The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-04-09

GutHSu OuI ny Uue 1eXdS SalJ COmpan
on Colorado City, Mitchell county.
recent issue of Texas Farm an
Ranch there is an interesting articl
of the process Of salt making at thes
works from the pen of w. S. Marshal
He says the salt dep osit is 10 the form
of ledge of pure rock salt, l55 feet il
thickness. 1t is clear and transpa
rent as glass. The top of the ledg
is 625 feet below the surface of tn,
ground. 1t is reached by means O
bored or drilled wells which are dill
ed down to and through the salt ledge
and then far below it to pure free
stone water which rises up to within
80 feet OF the surface OF ground.
The water in passing through the
salt becomes thoroughly saturated
brine; that is, it has in solution all the
salt that water will dissolve, being two
and three fourth pounds of pure salt
to the gallon of water.
This brine is pumped to the surface
by means of pumps propelled by four
80 feet diameter Halliday wind
mills. The brine is pumped into
central reservoir, which has a ca
pacity of 100000 gallons, containing
4,OOO,OOO pounds of salt when evap-
grated. From the reservoir which is
located on high ground the brine goes
by gravity to the solar field. This
field is covered with plank watts, where
the brine is exposed to the suns rays
until the water is evaporated The
field covers about five acres and from it
in good solar weather there is har-
vested some $50 tons per week of a
coarse grained, pure, white salt-the
best article in the world for picking
meats and for sailing stock.
This is called solar salt. In addi-
ton to the solar plant there
is steam evaporating plant
where finer grained salts are
produced suitable for dry sailing
of meat, dairy and domestic pur-
poses.
The evaporating is done by steam
heat generated by 400 horse power
boiler.
The salt is almost absolutely pure,
it having been shown by analysis that
it contains only 81 thousandths OF
impure matter, in other words only
one atom OF impure matter to 10000
atoms OF the pure article. No purer
salt can be found than this and the
packing hooses are now using it e1-
clusively.
Surely the Texas farmer should not
go outside of his own state for the
salt for his dairy. his table or his
meat. If he will insist on his grocer
supplying him with the salt made by
the Texas Salt company, he will get
an article which will give his wife no
trouble pounding it with Ratchet.
ABUSING HORSES.
One OF the most FERROUS faults
in a hired man, and yet one
which many Of them are guilty
of, is the abuse of horses. Any
man who cannot use tea u with.
out abusing them should be promptly
discharged. Some teams have more
than the men who work
them. But abuse of horses is by no
means confined to hired hands. We
have occasionally known a man
whose temper was 30 violent
that he could not resist the temp
tation to abuse his teams. When a
man has trouble with his horses and
cannot manage them as we'll as he
may like, in nine cases out of ten it is
his own fault. There are but few
horses that are not trac able and do
Gle if they are properly treated. 1t
might be well for him to investigate
the matter if he does not get along
with the management of horses as he |
ought. 1t is a matter of some import
ance to be able to handle horses prop
erly and worthy motive prompts q
man to become proficient in that di-
rection.
BEAUTIFY THE HOME. u
1t is the duty of everyone to do |
towards embellishing this
earth upon which we have transient |
home," says writer in The House
hold.
A poor man toiling hard for frugal
fare will be more than repaid for the
labor that is required to keep the plat
before the door clean and green, and
he will love home the better for the
rose bush which blooms in the yard,
looking up into his eye, as it were,
with gratitude, through its green
eayes and blushing flowers. 1t was
not the work of half An hour to plant
it there, and many year it will re-
ward the family with its blossoms.
A man cannot love a rose without
being better man for that exer else of
owe. A child cannot prune and water
it, and watch with affection its swell
ing buds, without becoming more gen
tie in character, more refined in feel
ngs, more docile in spirit.
You plant a tree, give it that gentle
nurturing which it may for short
time need, and it will ever after re-
ward you with its foliage and shade.
While you sleep it steadily advances
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