The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1878-04-04

This is equivalent to saying that 81
pounds of corn will produce when fed
to this hen one pounds of eggs. A pound
of pork, on the. contrary, requires about
five and one-third pound of corn for its
production. When eggs are twenty-four
cents a dozen, and pork ten cents
pound, we have the bushel of corn pro-
ducing $2.SS worth of eggs and but
S1.05 worth of pork.
BLEEDING a horse is generally done
in the jugular wien with broad-bladed
lancet; and when the vein is sufficiently
pressed and secured, so as to cause it to
swell, then the point of the lancet is
sent in with the LETT hand, and, cutting
upwards, makes all the opening neces-
sary. When sufficient blood is taken
the cut ought to be squeezed together
and fastened with a pin. By pressing
| the vein below the wound the blood will
shoot out in stream and fail clear into
the bucket ready to receive it
In selecting -four, first look to the
color. If it is white, with a yellowish
. straw-color tint, buy it. If it is white
with blush cast, or with black specks
in it, refuse it. Next, examine its ad-
hesiveness- and knead little of it
between your fingers; if it works soft
aud sticky, it is poor. Then, throw a
little lump of dried -four against a
smooth surface; if it falls like powder,
it is bad. Lastly, squeeze some of the
-four tightly in your hand; if it retains
the shape given by the pressure, that,
too, is good sign. 1t is safe to buy
flour that will stand all these tests.
These modes are given by all old -four
| dealers, and they pertain to a matter
that concerns everybody.
The ancient Greeks, the Macedonians
and the Romans of the ante-C@sarean
era, men who in hygienics, in health and
strength were so strangely superior to
us, restricted themselves to one meal per
diem, to which they devoted the hour
between sunset and night. They com.
menced their days work at daybreak
and kept it up till it was completely
finished, till late in the afternoon, il
necessary; then they took bath, passed
an hour in the gymnasium, and dedica
ted the cool evening hours to good cheer
music, dances, and pleasant converse
ton. The children of nature, Indians
plan; they breakfast upon a cold bis
| Cuit, Will d cup VI COllcc, pcIudpS, Il
they have the Ingredients and time tt
cook; then march or hunt till they q
into camp, to eat and rest and be in par
adise for few hours.
TURTLES S eggs are held in great esteem
wherever they are found, as well BY
Europeans as others. They have yer!
soft shell, and are about the size of
pigeons egg. The mother turtles la,
thrice a year, at intervals of two o
three weeks, depositing in one night a
many as hundred at a laying. An ex
perienced eye and hand are required t.
detect the eggs, as they are always in
geniously covered up with sand but
when they are hunted, very few escape
The Oronoco Indians obtain from thes
eggs kind of clear, sweet oil, whicl
they use instead of butter. In tn
month of February, when the hig
waters of the Oronoco have receded, mi
: lions of turtles come on shore to deposi
their eggs. The certainty and abunc
ance of the harvest is such that it is e:
timated by the acre. The yearly gatl
ering about the mouth of the river alon
is about five thousand jars of oil, and
takes five thousand eggs to make ja