^EWE^^M^B FAKMER. 



VOL. XUl 



PUKUSHKD By GEO. C. BARRETT, NO. 52, NOKt"h1^I^^ stRfT^', 



» 'from the New Yori Fanner. 



CTJRIBTG BUTTER. 

 A WRITER, signing himself "Old Dutchess" 

 .''iiys himor .«lu)nld he cureil vvitliont tlie aid of 

 water. " Tlie practice I recomiiiend," says he 

 " (i-oiri long- exi.erience, is as follows : When iIk' 

 butter conies from the churn, put it in a clean 

 wooden bowl, and with a wooden butter ladle pro- 

 ceed to work it, by breaking it down at the sides 

 and turning off the whey which is separated in 

 the process ; at the same time strew on the salt 

 by degrees, so that it becomes intimately incorpo- 

 rated. Continue working it thus until the butter- 

 mdk IS apparently all worked out. Put it then by 

 in a cold cellar till next morning, by yyhich time 



BOSTON, >V El)NESDAT¥?^J.II,,s7^PT^i,^^-^7-7^^ 



NO. 11. 



I'ai-is, (in the Linnrtan TransaciiotisJ t^hows th-Tl'l"irnT,l7,7 "T - ■ .■ ~ ' ■ 



if .be ^gs of hens bo broken, they 'ii,, l^f t£ "^^'r ';n:r^"":!"' ."^, '"'^ -^ expenses in 



the salt IS dissolved, when the ladle is to he <,..„„ 

 applied, and continued as long as any butter-milk 

 can be separated. The butter is then fit for use 

 or laying down. For preserving, stone-ware jars 

 are preferable, as they impart no taste to the but- 

 ter and exclude the air. Pack down the butter 

 without any salt between the layers, and coyer 

 with two inches of strong brine, previously boiled 

 skimmed and suffered to become cold. If a scum 

 should alterwards apjiear on the brine, which will 

 sonietmies happen in damp cellars, renew the 

 I)ickle I'he nnpurities which rise to the surface 

 while boiling, or are found it) the residuum at the 

 bottom, are far greater than any one would sup- 

 pose Who is not in t1,e habit of boiling hs hri 'le 

 for meats, b,-iter, &c. IJp.ttcr thps ma. nf,.rt,,;x-d 

 and cured will keep a twelvemonth or more per- 

 fectly sweet ; and the rich delicacy of flavor im 

 parted to that made in May and .Tune, by the 

 young herbage, will be in a great measure pre- 

 serve.l. It is compact, without being too adhe- 

 sive ; cuts with a smooth surface, and shows nei- 

 ther lumps of salt, butter-milk, nor crumbles" 



, ■ — -•'^'vt.a^y .--II u vyo III til 



It the legs of hens bo broken, they will lay theii 

 eggs without shells until the fracture is repaired • 

 i.atui-e employing all the lime in circulation for 

 tJie [ftirposB o( reuniting the bones. 



in,y are eggs preserved hy rubbing them wilh 

 butter ? 



Because the hutte'r closes the pores in the shell 

 by wluch the communication of the embryo witii 

 tlic external air takes place. The embryo is not 

 Imwcver, thus killed. Varnish has a similar effect' 

 Reaumur covered eggs with spirit varnish, and 

 bnin.l them capable of producing chickens after 

 ^wo years, when the varnish was carefully remdVed. 



CLOTHING. 



Uhy have white veils a tendency to promote sun- 

 burn and freckles '? 



Because they increase the power of the sun's 

 light. 



_ my does a flannel covering keep a man warm in 

 winter, and ice from melting in summer '? 



Because it both prevents the passage of heat 

 li-om the man, and to the ice. 



in,;/ docs a person ivith a cold in the head, or 

 catarrh from the eyes and nose, experience so much 

 mo« re/y on applying to the face a linen or cam- 

 bric handkerchief than one made of cotton'^ 



Bec.-mse the linen, by conducting, readily ab- 

 sorbs the heat and diminishes the inflammation, 

 "hile the latter, by refusing to give passage to ll,; 

 neai, increases the temperatii.e and the pain- 

 Popular prejudice has held that there was a poison 

 m cottoiK_^r)io«. ' 



close'i'' " '""^^ clothing icarmer than such as fits 



Because the quantity of imperfectly conductin.^ 

 an- thus confined around the body, resists the es" 

 cape of animal heat. 



ffhy is cotton warmer than any other fibrous 

 ifireoas .' « ^ 



Because the fibres of cotton, when examined hy 



he microscope, will be seen to be finely toothed • 



tins explains the cause of their adhering together 



with greater facility than the fibres of other spe 



c.es which are destitute of teeth, and which can- 



cotton'' ''"'" '"'° ""'*'''"' "'"''""' '"" »d'"ixture of 

 ffhy does oiled silk, or other air-tight covering. 



INTERESTING FACTS. 



Trom an English work, enlilled Knowledge for the People.] 



Jf'hy is cream churned into Butter ? 



Because of the heat produced by churning 

 'vhich thus changes the cream from a fluid to a 

 iolid. 



my is a glass tube calkd a cream guage, used 

 n dairies ? 



