Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-09-10

Mhchn muaquilO, peai Bnat OF Other hO..
idhs insect punclhfts the human skin, II
deposits or iuiects, an atom Of acidulous
auid of poisonous nature. This causes
an irritation, sensation of tickling, itch
ing or Of pain. Tho tickling Of flies we are
Comparatively Indifferent about; but the
itch produced BY a flea or gnat, or other
noisome insect, disturbs our serenity and
like the pain of a wasp on bee sting, excites
US to ''remedy. The best remedy for
the sting Of insects are those which will
instantly neutTalize the acidulous poison
deposited in the skin. These are either
ammonia or borax. The alkaline reaction
Of borax is scarcely yet sufficiently appre-
ciated However time will come when
its good qualities win be known and more
universally valued than ammonia, or as 1t
is more commonly termed "hartshorn /"
Borax is a salt of that innocent nature that
1t may be kept in every household; it can
be recommended as a domestic and harm
less chemical The solution Of borax for
insect bites is made thus Dissolve one
ounce of borax in one pint Of water that
has been boiled and allowed to cool. In
stead of-plain water, distilled ross+water,
elder, or orange-aower water ismore pleas
mt The bites are to be rubbed with the
solution so long as there is any irritation
For bees or wasps sting the borax may
be made Of twice the above strength.
PURE WATER AND NUTR1TIous FooD FOR
STocK. ID G. Scofeld writes to the Prai-
rie Farmer as follows Equally necessary
to good supply of food for our domestic
animals, is good supply of water; and
the stock will do well in proportion to the
quality Of the supply Farmers understand
full well that the food must possess nutri-
tious qualities in sufficient quantities to
sustain the animal system, az well as to an
increase in proportion to the drain on the
system in working animals by labor, and in
animals for the milk purposes, to supply
that caused by the flow of milk. The
strength Of the laboring animal and the
productions of the mich animal will,
therefore, be in proportion TO the quality as
we'll as to the quantity of the supply
Both food and water for mlloh cows
should always, as far as practicable, be so
convenient as to render them easy OF ac-
cess, aud near by each other. In an ex-
pertinent with o lot Of COWS this summer,
in moist, cool weather, my cows were
I yielding daily very nearly an equal quaint.
ty Of milk ON being driven quarter Of O
mile ut noon to water and then returned. -
About one week fresh water was furnished
them in the pasture fields where they fed
when the increase of the quantity Of milk
exceeded an average Of quart each -
When this supply ceased, and they were
4 driven again quarter Of q mile to the wa
ter md returned, IN three days the flow Of
milk receded, or fell of Just hs much as il
had gained, without any other assignablt
reason than the quality of the water and
the extra exercise Of the cows. When the
supply was in the field, in every case it was
fresh from the fountain; and when they
were driven to it, in general the water
was warm and more or less impure.
found the animals drank more of the fresh
pure water than of the warm and eompara'
lively impure water No animal will drinl
warm, impure water, when pure water car
be readily obtained; yet how many OF the
farmers Of this country overlook this essen
tial in the care of their stock, and compel
even their cows to obtain all their water
from the most convenient slough until il
dries up and becomes thick with mud and
slime, when they are compelled, in some
instances on open, prairie ranges, to trave
miles to find water, and warm and impure
at that Some measures should be adopted
by our stock-growers and dairymen, by
which their stock can always find n supply
of pure water in the same field where they
feed If pump could be so constructed
that the animal could pump its supply o
pure water at will, and so cheapas 10 come