. The New England farmer . termilk, and a subsequentpressing in a linen cloth. Butter thus pre-pared, according to our authority, is preemi-nent for its sweetness of taste and flavor,(jualities which are retained a long time. Toimprove manufactured butter we are advisedby tlie same authority to work it thoroughlywith fresh <old milk, and then to w\ish it inclear water ; and it is said that even old ran-cid butter may be rendered palatable by w^v^h-ing it in water to which a few drops of V so-lution of chloride of lime have been added.—Ag. Depart III ent Jieport. Tall Hkhusokass.—Thouj^h the
. The New England farmer . termilk, and a subsequentpressing in a linen cloth. Butter thus pre-pared, according to our authority, is preemi-nent for its sweetness of taste and flavor,(jualities which are retained a long time. Toimprove manufactured butter we are advisedby tlie same authority to work it thoroughlywith fresh <old milk, and then to w\ish it inclear water ; and it is said that even old ran-cid butter may be rendered palatable by w^v^h-ing it in water to which a few drops of V so-lution of chloride of lime have been added.—Ag. Depart III ent Jieport. Tall Hkhusokass.—Thouj^h the average cropof hay may be less this year tlian usual, it is evi-dent that grass has not lost its ability to liavc received a parcel of heads of hcrdsgrass,from 6i to 8 inches in length, cut from stalks5 feet and 11 inches high, which grew on a field ofnew land in Coaticook, Canada East, owned byG. W. Kinney, Esq. The grass on the whole fieldcame nearly to a level with a mans head. 1871. NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 589. STABLE VENTILATION. KECENT look into some citystables has turned ourthoughts to the subject ofthe above heading. Howhorses live over night, even,in such numbers as arerC * \ A ^owded into some places,and closely confined in soimpure an atmosphere, iscertainly a matter of won-der. There was a time, we sup-pose, when mankind veryimperfectly understood thenature of air, the manner in which it supportslife, and the caus6s which destroy its now that science has developed the factswhich ought to instruct us in this matter, thereis no reasonable excuse for a man to torturehis animals by depriving them of a sufficientamount of the breath of life. Air is essential to the existence of everyliving being. Breathing it greatly alters itsproperties. Breathing it over two or threetimes exhausts that portion of it called oxy-gen, and then the animal dies. A mouse en-closed in a jar so that no air could get in orout, seemed to feel no inconvenience for alittle t
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