Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-07-27
AGRICULTURAL.
FARM, GaRDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

To PRODUCE PRESENTATION. Twelve
drachms of antimonial wine, and two
drachms of laudanum. OF this mixture
eigteen drops may be taken In water
every five or six hours.
FoR DESTROYING THE OFFENSIVE ODoR
OF SINKs.-A pound of copperas dis
solved in four GALLONS of water and
poured over the sink three or four
times it is said will completely destroy
all offensive odOr.
To KILL Warts. following is
said never to fail, if properly applied;
Make a strong steep, from red oak
bark, in hot water; when cold, apply
as convenient, the oftener the better.
In a few days the wart will disappear.
SoURF IN THE HEAD. The following
ointment mast be used: Lard, two
ounces; suiphuric acid, diluted, two
drachms. Rub them together and an
noint the head once a day. To restore
the skin to healthy condition, proper
medicine should be taken n short time.
To CURE A FELoN.-A correspondent
SAYS: When indications of a felon APP
pear. take piece of rennet and soak 1T
in warm milk until it becomes soft,
then apply it TO the part effected, re-
newing 1t occasionally, and Keeping on
until cure is produced.
USE OF GERANIUM LEAvEs.-It is
not generally known that the leaves OF
a geranium are an excellent application
for cuts, where the skin is rubbed off,
and other wounds of that kind. One
or two leaves must be bruised and APP
piled to the part, and the wound will
be cicatrized IN q short time.
To CLEAN BLACK Lace. Take the
lace. and wipe off the dust carefully
with a cambria handkerchief, then pin
it out on "A bed, inserting a pin IN each
projecting point of the lace. Sponge
II all over with table beer, and do not
remove the pins till it is perfectly dry.
It will look quite fresh and new.
MUSTARD PLAsTERs By using syrup
or molasses for mustard plasters, they
will keep soft and flexible, aud not dry
up and become hard, as when mixed mp
with water. A thin paper or fine cloth
should come between the plaster and
the skin. The strength of the plaster
is varied by the addition OF more or less
flour.
ROSES and other plants and vines
are now infested with sluga, plant lice,
canker worms, and other destructlV-
pests. 10 drive them off, first sprinkle
freely with soap snds and then douse
ashes over them. We have had Occa-
sion to use tins remedy the present
season, and know it Will do the work.
SAVING SEED PEAs.-Peas for seed
should always be picked as soon as they
attain full size, before the pods begin
90 turn. Put them away In the pod to
dry, Peas dried in this manner will
bring peas the next season from ten
DAYS to two weeks earlier than If allow
ed to ripen on the stalk, and the same
rule applies to beans, corn, and almost
all garden vegetables, as | have proved
by actual experience. - Cor. Rural
american.
sEvERGREENs.- editor Of the
Gardeners Monthly cites the fact that
shortly after a storm, the snow will be
seen to have melted away from the
trunks of evergreens, leaving an open
circle around them. It is said, and no
doubt truly, that this decomposition of
snow is attributable to the heat given
ous by the body of the evergreen; hence
a good supply of these trees and shrubs
will tend to mitigate the winter, in
places where they abound.
BEST HORSES FOR FARM UsE-The
hardest work on the farm for horses is
breaking up sod which certainly is not
One-eighth of the whole work. Light
horses, weighing LOO or 2 D are
best for most of the other work; they
are best on the road and before the
harrow not before the mower and reap
er. we think. At crOSs-plowing aud
narrowing a coach horse will do one
fOuth more than heavy draft horse.
Besides it costs much more to keep the
heavy horse, and on sandy, or wet soil,
he sinks so much as to worry him. For
all uses which the farmer has for horses
the medium sized or coach horses are
the best.-C0r. RurdJ Ne,O Yorker.
RASPBERRY VINEGAR. -Carefully pick
six pounds of fine ripe Strawberries,
and pour on them four pinis of the
very finest vinegar. Leave them thus
for four days, frequently stirring, but
not mashing the fruit so as to bTuise
the seeds; then place piece of clean
washed linen or flannel in n seive, and
filter through it the vinegar, to each
pint of Juice adding two pounds of loaf
sugar; put it into glazed jar or pan,
which place in hot water, and keep
there tlll the juice boils thick and syr-
A - 4 4. 10
it. The whole process should be car
ried on IN glazed earthen vessels.
A MONSTER CHERRY TREE.-Some-
time since we published an account of a
very large cherry tree growing in this
state. A friend furnishes us with a
statement of the dimensions of one
growing on the farm of John Ansfachs,
in Reading township, Perry county,
Ohio, which makes the first appear a
mere switch. 1t rs of the Black Heart
variety. 1t is eighty feet ia height,
and four feet and ono inch through
The largest limb is forty-twO feet in
length. The seed of this tree was
brought from Berks county, Pennsyl-
vania, in the year 1917 Ohio Statesman.
GRAPE VINE FLEA BEETLE. A..
J. Dodge of Francestown has left at
the Mirror Office some specimens OF
the grape vine flea beetle, which he
says are doing his vines considerable
injury by eating into the buds. They
are somewhat larger than the descrip-
ton put down In the books, otherwise
their identity is readily recognized.
They spend the winter in the earth
about the roots of the vine and feed
upon them. They do not generally