V6i. V No. 4S>- 



NEW ENGLAND FAlVlEK. 



387 



I'rom tilt .'Imcrican Farmer 



EASY METHOD OF I'RESKRVING AMMAL FOOD 

 SWEET FOR SKVKRAL DATS IN THE HEIUnT 



(.F SUMMER. 



Mode of making the unclion to destroy ticks on 



Sheep, viz. 

 Take one gallon of tar, put it in an iron kettle, 

 over a slow fiio, until rcndereJ liquid : then hav- 

 ing eight bounds of salt butter, liquidated in an- 

 Veal, matton, beef, or venison, may be kept for i '^"o'hcr kettle, stirring them well together, Icav- 

 18 or ten days perfectly sweet and good, in the i '"^ff the salt of the butter at the bottom, tlicn in- 

 (at of summer, by lightly covering the same I crease the fire, and make the tar and butter boil 

 1th bran, and hanging it in a high and windy | together, stirring them all the time ; after boilino-, 

 lom ; therefore, a cupboard full of small holes, j Poir 't into any dish to cool. The next morning 

 a wire safe, so as the wind may have a pas- ; '^h'' unction will be of a proper insipissation, and 

 fe through, is recommciided to be placed in ht for use. 

 1^ a room, to keep away the flies. N.B. The next day after washing the sheep tliey 



arc sheared and no ticks will annenr until tho ivnnl 



TO PRESERVE GAME IN HOT WEATHER. , , •^■^"o >vi" aj>|)e.ir unill me WOOl 



„ ,. , J r I becomes long in October, and incommoded by 



Ganie or poultry may be preserved for a long ^^.^^^er damps and ill health, which are removed 

 |me, by tying a string tight round the neck, so I jjy ^ ^g^y salving- 

 to exclude the air, and by putting a piece ofj "one observation more seems necessary respec- 



larcoal into the vent. | Ung, the marine and nitrous salts, which are a- 



io swEETE.N' MEAT, FISH, &c. THAT IS TAINTED jbundant in Spain and England, compared with the 



When meat, fish, &c. from intense heat, or lono^ interior parts of America. Sheep and cattle in 

 keeping, are likely to pass into a state of corrupt- i ^.f""" i*"*^ England will not lick salt, because the 

 ion, a simple and pure mode of keeping them ""'" " "^ ,y breathe supplies them with all 



.und and healthful is, by putting a few pieces of "^'^•^f ^ salts ; but it is exactly the contrary at 



Iharcoal, each the size of an egg, into the pot or '""='/<^s, and in the interior part of America, 

 laocepan, wherein the fish or flesh are to be boil- therefore,shepherds must supply their sheep week- 



d. Among others, an experiment of this kind ^ T^^ '"'"■'"® ^''"' °'' ^^"^^ '""" '"^^ "'eir health 



and lives. 



To ameliorate sheep and wool in America, this 



article must be strictly attended to. [Am. Parmer. 



vas tried upon a turbot, which appeared too far 

 ■fone to be eatable ; the cook, as advised, put 

 lihrec or four pieces of charcoal, each the size of an 

 "gg, under the strainer, in the fish kettle ; after 

 ooiling the proper time, the turbot came to table 

 oerfectly sweet and firm. 



CHEAP FODDER. 



Having been informed of the advantages of using 



the tops of Indian corn, cut as rye straw, to 



1-0 REMOVE THE TASTE OF TFRNips FROM niLK be mixed with potatoes or meal, as a food for 



OR BUTTiB. horses or cattle, I have been making the experi- 



The taste of the turnip is easily taken off milk I ment during the present winter. I find that my 



ond butter, by dissolving a little nitre in spring sattle thrive better on this fodder, than on rye 



water, which being kept in a bottle, and a small I straw, {cut and used in the same manner.) The 



.tea-cup full put into eight gallons of milk, when 

 •warm from the cow, entirely removes any taste or 

 ^flavour of the turnip. 



A Stalk of Rye, was brought by our Post- 

 rider, last week from East-Nantemel, which grew 

 in the field of Abraham Grubb, and measured 

 eight felt ten inches in length. [Am. Farmer.] 



A Stalk of Rye from the plantation of J. Smed- 

 ley, of Willistown, was shewn us, measuring 8 

 feelSi inches. Taller stalks have been measured, 

 it is true, in Philadelphia, but the growth of this 

 is extraordinary ; it shews the strength of vegeta- 

 tion on highly cultivated lands tliis charming seas- 

 on. [Ibid.] 



SHEEP. 

 Mr. R. Parkin.ion's receipt for the cure of Foot Rot. 



corn stalk ceftainly contains a great quantity of 

 farine substance, and must be highly nutritive. — 

 Being cut and scalded with a small quantity of 

 bran, they afford an excellent mess for milch cows. 

 In the common way of foddering cattle with tops, 

 the blades are greedily eaten, but stalks are wast- 

 ed. By adopting the plan recommended, the 

 whole affords a nutritive food. [Ibid.] 



create a very powerful current of air, which 

 sweeps like a tempest over the surface of the li- 

 quid. 



