Wilmington daily gazette., 1872-07-15
Agricultural Notes.

A correspondent OF the Run NsD Yorker,
seeing statement IN that paper which see
mod 10 give thu preference to shallow setting
for the purpose of getting the cream from
milk. writes to give experiments made with
pans and cans, as follows:
rTLis was made within the first ten days of
August, and DIES gned To hr 4 thorough test Of
thp manner of setting milk. The mornings
IN TX was used each time, the milk being di-
yidpd nto nearly equal parts. First expert
mpnt, 1iiX p ,und, in the dep can l7h inchn
and l4lk pounds in the can 334 inches deer.
The wat r was taken from the milk standing
al about fifty eight degrees, it sOurng in the
nan at forty hours. and not changing in the
can till forty eight hours. The cream was
churned as soon as taken from the milk, the
can producing 6 pounds of butter before salt
np aud the pan pounds, 10 ounces. or a
pound of butter from % pounds 6 ounces OF
milk. and the can pound Of butter from %
pounds 10 ounces.
The next experiment gave nrecisly the
SANE result. The third experiment, the pan
had two pounds more milk than the can, and
tnp same amount of butter. These gentlemen
SAY they have carefully tested the matter.
and are fully satisfied that the best manner
of setting the milk is in deep cans, and that
the temperature or the milk may be kept as
wanted
AGprman phvsiologst asserts that animals
which are beng fattrned. particularly oxen.
should not be encouraged to drink much
water for the reason that, aS has been found
by experience, "the absorption of water gen.
pratps carbOnic acid to excess, and trammelS
the formation of fat.
1t is estimated that, including spring lambs
there are now about II 900, 900 sheep in Cali
fornia, which is an increase of G, ,o25, 600 since
1869 These figures are enormous, consider
ing how cruiely the business has been follow
ed in that State.
A correspondent of the Pra,r1e Farmcr who
odv i,,Ui
spypad of Canada thlSt =, on the same princprl
that measures are adopted to prevent the
spread of contagious cattle diseases, says the
secretary of the State Board of agriculture
estimates that these pests exist IN one-third
of the counties of the State, and aggregate
over 10, ,000 acres.
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS DAMAGES FOR
PUTTING UP THE WRONG MFDIciNE.-An in
teresting case, an trial in the Jefferson Court o
Common Pleas, is decided by suit brought t.
recover damages from druggist who, in pro
pounding prescription, pnt up the wieng drug
The decision establishes the fact that druggist,
are resp nsibe for the mistakes OF Incompetent
clerks. The facts in the case are as follows: Ont
year ago Mr.. John :. Kline, of this city, wa
seriously afflicted with henorrnoid, commonly
called piles. DR.. Gait his physician, prescribet
an ointment composed principally OF slramoni
um, a narcotic that would have had the effec
of soothing the lrritated parts and to allay tn,
pain. The prescription was taken to the drug
store of S. F. Dawes, and the clerk, VIM. Ross
made the ointment Of cantharides, an acliv,
irrilant, instead of stralnoniunl. The ointmen
Was applied as directed, and the scene that fol
lowed may be better imagined than described
Mr.. Kline suffered untold anguish, and as sooI
as he was able 10 get about brought suit 70
damages, and the jury assessed the damages a
Sl,OOO.-[ Louisville Ledger.