The Lamoille news. (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1877-1881, 1877-09-19
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
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says it has proved a complete success il
the writer's dairy management, enabling
him to average one pound Of butter from
seventeen potihds OF tle iiitk n hi'
whole herd, decided Improvement ovel
any method previously tried by him.
and a remarkable advance over the re.
quisite amount If milk required il
Massachusetts,, Vermont and New Yorl
to produce the average pound of butter,
which is fully twenty-five pounds.
Our cotemporary understands thai
Mr.. Burnett, the originator, claims nc
patent on this system. Iu relation tc
the process, it says ::
The arrangement consists of a nun.
Der of tin pals eight inches in diameter
and twenty inches in depth, holding
eighteen quarts each, which are set in q
sink or basin, holding ten pals, more OF
less. The basih is provided with round
holes, exactly corresponding in diameter
with the tin pals; twelve inches in
length of the latter project below the
bottom of the basin and eight inches re-
main above, the top being covered with
an ice chamber, holding, say 200 pounds
of ice, the amount consumed daily at Mr..
Benefits. This ice chamber is mounted
on little track, SO that it may be easily
moved back and forth, and, when prop.
erly rested In place, locked by spring
clamps, making the sink chamber nearly
air tight. The ice melts into the basin
but not into the milk, while the tenn
perature of the water remains at forty
five to fifty degrees F. The natural tenn
perature of the milk when poured into
the pals is ninety-two to ninety-six de-
grees F. The size of the chamber is two
and one-half by five feet; the sink, in
this case holding ten pals, is capable
of handling 800 quarts of milk in twenty
four hours, since the cream rises and is
removed every ten hours.
The whole theory, which is one of
great simplicity, and will suggeat itself
to the practical mind at once, is that the
effect of reducing the temperature of
the upper part of the pail, and its con.
tents. .forty-five degrees below that of
the lower end of the pail and the natu-
raj heat of the milk, is to induce q rapid
circulation among all the component
parts of the fluid, on the same principle
that prevails in the boiling of water
heated PARTICLES arise and their place is
filed by those of lower temperature.
During this rapidly increased circula-
tion, every particle of cream is soon
brought near the top, and since its speci-
fic gravity is lighter than that of the
bulk of the milk, it remains at the sur
face and accumulates much more rapid
ly than it would do without this enforced
circulation.
Mr.. Burnett depends upon the tenn
perature of the atmosphere for the effect
on the lower part of the pail, yet we
should think in cold weather some arti-
fetal means like heated water, steam
pipes, or other method of retaining the
warmth would be necessary for the uni
form working of the familiar principle Of
circulation.
Wintering Roses.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman says: Perhaps my plan of
wintering roses may be useful to some
other amateur. [ had hot-bed frame
not in use, and after losing my roses in
the house year after year, I concluded to
small cold-pit. Isank in the
ground very large dry goods box. Over
it I placed hot-bed frame and sash,
put the potted roses in the box, and the
thing was done. AS the cold grew in
tense, I drew up earth around the sides
of the frame, and covered the sash with
an old piece of carpet, and did not then
see my roses until spring, when they
were simply watered, the carpet re-
moved, and the plants left under the
sash for two or three weeks before re-
have practiced this method
for three or four winters, and with per-
feet success. The plants fairly jump
when the sun strikes them in spring,
and they are in healthy growing con-
dition when transplant to the border.
I wish now to make permanent cold
pit, in order to use the hot-bed frame in
spring.
Thumps In Pigs.
"Thumps " in pigs is sometimes con-
nected with structural heart disease, in
other cases not /; consequently different
treatment is required. Usually, how
ever, it is safe to avoid all excitement in
treatment, and give sedatives, such
digitalis, three times day, until the
disease is arrested. Two or three grains
will usually be sufficient for pig.
When the "thumping ceases, give the
animal tonics and good, wholesome, and
easily digested food in abundance.
Splints on n Horse.
"Splints on the leg of horse are
indications that the animal is not wholly
sound, and inclined to be affected with
other bone diseases. If the spInt be-
comes infamed and makes the horse go
lame, give him rest and little physic,
and apply cooling lotions to the affected
parts. After the soreness subsidies, ap-
ply blister. In long standing cases
several may be required.