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most fashionable and profitable SHEEP 
in England are held in Birmingham 
and the neighborhood, commencing 
August 2nd, when 
2,000 RAMS and RAM LAMBS, and 
6,000 EWES and EWE LAMBS 
WILL BE SOLD BY AUCTION, BY 
TWO METHODS OF PRESERVING IT. 
One is Uncertain; the other Certain. 
Prof. S. W. Johnson, of Yale College, and the 
Conn. Agricultural Experiment Station, 
says i “REX MAGNUS Does All 
that is Claimed for it.” 
“ Cream,” says Webster, the Dictionary man, “is the best 
part of anything; the unctious, oily substance which rises 
and forms on the surface of milk.” As is well known it 
is the most delicate, and therefore the most perishable of 
all farm products. 
To save cream, it has heretofore been deemed necessary 
to churn it, and thus convert it into butter, which, in turn, 
will ultimately turn rancid. This custom of preservation, 
therefore, must be called uncertain. 
Let us examine the other, and, comparatively modern 
process, which saves cream, and for an almost indefinite 
time j enables it to retain all of its natural flavor and 
sweetness ; is cheap; practicable, and, Indeed, the process 
so long sought by scientists, dairymen, and the cream con¬ 
suming public. It is Rex Magnus, the Humlston Food Pre¬ 
servative, that will do It for either cream or milk as well 
as meats, poultry and food of all kinds. 
A SOLID TEST. 
Prof. Samuel W, Johnson, the noted chemist of the Sci¬ 
entific Department of Yale College, procured cream from 
a farm 3 miles north of New Haven, Conn. It had been 
collected and saved from five milkings of the three days 
previous, and was, therefore, being so mixed, very difficult 
to keep. 
HOW IT WAS DONE. 
A pint of water was treated with “ Pearl,” a special 
brand of Rex Magnus, adapted specially for the preserva¬ 
tion of cream. After treatment it was placed in a glass jar 
and sealed, at 3 o'clock of the afternoon of January 31st, 
1883, and at 5 p. M. (or 2 hours later) of the same day, tne 
untreated portion of this cream was found to be sour! 
SEVENTEEN DATS TEST. 
At the banquet held at the New Haven House, 17 days 
thereafter (long enough to send all over Europe), this jar 
of treated cream was opened, and the contents were (with 
the exception of a slight mold on top) found to be perfectly 
natural and sweet, whilst it rendered the coffee luscious. 
The average temperature of the apartment (Prof. John¬ 
son’s private laboratory) in which this cream underwent 
this test, was 70 degrees Fahr. 
PROF. S. W. JOHNSON’S ENDORSEMENT. 
He had, of course, exclusive control of this experiment 
with cream, as well as all kinds of meats, &c„ and the fol¬ 
lowing is the pith of his report, leaving out the details: 
THIRTY-FIVE DAYS TRIAL. 
“ My tests of 35 days in dally mean temperature of 70 de¬ 
grees, on meats, cream, &c., bought in open market, have 
certainly been severe, and I am satisfied that the different 
brands of Rex Magnus, The Humlston Food Preservative, 
with which I have experimented, have accomplished all 
claimed for them. So far as I have yet learned, they are 
the only preparations that are effective, and at the same 
time practicable, for domestic use.” 
Rex Magnus is safe, tasteless, pure, and Prof. Johnson 
adds in his report: “ I should anticipate no ill results from 
its use, and consider it no more harmful than common 
salt.” 
KEEPS THIRTY TO FIFTY-NINE DAYS. 
Edward Burnett's Deerfoot Farm cream has been sent to 
Europe to different responsible people, who report that 
from thirty to fifty-nine days after it was treated with 
" Rex ” in Boston it was eaten in England, Italy and Switzer¬ 
land sweet and perfect ! Sixjars were consecutively opened 
and used by Joshua Blake, Esq., of Boston, on a recent trip 
to the Mediterranean, in the steamer Archimide of the 
Florio line of Italian steamers, and the last was as good as 
the first. 
HOW TO DO IT. 
The special brand of Rex Magnus adapted for the preser¬ 
vation of cream is called “ Eearl.” This brand is made very 
concentrated in order to do what it claims. It is advisable 
to use milk to dissolve it in, as this increases the quantity 
of cream, which has a slight tendency to thicken. If kept 
over ten days a half pint of fresh milk maybe added to each 
quart of cream, before putting on the table. If a slight 
mold should appear it will do no harm. Itwilldo all that is 
claimed for it, and a trial will prove this statement. 
HOW TO GET IT. 
A trifling expenditure on your part will establish this fact 
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Barry’s Fi-uit CSarden. —By P. Barry. 
