The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-07-02
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

a SOLUTION OF DOra8 Kills DOIu du1uudl
and vegetable protoplasm, and preserves
meat from putrefaction. 1t arrests rO-
tation in vegetable cells, and soon kills
rotifers, entomostraca, and infusOria. 1t
also prevents fermentation.
A SUBSTITUTE for ink has been de-
vised by DR.. Jacobsen, of Berlin, which
consists of points, like the leads OF or
binary pencils, that can be fitted into
holders. The writing at first very much
resembles Ieadpencl marks, but when
moistened Immediately assumes violet
tint, and then adheres to the paper like
ink. AS many as six good copies can be
taken from it by means of an ordinary
copying press.
ACCORDING to an English patent,
fresh meat, fish, vegetables, etc., are
preserved by immersing them In more
or less concentrated solution OF acetate
of ammonia, and allowing them to dry
in the air. If the articles are to be pre-
served for months or years, they are
packed In casks or cans filled with a
solution of the salt. The boiling, roast
ing, etc., readily expels the acetate, and
the articles are said to be free from the
swedish taste which acetate OF soda
imparts.
There Is great danger in turning stock
on a grass-field on which plaster has
been recently soWn, or until the plaster
has been taken up either by rain or
heavy dews. At Roanoke, Virginia,
some stock turned upon a field on the
same day on which it was plastered all
died in a few hours. There were no
indications of "hoven," the stock be-
ing in good condition, and the sudden
death was believed to be solely the
effect of the sulphate of lime.
FIRE FANGED MANURE. Bryan
TYSON, Washington, d. O., sends the
World the following upon the above
subject: 9Th is stable or barn yard
manure that has heated in bulk until 1t
has turned to a white mOldy color,
being very light. In that condition it
is scarcely worth carting to a field, the
ammonia. which constitutes the princi-
pal strength, having been driven off
! into the air by the heat. 1 once tested
this matter by manuriDg row of sweet
potatoes with fire-farged manure, put
| ting about a quart to a hill, and a row
| beside 1t with the same quantity of
manure that never heated. The nm
| heated doubled the yield. The fire
| fanged made no perceptible increase. .
| IT is reported that an Italian pro
fessor has discovered that perfumes
| from flowers have a chemical effect on
| the atmosphere, converting its oxygen
| into ozone, and thus increasing It's
| health impartiDg flowers. As the result
| of his researches, he states that the
| essence of cherry, laurel, lavender,
mint, juniper, melons, fennel and Der
gamOt are among those which develop
| the largest quantities of ozone, while
| anise aud thyme develop in a less de
| gree. Flowers destitute OF perfume
| have no such effect. He recommends
| that dwellers IN marshy localities anG
| places infected with animal carnations
! should surround their homes with {
| profusion OF the most OdOriferOus flow
ers.
| BUCKTHORN FOR HEDGEs.-The editor
| of the Country Gentleman says in an
swer to a question concerning the buck
| thorn for hedging, that it is easily grow
| and transplanted, and forms a hedg'
row with less training and cutting thai
most plants, ''but having no real thOrns
and not growing to a very stiff tree, tn,
! hedge does not become a really fOrmid
able barrier, although making a fin
| compact screen. To make it strong 70
a hedge, the soil should be rich, and
strip of land, several feet wide, KEEP
well cultivated, and entirely free from
weeds and dry knobs would prObabl!
not be rich enough to give it a strong
growth, and wet land would be unde
sirable. OF late years the buckthou
has been mostly superseded at the nortl
by the honey locust, and IN favorable
localities and in we'll drained land b,
the Usage orange.
| How LDIBURGBR CHEESE IS MADE -
The primary steps TO the manufactUr
of Limberger cheese are similar to thOs
employed with ordinary cheese, eXcep
that the curd Is taken up in a mOiste
state, more whey being permitted to re
main, and the mass is hea cd to a differ
ent degree of temperature, thus pre-
serving all the richness which Otherwis
would be lost. It is then taken frOr
the vat and put IN perforated mOlds fiv
inches square by seven inches IN depth
which are placed on the draining table
where it Is allowed to remain f a shOT
time. It is then taken in the ~hees
cellar below the ground and put on tn
pressing tables, whore it remains abOu
d hours before it goes to the sailing
table. After four or five days it
ready for shelves, where it is placed o.
tiers, and changed and rubbed daily TO
about four to six we, ks before 1t !
packed The packing process is don
by rolling it in heavy Paper an,
covering It with tin foil, when it is read
for market.
KEEPING POULTRY IN ORCHARDS
Some farmers make it practive to kee1
their poultry in their orchards from
early spring until cold weather sets in
and they find that it pays them for s.
doing. A picket fence should be bull
around the orchard, high enough f
prevent their flying over, with a suitabl
house or shed IL one corner Of the var
to she ter them at night. Thus stu
ated, the poultry will thrive and pros
per, keeping themselves in good cOndi
ton, and the increase in eggs will b
greatly augmented and their usefulness
and value enhanced to their owners a
least. on account of the thousand myri
ads of insects and worms which the
destroy, and which viii more than repa
the cost and labor of bnilding the fence
By keeping them inclosed IN this man
ner a large number of fowls may be re
tanned in an orchard and the continue
scratching which is done by them vii
prove advantageous both to the soil an
trees themselves. -AGSSGchlJsetts PLU1C
| man.