The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-02-19
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

as to drive out all the moisture, anG
then set them in a warm dry place
Potatoes have been kept for two years,
being stored in o warm, dry cellar,
near the furnace. Keep them away
from moisture. Unlike Irish potatoes,
which need a cold situation 10 keep
well, the potatoes need to be kept warm
and dry.
PROTECTION OF IRON FROM Rust
The following mixture is said to be an
excellent brown coating for protecting
iron and steel from rust +: Dissolve two
parts crystallized chloride of iron, two
parts chloride of anthony, and one
part tannin in four parts water, and ap-
ply with q sponge or rag and let dry.
Then another coat of paint is applied,
and again another if necessary, until
the color becomes as dark as desired.
When dry it is washed with water, al
lowed to dry again, and the surface
polished with boiled linseed oil. The
chloride OF anthony must be as nearly
neutral al possible.
FLAVOR OF EGGs.-There is a vast
difference in the flavor of eggs. Hens
fed on clean, sound grain and kept on
a clean grass run, give much finer
favored eggs than hens do that have
access to stable and manure heaps and
eat ell kinds of filthy food. Hens
feeding on fish and onions flavor their
eggs accordingly-the same as COWS
eating onions or cabbags or drinking
offensive water imparts q bad taste to
milk and butter The richer the food
the higher the color of the, eggs,
Wheat and corn give the best color,
while feeding on buckwheat makes the
eggs colorless, rendering them unfit for
some confectionery purposes.
LEMON SIRUP.-Lemons are recon-
mended as very wholesome and useful
in certain states of the system. Peo-
pie often crave an acid Of some kind,
particularly in the warm days of spring
and summer. When lemons are cheap
they should be made into strip for
future use. Press out the juice of the
lemon and remove this seeds, which give
a bitter taste separate the pulp from
the peel, and boil the former, in the
proportion of a dozen pulps to q pint
of water, to extract the acid. Ten nm
utes' boiling is sufficient strain the
water into the juice ; boil the whole ten
minutes and bottle it. One or two
tablespoonfuls of this lemon strip in a
tumbler Of water will make a cooling,
healthful beverage.
WAXING HoRsEs.-One of the most
desirable and fashionable gaits for q
horse is a walk, and il should first be
the aim to develop this gait in the hand
ling Of the colt. The good walker viii
make good time on the road
when a days journey is TO be made
without wearying himself, while the
mover must be constantly kept on
the trot if time is to be made. A horse
that will walk FIVE miles an hour will 70 ]
far in q day, confined to this gait. as
an ordinary horse can be driven when ]
kept half the time to the trot, and with |
much greater ease to himself. II one Z
lalf the pains were taken by farmers G
to make fast walkers Of the young I
'ters on the farm that are usually taken 6
make them trot, the result would be +
much more beneficial, and we would .
ind plenty of teams that could do their e
i've miles an hour with ease. But in 8
tead OF this, az SOON as The colt is B
the sole aim of 1.-THE boys: is q
Q make 9 trotter out of him, and both y
are spoiled. Make the colts walk. d
make them extend themselves in o
long, sweeping, square walk, and Y
ont be satisfied with any thing less u
han FIVE miles an hour. When he gets q
2 trotting he will go all the foster for g
his preliminary training 20 the wall y
lg gait and if he cannot trot fast q
nough to beat Dexter, or Goldsmith y
LAID, o. Occident, he will have i qait VI
nat is Invaluable for business purposes. v
We hope to 9 more attention paid to y
lst walking than heretofore, and Ne e
especially urge upon agricultural 50. !:
cites the importance Of offering lib. =
prizes for walking horses 81 the y
hrs for the ensuing year.-Naaonol e
6tock journal. q
DEsTRUCTIoE on AMERICAN FoRnsTs ac
Our wealth of maple, walnut and 80
ckory il substantially gone, and n
rye part of it has been wantonly de-. %
Wisconsin had q magnificent ~
rest growth, but the people are
,eeping il away at d rapid rate. One
lion feet of timber was cut in q sin.
Q year. Il will not take more than rat
1cade or two at the utmost To fairly Tr
haust this sourcs Of wealth to the he
ate. Michigan and Minnesota ara ~.
Lowing In the same course, slashing ri
7ay at their forests as If 8 tree had no aci
yht TO lift its head. One of the most ia
teiligent army officers, General Bria q.
who knows the western country otl
oroughly, and to whose accurate IL.
lowledge Of this subject We az II. a
bted for many facts, says that SO. 000 tio
res Of Wisconsin timber are cut annu- no,
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