The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1873-07-11
AGRICULTURAL.

SCRATCHES REMBDIEs.-D. r. Parker
writes that scratches are only an aggra-
waited case of the itch, and any treatment
that will cure the itch will cure the scratches.
Use all care in relation to preventing the
animal from catching cold, and keep the
animal clean. He says he can cure
case in three or four days with Pettit's Eye
Salve.-MoOres Rural Ne,o Yorker.
RAISING TURKEYs.-In answer to w. NJ.
D., in Rural Ne,o- Yorker, April &c, allow
me to say that have done well in turkey
raising by causing each one to swallow a
berry of pepper, and by greasing their ears
and under their wings. This should be
done when one day old. l feed them with
sour milk curd until three or four weeks
old; then mix the curd with corn meal.
They should be kept from the wet Until three
or four weeks old.-C. E. W. in Mo0res RuTdl
Ne1c- Yorker.
PREsERvATIvEs.- great deal has been
written during the past few months concern
ing the preservative properties of different
substances, and among those most highly
recommended are acetate and silicate of
soda and borax. These substances, more
especially the latter, have been spoken of as
admirable preservatives of milk, and they
have undoubtedly a beneficial effect and
cannot fail to be of practical value in this
particular. We are rather inclined, how
ever, to give preference to silicate of soda,
since milk treated with solution of water
containing one twenty-fifth Of the silicate
will be kept perfectly sweet for five to six
days, and if the cream be then removed
the remaining fluid will be found to be
alkaline and without single trace of casein.
Boracic acid is much less energetic in its
action and retards the separation of cream.
For the former, in practice, it is recon-
mended to dissolve about one ounce of the
silicate in a quart of water, which may be
added to about four gallons of milk. The
| fact of the addition of water may seem to
| be an Objectionable feature in this treat
ment, but i'll many cases, where milk is
transported long distance to market the
discovery may be of great practical value
not only to the producer, by supplying n
source of income otherwise out of his reach,
but also to the consumer, by supplying n
larger quantity of good article at a re-
duced price.
ARTIFICIAL MILK.-During the seige of
of Paris, a substitute for milk was manufac-
tured according to the following formula !:
| One ounce and half of sugar is dissolved
in a quart of water, and to this solution are
added one ounce of dry albumen, (from
white of eggs, )and 10 to 80 grains of soda
crystals, and the whole made into an emul-
sion by the addition of one or two ounces
of olive OIL As the war progressed, gela-
tine was substituted for albumen, and
slaughter house fats, purified by melting at
100 degrees, for the olive oil. One firm
manufactured by this process 10000 gall
ons of milk daily for Paris consumption
Dept. Of agriculture, w. McMurtrie
| Chemist.
FISH CULTURE.-Seth Green and the 9TH
err fish farmers of New York have fairly con-
quered peace. Before accomplished re-
suits, such as these public spirited men have
to show for their faith and labor, even leg
islative stupidity stands dumb and con-
WINGED. A few years ago there were scarce
| ly any shad in the Hudson, and the fish was
a rare and costly luxury in the New York
York markets. Now, according to the
Troy Times, "shae lie like snow banks on
the Shores" and are retailed to the city
householders at 80 cents pair Vermont
Farmer.