RECENT FACTS. 



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sold the ie«L lor oo ccuta per pouud. lu 1870, willi beLler appaiatu«, 

 obtained from the Is'ortl), lie made iTom forty cows of the same grade 

 2,000 pounds, and lost about 300. Inferring that the loss was not ow- 

 ing to cliuiate, cows, or feed, but to improper management of the busi- 

 ness in that untried climate, he improved the winter following in gain- 

 ing information from the best authorities on cheese-making ; procured 

 Bavarian prepared rennet, and in 1871 tried again, v.ith very satisfactory 

 results, not losing 10 pounds. He estimates that with good manage- 

 ment an ordinary Texas cow will make, during the season, 100 pounds 

 of cheese, besides rearing a calf, and that at least $40 worth of pork 

 may be raised on the whey from her milk, properly fed out. 



All Ayrshire herd. — ]\ir. E. T. Miles, of Worcester County, Massachu- 

 setts, gives the following record of the milk product of his herd of ten 

 Ayrshire cows from July 1, 18G0, to July 1, 1872 : 



At date of July 1, 1872, the ages ot the cows ranged from four years 

 to thirteen years. 



Preserving action of boracic acid. — It has been found that boracic acid 

 has a preservative action upon milk and beer, and it is stated that one 

 gram (15^ grains) added to a quart of milk keeps it sweet and fresh in 

 hot summer weather for one hundred and twenty hours, while milk not 

 treated in this way will become sour in thirty-six hours. The addi- 

 tion of boracic acid to milk does not injure it for use, but the cream is 

 separated far more slowly. 



Roasted cojD'ee as a disinfectant — A recent French chemical publication 

 speaks highly of roasted coffee as a disinfectant. The proper method of 

 use for this purpose is to tlry the law bean, then pound in a mortar, and 

 afterward roast the powder on a moderately-heated iron plate until it 

 assumes a dark hue. It has been used successfully for purifying tainted 

 air in the milk-room. 



English sparroics in Anstralia. — It appears from complaints received by 

 the lioyal Horticultural Society of England that the sparrows imported 

 from that country into Australia have intiicted serious injury on fruit 

 crops. 



A Parisian floicer-marlcet. — The business of the Madeleine flower- 

 market — the best of the six or seven flower-markets of Paris — is said 

 to amount to nearly £24,000 per year. 



