AGRICULTURE. 



TO PRESERVE GRAIN. 



A discovery of considerable importance has been an- 

 nounced, with regard to preserving grain. To preserve 

 rye, and secure it from insects and rats, nothing more 

 is necessary than not to fan it after it is threshed, and 

 to stow it in the granaries mixed with the chaff. In 

 this state it has been kept more than three years, with- 

 out experiencing the smallest alteration, and even without 

 the necessity of being turned to preserve it from humidity 

 and fermentation. — The experiment has not yet been 

 made with wheat and other kinds of grain, and they 

 may probably be preserved in chaff with equal advantage. 



TO PRESERVE EGGS. 



Apply with a brush a solution of gum Arabic to the 

 shells, or immerse the eggs therein, let them dry, 

 and afterwards pack them in dry charcoal dust. — 

 This prevents their being affected by any change of 

 temperature. 



A 2 



