The Republican journal., 1877-04-05
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~ Waldo County Dairy.

nave ever been Interested III the re-
ports Oh DAIRY products, but thinking my
own experience might not be received bV
III" doubling ones, have kept silent \
report of my dairy, however, in YOUR pa
per ol The 81 INST. by Brother Clark. in
which there were some mistakes. induces
me 10 submit the following statements:
My dairy consists of ten COWS: three ui
which purchased in Winthrop, about
til, 9Th of apiil last. foeen Of th",n ar.
between five and eight years old: tWoare
three, and one Two Years old. They are
all Jersey grades but one. I, full blood
Jersey, Aletlle, No. 81. registered in the
Maine JERSEY Herd Book. Each dropped
Il calf during the year Mrttie has made
one pound of butter from five quarts of
milk.
During The year from the l3th ul March
last ill that date Of the present month";
we have made 1862 pounds OF butter,
which WAS marketed at 81 cents per
pound. amounting to @94S. | sold sweet
cream, new milk and buttclmlk to the
amount OF $50, and raised two calves
on skinned milk lor which credit the
cost $50 making in all SlllS. The re-
maindcr OF the skinned milk was fed to
pigs. which with the milk used in 4 fam
ily ol ten persons, and the manure left
under my stable, gives me fair pay for
their paSturlng. and time in taking care
OF them
ALLOW 500 per head for Wntering
Feed plenty of early cut hay With about
four quarts of shorts and one quart of
meal per day. This gives me a net profit
OF SSiS per year, allowing nothing to the
woman who takes care OF the milk. She
must wait till womans rights are regard
ed, then we must make another deduction
from our profits in dairying or add an
other Jersey to compensate her for her
trouble. HOWARD MURPHY. Belfast.
For the year 1877 the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society offers in prizes So
100, OF which $1,000 is for plants and
flowers, $500 for fruits, $1,000 for vcge-
tables, and 5000 for gardens and green
houses.
10 REMOVE STARCH OR RUST FROM
FLAr-lKoNs. 70 remove starch or rust
from iial irons, have q piece OF yellow
beeSWaN tied in a coarse cloth. When
The iron IS almost hot enough 10 use, but
NOT quite, rub il quickly With the beeswaX,
and then with clean coarse cloth.
4 CORRESPONDENT gives the following
remedy for chilbIains Take common
red pepper OF cayenne, put into spirit
sufficient to make quite strong, and bathe
tie affected part quite freely. This vii
surely cure. | am SiXty-liNc years Ole
and have used and recommended ii al
nay life without knowing Il failure"
How TO RAISE WATER LILIES The
News says Il Fan River man successfully
raises water lilies. In his yard he sank IN
the ground half Of an old cask, the bottom
OF winch he covered with peat and swamp
mud, and then filled it with water. Early
III the Spring, he placed several water
| lilly roots among the earth at the bottom
OF TINS artificial pond, and soon he had (;
number Of these pure white flowers daily
unfolding their petals and greeting the
senses with then beauty and fragrance
Moths will work III carpets in room,
that are kept warm, III winter, as we'll Il;
in the summer. 4 sure remedy for re
moving the pests IS To pour strong alnn
water on the floor To the distance OF hal
4 yard around the edges before laying The
| carpet. Then once or twice during tn,
season, sprinkle dry salt over the carpe
before sweeping. insects do not like sal
and sufficient adhcres to the carpet Il
| prevent them from alighting upon il.
ABOUT BOILING EGGS. There is al
objection to the common way of boiling
eggs which people do not understand. /
is this The white under three minutes
rapid cooking becomes tough and indiges
tble, while the yolk is left soft. Whel
properly cooked, eggs are done evenl,
through like any other food. This resul
may be attained by putting the eggs in
to a dish with a cover, as a tin pail, an,
then pouring upon them boiling water
two quarts or more to a dozen eggs, an(
cover and set them away from the stov,
for fifteen minutes The heat of the wa
ter cooks the eggs slowly, evenly and suf
ficiently, and to a jelly like consistency
leaving the centre or yolk harder than thu
white, and the egg tastes as much riche
and nicer as a fresh egg is nicer than
stale egg, and no person will want to ca
them boiled after having tried this meth
| cd once.