The Plymouth Democrat., 1869-09-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL RECIPES, ETC.

ETERNAL vigilance is the only sure
preventive of weeds.
SOAKING seed wheat in brine is said to
be preventive against smut.
1T is better to spend an hour hanging
loose doors and gates than in hanging
round taverns and stores.
Hot milk has been very successfully
tried in Bengal as a remedy for diarrhea
A letter from resident says that pint
every four hours will check the most vio-
lent diarrhea, stomach ache, incipient
cholera, or dysentery. Half a pint every
meal generally reduces gradually and
pleasantly any ordinary diarrhea.
DR. BUCKINGHAM has an article in the
Medical and Surgical Journal, in which he
recommends strongly the use of ripe fruit,
particularly peaches, for ordinary diarrhea
and dysentcry; sometimes with, sometimes
without morphia, as the presence or absence
of pain dictates. He says he had just pre-
scribed quart of peaches a day for a pa
tient.
PLACE a bone in the earth near the root
of a grape vine, and the vine will send
out leading root directly to the bone. In
its passage it throws out no fibers-but
when it reaches the bone, the root will en-
tirely cover it with most delicate fibers,
like lace, each one seeking pore of the
bone. On this bone the vine will continue
to feed as long as nutriment remains to be
extracted.-Erchange.
MORE horses are killed by hard riding
and driving than are worn out by hard
work; although too many are worked to
death. 1t is strange that horse O"-Ters will
not see their own interest III taking better
care of so valuable an animal. a horse
should never be put to the road without
| having his feet examined to see that the
shoeing is all right. Be careful about
watering when the horse is warm. Rub
his legs well after every days work.-&och
Journal.
A CURE FOR POLL EVIL The follow
ing recipe is furnished to the Farmers
Club by a resident of Genesee County, n
Y: "Take a handful of pine and steep il
in fresh butter until it becomes crispy
strain it; add a teaspoonful of the oil o
peppermint to half a pint of the butter
when cool; take piece as large as ;
small walnut and put into each ear, taking
care to keep it closed until melted. In F;
few days it will effect cure 1t is also {
good remedy for horse distemper. Note
The orificc should be kept clean by wash
ing with soap-suds."
How to preserve ice for a considerable
length of time, for domestic purposes, anC
especially the sick room, is told by an eX
change Make two bags of stout wOolcl
fabric; the outer bag should be made II
least two inches wider each way than til,
inner one. After placing one bag insid
the other, stuff feathers between the two
and sew the bags together at the top. Pu
block Of ice into a bag Ofthis description
and it will be preserved for nearly a week
when, under exposure, 1t will melt in les
than an hour.
INFLUENCE OF LIGHT UPON PLANTS
The influence Of light upon plants ha
always been we'll known, and recent,
some experiments made in France give
us some further knowledge Of its inilucnc
in its less obvious phases. y climbing
plant placed in Il dark place continued t
grow, but did not twine in the usual spira
conyoiutions. 1t grew straight up in tn
dark; but when replaced in the light,
recommended to tWine as usual. The ey
pertinent was repeated several times, am
, always with the same results, thus show
that light was essential to its power c
twiuing-HearM and Home.
4 WASHING FLUID-Jennie T. Hazer
in Western HurW recommends the follow
ing formula: "Take one pound of s;
soda and half pound of unslacke
lime and put them in gallon {
water, boil twenty minutes, let it stan
till cool, then drain off and put i
a small jug or jar; soak your dirty clothc
over night, or until they are wet through
then wiring them, and rub on plenty {
; soap, and with water add one tcacupful {
the washing fluid; boil half an hour G
more, rinse, and your clothes will look be
c ter than by the old way of washing twic
: before boiling This is an invaluabl
e recipe, and every poor, tired woman
t should try it.