The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1869-10-08
HOUSEHOLD.
USEFUL REClpES, ETC.

In blowing or teaming on the road In
hot weather, always rest the horses on an
eminence, where one minute viii be worth
two in q warm valley.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Prdss5s
Farmer recommends an application of
boiled oil, thickened with pulverized
charcoal, to prevent posts from decaying.
DRY earth is said to be an excellent
thing for gals or sores on horses, to be
retained by a bandage, and changed as
often as it becomes moist from absorption.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Countryman,
from his observations in Northern ILL
nois, is fearful that the Usage Orange is
not just the thing for the cold winters of
that latitude.
ACCORDING to M. Comaille, ducks are
three times as profitable as hens as egg
producers. Three ducks presented him,
in a given time, with SIX hundred and
seventeen eggs, while three hens, Matched
at the same time, achieved only two hun
dred and fifty-seven. the eggs of hens
and ducks he states to be nearly equal in
nutritive value.
LA PATRIE, French paper, publishes
the following simple method of destroying
the grub which does so much damage to
apple trees: Place piece of aloe, about
the size of walnut, in quart of water |;
shake the bottle from time TO time during
three or four days, and apply the liquid
with small brush to the affected parts of
the tree. If the weather be dry, single
application will suffice.
CORAL VARNIsH.-An improved method
of preparing copal varnish is said to con-
sist in first dissOlving one part camphor in
twelve parts ether in a well-stOpped bot
tie, and then adding four parts of the copal
resin, previously reduced to an impalpable
powder, and as soon as the copal gum is
partly dissolved, four parts of strong alco-
hol and one-quarter part of oil of turpen-
tine are to be added, and the mixture well
shaken and allowed to stand for few
hours, after which an excellent copal var
nish will be found as the result.
To PREVENT horse from breaking his
halter, procure small, hard, strong cord,
from eight to ten feet long; put the har-
ness on the horse; buckle the girt tight !;
make siipping-noose on one end of the
cord and put it around the horses tail,
close to the body; slip the other end
through the territ and bit-ring, and hitch
the horse to post, and leave him to him
horse.-Cor. Country Gentleman
CIsTERN WATER.-A citizen of Vermont
gives the following as, in his opinion, the
best method of keeping the contents of a els
tern from stagnating and becoming often
| sive: "Let the spout run to the bottom OF
| the cistern. You will then have new water
every time it rains. The old water will be
buoyed or borne up, and thrown off
Sometimes single rain will throw off all
the old water, and give entirely new. II
you have any doubt of this, fill a pail with
water, run tube to the bottom of it, and,
by means of funnel, turn more water
into it by way of the tube, and you will
see that the water you turn into the tube
will go to the bottom of the pail, and the
water you put in first will be thrown of. y
KEEPING SWEET POTAToEs.-A writer
in the Country Gentleman says: al have
seen several plans tried for keeping sweet
potatoes, such as putting them up in dry
sand, chat, etc; but have found that rot
ten wood, finely pulverized, is the best
thing yet. Collect the rotten wood in the
summer or early fall; get it perfectly dry
grind or pound it fine; pack your sweet
potatoes in it in boxes or barrels and keeI
them in warm room or in the cellar Close
up to the floor of the house, and you need
have no fear but that your potatoes will be
as good in the spring as when you packed
them away.
TREATMENT OF FLOWERS IN OCTOBER
EARLY in the month, the beds should bt
thoroughly cleaned Of all weeds; all the
tops of the hardy herbaceous plants thai
have done blooming and are dried uI
should be cut off; tuberoses, gladiolus
dahlias, and other summer-blooming bulb:
should be taken up, properly dried an(
stored away. When the frost has des
troyed the verbenas, balsams, asters, etc.
they should be removed; and the tops o
the chrysanthemums cut off sas soon al
they are done blooming. At the end o
the month, or when the earth is frozen al
inch or two deep, the beds should b.
covered over with leaves, long litter, o.
salt-hay, to the depth of two or thre,
inches. In order to protect the plant
from the injurious effects of alternat
freezing and thawing in the winter,
slight protection in this way amply repay
the trOuble-Hedrth and Home.