The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-05-07
industrial .BreYities.

The substitution of glass flooring for
boards continues to increase in Paris,
this being especially the case in those
business structures in which the eel
lars are used as Offices. At the head
quarters of the Credit Lyonnais, on
the Boulevard des Italians, the whole
of the ground is paved with large
squares of roughened glass imbedded
in a strong iron frame, and in the cell
lar beneath there is sufficient light,
even on dull days, to enable clerks to
work without gas. The large central
hall at the offices of the Comptoire
d 'Encompte has also been provided
with this kind of flooring, and it is
said although it's prime cost is greater
than that of boards; glass is in the long
run far cheaper, owing to its almost
unlimited durability.
One of the most noteworthy of all
the French breeds of poultry is La
delicate on the table: OF these there
are two varifties: One IS from the de-
Partment de Bourg, principally white;
with here, and there few black pen
CLING. The other is from the arron-
dissement de Touleans, and this is
entirely black. Both are rather long
IN body, with short,sh, slender legs,
and there is small crest, or tuft of
feathers, on the head. They are
hardy and the hens lay from $50 to
100 eggs per year, but these are rather
small, averaging about to the pound.
In :he Rocky mountain region, where
corn does not grow we'll on account of
cold nights, peas have been discovered
to be valuable feed for horses, cattle,
and hogs, and to possess larger
amount of nutrition than corn: Horses
keep ID bettei: condition willie Working
hard, and gain in flesh readily, as do
oxen, while hogs fatten very rapidly;
and make excellent pork when fed on
peas. All require less in quantity
than when fed on corn. Not having
mills to grind them, they are soaked
in water twelve hours for horses and
cattle.
President Lyon, of South Haven,
Mich. gives the following rules for
planting pear treesi First, choose
Suitable varieties; second. select site
sloping to the north and east, with
well-underdrained, rather strong. and
moderately rich soil; third, plant trees
uf only one years growth from the
bud, and, when planted, cut back to
only foot and half high-upright
growers cut lower; fourth; give light
manuring, late in autumn, and the
next summer cease cultivating by
Aug ust; fifth; prime moderately and
an1ua]ly-when required.
In relation to purifying beeswax a
bee keeper writes: ''The best plan
that know of is to melt ten pounds OF
wax in vessel, after having first put
in the same one pint of strong vine
gar, together with one quart of water.
After all is melted, set the vessel from
the fire and wrap it in several thick
nesses of blanket or old carpet, so i
will cool slowly. BY this plan thu
wax is in agitation while liquid, and
all impurities worked to the top or
bottom. It strained before putting
through this process there will be
nothing but fine dross at the bottom,
with nothing on. top"
The lime process OF keeping eggs is
to take one pint of salt and one quart
| of fresh lime, and sake with hot wat
er. When slaked, add sufficient water
to make four gallons. When we'll set
tied pour off the liquid gently into a
stone jar. Then with dish place the
eggs in, tipping the dish after it fills
| with the liquid, SO they will roll out
without cracking. the shell, for if the
shell is cracked the egg will spoil.
Put the eggs in whenever you have
them fresh. Keep them covered in a
cool place, and they will keep fresh
for one year.
A stock company for the manufac.
ture of liquid cheese is preparing to
seek incorporation in New York,
backed by German capital. The pro-
duct will look like maple syrup. and
have oil the pungenoy and other good
qdaAties Of Am9rNan eAeese,
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