The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-11-10
Household and Farm Notes

WIN ~ III the form OF small globules. This
fat is butter 1t is lighter than milk, And
thus risss to the surface when the milk il Left
at rest The globules as they rise bring nm
with them TO the suffice by means of mole
cular attraction certain quantity of tho
milk, and this mixture of fat globeles and
milk is cream. The cream rises more ouick.
~ when the temperature of the milk Is low
because the fluid is condensed and
made heavier BY cold, so that
the relative gravitigs of the milk and
cream are made more UNEQUAL. This
is the principle upon which the new ard i'm.
proved methods OF setting milk tthe Cooley
system, for instance, with others, is basel,
In these systems the milk is set in deep cans,
holding 10 to IL quarts, and the cans are
placed In vessels containing water and ice.
and the milk is cooled to As ., at which ali
the cream rises in u hours and the milk re-
mains sweet Butter made from cream so
raised Is of superior quality, as it is quite free
from all faint of decomposition Of the essen.
tial oils contained in the milk, and which rive
the peculiar agreeable flavor TO the butter.
we will, as soon as possible, explain this
matter at greater length.
Brass articles may be cleaned and polished
Y ry brilliantly in the following manner :
Pulverze sufficient quantity Of salammo-
niac very finely and moisten it with soft wa
ter ; rub the paste on the brass, which
should be warmed meanwhile over some
clear GOALS of wood then rub dry with q
soft leather busted with mixture of bran
and Spanish white. Another method is to
wash the brass with solution of one ounce
OF alum boiled in pint of strong wood
ash I've when dry, polish with fine tripoli
on soft chamois leather.
Mango in dogs is of two kinds; one is a
vegetable parasite on the skin, and the other
is an insect that burrows in il. The remedy
is the same for both. Mix one part of creo.
sote, or two parts of sulphur, with ten parts
of sweet oil or lard. Wash the dog with
warm water and soap and apply the mixture,
rubbing it well into the skin. Continue this
until cure is affected. Give also one dram
OF sulphur daily to large dog, with some
hashed meat made into balls with melted fat
so that it is swallowed readily.
Broom-corn is grown the same as Other
corn. When the brush is fully formed, and
while it is yet green and the seed is begin
ming to form, it is bent down and left tc
hang so that it will keep straight When i,
is fully ripe it is cut off about a foot below
the lowest branch of the brush the stalks
are broken down one row over another and
crossed about two feet from the ground; the
brush is laid upon q sort of table thus
formed until it is dry, when it is stored in E
barn until it is sold.
There is no need to throw away flax seed
as it is one Of the most useful grains that
can be grown on farm. One quart day
given TO horse will soon loosen his skin and
give the coat fine gloss. 1t is very bene
fetal to calves in ratious of half pint
day. and when boiled to Jelly and cooled
forms one Of the most beautiful foods fol
any animal that is week and ailing. Every
farmer should grow few bushels OF flax foi
| these uses.
Cabbages are kept in fine order by putting
them In trench or deep furrow made will
q pillow, and with the heaps downward, ther
covering them with earth, leaving the root:
projecting from the surface. The soil will
not penetrate, into the heads, and can bC
shaken off from the leaves when the cabba
ges are taken out. The soil may be covered
with straw and few boards as further pro
lection.
Straw ropes for binding stacks may be
spun of any length in the following manner,
make crank with hook at one end; this
end is passed through hole in post and
the straw hooked on; one turns the crank
another feeds the straw and holds and spins
the rope, and if necessary another supplies
him with straw in straight sheaves, and
thoroughly dsmpened with water to make
it pliable.
The largest hog in the country is Poland
China, four years old this spring, lately on
exhibition at Junction City, Kansas. His
length is feet; girth of neck, 81 feet; girth
of chest, y feet; girth of center, s feet; width
across the hips, 80 inches, and weight, 1852
pounds.
Onion sets are small onions grown upor
poor soil and from late planted seed. These
small onions are taken up in the fall, and
kept in cool dry place, but not frozen,
until spring, when they are planted in rich
soil, in rows y inches apart, and inches
apart in the rows.