Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-22
INSTRUMENTATION.

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A good way to test the purity of milk:
Dip well polished knitting needle into
the fluid; if the milk is pure some oft
will adhere to the needle, but if waite r
has been added it will not. nj
1t is estimated that there is invested In
the dairy industry in this country, tota!
capital of 81. 45O, 100000. Of that amount
$3.50, 100000 i, in cows, $900,000,0OO in
land needed for their support, and 800,
100000, in teams, dairy implements
etc.
Cutters cement, for fastening the
blades Of dinner knives in .heir ivory
handles, consists of resin, four parts
beeswax, one part; brick dust. one part
Fill the hole in the handles with the ce-
mont, heat the tang of the blade, and
press in. 4t
Slices of Juicy lemon are used with
brisk rubbing by the Indian jewellers
for cleaning silver. The article is then
covered with the slices for few hours,
swilled in water, stirred in hot soapsuds,
and brushed, washed and dried no waste
of silver results from this treatment.
The practice of pressing on the edge Of
a razor in stropping soon rounds it, the
pressure should be directed to the back
which, should never be raised from the
strop. Ifyou shave from. heel to point OF
the razor, strop it from point to heel, but
if you begin with the point in shaving
then strop it from heel to point.
Dingy dresses can be. bleached and
made into something serviceable and
pretty, Let them be washed and boiled in
hot suds until all the color possible is ex
tracted, then finish the job by scalding il
lye and washing in suds and laying out
on the first young grass. Good prints
and other articles of dress are frequently
cast aside because they are faded, but
| they may be made to render good service
by this mode of bleaching. Lass
To clean off the ugly scratches left or
paint by lighting matches upon it, cut &
sour orange or lemon In halt; apply the
cut half to the marks, rubbing for mo
ment quite hard; then wash them off witt
a clean rag, dipped first in water to mois
ten it, and then in whitening. Rub vel
with this rag, dry thoroughly, and min,
times out of ten the ugly marks will van
| ish. Of course, sometimes they ar,
burned IN so deeply that they cannot b,
eradicated.
Every piece of horse radish grows; i
we take piece of root about an inch il
length, about the size of large bean, ano
put it an inch below the surface of thu
prepared ground, a short piece will come
to the surface and form crown, and an
other portion will descend and probably
work to form root; but instead of that
if we make hole a foot or so deep in the
ground with dibble and let the littl
pieces of root drop 70 the bottom, cleal
straight sprout will come up to the sur
face and this will in time make as cleal
j and thrifty market piece as could b
desired.
| 1t may be better to cut hay for mixin;
with grain when feeding the latter t
cows or other stock, but we doubt YER
much whether it will be enough better t,
pay for the extra work. Good Glove
rowen is about as good food as it can b
without cutting. Our own practice is t
moisten the meal and shorts and feed j
in tubs or boxes. If the managers ar
tight and can be kept perfectly clean
there should be no objection to feedin,
meal dry. A few men claim that mea
is always better digested if fed with Gu
HAY than when fed alone; but every on
must have noticed that, however the mea
is fed, it always makes the animal LOO
better. The main point with them is t
get it--how it is given is of minor i'm
portance.-Neso England Former.
Il Mcclure for SkeIetonizsag Leapes. =
Four ounces common washing soda dis
solved in one quart of boiling water; ad,
two ounces Stacked quick-lime; boil fiji
teen inmates; cool solution and pour Of
clear liquid into a saucepan. Put owe
the fire, and, when at boiling point, pu
in leaves and boil for an hour; add b oil
ing water occasionally to replace the los
by evaporation When the leaves are re
moved, If the cellular tissue does not ru
off In cold water, boil again When skeI
etons are exposed they are not white. T
bleach them, put them in weak solutio
lof chloride of lime-oae large table
spoonful of chloride of lime to one quar-
3 water, and few drops of vinegar; Il
!, leaves remain in bleaching fifteen mir
utes; if leaves remain in tne bleachin
{ mixture too long they become britt,
: A soft toothbrush is better to clear skelt
{ tons with rather than the finger. Gathe
!; specimens of matured leaves in July |
j September, never in damp weather. DR.
, specimens in white blotting paper, undo
j gentle pressure.
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