The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-12
FARM, GARDEN 4 HOUSEHOLD.

To Drive AiOay Reaches and Ants
Take powdered borax and scatter
wherever coCkroAches most frequent,
and they will disappear directly. A
safe and etticacIous remedy for q most
annoying remedy. Ants can be driven
away out ofCupbOardS II Jumps OF cam.
phor are scattered about them. Ants
object 10 strong scents, and In tropical
climates are prevented from entering
rooms by powerful scented oils and
gums. A sponge can be sprlnkled With
sugar and laid upon shelves when anti
are numerous; the next morning
plunge the sponge quickly into boiling
water, and most OF the intruders will
be destroyed. Then scatter camphor
and you will have no trouble,
To Clean a Room OF MoSquiloeS.-
Take Of gum Of Camphor q piece abouI
one.third the size OF an egg, and evap
crate It by placing II In o tin vesse
and holding II over q lamp, taking
care that II does not ignite. The smoke
Will soon fill the room and expel thu
mosquitoes. Ode night was terribly
annoyed by them, when l thought O.
and tried the above, after which never
saw nor heard them that night, and thu
next morning there was not one 10 bt
found In the room, though tho window
had been left open all night.
Nails in The F0ot.-To relieve from
The terrible effects OF running a nail In
the foot Of man or horse take peach
leaves, (when In the season. brulse
them, apply to the wound, confint
with q bGndage, aud the cure is as Il
BY magic. Renew the application twIce
day, II necessary, but one application
generally does the work. Both man
and horse have, In O few hours, when
apparently on the point OF having the
lockjaw, been cured.
Projecting Young TreeS.-The follow.
Ing 10 cheap way to protect young
trees from cattle, where they cannot
be fenced conveniently without toe
much expense. Take fresh COW ma.
nure and dilute 1t q little with water
or bRrn.yard soakings, so as to have
1t In a pRBLy condition. mop the same
on with an old broom from the limbs
down TO the ground. Nothing will eat
or rub their own manure, Practical
experience teaches me this method;
saved number Of young trees after re-.
sorting TO 1t. The cattle would rub
them hlther and thlther until l adopt .
ed this plan.-CoGn!ry Gentleman.
Steam PlOwS.-There are now five
English steam plows running In this
country. one In Kentucky, one in Tex.
as and three In Louisiana. They cost
about $4,000 and give great sailsfac.
tion, as they do the work OF twenty or
thirty horses with the labor OF two or
three attendants. In England there are
Two thousand OF these ploWs, and In
Egypt four hundred. They run a gang
OF nom three TO six plows, and pulYeF.
lie as deep as fourteen Inches. They
can go much deeper II the farmer wish.
60. Two or three inventors are work.
ing out the Yankee steam pillow. One
proposes to build, for about S3,O5O, an
edRins that will move back and forth
on the line OF wire rope fastened al
The headlands to q self>advanclng an
Choir.
EthamStion Of Land BY Dairy Farm.
ing.-lt has been suggested TO US that
cheese factories would be found 10 be
Improbable Institutions In the end :
that by increasing the area devoted no
dairy pasturage, and thGR decreasing
the number OF hogs, calves, and Other
BLOCK raised In the regions whore the
factories are located, they will cause
exhaustion OF the soil, as the milk IL ali
taken from the farm without return
being made. The danger Of such a re-
sult we think small. The process Of
exhaustion would certainly be slower
than where hay or grain are largely
sold. On many dairy farms grain and
nay are purchased each year, and fed
10 the cows In addition TO that raised
on the farms.
There Is one waste, comparatively
small, which might be avoided, In
many cases where cheese Is made al
factories the whey Is lost 10 the far.
meFs: we see no good reason why II
shonld not be taken back and fed Ia
hogS on the farm. We think II could
be fed them more probably than Is or.
din9rily the case at factories.
We also believe II would DO better fol
dairymen 10 raise their COWS rather
than buy them; better cows could mus
be secured, and ordinarily at less rates
With a careful application Of lie
large quantities OF manure made on
dairy farms, and the additional precau.
lions OF feeding whey TO them, and rails.
Ing calves instead OF buying COWS, we
should expect such farms to improve In
condition and facility, rather than q
see them retrograde.- Western Rural.
Diseases Of HorSeS.-'For the cure al
ring-boue, poll evil or fstula, apply
when first noticed, one ounce OF oil al
spike, one ounce OF oil OF stone, and
one pint Of spirits Of turpentine, mix,
and with as much Of gum Of camnhoT
as 1t will dissolve. The hair ought to
be cut of close, and apply every other
day for a week at time. II poll. evil
Is running or dischargIng. probe The
tubes with verdIgris and spirits OF lur.
pentlue.
For cholic: half an ounce spirits o,
turpentlne rinsed down with water: OF
half pint OF baking soda, and al
much salts dissolved together, and pour
into the animal,
For bolts; one quart OF sweet milk
and one pint OF molasses :mixed; and
IN an hour afterwards one pint n
strong tobacco Juice, and afterwards 4
good physlc OF salts or aloes.
ITEMS.
A great deal ofcorn Is wIllfully wat.
ed after all the trouble and expense n
blowing, p lanting and harvesting.-
This waste Ia absolutely wicked, and
with trlalng extra care NAV be
easily remedled. In the first place, m
hn0kt N fnf1