The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1876-03-16

Pure COWS milk is made up as follows
W alef ........ SOS
Butter 49,. .... 4 IS
Sugar milk ,..,... d.. ) p
oaSelhe .... > 81
Soda, lime, magnesla and iron u. o -
The specific gravity OF cows milk ram
ges from lois to 1915, but the determi-
nation of this point is a very uncertain
test OF lis purity. Cream being lighter
than milk. its removal leaves the fluid
comparatively heavier. Water might be
added to this, and the specific gravity thus
brought up to that of genuine milk The
gilactometer is used for ascertaining the
specific gravity, and the lactometer. the
only instrument employed by the New
\ ork health authorities, fixes the amount
of cream present. But, according to good
authorities, the employment Of both, not
one, is necessary to reach q correct con-
clusion AS to the impurity OF purity of
milk. II would seem that the test required
by la" is an actual chemical analysis
man residing near Sante fe, New
Mexico, is said to own eighty thousand
head Of cattle, which roam over sixteen
order tor twenty thousand OF even forty
thousand becvcS upon ten days notice by
telegraph from the East, and to guard his
immense herds he employs one hundred
boys and As many trained horSe-mem.
Miss Hobart, a Massachusetts, girl who
recently purchased twenty acres OF land in
Weslminster, Cal, is putting out ten acres
OF onions, and viii soon sink an Artesan
well in the place. Such is the force with
which water is discharged from a we'll in
that vicinity that rocks measuring three
Inclls in diameter are frequently thrown
out with great violence
The prairie sections of southern Mime
sofa are fast being covered with forest
growth since the stoppa%e Of prairie fires
Willow, wild apple, hazel, oak and aspen
trees springup spontaneously. The farm
ers, too. have taken pains TO cultivate
trees, and groves have become so numer-
Gus that they are never lost sight of in
travelling.
singular epidemic, resembling the
foot and mouth disease in cattle, has brok-
en- ont among the inhabitants OF a village
near Bolton, Eng, and in some cases
whole families have Deen prostrated by it.
The most probable explanation of the mat
ter is that the village milk supply was de-
rived from diseased animals.
IG Drake, OF Carthage. Me. raised the
past season seventeen heads Of oats from
one kernal Of the seed, sown on new
ground, which happened to fall near the
edge OF the main piece: several of the
heads produced l75 kernels each, and the
aggregate production was 3lO3 kernels.
The largest and finest bull ever in Phila-
delphia was slaughtered on Tuesday, the
live weight being two thousand five hun
dred pounds, and the dead weight one
thousand six hundred and forty pounds,
averaging seventy-two pounds to the hun
drcd
Some of the Vermont farmers are organ
lzing registry of pure-breed Spanish
merino sheep, and will confer with the
Ohio Wool growers Association, with a
view to the formation OF National Regis
try.
In Lehigh county, Pa there is Il hog
which is expected to weigh one thousand
pounds by the time the centennial opens
1t weighs eight hundred now and is not
fat
A warm sun is Matching out grasshop-
pers by the millions in Minnesota