Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1869-10-07
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Facts, HINTS and Maxims.

Don't leave to memory wha
should be written, 1t makes law
suits.
Sweet oil is recommended as
cure for boJs in horses.
The more comfortable you cal
keep your animals the more they
will thrive.
A good COW is a valuable ma.
chine-the more food she properly
digests, the greater the profit.
Pearl blight still puzzles the hor-
ticulturists. The best remedy
known is to plant two trees for ev-
cry one that dies.
1t is advisable, in the construc,
tion Of poultry-houses, to use pine
lumber-the more pitch it contains
the better, as this is offensive to
poultry vermin.
For swelled jaws in sheep, "an
old and experienced farmer ad-
vises rubbing the mouth with a
mixture Of equal parts of alum and
salt.
A fruit-grower gives his hogs
free range Of his plum orchard each
year without interruption, and had
heavy crops for seventeen years in
succession.
A gentleman in Hillsdale, Michi-
gan, dusts the leaves and blossoms
of his plum-trees with plaster when
the dew is on, and thus prevents
the curculio from destroying his
fruit.
ScoURs IN SHEEP A pint of
new milk, thickened with wheat
-four; to be given twice a day till
the discharge is stopped.
SooURs IN HORSES. - Put one
pint Of good gin and one ounce of
indigo into a bottle, and shake
them together and administer in
one dose.
RING BONE. Mix equal parts Of
spirits of turpentine and common
lamp oil, and apply to the part af-
fected night and morning, rubbing
it well into the hair about the hoof
Sow ten bushels per acre of wood
ashes on your wheat field at the
time of sowing the seed; scarcely
anything would be better, Scatter
by hand, broadcast. !
The good time coming will begin
when the horse power in farm work
eats coal instead of corn, and when
the scum Of cities enriches the earth
instead Of polluting air and dedling
water
1t is stated that there are already =
three thousand steam plows at work :
in New England, some Of them
with stationery engines, capable of
driving from three to six plows
each.
PoULTRY,-To destroy lice and
other vermin on poultry, dampen
The skin under the feathers with
water, then sprinkle a little sulphur
On the skin. Let the bird be Gov
cred with insects or perasites, they
will disappear in the course Of II
hours. A
American farmers are advised ito n
ldopt the rule Of many English
armers-that is, never to allow
wo while-straw crops, such as
wheat, oats, barley and rye, to fol tn
ow each other.
The Cottage Gardener, London, "
ays earthing up potatoes diminish
s the product and retards the tn.
iers. Long experiments in England
ave proved the fact that hilling
p to the potato will reduce the -
rop onefourth. -
Stagnant or foul water is inju-
iOus t6 all animals. 1t causes
lood- poisoning, and this leads TO
lany febrile complaints, and is one
I the great causes of abortion in
ows and other animals, lis use
hould be guarded against by farm.
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Clover can be plowed down too
ften in loamy soil. 1t makes it
DO loose, and the wheat is more
asily frozen out. The surface
lould be well rolled in the fall ~
nd IL the ground is dry enough, it ri
lould be rolled in the spring be-
IRE the wheat starts much.
lake your land as rich as possible, -
nd then, when the weeds show IL
lemselyes, apply the following
viz; Brains, all You
IN muster muscle, all you have
spare. This method is not pat IrII1l
nted. you
Strawberry plants can be set out G.
ON the middle Of August to the
ld Of September August is gen.
'ally a very warm and dry month
ut In cases Of the absence Of rain, mai
10 newly planted beds must be wa Nv
red every day or two until they -
scome established q
To cure a dog Of sheep killing,
t him see the sheep he has killed
bis presence take of the pelt,
stem il tightly around him, and
AXE him wear II from one to three -
ays. We think you will never be
Dubbed by his meddling with sheep
gain.
Camphor is most powerful l.
gent In driving away mosquitoes. II
camphor- bag hung M In an omen