The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-11-14
FARM AND GARDEN.

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PRESERVING CHICKENS
charcoal sprinkled over dressed poultry,
after the animal heat is expelled, will
preserve it from spelling for some time
in hot weather.
PRESERVING TrNBER.-A process has
been recently patented in England for
charring the surfaces of joists and
beams used in buildings as preserva-
tive against decay. A seasoned fence
post, of which the foot, so far as it is
buried in the ground or exposed TO va
riations of moisture, has been charred TO
the depth of a quarter OF an inch, is
rendered many times more durable than
an unprepared post.
HORSE TALK.-You should always
keep your horse fat, and never allow any
| line on him.
An all in a horses foot is often caused
| by nail there.
! You may stirrup your saddle, but
don't stir up your horse-in a crowd.
If you don't look carefully after the
bits of your horse, you may one day be
looking after the bits of your wagon.
To Test A HORSES AGE.-The fol-
lowing is said to a sure test of horses
age: After a horse is nine years old, n
wrinkle comes over the eyelid, at the
upper corner of the lower lid, and every
year thereafter he has one welldefned
wrinkle for each year of his age over
nine. If, for instance, q horse has
three wrinkles, he is twelve years old.
Add the number of wrinkles to nine,
and you will always obtain his exact age
A A.,
ingenious continuance has been success
fully applied to cooling the air during
the summer in french hospital Hos
pital Laribisiere). The machine con-
sists of refrigerator which has an ice
chamber surrounding an air reservoir.
The chamber is filled with ice and salt,
and current of air is drawn through
the reservoir spirally by means of a sort
of revolving fan, or "hy wing" The
cost of the method is about equal to that
of warming the same building during |
the winter season.
KILLING LICE ON CATTLE.-A CORE |
spondent of the Maine Farmer says, in |
reference to advice that had previously /
been given, not to apply kerosene oil to
cattle for the purpose of killing lice /
avoided the use of kerosene for this
purpose for several years, fearing it
might be injurious, but for the last
three years L have used nothing else
with our large stock of cattle, and should
be very unwilling to give it up. As
often as the stock is known TO be troubled
with lice, each creature is carded all
over quite thoroughly, frequently dip
ping the teeth of the card in the oil.
Two or three applications are sufficient.
l. -, =.
venient, and none more harmless or
eff9ctual.
UNFERMENTED BEEAD. To make good
unfermented bread Graham flour should
be mixed with water and little salt,
and baked in small loaves, in cast iron
bread pans known as WISCONSIN
basin" The oven and pan should be
hot, the dough made of the ordinary
consistence, and the pans half full. The
heat cOagulates the gluten on the outer
surface of the dough, thereby pre-
venting the escape of steam and causing
the bread to raise in moment. If the
oven is sufficiently hot, the bread bakes
before the steam escapes, and remains
light and wholesome. This is the
sweetest and most nourishing of all kinds
of bread, and can be made with half as
much labor as yeast bread.
COOKED MEAT FOR Fowls. Fowls, as
well as dogs, become quarrelsome if fed
on raw meat. Besides, cooking makes
it more nutritious. When raw it is
rather harsh and crude, compared with
the mild natural diet of worms and
grubs which are for the most part soft,
and easy dissolved by digestion. Occa-
for variety, little meat may
be given raw. Fish, when plenty more
is conveniently given boiled, because in
that state the fowls easily pick every
morsel from the bones, and no mincing
is required. Chambers scraps have the
advantage of being already cooked, and
on that account, as well as many others,
they are excellent. Poultry World.
WHAT WITHDRAWING DoEs.-It dries
the soil. 1t makes it porous, and there
fore mellow at the touch of the pillow.
It makes the land work easier. 1t
warns the ground in cool weather, and
,ools it in over-hot. 1t is earlier in the
spring, and later in the fall, in tillable
condition. 1t resists the frosts TO n
great extent during the winter. 1t is in ,
TO grow grain successfully, ,
md grass that makes good butter and .
cheese. 1t is che cure of malaria; makes
1 country warmer; increases the value {
If land. 1t stands the heavy rains with
1ut harm, passing off the surplus water !
md retaining it's fertility. 1t will bear
stock on it earlier in the season, and 8
sooner without harm after n rain. 1t is ]
. comfort to know you have it. But it |
must be done well, else there is loss, I
,ften the loss of the whole labor. I