The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-04-22

erings to chicken coops in cold
weather than boards, as it admits
heat from the sun. To render fabrics
waterproof dip them into water which
contains one-fifth its bulk of soap in
solution. Let the cloth dry and then
immerse in water containing 20 per
cent. of sulphate of copper in solution.
A second early crop of potatoes fully
matured is more profitable than very
early one, as the latter are dug before
completing their growth, and the price
received is not equal to the value of q
full-grown crop. The Early Rose and
Beauty of Hebron can be dug in July
and the ground put in turnips, giving
two crops the same year.
The sugar contained in milk is
known by chemists as lactose. When
milk turns sour the lactose is con vert
ed into Tactic acid. This Modification
of the milk, induces the coagulation
of the caseine, and the milk curdles.
Ordinary souring of milk is the work
of ferment. When this feremnt is
excluded no souring takes place.
A New York farmer states that he
uses only coal gas tar to prevent the
ravages of the potato beetle. He puts
a gallon of tar in a tub, over which
he pours boiling water, which is al
lowed to settle and cool. This is
sprinkled over the vines with an ordi-
nary sprinkler. A gallon of tar cost
ing seventy-five cents, suffices for
several acres of potatoes.
Artificial incubation has been prac-
tiled from the earliest times in the
East, chiefly ia China, India and
Egypt. In the latter country large
manuals, or ovens holding from 40, 900
to $4,000 eggs, are still used for the
purpose, and the villagers bring their
eggs in the expectation of receiving,
after lapse of twenty-one days, 200
chicks for every 300 eggs deposited.
The following method Of softening
putty is useful to those having harden
ed putty to remove from sashes Take
soda or potash-the latter being pref
cradle and dissolve in water and mix
the solution with fresh burnt, fresh
slaked lime. After the mixture has
stood for time pour off the clear fluid
and bottle for use. Putty moistened
with this fluid quickly softens and is
easily removed. "oI at eyfsf
An association to be known as 1.-THE
British Goat Society" has lately been
formed in England. One of the OBJ
jects of this society is to establish a
system of supplying these animals to
cottagers as a source of milk. The
system so far works well, the demand
for goats being much greater than the
supply. The superiority of goats milk
over that of cows for infants and in
valids has long since been ackuowl-
edged, and before long it will be much
more generally used than at present.
The practice is common among the
engravers and watchmakers of Ger
many of hardening their tools in seal
ing wax. The tool is heated to white
ness and plunged into the wax,
withdrawn after an instant and
plunged again, the process being re-
peated until the steel is too cold to
enter the wax. The advantages
claimed for this method are that the
steel becomes almost as hard as
diamond, and when touched with
little oil of turpentine, the tools are
superior for engraving and also for
piercing the hardest metals. .a-f
AS the season. grows warmer, the
horses should befed sparingly on corn.
Oats, well crushed, make the best
grain feed, as corn contains too much
oil, and produces fat and animal heat,
with little muscle. If oats are moist
ened previous to feeding the demand
for water after feeding will be lessened
and too much water at that time often
carries the grain from the stomach
into the intestines, where it cannot be
digested. Corn often causes sweating
when given in large quantities.
Quinby, the well-known writer on,
bee. culture, says: ''If there is any
article that I would cultivate, especi-
ally for honey, it would be catnip. 1
find nothing to surpass it," This is
high authority, and ought to entitle
this common but little utilized product
of nature to a place among the valua-
BILE items of the farm. Ii is but an
other instance that goes to show that
our people fail to utilize the native
resources of their farms as they should
They have not learned the value of
the things they tread upon. and often
ruthlessly destroy. ..
The ambition of man of parts ia