Every brewer knows the importance of rapid 

 cooling. The worts are let down into the cooler 

 at tlio boiling temperature, and the .stronger they 

 are — and of course the more valu.iblc — the more 

 difficult is the process of refrigeration. How the 

 atmosphere acts upon them chemists have not very 

 vvell explained ; probably it ia through the agency 

 ' of electricity. But it is well known that the long- 

 er the worts stand exposed to the atmosphere, the 

 more they become what brewers call vapid ; that 

 is to say, they lose more and more of their flavor, 

 taste, and fermenting power ; and in certain states 

 of the atmosphere, within less than the compass 

 of a natural day, they are rendered absolutely 

 useless. Now, a single fan of the dimensions we 

 have described, placed in the centre of a cooler 

 25 feet square, will cool 30 barrels, or above 1000 

 imperial gallons of worts down to tlie required 

 temperature [50 or G0°] in two hours. But to cool 

 the same quantity in the old way, by the natural 

 action of the atmosphere, would have required on 

 an average, ten hours ; and during this period the 

 worts which can now be drawn frem the cooler 

 with their strength and flavor not sensibly impair- 

 ed, would have been deteriorated to the amount of 

 some per cents. — Hence the brewers hold that 

 worts cannot cool too fast ; and that every hour's 

 delay beyond what is absolutely necessary, injures 

 the quality, and lessens the value. We may 

 judge, too, from this fact, of the importance of the 

 fans. Indeed, we know, that the skilful brewers 

 consider their introduction as the greatest im- 

 provement which the art of brewing has received 

 lor along course of years. — JVew-York Eve. Gaz. 



IMPROVED METHOD OF COOLING WORT 

 IN BREWING. 



One of the greatest improvements lately made 

 in the process of brewing, consists in the intro- 

 duction of Fanners, for the purpose of cooling the 

 worts. 



The Fanners, or Fans as they are familiarly 

 called, are of the simplest construction. There 

 is an upriffht iron axis, to which four plate-iron 

 A speedy and easy remedy for both prevention leaves are attached at right angles, to the shaft 

 and cure. To prevent it, take lime from the kiln, and to each other. The distance from the outer 

 spread it on the floor of a barn two or three in- extremity of one leaf to that of the other, or the 

 ches thick, or in some convenient house, large diameter of the circle which the/ana describe, is 

 enough to hold the flock likely to be afiected, about six feet. The leaf which is about eight or 

 first cleansing the feet by paring the superfluous ten inches broad at the extremity, and a little nar- 

 hoof, and with a sponge or old rag dipped in rower towards the axis, presents nearly a vertical 

 chamber lye, wash the foot clean, then let the ipbne, but is slightly twisted. The axis works in 

 sheep stand on the lime six or seven hours, if i a socket restin? on the floor of the cooler at the 

 twelve the better. The cure, the same as above, base, and is driven by means of a pinion at the 

 but the parts affected, alter paring and being top of the axis communicating with a steam en- 



Blackberry Sirup. — The present being not only 

 a seasonable time to prepare this valuable medi- 

 cine, but to recommend its usefulness, particular- 

 ly among children afflicted with bowel complaints 

 — a feeling mother offers the following recipe for 

 public benefit : Take the fruit before very ripe, 

 extract the juice, and to each quart add one pound 

 of white sugar, skim and boil it about half an 

 hour, when cool enough to bottle add a small tea 

 cup full of brandy. From one to four table spoons 

 full, may be taken frequently, as age and circum- 

 stances require. — JVewburyport Herald. 



washed with chnniber lye, should have lime ap 

 plied to the quick oi wounded parts, rubbing it 

 on, and leaving as much on the hollpw or fore 

 part as it will contain, then let the sheep stand on 

 *he lime as directed above. [Ibid.] 



gine or horse machine. The worts generally 

 stand four or five inches deep in the cooler, and 

 the under edge of the leaves is about an inch, or 

 rather more, above them. The fans, when in ope- 

 ration, perform 120 revolutions in the minute, and 



Railway. — An improved Railway Carriage has 

 been invented by Mr. Richard P. Morgan, of 

 Stockbridge, which reduces friction so much that 

 one horse may irawffty tons with ease on a lev- 

 el road Friction is obviated at the axles, by 



means of four additional wheels, which operate as 

 rollers on the ground axle — the friction wheels 

 move once round, only, in going a quarter of a 

 mile. 



A small model is placed for exhibition over the 

 American Bank. But Mr. M. has proved his im- 

 provement, it is said, upon a wagon of the common 

 size. — Boston Patriot. 



The introduction of the potato plant into Prance, 

 received, for more than two centuries, an tinex- 

 ampled opposition from vulgar prejudices ; and it 

 was not until Louis XV. who wore a branch of 

 the flowers of the potato in the midst of the court, 

 on a day of festivity, that the people f»r the first 

 time yielded tkrough fashion to acknowledge it? 

 value. 



