The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-24

CHEEsE.-The growth of cheesemak-
ing in this country may be inferred
from the fact that 104, 109, 700 pounds
of cheese were exported to England,
last year, or nearly a million pounds
more than the entire amount manufac-
tnred in this country in 1860. This vast
English demand is attributable to the
low prices at which the best qualities
can be made and sold here compared
with the cost of cheese of similar
character made in England. One grow
ing feature in the cheese trade, obser-
vable from year to year in this country,
as well as in England, is that buyers,
as a rule, are II ore careful In their Sc
lections as to quality, color, flavor,
firmness, and soundness of condition.
Soft, damaged, or inferior cheese are
less salable, even at reduced prices,
than they were few years ago. Asour
quality improves, consumers become
educated in their tastes aud cannot go
back to a poor article, which, before
they learned of better things. was not
so much noticed. Dealers, too, find
that good cheese moves more easily than
poor, and, as general rule, is disposed
of without loss. On the other hand, afew
turnsAt purchasing dead beats, even
at low prices, often make sad inroads on
profits, and when heavy losses are sus-
tanned, they sharpen buyers discrim-
| mating faculties as to his selections IN
a most remarkable degree. Our dairy
men should strive by all possible means
to make good article, and the sooner
| they recognize the fact that poor stuff
pays less and less from year to year, the
| better will it be for them and the trade.
MISCELLANEOUS a little lime is
| dissolved in the water applied to the
soil, nearly every species of worm that
! is found will be killed, and the plants
| not injured. Tobacco will also destroy
| most kinds of worms; but lime is pre-
! ferable, because it aids in dissolvipg
the plant food in the soil, thereby slim
Mating growth. Watering the plants
with lime-water, once a week, Will be
sufficient to kill the worms in the soil
and stimulate growth.
busting articles of steel after they
have been thoroughly cleaned with I'M
Stacked lime will preserve them from
rust. The coils of piano-wires thus
| sprinkled will keep from rust many
years. Table knives which are not in
| constant u g ought to be put In case
in which sifted quicklime is placed,
about eight inches deep. They should
| be plunged to the top of the blades,
| but the lime should not touch the
| handles.
To prepare slips for planting it is
recommended to dip the ends in colo
| dion containing twice as much cotton as
the ordinary material used in photo
graphy. Let the first coat dry, and
then dip again. After planting the slip,
the development will take place very
promptly. This method is said to be
particularly efficacious in woody slips,
and to succeed well in scions of the
geraniums, fuchsias and similar plants.
The white of an egg has proved, OF
late, the most efficacious remedy for
burns. Seven or eight successive appli-
cations of this substance soothe pain
and effectually exclude the burn from
the air. This simple remedy seems
preferable to collodion or even cotton.
Extraordinary stories are told of the
healing properties of a new oil which is
easily made from the yolks of hens
eggs. The eggs are first boiled hard,
and the yolks are then removed, crushed
and placed over a fire, where they are
carefully stirred until the whole sub.
stance is Just on the point of catching
fire, when the yo4k will yield nearly two
teaspoonfuls of oil. 1t is in general
use among the colonists of South Russis
as a means of curing cuts, bruises and
scratches.