Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-05-26
DOMESTIC AND AGRICULTURAL.

DOMESTIC AND AGRICULTURAL.
CuRouLIo--A NeU Remedy.-A. P.
Richardson, Norfolk county, Massachu-
sets, thinks that his success in prevent
ing the attacks of the curculio is such as
to warrant him in suggesting his plan to
others. As soon as the trees blossom,
their trunks are surrounded by cotton
saturated with kerosene oil. This ia
placed foot or two from the ground, and
the oil is renewed once or twice week,
as long Is the curculio continues to ap-
pear.
REMEDY FOR Cur WORKS. IN PEACH
ErEs.-We had peach tree, more
beautifully shaped and grown tree of any
SOFT never grew, we watched it we'll, we
found cut worm in it and murdered
him with malice aforethought; We feared
for our pet, we removed the earth for the
space of two inches below the surface and
painted from thence six inches up the
trunk of the tree with coal gas tar, and
replaced the earth, that year, its third, it
bore crop. The next spring it received
a similar coat of coal gas tar paint, that
year it over cropped itself and did so for
the next two years, and Notwithstanding
all the tying and propping we could, the
limbs would break until we became dis
gusted with the unsightly mass of timber.
We never saw any more cm grub in that
tree. Editor G. & T.
IT is said that where the roots and nests
Of fowls are made of sassafras wood, tho
fowls will not be troubled with vermin.
Pennyroyal rubbed about the head of
horse will keep of the blood thirsty horse
fly. Cedar wood boxes and closets arc
sure protection against moths in clothing
: and furs. Sassafras roosts and nests
upon the same general principle will pro-
tect chickens from being Infested with
lice.
sassafras and pennyroyal we know will
fail, and Jai1 utterly, and we know that
t where both did so fail, little coal gas
! tar daubed on the ends of the roosts
cleaned our hens and premises from every
louse, although but few days before We
used it, had favorite hen killed on her
eggs by these nuisances although she had
: plenty of pennyroyal in her nest. Ke-
rosene or coal oil will have the same ef-
feet as the gas tar-Editor.
To PROTECT FURs FROM MoTHs. ALL
: furs-Russian sable, stone marten, fitch.
+ Maltese, chinchilla, and colorcd-should
be put away as soon as warm weather
commences. A sure way to keep them.
is, to make newspaper sacks, double, large
enough to lay the furs in without folding
more than once to crowd or break them.
Make the edges of this sack perfectly
tight, by glueing with Spaulding's pre-
pared glue, or stitched with needle and
coarse thread all around. After you have
applied the hot fat-iron where YOU think
the moth has worked, and after your furs
are thoroughly brushed and free from tho
moth work, put them in this paper sack.
the ink On which has also the effect to
preserve them. Then put this sack in a
linen one and hang up in your clothes
press, or some dark place, away from flies
in summer, and not store them away in
trunks. Many use tobacco in putting up
furs for the season, but there is always
danger of the furs being destroyed, if that
is used with them. If you prefer to put
something in with them, use camphor, or
fine salt sprinkled through them. The
risk of using tobacco is, there is an insect
in the tobacco which is as destructive as
the moth, so that this plant is not safe
one to use in any form, shape or manner.
FEEDING CALvEs.--A friend of ours
who has great success in raising calves on
skinned milk and "corn pudding"
adopts the following method: He never
lets the calf suck the COW, but teaches it
to drink out of pail. When the calf is
three or four days old, he takes about q
teacupful Of corn meal and pours a pint
OF hot water over it, stirs it up and lets
it scald for few minutes. He then pours
on three or four quarts of skinned milk.
or as much as the calf will drink. Tn the
meantime he has had piece of iron
heating In the stove. When red hot he
stirs the milk with it. This .sscorching
the milk" he considers of the greatestim-
portance when calves are fed on skinned
milk. 1t prevents it from securing the
calves. AS the calf grows older he in
creases the quantity of corn meal. The
SKINNED milk; at first, is only twelsN
hours from milking, but when the calf is
, older the milk may be allowed to stand
, twenty-four or thirty-six hours before il is
SKINNED .-Gennessee Farmer
SALT AND CHARCOAL FOR STocK.
mers who raise stock should give them
plenty Of charcoal to eat, and freely of
salt; as both charcoal and salt improve
cattle and make them in good condition.
. Salt acts on tho blood. Charcoal strength
ems and heals the mucous membrane
through the alimentory canal, and increa-
, ses the power Of the digestive organs,
healing any unhealthy condition existing
there. 1t ltprevvents worms generating in
the stomach, &c. /; it absorbs the putres-
cent gases by which worms are generated
and they consequently die. The use of
. salt and the free use of charcoal will con-
: tribute to protect cattle from epidemics,
:: and will counteract the sffsot Of putres-
!: cent or septic water.
5 SusfLowER SEED Chickens are very
: found Of sunaower seed. which not only
: tatten them very quickly. but make their
j. flesh very tender, juicy and fine favored.
I. And SO 1t will be we'll for you to plan,
Il sunaowers in some corner Of your grounds
f, for this purpose, Ed