The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-08-04

LEAN PREFERABLE 10 FAT.
While only fat cattle and hogs find
favor with buyers, consumers value
beef and pork for the quality of the
lean. The desired quality-flavor and
texture-can only be found in fat ami
mails, as now fed.
But who shall say that it is not pos
sible to produce the same attractive,
Juicy, lean beef without superfluity
of fat? Experiment has proved that
leaner pork can be produced by feed
ing the hog with heterogeneous foods,
such as beans, peas, bran and skim.
milk, but as corn is the staple hog
feed in the south, the weight of the
finished porker is Liz ely for some time
to be composed of fat rather than
lean.
STERILIzED MILK.
Everyone knows that milk will
sour, and dairymen and housekeepers
have, as far back as history carries
us, failed to prevent souring for any
length of time without subjecting it
to boiling heat or freezing cold. The
first named process is effective and
practicable, but it impairs it's food
value. Freezing will prevent souring,
but will not remove the cause.
Scientists tell us that the souring of
milk is caused by the action of bac-
terra These minute forms of ami
mated nature are ever present in the
atmoshere and ready for business.
They are credited with playing
leading part in the development of
most of the diseases affecting the
animal creation, as well as those Pc
culiar to the vegetable kingdom. In
fact they are the source of all decay
and death. All that seems necessary
to evade the grim reaper" is to cir
cumvent the ever present and active
bacteria.
DR.. Freeman has been experiment
ing with milk with a view to prevent
it from souring without lessening its
feeding value. His plan is to sterilize
or render barren the bacteria which
cause the fermentation or souring,
After many experiments he has come
to the conclusion that heat of 1853 de-
grees will render milk sufficiently free
from germs for infant food, and that
anything less than 176 degrees will
not lessen its food value. He has con-
structed very simple apparatus for
cooking the milk in bottles. He
claims that milk treated by his pro.
cess shows no change for several days
no matter what the climatic condi-
tions may be.
THE JERSEY BUTTER RECORD.
Tn, advance in butter production
has increased greatly in the last de-
cade. Mary Ann of st. Lambert, with
record of 1857 pounds and 4 ounces
OF butter in a year, was, in her day,
looked upon as prodigy. Landseer's
Fancy beat her siXty-ninepoUnds, and
was by many thought to have reached
the top notch. But in turn Fancy was
beaten by Appleton's Eurotisima,
which made a record of 945 pounds
and ounces.
Then came Bisson's Belle and scored
with 1923 pounds and Is ounces, and
now Sisson's Lilly Flagg makes 1047
pounds and 34 of an ounce of butterin
a year. There seems to be no limit
to butter yielding in the Jersey.
Next.
FREE MAIL DELIVERY.
The tree delivery of mail in country
districts has now been on trial for
about year in forty-six offices in diff
ferent parts of the north and east, and
has given great satisfaction to those
most affected by the arrangement.
The experiment was only expected to
extend over one year, and as that time
had nearly expired the people had
made arrangements in several disc
at their own expense. AS the expert
of To h
elusive with the postal department,
an order has just been issued by the
postmaster general instrUcting the
postmasters of the offices from which
the rural free delivery is operated to
continue the service till June 80, 1893.
There can be little doubt about the
value of free mail delivery to rural
residents, but there is room to ques-
tion whether the traffic would be suf-
ficient to warrant the universal adop-
ton of the system. In thickly settled
districts free delivery would perhaps
pay and be a great boon; but in wide
apart settlements the benefits would
seldom justify the expense.
PNEUMATIC WHEELS.
The manufacturers of road carts and
Lawn sulhles dIo DeS luuluS 10 Dullu
their machines with pneumatic wheels
similar to those used on bicycles. 1t
is claimed they are safer and faster
than the old solid wheels.
The first public trial of the new
wheel was made at Worcester, Mass,
last month, when horse called AL
bert d. was driven in sulky with
l ga inch pneumatic tires. 1t is re-
ported as the universal opinion of
those who claim to know that
Albert D. could not have
won with any other sulky,
as the driver was using his whip.
freely, all around the turn and up the
home stretch. He is sure he can
drive that sulky faster than any other
because it does not "slew" at all on
the curves and he can devote himself
wholly to the horse without any
struggle to keep his seat. He said it
was the smoothest thing he ever sat
upon. In private trial one horse
beat his record six seconds when
driven before the pneumatic. The
men who have tried it say it is fully
two seconds faster on the mile track