Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1873-01-25
USEFUL SUGGESTIONS.

WILLIAM M. WELLING's patent for the
manufacture of artificial ivory has lately
been extended by the Commissioner OF
Patents for seven years. The article Is
composed of ten ounces OF white shellac, |
four and a half ounces acetate OF lead,
eight ounces of camphor. The ingredi-
ents are reduced to powder, heated and
mixed, then pressed into heated moulds,
into sheets or other desired FORMS
american Chemist.
THE profit in farming is all made from
growing large crops. A farmer cannot
make any clean money out OF fifteen push
els of wheat to the acre, or thirty bushels
of corn to the acre, or twenty bushels OF
oats, or a ton of hay; nor from pastures
which afford lust enough feed to keep the
animals from growing poor. Don't MS
own experience prove it to himself beyond
question?
CRACKED WHEATON a pint OF the
cracked grain have two quarts OF water
boiling in a smooth iron pot over quick
fire. stir In the wheat slowly, boil fast and
stir constantly for the first halt hour OF
cooking, or until it begins to thicken ana
sspop up" Then lift from the quick iire
and place the pot where the wheat VIII
cook slowly for an hour longer. Keep IL
covered closely, stir now and then, ana De
careful not to let it burn at the bottom.
A WRITER in Van NOstrand's Eclectic
MAGAZINE for December, proposes that re-
fined oils for illuminating purposes, De
sold by weight instead of by measure, as
is now customary. The better quality of
oils are the heavier, and If the retailers
were compelled to sell in the same manner
as the reffners, the small purchaser would
have in the weight and color of the oil a
readier test of its worth as an illumination
than any legislative enactments would sup
ply.
THE Turf, Field and Farm makes some
GOOD suggestions to horse owners as to
Stables. They should be light, dry and
we'll ventilated. Dark stables and bad
ventilation bring on blindness, CHAMBERS,
tarcy and other diseases. Ground floors
are preferable for horses to stand upon,
particularly i'm hot weather, but they also
possess disadvantages. When horses
stand on board floors their feet should be
moistened frequently, to prevent fevered
legs and contracted feet. Working horses
! which are bad feeders should be often soil
ed. or mashed out with scalded bran, to
prevent constipation, restore the appetite
and preserve condition for future service.
The american Builder gives the follow
ing method of making sand-paper OF SUI
perior quality, at almost nominal cost
The device for making sand-paper is SIM
pie, and at hand to any one who has oc-
casion to use the paper. A quantity OF
, ordinary window-glass is taken-that
having green color is said to be best
and pounded fine, after which it is poured
8 through one or more sleeves OF different
! degrees Of fineness, to secure the glass for
coarse or fine paper. Then any tough pa
: Der Is covered evenly with glue, having
;; about one-third more water than is gen.
erally employed in wood work. The glass
, is sifted upon the p lper, allowed day or
two i'm Which to become fixed in the glue.
when the refuse glass is shaken OH ana
the paper is fit for use. This sand-papef
costs little, and is better than that ordi
narily bought in which sand is frequently
> mingled with the glass.
q How TO MAKE COOP CIDER. Take good
: sound apples 1.-THE sweeter the apples, the
: richer the cider; although apples slightly
tart make cider of the besS fiavOr) late In
q the fall, the later the better, before freez
: ing. Early apples and wind falls may dc
g for vinegar, but will not make cider tha
!. will keep any length of time. Fill thu
g barrel full, put in the cellar, take out the
!. plug and let the cider ferment for about
ten days, keeping the barrel full with eide
. at the same time. In this way most o
'. the pomace is thrown out. This, no ever
> is not very sen5ial. After the cider ha'
worked about ten days, take long sliu
bag that. when filled, will go in at TIT
bung hole, put in about one pound o
English mustard for every 30 gallons, ant
drop into the cider, then cork the barre
4. air tight and let itstand about three weeks
e then draw off into another barrel. Orpu
n back in same barrel after thoroughly
1, cleansing it; see that the barrel is full
If then cork tight Cider treated in thi
It way will remain unchanged until warn
n spring weather, when it may be bottle'
IS for summer use. Cider will gradually ge
is hard if the barrel is daily drawn from il
1t that case bottle when the flavor jus
,e suits. Sulnhite of lime kills the life of Ct
Is der and renders it as flavorless and worth
D. less as dish water.