The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-02-23
Ae,RICJ'IHURAL.

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expose to moderate heat in the stove
oven. Thus dried. the pumpkin VIII
retain its natural flavor. 10 prepare
it for cooking, soak it in water for a
few hours.
HISS VERSUS DOGs.-'rhc Poultry
Staad,atl las the following sensible re-
marks on this subject : There Is
hardly a family that does not throw
away enough table scraps to keep at
least half dozen hens; and many that
keep a nuisance in the shane 0fa dog,
that does no good, but costs more than
a dozen good hens. complain that they
cannot afford to keep hens. One dog
in the neighhorhoodis grcatertnllblc
to the Ieigllhors than a flock of hers
would Ike, for II hens arc we'll fed 1T
home they will rarely 90 away. i'ut
who ever saw \ dog that WAS not a
pest. running across the newly-made
garfan, and sticking his nose int,
everything. Kill off the ours ana
give the food to the hens, and you will
find pleaSme as well as profit in SO
doing. We wish there was a tax OF
one hundred dollars on every dog kept
in the country. Those that are Of
value as watch dogs could be retained
while the host of snarling, dirty ours
would give place to some more useful
and less troublesome pet.
KEErrNG CIDER SwEET.-In an
swerto subscriber who inquiries how
to keep ci,lcr sweet without the aid of
chemicals, we would say. Fill the
barrels that are to contain the cider
entirely full, and leave ont the bungs
until the first fermentation is over, as
the impurities will largely work ont of
the bung hole. There should be some
cider kept in anotlhcr vessel to pour III
to the EarrGlsa from time to time as
their contents settle. After the inn
puritieS cease to fOam over and no
more gas escapes in bubbles, the brng
should be put in place, but not driven
for few days or else Il small splle
hole should he male on one side of the
buig as Il safety escape, in case more
gas rises. In the course of few days
the cider should be carefully racked
off from the sediment, and it is also
well TO strain it through flannel. Cider
thus treated and put in barrels, which
are bungcd tight, will keep sweet
q long time if the barrels are put in Il
cool place. As soon, however, as a
vent is male in the barrels for the
purpose of drawing off the cider, it
will begin to become sour. 10 pre-
vent this, the cider, when lacked of,
may be put in quite small casks or
denijohns, as these may be empticd
in turn without the contents becoming
too sour to be a pleasant drink. Cider
may be kept in good condition, even
in large casks or barrels, if Il quart of
pure, refined linsecd or olive oil be
poured in at the bumg. This oil by
spreading over the top of the cider
will prevent the air from coming in
contact with It, and thus keep it sweet,
After the cider has been mostly drawn
out for use the oil may be decanted
and saved for another year, or 1t may
be usec for other purposes. BY put
ting cider, treated rs above, into pop,
champaign or other strong bottles, and
securing Tie corks with strong wire or
cord, it may be preserved perfectly.
Cider thus kept will lie a most pleas
and drink next spring and summer.
1t will sparkle when poured out and
is fully equal to the interior kind of
champaign. The bottles when filled
should rest on their sides on tie cellar
bottoms, or be inverted, the necks
being plunged in sand to keep them
erect.-Efch0nge.
PROFITABLE SHEEP IIUsBANDlsy.--
We frequently see in the New York
markets fit lambs only few months
old, which weigh sixty pounds and
which are sold for $l2 to SIG per head.
Last June we saw great many little
fellows hanging on tie butchers meat
hooks, price $l3 each. J. Harris,
near Rochester, writes: We have
just killed one of Our grade Cotswold
Merino lambs, net seven months old.
He weighed alive 96 hs. The blood
weighed ~ ibs.; 0tfal, q ibS.; skin
and feet, Il his; waste, y; carcass,
54 ihs. Is not that q pretty good
lamb from a common Merino eve that
cost only $2.10? raised "A such
lambs from GO ewes, and was foolish
to sell 70 of them to the butch
er In July, most of them better lambs
than this one. Unless u farmer raises
very early lambs, and has good OPP
portunities for disposing Of them to !
the best advantage, 1t will pay better
to keep them-if they are kept well
and are of the right KIND. | think | |
ICNCl CIV OCtUCI NOUiSu SlICCp III dlI
my life than these grade Cotswoltl- |
Merinos. They are covered with wool
from the nose to the toes. | am in
clined to think that In our climate, and
for ordinary farm management, these
grade sheep will prove more profita-
Die than the pure long-wooled sleep.
The latter require better treatment
han many farmers are willing to be-
stow. If they were prepared to give
he requisite feed and care, no sheep,
where money is in demand, would
oay so well. But they certainly will
not bear neglect as well rs Merinos.
This is true Of MI good stock. 1t is a
ruth which farmers need to know and
eel and act upon. These grade Cots
yold-Merino sheep require better treat
nent than Merinos, but nothing that
my farmer can not readily bestow
without changing his rotation Or man
lgement. 1t is easy to produce such
leavy lambs, if the ewes are fed well
Turing the winter and spring.-Et-