The Placer herald., 1874-06-20
HOUSE AND FARM.

den factory in that town. Nj. Pyle, Sec
retary OF the San Lorenzo Factory, was
present, and according 10 the Petaluma
Arg,ts He said that the Alden dryer was
meeting with great success throubeout the
country. Wherever it has been tried it is
regarded as an invention of vast importance,
and grearly superior to any other of the
same nature. At the East, the fruit dried
or preserved by this process is called "Alden
fruit" 1t is dried in hot, damp air, retains
its brightness of color, is more like fresh
fruit than that which is sun dried is cured
at less expense, is in every way superior,
and sells for a much higher price. The pro-
cess is adapted to drying nearly all kinds Of
vegetables, ard in this section, profitable
business can be carried on in this line, os-
pecially IN potatoes and corn.
The amount of heat generated in this pro-
cess is from 800 to 320 degrees. Hot air
machines burn and blacken the fruit at 16O
degrees; by the Alden process it is dried in
hot, damp air, which is nearly the same as
steam.
The Alden dryer was invented in 1871.
The average length of tme TO dry fruit is
eight hours. In order to operate to advant-
age, tt ere should be iou: dryers in one es-
,ablishment. Each one will keep about
twenty persons employed in preparing and
drying fruit. Three thousand pounds of
apples, CT their equivalent, will be cured
every twenty-iour hours, at a cost of about
three cents per pound Tor the dry product
The cost Of each machine is 81 600, besides
which there is "A royalty Of $500. The
company will sell to companies or individuals
the right TO erect any number of dryers
within certain district, charging 81 600
for each machine
BREATHE PUNE AIR Because it is Geld,
dou't stop every chink and Granny in the
door aud window TO exclude the air; better
feel slight draught, occasionally, than III
hale atmospheric poison. If the room is
not warm enough, use more fuel; this will
insure yon pure, warm air. The best means
of warming a room is by a CRATE;
the ventilation is perfect. The worst is a
furnace, with its dry and parching atmos-
phere. Steam heat is wholesome, but ex-
pensive Perfect ventilation cen be had in
bedrooms and sitting-rooms, by opening a
window an inch at bottom ana top. Busi-
ness places of various kinds are, in many
cases, mperfecly ventilated Go into an
office during cold weather, where dozen or
twenty clerks spend eight hours out Of the
twenty-iour, every window and door shut,
and two or three stoves helping them to
consume the oxygen. In two hours the air
of that room is poison, when the raising Of
window two inches and letting down at
top the same space would preserve the air
fresh and pure. That this is not done j.
often times heedlessness, but more frequently
an unreasoning fear of draushts. Tens OF
thousands die as the result of bad air, while
draught entails but simple cold. The
effect of impure air is to poison the blood
and its result is consumption, the tubercu-
lous deposit being nothing in the world but
the impurity of the blood, entailed by bad
air, settling on the lungs.
WASH FOR SUNsURN Take two drachms
of borax, one drlchm of Roman alum, one
drachm of camphor half an ounce of sugar
candy, one pound oxgall; mix and stir well
for ten minutes or so and repeat this stirring
three or four times day for fortnight, till
it appears clear and transparent. Strain,
through botting paper, and bottle up for
use. 1t is said HAT strawberries rubbed
over the face at night will remove freckles
and sunburn.
THE BAcHELoR's LoAF.-Sift a half pint
of corn meal and add to it dessert spoon
full of butter and a heaping ieaspconfu OF
salt. Let one quart Of new milk be put on
the fire in stew-pan, and allowed just to
come to boil. Stir it it gradually into the
meal over the fire, and then set the mixture
aside to cool. Beat up separately, mean
while, the whites Snd yoks of four eggs;
mix them together and then add to the
scalded meal and bake in a shallow dish
and regularly CHEATED oven. Cornbread is the
easiest of all breads to burn in baking.
LEMON PIEs-Put two Boston crack ers,
finely rolled, TO soak in 2 teacups OF boiling
water; separate the whites and yolks of
eggs; mix the yolks, when well beaten,
with one eacup of sugar, the juice and rind
Of one lemon, and the crackers when thor
oughy soaked; put in pans lined with puff
paste, and bake quickly. lille this is
baking, beat the whites of the eggs to stiff
iro,h, and mix with six tablespooniuls of
powdered sugar. After the pie is baked +,
spread the icing over, and brown on the
oven-grate. Make three pies.
HAsTY SHORT -CAKE.-Mix with pin
of -four lump of butter the size of an egg
rub well with two teaspoons Of cream-'nrtar
in -four; powder fine one teaspoon saleraius.
Add one cup cold water. Make stiff bat
ter, add -four if needed. Bake on tin for
tea. If you use sonr or buttermilk you do
not need cream-tartar, nor AS mucn butter.
1t is much better made of butternilk.
BUTrERMrLK CAKE-One pound of -four
one pound of sugar half-pound of butter,
five eggs, haf-pint of buttermk. Beat
the eggs well; add by degrees, and, al
ternately. the -four, sugar, milk, and lut-
ter. The last must be washed AMI creamed.