Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-12-15
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If from 1889 to lG7" Fab. Saccharifca- .
ion takes place in Il few hours. when the
liduor i. rlcked off and allowed to clear, /
md fermentation is set up by the help of
I minure quantity of any ordinary yeast.
Carbonic acid is disengaged during the
process with so much rapidity that the
.lobules Of yeast are thrown up by the
.a~. anal remain floating on the surface,
here they form thick scum. The lat |
tcr is carefully removed. and constitutes
he best and purest yeast, which. when
Trained and compressed, can be kept from
eight to fifteen days, according to the
season.
CUpBOAuDs-In the construction of old
houses, and in too many instances. new
Dncs also. :, great defect is to be fonnd !
in the absence of any mode Of ventilation
for the cupboarls. This omission is 4
-criou, one in all cases, hut especially IN
hose which are devoted to the reception
Of food or Of dirty linen. In such cases
li.sc closets, with their contents, become
.norttories for the manufacture of po)nt
y air which from time to time escapes
ITO the living rooms and makes itself I'M
,l.:.>Inrly apparent. The remedy for
lis is not difficult; u few prcforatons IL
he doors will be found serviceable. but.
{. practicable, the wall of the cupboard
should also he preforated SO that II
thorough drauyht could be obtained. For
lamp closets and cupbOards which gener-
ally millew, a trayfnl of quicklime will
be found to absorb the moisture and rem
Ter the air pure; bnt. of course. it is nece>-
airy to renew the lime from time to time
Is i, becomes fully sluc ked. This last
rcmcdt will be found useful in safes anu
strong rooms, the damp air of which acts
frequently most I'M urOusly on the valuable
leeds and documents which they con-
tain.
FEEDING CoRN-We do not share the
feelings of many of our friends touching
he relative merits of corn and oats rs fec,
f.,r horses Old John Harper attribute
| ne splendid success of Longfllow and his
companions in fame, in Il great degree t.
The corn diet upon which he feel them.
'Thc old krntuckian said: To our no.
,on nothing i, SO strengthening to the
race horse aS good. old yellow Ohio corn
We give ours Just about twentv-eight
GOOD round ears every day when i'll train
lng. and when they don't eat it quite Ill
! ~ we give them i little more exercise L,
]
! hem IAN from end To end Certain it l.
! that the owner and trainer of such h ISIS
! Endor-cr. LvtttltOn, Longfelow and sores
of other celebrated ot.e>, should know
! hat ne is II king about As to ourselves
we arr inclined To think that good. bright
corn might be fed during our cold New
/ England winters to Il much greater extern
Ihan it is. with profit We doubt if oat>
make Il sufficiently generous diet. cOn~il-
,.rnw the sudden and violent changes o
atmosphere. and the severe work t.
which or driving horses are Frequently
| fU.
1t i, a f,c: that nearly all horses prefer
corn :" any other form of dry food. On
lt-t j. that trr- rf cora ground cob and
III. and ed with cracked rye or mashed
'',t- II tn" ratio of Two To on,', Is. on the
W,,'ir. the h,.>t diet that can lie fed t"
stock during the winter and sprin. months
Il iocs II! tie hnr into their roll> and
makes them Il ri .id OF he crack of tie
whip as the ln..nuf;, turcrs of : crookeG
Whj>kcv" alc of ihc day of Judgment
with bri>tow in the chair.-Gold.n RuIe
TIE NALUE OF ASHES Among the
most valuable Substances for the compos
heap. where the farmer has foresight 70
MAKE such work Il part of the business If h :
turn. there ar" none that take precedence
t" ;t>i, :. Wood ashes of all kinds are
valuable. and in the burning of logs
~t'nmps and brush a large amount of ashes
is left that might be made of the utmost
value if gathered and put in the manure
heap instead of being left i'll the lac they
ne mrdt: to moulhcr away without an,
benefit wltevcr to the ftrm. In fact the
shes ma'lc in clearing up a good many
fields might be made to pav in part for Il C
work of clearing, by tie greater valu.
which they won!d give TO the manure
compost. Hardwood ashes contain OF
>tinlbe salt. which are leach,a cut bv
wafer. l.; - per cent. of which is called
potash and sofia. and 50 ID per cent of
-, -jdUun. which Is known rs Trachtd
II 'cs Tie II II o. potash contains OF
pure Io,a~h and soda is per cent. The
balance j. mostly carbonlc acid and some
-ulrhurr and muriatic acid. the whole go
my 10 form the carbonate of potash. or the
potash of commerce As it is usually sod
III the hops. The leached ashes. besides
In;.tinln- some potash which is not car
rtd of hy III" teaching process, contains
generally ~ Per CEN. of lime or what
w"u'n he called by the chemist carbonate
of lime some pho>phoric acid, magncsia,
lick, oxide Of manganese. AMI iron.
| Tha quantity of ashes obtained h,
burning hard wood is at the rate of PSI
out of every leo parts of wood. The soft
woods or pine only yield to every 100 lbs.
something less than one pound Of ashes
IN whicl there is somewhat less lime but
,b'' ut tn" same amount of pota>h.--N, E.
HOnut>ttdd.