Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1877-09-22
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.


FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
, Improvements In Halter Making.
Below We give tho process OF Mr.. Ed
ward Burnett, of Southboro, Mass.
, from the american Cuitipator, whicl
} says It has proved complete success il
, the writer's dairy management, enabling
him to average one pound OF butter from
seventeen pounds Of the milk OF hi
whole herd, a decided improvement owe
any method previously tried by him
and remarkable advance over the re-
quisite amount OF milk required in
Massachusetts,, Vermont and New York
to produce the average pound of butter,
which is fully twenty Ave pounds.
Our contemporary understands that
Mr.. Burnett, the originator, claims no
patent on this system. In relation to
the process, it says:
The arrangement consists of mum.
Der Of tin pals eight inches in diameter
and twenty inches in depth, holding
eighteen quarts each, which are set in a
sink or basin, holding ten pals, more or
less. The basin 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 $50 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-tive degrees below that of
the lower end of the pail and the natu-
raj heat of the milk, is to induce 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-
lion, every particle of cream is soon
brought nearthe Top, and since it's spca'-
he gravity is lighter than that of the
bulk of tho milk, it remains at the sur
ace and accumulates much more rapid
y than it would do without this enforced
circulation.
Mr.. Burnett depends upon the tenn
oerature of the atmosphere for the effect
IN the lower part of the pail, yet we
should think in cold weather some arti-
icial means like heated water, steam
pipes, or other method of retaining the
Warmth would be necessary for the uni
orm working of the familiar principle of
circulation.
Wintering Roses. ,
A correspondent of the Country !
Gentleman says: Perhaps my plan OF
roses may be useful to some {
ther amateur. had hot-bed frame 6
ot in use, and after losing rmy oses in {
he house year after year, I concluded to
nprovlse small cold-pit. sank in the ,
round very large dry goods box. Over I
I placed hot.bed frame and sash, q
ut the ported roses in the box, and the 7
hing was done. AS the cold grew in q
snse, I drew up earth around the sides 4
t the frame, and covered the sash with :
n old piece of carpet, and did not then /
ee my roses until spring, when they +
ere simply watered, the carpet re-
loved, and the plants left under the
ash for two or three weeks before re-
loving. I have practiced this method b
n three or four winters, and with per- e
'ct success. The plants fairly jump +
hen the sun strikes them in spring, n
nd they are in healthy growing con- a
ition when transplant to the border. Ii
wish now to make permanent cold g
it, in order to use the hot-bed frame in 2
bring. L
Thamps in Pigs. il
"Thumps" in pigs is sometimes con. al
ectedS with structural heart disease, in %
her cases not; consequently different Of
eatment is required. Usually, how Ii
,er, it is safe to avoid all excitement in W
and give sedatives, such rs ii
gitalis, three times day, until the ia
sense is arrested. Two OF three grains q
III usually be sufficient for pig. G
hen the " humping" ceases, give the es
limal tonics and good, wholesome, and pl
silly digested food in abundance. gi
splints on n Horse. OF
"Splints" on the leg of horse are h,
dications that the animal is not wholly 50
und, and inclined to be affected with ri
her bone diseases. If the splint be- as
mes inflamed and makes the horse go til
me, give him rest and little physic, es
d apply cooling lotions to the affected tt,
rts. After the soreness subsidies, APP oy
y blister. In long standing cases II
veral may be required. g.,
There is one species Of reasoning of pc
lich we should all beware. 1t is that an