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Salt used in Making Butter. — Seed Wheat. 



Vol. XI. 



as cold as ice itself. This condensed air 

 will immediately sink, while the air at the 

 bottom of the room, if but half a degree 

 warmer, will rise to the floor C C, and give 

 off its heat; thus maintaining a uniform 

 temperature, corresponding with that in con- 

 tact with the floor C C. 



Articles placed in this Preserver, remain 

 as perfectly dry and free from moisture, as 

 if kept in the best ventilated apartments. 

 The air descending from the floor C C, being 

 always about half a degree colder than the 

 boxes or barrels of fruit, &c., cannot deposit 

 any moisture thereon; it being an established 

 fact, that no object can condense moisture, 

 unless colder than the air coming in contact 

 with said object. It is a theory long main- 

 tained by LiEBiG and other eminent chemists, 

 that a temperature, dry, uniform, and near 

 32° fahrenheit, will arrest the processes of 

 decay which take place in fruits, &c. ; but 

 never until the above invention, could the 

 truth of the theory be tested. Two years 

 of experiments have proved the truth of the 

 theory, and established the entire success 

 and utility of the invention; as fruits, <^c., 

 foreign and domestic, viz : oranges, lemons, 

 apples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, <^c., 

 as well as the most delicate fruits; also po- 

 tatoes, green corn, melons, &c., can be kept 

 as long as desired: add to these butter, eggs, 

 bacon, &c., which can be kept throughout 

 the whole year, as fresh and sweet as when 

 first placed in the Preserver. 



Fruits, &c., in common temperatures un- 

 dergo saccharine fermentation, or what is 

 known by the mellowing or ripening pro- 

 cess, which is followed by the vinous, asce- 

 tous, and putrefactive fermentations, which 

 complete the rotting process. A tempera- 

 ture so low arrests the first process towards 

 decay, so that fruits, &c., if placed in the 

 Preserver when first plucked from the tree 

 or vine, will retain all their original juices, 

 freshness and flavor. 



It will readily be seen, that the only way 

 in which fruits, &c., can be kept during all 

 seasons of the year, is by the plan offered in 

 this invention, and one of its greatest ad- 

 vantages is, that fruits, &c., can be kept in 

 all climates — not only in the North where 

 ice is produced, but in the South, where it 

 has become an article of extensive com- 

 merce; being shipped in large cargoes, 

 buildings must be erected for its reception. 

 For this purpose the room I, will be most 

 appropriate — thus affording the double fa- 

 cility of selling ice from the top, and pre- 

 serving fruits, &c., below. 



All desirous of a further knowledge of the 

 operations of the Preserver, can see one by 

 calling upon P. Kephart, Baltimore, who is 



our authorised agent for the sale of rights — 

 or upon the undersigned, Coates street wharf, 

 near Fairmount, Philadelphia. 



Flack, Thompson & Brothek. 

 All communications will receive prompt 

 attention, if addressed either to 



Peter Kephart, 



Western Hotel, Baltimore. 

 Or FiiACK, Thompson & Brother, 



Spring Garden Post Office, Phil'a. 

 June 15th, 1847. 



Importance of the Quality of the 

 Salt used in Making Butter. — At a late 

 agricultural meeting in Augusta, Maine, 

 Dr. Bates stated that the farmers in Fair- 

 field were in the habit of buying the best 

 description of coarse salt and cleansing it 

 and having it ground, and that this salt they 

 used in the manufacture of butter. The 

 consequence was, the butter made by them 

 had a better reputation and bore a higher 

 price than the butter made in other towns. 

 He held them up as worthy of imitation. 

 He stated that the loss of the butter manu- 

 factured in this State was greater in amount 

 every year than the sum raised for the State 

 tax— more than 8200,000. He believed that, 

 if this fact was generally understood, if the 

 people could be made aware of the loss in- 

 curred by bad manufacture, we should at 

 once see an improvement in this article, of 

 which so much is produced, and which en- 

 ters into our daily consumption. — Maine 

 Farmer. 



Preparation of Seed Wheat. — By sieves 

 of suitable size, the largest and best grain 

 may be separated. By washing in water, 

 light seeds of various kinds, and the lightest 

 grain, will swim, and may be skimmed off". 

 By adding salt to the water, which will in- 

 crease its specific gravity, old imperfect 

 grains, and barley and oats will rise to the 

 surface. Then it will be well to steep the 

 seed a day or two in salt and water ; after 

 which add half a peck of fresh slacked lime 

 to a bushel of grain, mix thoroughly, that 

 every kernel may become coated vi'ith lime. 

 Let it remain half a day, or night, after 

 liming, and then sow. The lime and salt 

 are a remedy against smut, as has been 

 proved in numerous cases. We have never 

 known it to fail, though unprepared seed 

 sown at the time beside the limed, has been 

 smutty. — Exchange Paper. 



Let each man do his duty, no matter whe- 

 ther in the court — the senate — the field, or 

 the manufactory, and a higher title he can- 

 not hold to the respect and esteem of his 

 fellow men. — Committee of Parliament. 



