The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-11-27
Home and Farm.

OlDEh JELLN.-lO one pdCHaSe OI
gelstiue add one pint of cold water, the
juice and thinly sliced rind of two
lemons, let it stand one hour, then add
large pint of boiling water, a pint of
cider, and pint of sugar. When the
sugar is dissolved strain and set to cool
twenty-four hours.
To PICKLE RED CABBAGE.-After
stripping off the outer leaves shave
down the cabbage fine, put it into q
crock and strew little salt over it, let
it stand until next day, then drain it,
pouring over it as much boiling vinegar
as will cover it, in which has been boil
ed one ounce each of bruised ginger
root, whole black pepper, and whole
allsplce. If the vinegar Is good it will
be ready for use in day or TWO, and
will keep for an indefinite period.
The stomach of a horse has capaci-
ty of only sixteen quarts, while that of
an OK has q capacity of two hundred
to two hundred and fifty.
To DRIVE AWAY HEN LIcE.-A cor
respondent of foreign exchange says
that the only reliable means of Kidding
the hen roost and pigeon roost of YER
min ID preparation of sulphur and
carbon, technically known as sulphur
et-csrbon. In France it has been
thoroughly tested, and we are assured
that it works like charm. 1t kills
the insects which prey upon pigeons
and fowls without injuring the birds.
A bottle containing the solution will
last several days, and the cost of it is
small. Put two ounces of the sulphur
ct of carbon in bottle, open the bot
tie and hang it by string in the hen
house. At the end of eight days the
bottle should be refilled. The remedy
is said to be infallible. If as good as
claimed to be, 1t should be known to
every farmers wife and poultry raiser
In the LAID.
HANDLING MILK Within the past
ten years the methods of handling milk
have essentially changed; indeed they
may be sand to have been entirely revo-
lutionized. The first great change in
what is commonly Known as the Har-
den method. Then came the Cody
method, both of which recognize the
fact that cream should be raised at far
lower temperature, and in conditions
quite different frcm what had been
commonly supposed TO be necessary for
this purpose. They upset the old no.
tons in regard to the treatment of milk
in the butter dairy, and though they
have not been universally adopted they
have certainly shown us that we had
something to learn in this old and i'm
portant industry. Now comes the GEN.
trifugal method, which appears to have
been fret tried in Germany two or three
years ago, by which the cream is sepa-
rated completely from the milk in ten,
or at most fifteen minutes, leaving us
comparatively independent:of tempera-
ture, and making it quite possible to
make butter of the milk within one
hour from the time it leaves the udder.
We know of only one attempt to apply
this method In this country. Mr..
Weston has invented process which is
now in use at the farm of Mr.. Edward
Burnett, of Southbore, and 1t is said to
work we'll and to give highly satisfac-
tory results BY this process the milk
is subjected to thIrty-two hundred rev.
olutions . minute. Whatever may be
the ultimate result of this new method,
and whether it eyer comes into general
use or not, it shows that the possIbili-
ties of improvement are infinite, and
that there is much left for Us to learn.
Il opens q way for utilizing the surplus
that is sent to our large markets, aud
30 it will lead TO far greater economy in
the handling of milk. The continuance
has been adopted for use in the small
private dairy, but with what success it
Is too early at present to state, rs Ii has
not been sufficiently tried to prove its
utility as compared with our resent
methods. As an evidence of progress
1t is certainly gratifying, though We
are quite ready 10 admit that all change
is not necessarily progress. The pre-
cess. il Is said, will be exhibited ct the
great dairy show to be held in connec-
ton with the meeting OF the State
Board Of Agriculture At Greenfield, on
December. 9, 8, and 4, when al the
most recent DAIRY implements VIII be
displayed and tested practically By the
production Of cream knd butter on the
spot.