The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1875-02-12
FARM AND HOME.


and mixed with lime, for this forms q
stimulant to trees which cannot harm,
and never fails to invigorate in a won
derful manner.
KEEPING FRUIT IN WINTER. After all
the discussions the pith of the matter
may be boiled down to very small
atom !; keep winter fruit at uniform
temperature. but slightly above the
freezing point, and if that is attended
to carefully, very little fear need be
entertained about Laying fruit all win
ter long, provided it is lot all eaten
early.
In the archives of the United States
Patent Office you may find, among the
ancient forfeited applications, device
for perpetual cow-milking machine.
1t is designed to be always attached to
the udder by straps and tubes. The
milk flows through the latter as it is
secreted, into receptacle, from which
it is drawn by tap as needed. With
this handy article the peripatetic milk
man may drive his dairy to his GUS
toners door and draw the tactical fluid
fresh from the 1impid fount without
suspicion of water.
PRESERVING Eeas-The Farmers
Advocate recently offered a prize for
the best method of keeping eggs over
winter. The recipe here given
took the prize Whatever excludes
the air prevents the decay of the egg.
cessful method of doing SO is to place
small quantity of salt butter in the
palm of the left hand and turn the egg
round in it, SO that every pore of the
shall is closed then dry a sufficient
quantity of bran in an oven Che sure
! you have the bran we'll dried, or it will
| rust). Then pack them with the small
ends down, layer of bran and another
of eggB, until your box is full; then
place il cool dry place. If done when
new laid, they will retain the sweet
milk and curd of new laid egg for at
least eight or ten months. Any oil will
do, but salt butter never becomes rancid.
and very small quantity of butter will
do for very large quantity Of eggs. To
! insure freshness I rub them when
gathered in from the nests then pack
when there is sufficient quantity.
TRIMMING OP.-AlI farmers, perhaps,
are not aware of the great improvement
in trimming up in the general appear
ance of their farms, and especially
when done in the immediate vicinity of
their buildings, which can be accom-
| plished by cutting and clearing worth
| less bushes from the roadside. Besides
afcrding a clearer and better view Of
tverdant field and pasture green" on
the other side to the passer-by. 1t is an
unmistakable evidence of the thrift and
enterprise of its owners. This may
seem to them of small consequence
when there is SO much other necessary
work to be performed; yet we can as
/ sure them that people passing by
/ IL
| appearance of their premises, and Judge
the man by his immediate surround
ings, and are generally pretty correct
in their judgment. If you wish to sell
your farm, the expense of brush-cut-
ting will prove paying investment; if
| you wish to keep it, it will pay still bet
ter in the pride and satisfaction it will
bring you. A certain amount of pride
should be fostered by all classes, and
we think it more becoming among
farmers than most others, as they have
greater opportunities and inducements
to exercise it. Peterborough Tran
script.
| To MAKE HARD SoAP.-The following
is recipe for making hard soap which
is excellent and economical Nearly
every family accumulates through the
winter drippings from beef and mutt
ton. These can be utilized for the
grease by boiling in water, allowing it
to cool, then removing from the water
and boiling till all the water is expelled
| OF course the whittier the grease the
nicer the soap. Take six pounds of sal
soda, six pounds of grease, three and a
| half pounds new stone lime, four gallons
soft water, half pound borax. Put
soda, lime and water into an iron
boiler boil till all is dissolved. When
we'll settled pour off the clear lye, wash
out the kettle and put in the lye, grease
and borax boil till it comes to soap,
pour into tub to cool, and when sufi-
ciently hard, cat into bars and put on
boardsJto dry. This is very nice for
washing white flannel and calico.
How TO INDucE HoRsEs TO LIE DowH.
MIR. Horne, veterinary surgeon of
Wisconsin, writing to the Country
Gentleman, says: "There is no better
way to coax horse to lie down than q
good, clean, dry bed in clean, airy,
loose box. I have had horses which
would not on any account 60, even if
forced, into stall where they had suf-
fered, but would go Immediately and
cheerfully into any ordinary stall. Any
practical veterinarian knows how often
horses otherwise quiet and obedient re-
fuse to approach his infrmary, and
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voice will produce quite a nervous
trepidation In an animal upon which he
has operated, evidently causing the
animal pain and suffering. We very
much uhderrate the capacity Of our mo-
BILE domestic animals to appreciate
kindness or to resent wrong. This is
more often manifested by the no.
BILE and faithful horse and dog.
A change of place will often give en-
couragement to horse, and he viii lie
down, although having persistently
stood up in his accustomed stall, from
having received an injury there, or from
it's much resembling the place OF former
suffering. I do not claim this is the
only cause, for have known horses for
many years that would not lie down
anywhere, and which had never had
the above cause for this refusal. Again.
/ repeat, clean, loose box is the best
to bring about change in this horses
habits.
TIE FARMER OF THE FUTURR. has
always been marvel to me to see the
disgraceful and ILL bred airs which some
of the town people assume when deal
ing with farmers-the very men who
give them their daily bread, and help
them To accumulate in nna aaoocv, ,vl,ck