Because when filled up to a certain height (ten 

 iiches) wilh new milk of a proper temperature 

 nd then set by for twelve hours, the cream will 

 lave risen to the top of the tube, if the cow be a 

 ro[)er one from which to make butter 



m,y is lime important in the shells of birds' e<rgs^7 2eTS''''\Y\V^T ^ 



Because the body of the egg contains IJuher "^^""-^ °^ 'he blanket. 



hosphonc acid nor lime, both of which are re- ~Z7Z 



liisite for the bones of the bird; it was necessary iv > . 



lerefore, that nature should provide means of pr T" «'ie Westfield Courier that Mr 



irmshing both these substances, which it does at ^^'' " P""'^'""' '° New York, is pre 



le expense of the shell; this becomin- thinner T'"''"^','* "'/"/'"'^'''^'''^ silk from the mulberry, to 

 >d thinner during the whole time of inaibation n "°=*"'^'''h'e extent. He lias had 12,000 worms 



I the living embryo has appropriated a suflicient IV""' ^'?'',' '■'' '""" J"'' ^"'^^ed feeding, 

 - r.,.. .,- r . *-',.' . ■"•"""^"'"' and wound themselves in their cocoons. He has 



inventing an<l constructing silk irftchinery, and 

 t mil'' "'" '•^""'^'-■''' ^'"^ Factory ._0W Cofo- 



MACHINE FOR PRINTING COTTONS. 



U the very first rank for utility and beauty of 

 Hivention must be placed a machine constructed 

 by Mr. Andrew Koechlin, of JIulhausen, for print- 

 ing cotton or other tissues, with three colors at 

 once. Hitherto, in the manufacture of printpd 

 cottons or muslins, it was necessary that the piece 

 ot goods should undergo successively the opera- 

 tion of a separate roller for each color in the pat- 

 tern, which proceeding, besides necessitating the 

 great loss of time consumed by this triple, quad- 

 ruple, or quintuple operation, was liable to acci- 

 dents ; (or the slightest inaccuracy in any of the 

 successive rollers was sure to render fruitless the 

 whole operation. The inaccurate application of 

 any one roller to the extent only of the hundredth 

 part of an inch in a yard of cotton or mu^liu 

 goods, would lead after the drawing off a hundred 

 yards, to a derangement of the colors, and dislo- 

 cation of the design to the length, and consequent- 

 ly produce an absence of all pattern and a chaotic 

 confusion of hues similar to that on a painter's 

 pallet. The machine invented by Mr. Kcechlin is 

 calculated to obviate completely the above nien- 

 tioncU .loss of time and risk of failure in the oper- 

 ation, lii this machine one single roller is charc- 

 ed with three diflerem colors, which are unerring- 

 ly imprinte.l upon the piece of cotton or muslin 

 which has to pass under the roller but once. By 

 this improved method twelve hundred yards of 

 cotton goods can be printed by a single machine 

 ni an hour, and without the remotest possibility of 

 accident. For, besides the unerring accuracy" in- 

 sured by this three-colored roller, the piece of 

 goods to he printed is, to avoid all risk from folds 

 or phuts, subjected to the operation of a calender 

 forming part of the machine, before it undergoes 

 the roller. ° 



laid on a bed, preserve greater wa,2ha7Z7/c " "'"? f ''°'''' ''"'"' °'""™'^^'- '^"'' 



ditional blanket or more I ™ "'^' ^'°' = '"' "'"' "'<^ ""'^"""" '° fu™i«l' Oom its 



ditional blanket or more . 



Because the oiled silk prevents the ventilation 

 of the person by the slow passage of air, as throu-h 



YANKEE ENTERPRISE. 



From the Portland Courier we learn that a com 

 pany residing principally in that city have pur 

 chased a tract of 700,000 acres of timber land in 



sources a constant supply of lumber of every spe- 

 cies, to answer the increasing demand in the coun- 

 try and abroail. The growth of timber is cliiefly 

 the iong-leayed yellow j.ine. The depot is to be 

 at Darien, near the mouth of the Alatamaha. The 

 Company has already in operation four milN con 

 taming 18 saws, together with a flour mill and a 

 well stocked plantation around the mills. The 



«:t;:rtr;,;;^sbi ?-E^^=".ssi^-i.,r:; 



■antity for the formation of its bones. Part of 

 e albumen combines with the shell for this pur- 

 'se, and another portion forms feathers 



Because they cannot then get at any earth which 

 mams the material requisite for the shell. Dr. | 



a nursery of about 6000 thriving mulberry tree's 

 of 2 years standing, which will enable the"propri- 



a reinforcement of nine hardy and indnsumus 

 Yankees took passage at Portland last week lor 

 bavannah. 



The Alatamaha, about 100 miles from its mouth, 

 divides into two larger branches, which are named 



„, =" ^..uuic LUC uropri- uiviues into two ar^er iranchoc t,,!,;,.!. > 



etor next season to enter much mn,o ?o-„ I • ,i <^ i '"^«''' "'""'^"es, which are named 



tl.is lucrative branch ofdreic^utrf^ " is lituIH fid,:?:' ""T^V"'"'' T" '"^ '^'"^^ 



We are also pleased to observe ,ZT,l i • . Milledgeville, the capital of the State, 



iature of Connec tcur with a wi!: Ini ^egis- and upon the other, equally distant from the June 



able liberality, h "^amei « "oo to Mess^P .T"' J ''°""''"^ '°"" °' ^^^'=°"- between 

 y, ^ranted *200 to Messrs. Gray | these large nvers, within the limits of steam navi- 



