1854. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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Brown collected the children and bed, and placed more to the gallon than the other. This variety 



them in the sleigh again. She then concluded to 

 walk, but before she reached Mr. Brown's house, 

 she was so benumed by the cold, that she sank 

 down to the ground, finding it impossible to walk 

 any furrier. At first she concluded she must 

 perish, but stimulated by a hope of escape, she 

 made another effort by crawling on her hands and 

 knees, in which manner she reached her husband, 

 but so altered in her looks that he did not at first 

 know her. His anxiety for his children led him 

 twice to conclude to go to their assistance; but the 

 earnest importunities of his Avife, who supposed he 

 would perish, and that she should survive but a 

 short time, prevented him. 



'Olr. Brown, having placed the children in the 

 sleigh a second time, liad proceeded Init a few rods 

 when tho sleigh was l)lown over and torn to pieces, 

 and the children driven to some distance. He then 

 collected them once more, laid them on the bed 

 and covered them ; and then called for help, but 

 to no purpose. Knowing that the children must 

 soon perish in that situation, and being pierced to 

 the heart by their distressing shrieks, he wrapped 

 them all in a coverlet, and attempted to carry 

 them on his shoulder, but was soon blown down 

 and the children separated from him by the vio- 

 lence of the wind. Finding it impossible to carry 

 them all, he left the youngest, the one who hap- 



Eened to be dressed, placing it by the side of a 

 irge log. He then took them one under each 

 arm, with no other clothing than their shirts, and] three- tenths. Few animal substances are so 



in measure produces great confusion of ideas — and 

 demands precise regulation by law. 



In looking at the statements of the several claim- 

 ants for premiums on milch cows, in Worcester coun- 

 ty, as recently published in the Transactions, I 

 find the average product of the several cows pre- 

 sented, during the first ten days ui June, 1853, to 

 have been 40 lbs., or 20 quarts a day, to each cow. 

 Now if Worcester milk is equal to Middlesex milk, 

 this would give 5 lbs. of butter a day to each 

 cow. The man who shall introduce a stock that 

 shall do this, will be entitled to name it as he 

 pleases. Am I wrong in my calculation ? If I 

 am, I should like to ))e corrected. Is he wrong 

 in his statements 1 If he is, the sooner they arc set 

 right, the more to his credit will it be. I would 

 cheerfully travel a hundred miles to see some of 

 these '■'■gallon cows''^ or '■'■butler stock''' — and when- 

 ever the owner has them prepared for exhibition, 

 I think all admirers of good butter should be there 

 to see. Fr.\nklin. 



THE PRESERVATION OF EGGS FOR 

 WINTER USE. 



It should be borne in mind, that eggs arc main- 

 ly composed of al))umen, mixed with a minute 

 quantity of the salts of sulphur, phosphorus, lime, 

 and magnesia. The shell consists mostly of lime. 

 Of the whole weight, the shell constitutes about 

 one-tenth, the white six-tenths, and the yolk 



in this Avay, though blown down every few rods 

 he arrived at his house, after being absent about 

 two hours. The children, th(mgh frozen stiff, 

 were alive, but died within a few minutes. Mr. 

 Brown's liands and feet were badly frozen, and he 

 was so much chilled and exhausted as to be unable 

 to return for the child left behind. 



"The wind continued its severity, and no neigh- 

 bor called until afternoon, when there was every 

 reason to believe the child left was dead. Towards 

 sunset a physician and some other neighbors hav- 

 ing arrived, several of whom went in search of the 

 other child, which was found and brought in 

 dead. The lives of the parents were saved, but 

 they were left childless." 



Mr. Brown, we are informed by a gentleman of 

 Sanbornton, lived until a few years ago, but never 

 recovered from the effects of that day. He l)ecame 

 nearly or quite blind, and continued thus as long 

 aa he lived. — N. H. Statesman 



Fur the IV^ew En>;land Farmer. 



MEASURE AND WEIGHT OF MILK. 



Mr. Editor : — Being under the necessity, by 

 reason of the violence of the storm, of keeping 

 close aboard, I Avas thinking of your neighbor's 

 "butter stock," Avhich yield a pound of butter, 

 for each and every four quarts or gallon of milk, 

 and the quere arose whether he recbmed 8 or 10 

 pounds to a gallon. The ordinary mode of reck- 

 oning has been after the English rule, 10 lbs. to 

 a gallon — though this is not the standard rule, at 

 present, in this country. Eight pounds is near 

 the weight of a gallon — iviw measure. I wish 

 he^ would be particular in his information on tliis 

 point, Ijecause it makes about one-fifth part differ- 

 ence, wliether you reckon ale and beer or wine 

 measure, one containing about 40 square inches 



trescent as eggs, unless preserved with care. The 

 shell, composed as it is mostly of lime glued to- 

 gether with a trifle of animal matter, is its most 

 nutural and safe depository. Yet even the shell 

 yields gradually to the action of the atmosphere, 

 so that a part of the watery fluid of the egg es- 

 capes, and air occupies its place, thus injuring the 

 quality of it. The great secret, then, of preserv- 

 ing eggs, is to keep the interior in an unaltered 

 state. This is best done by lime water, in Avhich 

 a little common §alt is infused. Tiiis constitutes 

 a fluid perfectly indestructible by air, and one that 

 is so allied to the nature of the shell as not to be 

 absorbed by it, or througli it into the interior of 

 the egg. On the other hand, salt or lime, in a 

 dry state, will act on tho moisture of the egg, as 

 will strong ashes. This plan, also, will save more 

 cofo^s in a given space than any other. It will also 

 admit of keeping them in cellars ever so damp, 

 and, I had almost said, ever so foul, since nothing 

 will be likely to act on the lime-water. As eggs 

 are very nearly of the specific gravity of water, and 

 so near Avith it I liave little doubt that eggs bar- 

 reled up tightly, in lime-Avater, could be trans- 

 ported as safely as pork. Lime-Avater may be 

 made in the most careless manner. Seven hun- 

 dred pounds of water will dissolve about one pound 

 of lime. A pint of lime, therefore, throAvn into a 

 barrel of water, is enough, while ten times as 

 much can do no hurt, and Avill not alter the 

 strength of it. The salt, which I do not deem 

 very nuportaut, should teputin a small quantity, 

 say a quart to a barrel. All are aAvare tliat a 

 very large quantity of salt may be dissolved in 

 water, ^iirine, strong enougli for pork, would un- 

 doul)tedly luirt eggs. Having made your lime- 

 watiT, in barrels, if you arc a merchant, and in 

 stone pots, if you arc a small householder, drop 

 your eggs on the top of the water, when they Avill 



