The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-06-10
rHE DALEY EMPIRE.
AGRICULTURAL.


PIGEoS -MEEp.-Ihls nuisance OF the
wheat farm is thus treated of By the prac-
tfcaI Agricultural editor Of the New York
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Seeds to germinate early must be near the
surface. This 10 an established law of ma
ture adapted to the circumstances In which
most seeds are placed that grow upon the
surface OF the globe. They grow. ripen
and fall to the ground to be washed into
| the soil by rains, and commence germina-
ting at the surface and send their roots
1 into the ground. therefore, TO eradicate
| Pigeon Weed, we would recommend, IL the
ground be wet or moist, to have It thor
oughly gone over with sharp-toothed
harrow early In the fall succeeding tile
wheat harvest. This Is generally a busy
1 time with farmers, and the narrowing could
be done mitch easier than a shallow plow-
| Ing. Besides u the business IS we'll
done, the seeds will be covered to
u depth which nature requires, and
hence they will germinate aud can
easily be destroyed by blowing the ground
1 for crop In the spring. II plowing be
done in the fall to caiise the seeds to germi-
nate, It should be done as shallow AS posi-
Bile, not TO exeeed two or three inches in
depth, and then the ground should be i'm
lmediately narrowed. This will be very
the spring the Weed viii be killed. Ano-
ther excellent method Is to plant the wheat
stdbble the .kiicceedihg spring with corn,
well manured, and then SOW with barley
the next spTiBgol WEI have remarked that
the Pigeon Weed, III, there be any seed in
the ground, generally germinates In the
fall on corn stubble. by this course. II the
manure contains anV seeds they will ALSO
be destroyed by the succeeding spring y
lplowing for barley. II our farmers win
practice the above methods and be careful
TO have clean seed wheat they will soon
rid themselves OF this great pest to the
wheat crop. tu lrt .NIt.I
CURE FOR IN-GRowINa NAILs.---lt Is
stated by correspondent that cauterza-
tion by hot tallow Is an immediate cure for
ingrowing nails. He says ~fTiTe patient
whom l first tried this was young la
Idy who had been unable to put OH a shoe
for several months, and decidedly the worst
Icase ] have ever seen. The disease had
been Of long standing. The edge of tile
nail was deeply undermined; the granula-
tlons formed high ridge partly covered
with skin, and pus constantly owed from
the root of the nail; the whole toe was
My mode of proceeding was this: | put a
very small piece OF tallow in a spoon and
heated IL over a lamp until it became very
hot, and dropped two or three drops be-
tween the nail and granulations. The effect
was almost magical. Pain and tenderness
were at once relieved, and in few days the
granulations were all gone, the diseased
parts dry aud destitute of feeling, and the
edge of the nail exposed SO as TO admit of
being pared away without any inconven-
ience. The cure was complete, and tho
ltrouble never returned. l have tried this
lplan repeatedly since. and with the most
satisfactory results, The operation causes
hut little III any pain if the tallOw Is prop
erly heated. repetition might in some
cases be necessary. '
LIQUID HoNEY.-The following recipe,
for a beautiful liquid honey,i taken from
Mr., LangstrOth, who says the best judges
have pronounced 1t one of most luscious
articles they ever tasted, Put two pounds
of the purest white sugar Ia as much hot
water as will dissolve 1t; take one pound of
strained white clover .honey--any honey
of good flavor will answer-and add It
warm to the syrup, thoroughly stirring to-
gether. As refined loaf sugar is 4 pure and
inodorous sweet, one pound of honey will
give Its flavor to two pounds of sugar, and
the compound will be free from that smart
Ing tase that pure honey often has, and will
usually agree with those who cannot eat
the latter with impunity. Any desired
flavor can be added to 1t. -