The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-10-23
Farm, Garden and Household.
The site for Farm Buildings.


him. He was in most respects world
unto himself How to make the most
money out of his land was the begin
ming and the ending of all his hopes,
and to this object all his arrangements
turned. In selecting a site for his
dwelling house and farm buildings, it
was therefore point to get as near the
centre of his plot of ground rs possible.
OF course the contour of the surface,
contiguity to water, and other convent
ences had to have voice in the deci-
sion, but if these voted for the middle
of the tract it was all the more comfort
ing. Every field required attention,
and the centre of the whole space econ
omized time and space in getting from
part to part of the whole concern.
But times have changed. Agricultu-
raj intelligence has advanced more than
would have been dreamed of genera
tion ago. The newspaper is now as
much part of farm life as it is of city
life, and we live as much for mental
pleasure as for the hogs and cattle, and
potatoes and corn which our broad
acres yield.
Social life as we'll MS material wealth
is an agricultural want, and must be
kept in view in locating buildings as
much so MS any of the mere convent
ences before named. Another point is
that there is not now the same necessity
for as much manual labor on the farm
as formerly. Machinery now does most
of the labor, and the mere saving of
manual labor has already been in mea-
sure accomplished. Altogether it is
not matter of serious consequence on
what part of the ground the buildings
are located.
This gives us much more chance to
entertain the social element in farm
life, and there is no reason why in To-
eating buildings the spot chosen might
not be especially in view to its conti-
guilty to neighborhood MS not. A
dozen farms of hundred acres or more
each could be so arranged that the
. dwellings might all be within gunshot
of one another.
Even though there were some disad-
vantages from the labor point of view,
the nearness to society would generally
compensate it. Farmers, as well as
other classes, have learned that there
are many ways in which they can co.
operate to mutual advantage, and this
may just as we'll be borne in mind when
arranging the farm buildings as not
Gernaantoacn Telegraph.
Butter mt Fair.
An old gentleman who has probabl,
been present at every exhibition of tn,
New York State Agricultural Societ,
during the past thirty years, remarked
that there never was SO full show o
dairy products as at the last fair. 1t il
largely owing to special care in putting
up the packages, and presenting then
in attractive form that many dairymel
rise above mediocrity and strike tn
tide that bears them on to fortune
Large stocks of excellent butter com
to market in such greasy guise that it
qualities go unappreciated, while tina
which is perhaps no better, but put II
IN pleasing packages, and having b
reason of its attractiveness, gained
reputation, sells at an advance, ofte
amounting to 100 per cent. over that c
its more homely competitor. 1t is
fact well understood by those who cate
for the public, that there are plenty
people who will "bleed " handsomel
for what we may call gilt-edged al
pearances. There are crowds of fastiC
ious and money-making denizens
your metropolis also of the Model
Atheps, and of most other cities, in fac
and of smaller towns as well, who wou1
cheerfully pay at least 25 cents more
pound for butter that came in exact
the shape and condition to be present
BILE on their breakfast tables. M
Beekman and Mr. Hand, who had bu
ter at the fair and whose butter sci
for 60 cents pound, summer and wi
ter, are extremely particular not to sci
any which fails to reach their hic
Cto dow ont l.
ity, but also in point of appearanc
The fact that several competitors ha
sacrificed golden opportunity by beil
neglectful in this matter of looks,
evidence that there is abundant ne
of further education on this score, a.
the foregoing preachment is made t
their benefit, as much MS for that of t
increasing large class of city consume
who want good butter, are willing
pay high price for it, but who refu
it when it comes, like Hamlet's gho
in questionable shape.
How to Clean Pictures.
A new process of cleaning pietul
has recently been discovered. 7
great difficulty has always been to
of the old varnish, which, by length
time has become almost incorporat
with the color underneath, so that a
method employed to remove the up]
surface is pretty certain to carry off W
it the delicate lines below. Some r
ture-dealers use corrosive substanc
which make the matter worse. An
genious system has been discovered
Amsterdam, which consists in sim
spreading coating of copaiba balls
on the oil painting and then keeping
face downward over dish of the SO
size filled with cold alcohol at an q
tude of about three feet. The vaI
of the liquid impart to the copaibi
degree of semi, fuidity, in which 81
it easily amalgamates with the varL
it covers. Thus the original brillis
and transparency are regained with
iniuring the oil painting; and when
picture is hung up in its place ag
two or three days after, it looks as
had been vanished afresh. The
ventors have given the public the bt
fit of their discovery. The process
the merit of being a short one as C
pared with the old methods.
BaIky Horses.
Baking is serious defect in a
useful animal, and it cannot be O
come by whipping or swearing at
His brain does not seem capable of
tertaininp but one thought at q q