo mill 4, 't H.,
mans. filling only half f,ll%o it'll t,e w.,
or less will make no diiTeronco. s' ii,o w. az
soon as convenient sst tbo nons ~ Iii; IL
on tbe stove whsro la iton a " ,,a, n,.;A
until rongbnos SHe ~ ,r ny the remain
auce on tbc ion If tbo NH, \. s aap;an1
III tie milk got9 too hot tha d - n1SiSea
Will he LAS ctOn,n ~ ,hnn s t tu, oniy marin
milk room or eSlIap IN cooi H H,o - ~ aa sas
next morning when hs;U M iaS 20, ! ~ !
warm room and iot Il stsrS ,, W n 49,, y
ncxt dov when a l. aorosai, n u as1.. wy ~
akin. When iroaio5 n III - ,.! y ~; ~
moi do To skim m,,cb nnjnr Wy wy ~ s; VII
bonrs NV nlon IL - sL;.S ,,, t".,eiSns
NIGHTS ,niIkip% Lot, ~ tLa morning ana
winter II Soss not h ,G sae t s ~, ~
cream to sonrNrat5o, ai5. D =, e, ior .ne
making butter come soonor S ,I Su nroa =,
kettle keen in thn ceIISr MI; IL az vse l,,
or evening boforo W. n igs ~ ons,l te aay
Il convenient sot M MaSn " S SnIfn; .nen,
ono that fro Z ko,,. i y; III T. . Go stove or
morning boioyc ri,n ~ Y, rsas u tle
thermoSet bs.of + S slurI1 ny with a
.An.ok,,... = cha - ~ VIZ tSAA
ptLuNuEg Vi W. III NOT convenient tn got