New Edition. Revised and brought down to date by 
the Author. New York: Orange Judd Company. Price 
$2.50. The only fault with this work is its title. Now¬ 
adays a “Fruit Garden ” is regarded as a garden devot¬ 
ed to the culture of the small fruits. While the work 
includes this, it covers a much wider ground. If, with 
a knowledge of its contents, we were asked to make a 
descriptive title for the work, we should endeavor to fix 
upon one that would express the following: “Fruits of 
all kinds, whether produced by trees, shrubs, or other 
plants, beginning with their propagation, their treat¬ 
ment in the nursery, their final planting, and subsequent 
cultivation. Also the gathering of, and packing of the 
fruit for market. To which is added a select descriptive 
list of the approved varieties of each kind of fruit.” It 
might be difficult to fix upon a brief title that would in¬ 
clude all this, yet such is the comprehensive scope of 
the work. It is well known that the author is a member 
of one of the oldest and most important nursery firms 
in the country. Some nurserymen, in writing articles 
for the public, stop short of telling what are regarded as 
“ trade secrets.” There is nothing like this in the 
present work. The author is a successful nurseryman, 
and his aim throughout is to point out to others the 
methods by which they can attain to success. There is 
no secrecy, no withholding of details by saying, “ this 
can only be learned by practice,” but all is as plain and 
direct as is the author himself to those who have the 
pleasure to know him. This “Fruit Garden” is the 
only work that exactly covers the same ground. Other 
works on fruits treat upon nursery practice incidentally. 
In this it is the leading feature. The starting of fruit- 
MESSRS. LYTHALL and MANSELL 
(Secretaries to the Shropshire Breeders’ Flock Book So¬ 
ciety), by direction of the most eminent Breeders 
in the Kingdom. 
This breed is now the most sought after, and realizes by 
far the highest prices of any in the United Kingdom; it is 
in the greatest favor with the butchers and consumers, 
and the most valuable for crossing purposes. 
The Shropshire Sheep possess great hardiness of constitu¬ 
tion, thriving in almost every variety of climate, and on 
every description of soil; their mutton is of excellent qual¬ 
ity, they attain a great weight at an early age, without ex¬ 
pensive food, and they carry a heavy fleece of fine quality 
and good staple, and the ewes are most prolific breeders. 
At the Shows of the Royal Agricultural Society the Shrop¬ 
shire Sheep are always by far the largest classes, and fre¬ 
quently number nearly as many as all other breeds put 
together. 
Reports of last year’s Sales, and every information sent 
on application to Lythall and Mansell, Birmingham, or 
Shrewsbury, England, who will also faithfully execute com¬ 
missions to purchase all classes of English stock. Refer¬ 
ences given to Breeders in the United States who have had 
transactions with the firm. 
SAMPLES MAILED POSTPAID. 
We do offer, however, to supply you—In case your grocer, 
druggist or general store keener hasn’t it on hand—to mail 
a sample pound box of the “ Pearl ” brand of Rex Magnus, 
which is prepared especially for cream, on receipt of the 
price, $1,—or of the “ Snow Flake” brand, for milk. &c., 
on receipt of fifty cts. The other brands are, “ Viandlne,” 
for preserving meats, poultry and game, 50 cts. per lb: 
“ Ocean Wave,” for preserving oysters, lobsters, &c.. 50 
cts. per lb.; “Queen,” for preserving eggs, $1.00 per lb.; 
“ Aqua Vitae,” for keeping fluid extracts, «c., $1.00 per lh. 
Samples mailed on receipt of price, except Aqua-Vitae, 
which is put up in bottles. 
WILL BRING GOOD PROFITS ! 
The popular favor and acceptance which will doubtless 
follow this great food preservative, are subjects entitled to 
receive serious contemplation and investigation, as the keep¬ 
ing of cream and milk for long shipment is a matter, where¬ 
in a large profit can be made. Where others fail this succeeds. 
Mention this paper and address 
THE HUMISTON FOOD PRESERVING CO., 
72 Kilby St., Boston, Mass. 
growing trees, shrubs, etc., from the beginning, by the 
methods followed in large commercial establishments, 
occupies a large part of the work. We know of no other 
treatise in the language where this information can be 
found in anything like the details given to it here. 
While it is a guide to those who would take up the 
growing of nursery plants as a business, it is not the 
less useful to the amateur. The principal work for the 
new edition has been in revising the lists of fruits of 
various kinds. Our lists of apples, pears, and other 
fruits have now become so large, that the novice is puz¬ 
zled as to what varieties to plant. Compact, well con¬ 
sidered lists, revised by one so thoroughly competent as 
the author, give the present edition a special value. 
Much thought has evidently been given to this portion 
of a work which will long remain a standard for Ameri¬ 
can fruit growers. 
