The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1881-12-23
THINGS NORTH KNOWING.

RELATIVE Cost OF Conn AND PoRK.
When corn is worth 30 cents per BUSH
ell, ut pays to convert it into pork if the
latter sells for three dollars per one hun
dred pounds. With corn at forty cents.
pork should sell at four dollars per hun
dred pounds; coin at fifty cents. pork
five dollars, and so on, adding one dollar
to pork for every increase of ten cents
per bushel IN corn. This is the estimate
placed on the relative prices of these two
articles by the Prairie Farmer. II the
pork sells for less than is represented by
the corresponding price in corn, it is fed
at a loss; if more, the advance is profit
IN each case regarding the manure as pay
for the trouble
How TO KEEP LARD.-When the
scraps are just beginning to get brittle
and brown, put a tablespoonful of fine
salt 30 a quart of the hot lard. and there
Will be no trouble; the lard will keep
perfectly sweet for any length of time,
ana The salt does no possible harm to any
KIND OF cookery. y person can easily
Judge OF the quantity of lard if they
know how much the kettle holds. 1t
makes the lard whittier and harder aside
from preserving it sweet It must cook
little while after adding the salt. That
designed for summer use should be either
Kept IN frightened earthen jar OF a tin
bucket with a cover To restore lard
that is a trifle tainted. put the lard into
an iron Kettle, and cut up salt pork in
thin slices-about one-half pound of
pork to a gallon of melted lard: add two
spoonfuls of salt, and let it cook till the
pork IS crisp; take out the slices of pork
and turn the lard into your jar. and you
VIII never know that it has not al Wavs
Deen sweet. But it is better to salt in
the first place, as it saves much trouble
and time.
STARTING a BALKY HORSE.-A wri-
ter IN the London Times suggests three
ways to start a balky horse:
'Jibbing is the result of a temporary
mental state, and the object in view
should be to divert the small mind from
Its prevailing idea. / had a fine mare
that now and then would jib. [ would
alIght and jingle my keys near her ear.
L would then pat her and pass my hand
down the leg and lift up her fore-foot:
then with piece of stone, my pocket
Knife, or large coin, hammer on her
shoe few times, and on dropping her
foot we were ready for fresh start with
out further trouble. Two other modes.
among many, may be adopted:
l. For the driver to be supplied with
small bottle of something that a horse
abhoTs, and which stings or irritates:
by placing a small portion on she tongue
OF the horse, all its thought is directed
to clear its mouth, and every other con-
slderatiOn is clean gone from its mind.
:. a small portion of something that
IS offensive to the sense of smell Of
horse may be placed near or on Its nos
tril. He viii snort, sneeze, and think
no more of his iib.''
AMMONIA IN PULAIOCvA DISEASES.
At the meeting eff the ROYAL Belgian
Academy Of Medicine, April 80, 1881.
NJ. MelsenS presented d memoir on the
therapeutic applications of ammonia, its
salts or its complex compounds. request
ing that a committee be appointed to
examine into the value of his conclusions
relative 10 this question. N. Melsens'
communication discusses the applcablli-
ty OF ammonia and its compounds to lis
eases of the respiratory organs. He
concluded, from the fact that phthisical
patients are benefited by inhaling the
VapOrs of carbonate of ammonia emana-
ting from stables, that the continuous
and moderate Inhalation Of that salt
would be efiicacious in other pulmonary
affections. He accordingly made the ex-
pertinent upon himself during an attack
of bronchitis, by wearing IN a bag at
tached TO his shirt several pieces of am
monlc carbonate. Having been com
pletely cured in a few days by this treat
ment, he subsequently, employed it in his
practice, with uniform good results. He
also applies the remedy directly to the
respiratory passages. bv means of the
spray, with equal success. BtsIIetiu de
FAc0dsnlie RoyaIs dc Medicine de Bel
giGlte