Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-02-23
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WoRKfNG2 SJIT FOR FARMERS.-Farmers
and mechanics need.somekind of a substan-
{! tial working suit, one that is cheaply made
and easily put on and comfortably worI,.
1t is very expensive working ina good su
of clothes, and expDsir G them to the varioi 8
kinds Of labor ineideRG TO farm Hfe.ff Put
onfa new pair of pants and get into an ap-
pie tree to trim or graft its or go to repair
ing fences, and youtwiA be sure to make a
rent sinithem before they are a day Old
Sueh.a thing rarely happens to an old pair.
- We invented a dress several years since
which we haVeaused and recommended to
e others much to their satisfaction, 1t is a
sleeve vest closed in front, and trOwsers in
one piece, with only one fastening with a
strap behind theneck. The sleeve may be
made sufficiently large to wear over a coat.
The material, should be of blue drilling
Z Thus at a trifling expense a man can be
readily fitted to grapple with any kind of
work without constant fear OF tearing or
p soiliUg his clothes, while the cost is DOtone-
tenth part of that of a suit of ordinary
clothing. 1t will often be found convenient
y to wear in hot weather without any other
clothing than shirt .ggJT ,saci:aigfl3sot
= Any clever housewife, who can make a
pair of summer pants, can make 1oue of
these useful articles The only difficulty
usually is not buying cloth enough to make
bnOIl Lie SulG O0'
large enough to wear over other garments,
If necessary, and when the days work is
dOnes it may be removed and others snbsti-,
tuted, and the farmer is in complete trim to
sit down of an evening, dressed in clean
clothes and ready to engage in conversa-
tion, reading or any other amusement suit
ed to a. rational end intelligent mind. The
q cost of such a suit is trifing, and is more
? than made up by what it saves of other
q clothes.-MGiae Farmer. 4ra ..,..sii1f .l4l..,
LAKE SUPERIOR WHEAT REGIoN.-Tn a
letter addressed to the Cleveland Board, of
Trade, by Col. Charles Whittelsey, the vet
eran geologist of this city, he gives the fol-
3 lowing account of e1far. Northwest as a
at-producing region:
~Having spent fifteen seasons in explora-
tions upon the waters of Lake Superior
{ and the head waters of the Mississippi,
z naturally take asdeeper interest in that
country, and place higher value upon it
than those who have never seen it. / was
s convinced, before there was State organ
iZation in Minnesota, that the region north
of st. Peters, and west of the Mississippi,
was destined to be our main resource for
flour and wheat, but had then little appre4
citation OF the rapid development of those
products. In 1913 found that the Hudson
Bay and the Northwest Companies of Cam
ada had raised wheaton a century, at their
posts on the waters of the Red river and
Sackatchawan; which produced a greater
yield and better article than Ohio ever
produced.I This is also in accordance with
the experience of Europe, the reliable
who at-growing countries being farther
north than those which produce Indian
corn. a8zt,,eI r. l>g.t 7lI r40 IS .fal#H.
In 1860 the State Commissioner of Sta
tistics for Minnesota reported that there
was in that State surplus of three mill
lions of bushels of wheat in 1866, by re-
port (not Officially. it is stated to have been
six millions, and in 1866 nine millions. The
territory over which wheat NAV be pro-
tluced extends along the valley of the Mis-
souri,. on the line of the road to the Rocky
mountains. An equally good region lies to
the norIhof our boundary. in the valley of
the Sackatchawan, equivalent to five or six
States" -, - 10 }gEa-Ha r
MEDICAL QUALITIES OF PuMPKrNs.-At
a recent discussion in the New Y York Farm
ers' Club, a correspondent writes of the
virtues of the pumpkin:
will give you simple, yet very valu-
able cure for infiammatory rheumatism. A
woman's arm was sWelIed to an enormous
size, ana painfully infamed. A poultice
was made OF stewed pumpkin, which was
renewed every fifteen minutes, and in
short time produced a perfect cure. The
fever drawn out by the poultices made them
Extremely offensive, as they were taken off.
j know man cured of severe Inflammation
of the bowels by the same kind of apptica-
ltien. think such subjects as this proper
for discussion in a farmers club.
DIR. Snodgrass-I have no doubt pump
kins make a. good poultice. Whatever
holds water and warmth best is the most
suitable.
DIR. Smith-In my travels in Syria
found pumpkin seeds almost universally
eaten by the people on account of their sup
posed medical qualities. Not because they
are diuretic, bur as an antidote against AMI
maTcul@ which infest the bowels. They
are sold in the streets as apples and nuts
are here. 1t is a medical fact that persons
have, been cured of tape worm by the use
of puznpkin seeds. The outer skin being
removed, ttiie meats are bruised in NOR
tar, tito an oily, pasty mass. It is Swal-
lowed by the patient after fasting some
hours, and it takes the place of chyIe in
the stomach, and the tape worm lets go its
hold on the membrane and becomes gOrged
with this substance, and in some measure
probably torpid. Then large dose of cas-
tor oil is administered, and the worms are
elected before they are able to renew their
hold. @ &5 HG a5E# SE
CAUSE OF THE PoTATo RoT.-John H.
Klippart, of Columbus, Ohio, gives his
views on the causes of the potato rot in
the National Ag7icuEtuTiSt, published at
Pittsburgh, Pa. He traces the disease to
excessive cultivation and to hybridization
as one of the. naturl consequences of it. In
his opinion potatoes so crossed as to have a
flesh OF more than one coler7wiH be found
subject to the rot, while those of but one
will be found free from the tendency. As
sulning this to be correct, his remedy is to
plant none but the smaller potatoes, and
those of variety without a cross. Where
large potatoes are selected for seed the rot
is most certain to follow, while the reverse
is trIle with respect t0ssmall ones. In con-
clusion, he says: 'sThe rot in potatoes is a
disease not caused by fungus, but the fun
gus ensues as a consequence of the disease,
the same as smut or brand in our Indian
corn is not the cause but the consequence OF
abnormal conditions.n
"A GENTLEMAN who takes common sense
views of things, being recently asked his