Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1878-01-30

poses large fields are better than small
ones, if they were not it is a question
whether any advantages which small
fields could furnish would be sufficient
to Justify the great expense Of fencing
them--Duigo Runaz
HOUSE PLANTS. Most of our plants
are injured by too much heat. For q
general collection of house plants, it is
not best to allow the thermometer to be
above seventy, and if they could be
kept IN room where the thermom eter
would not usually range much above
slxty-five 1t would be the better. In the
night time fifty is enough. Give a little
fresh air every day, and all the sunlight
attanable. An effort should be made
to give moisture to the atmosphere, for
our own good as well as the health of
the plants. This can bedone in various
ways by evapOratlng water; but when
the plants are III q separate apartment,
like III little greenhouse, it can be
done more conveniently and effectually,
although this separate apartment be
only q bay window, with glass doors
separating it from the living room. In
this place water can be used freely, by
Swinging, etc, and a moist atmosphere
preserved. The temperature, with this
arrangement, can be kept lower than
would be comfortable in the living
room, and the plants are saved from
dust and many evils which we manage
to endure and live, but which generally
prove too much for the plants.-Jas
T;ck.
RENNETs--THEIR PREPARATION-It is
only the fourth, Or true digesting stom-
ach of the calf, from which rennet can
be prepared out of the inner lining Or
mucous membrance. They are usually
in their best condition when the calf is
from five to ten days old, but do not
vary materially while the young animal
lives entirely on milk. As soon as the
calves begin to live on solid food
the strength Of their stomachs as rem
nets grow feeble. The calf should be
perfectly healthy, must have sucked
the COW four or five days, and to within
short time Of killing. If it has been
without food for any length of time the
stomach becomes intlamed and CON
gested with blood, and especially 50 if
the calf has been driven or carried much
Of q distance, since then it is OfnO value
for rennet. The stomach should be
taken out and well cleaned at once after
the calf is killed, by careful wiping with
a moist cloth Or sponge, or by rinsing,
but III no case should water be poured
upon it. AS soon as cold, let it be
lightly sailed and left to dry on dish
for day Or two, then stretched on o
hook or crooked stick, and hung up to
dry in place where the temperature is
moderately warm. The Bavarian method
is to blow up the rennet like bladder,
and tie one end to keep out air, first
putting ON it q little salt at the place
where tied; the skins being thus made
very thin, will dry rapidly and keep
well; sometimes they are suspended in
paper bags.
Rennets lose their strength if kept too
warm, but they are much improved by
alternate freezing and thawing if kept
open to dry air; they should not be al
lowed to gather dampness, since their
strength will evaporate if thus exposed.
Their quality improves by at least one
years age and they part with the strong
odor SO common to green rennets.-
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