The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1888-12-28
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irfmentation, aud May be Skinned
on II The elder i ~ right. place II
Ia place, whore some may lie drawn
on aud poured back every day. taking
pains III bfEng IL into contact with ihe
Air as mucb.ae possible. For this pur
pose is Is often filtered over coarse
shaxihgs or straw. The oxygen the
IA starts frat the vinons or alcoholir
which il quickly fol
lowed by the acid fermentation. The
more sweet there Is in The cider tlie
stronger the fermentation aud the
sharper the vinegar. III you have old
cider that don't turn readily into vine
gar, put Il into an old molasses hogs
head or barrel, and give IL another
trial. There are various methods og
keeping cider from working. II your
o'd cider has been sui jected 10 any of
ihese, ID Is better 10 make or buy
barrel ol new. The cider that has.
been doctored 10 keep ID sweet Is hard
TO change into vinegar, and is not Of
the best when IN tde. The common
practice uf putting the cider harIel Ia
The coolest corner of the cellar. aud
then letting Ii work itself into vinegar
without neip, Is not one 10 be genef-
ally n lmuented.
A CORES pondeDt OF the Country
Gentleman writes from California how
he saves and cures peaches in Tie sun.
He says neaeiy ali eyap0rators are
abandoned and the rays Of the sun
are depended on and answer az e. od
purpo.e as the best system os artificial
heat. He goes on Al length 10 ssy hos
the fruit is gathered, peaches being
bis eva crop, that IL is b.eached by
use OF sulphur fumes half an hour,
and the sun dries large fruit that il ia
4 halves in three days time. California
evidently has great advantage in it's
warm sun aud DAY climate, but while
they depend on the Guns rays only,
they have not amy decided sivant-
ges over the vtporaiing mschinee
now in xogue in Oregon. They do all
the work ol preparation and laying o.
trays, and while they pl zee these trays
| in the sun the evapordting concerns
/ hold them mere inveuiently and tlie
cost of wood IL small The cost OF
hahdlins IL the same in either case
There Was short time tast summer
when sun drying was eff tent, but
not to be depende I on. Tne sun iu
| August can be utilized here in )n-
neetion with cvaporating by heat.
Last summer when peach plums
were threatening 10 spUil bscause
there Was not eyaporating space 20
holl them, the expedlent was res grteci
10 of spreading the fruit cut and pitt
cd upon bpar,ls and partially drying
IL thus. Ii was found TO be an adj
vantage, as the fruit partially sun-dried
was even better than that put at fret
into the eyaporator II we have a
good sun it can be utilized to dry fruit
and it can be bleached as we'll before
sun drysng as when dried in an evap-
orator.
In making calculations for any in
yestmeDt, it Is -lways well 10 con.
slider both sides carefully-lhe proba
BILE cost and the probable returns the
investment will yield. If by one
method OF procedure il costs five
cents per pound, and the price ol
beef gives promise OF fuctuating be,
tween II and 81 cents per pound, this
investment is not a promising one
} Again, il it costs 800 to raise I'M.
mon horse in common way TO the
age OF four years, and there Is nc
lpfomise OF more than $l25 for him
/. while it costs $Iz5 to raise fine drafl
/ colt to the age of three years, ano
such colts readily sell at $l75, il is MOI
hard TO see which investment gives
} the greatest promise Of profit. In thin
question of rel,tive profit, the Farm
eis' Advance gives the following inter
esting incident: A gas company hav
! ing quantity of pipe to be hauleC
some distance offered what they sup
J posed fair rates by the hundret
, pounds for the work. Light team
! or what many call general-purpos'
teams, could draw an average Of 2 2,20'
pounds, earning $3.50, which, aite
deductng $3.50 per dey for driver anS
: ins board, left 81 so for use of team
wagon aud harness. Any one will
say that the team would he fed at
loss. Parties having heavy teams o
grade draft horses took the contrac
at the companN's rates, and drew ol
an average OF $500 pounds, earning
$5.70 per deducting 81 90 for drive
and his board, leaves "a 20 for team
wagon and harness. This is d ffer
! ence OF $40 in faxor of the draf
team.
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