Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-05-11

very DeSt fertilizers USED upon VIC IdIHi ioI
all the cereal grains and root crops may be
made in the following manner: Take one
barrel of pure, finely ground bone, and mix
with it barrel of good wood ashes; dur
ing the mixing, add, gradually, about three
pailfuls of water. The heap may be made
upon the floor of an building or upon
the barn floor; and by the use of hoe the
bone and ashes must be thoroughly blend |
ed together The water added is just suf- |
ficent to liberate the caustic alkalies, pot |
ash and soda, and these act upon the gela-
tine of the bone, dissolving the little atoms, |
forming a kind of soap and fitting it for
plant aliment. In this way the most valu
able constituents of bone can be made inn
mediately available, and the addition of
potash and soda aid in the formation of a
fertilizer of inestimable value. A gill of
this mixture, placed in a hill Of corn, will
work wonders. 1t is excellent for garden
vegetables, and for all kinds of roots. 1t
will be ready for use in week after it is
made.
To TRAIN A HORSE TO STAND.---The
Ohio Farmer says: Take your horse on the
barn floor and throw strap over his back
and fasten it to his right fore foot; lead
him along and say whoa" at the same
time pull down on the strap, which throws
him on three feet and makes him stop sud-
denly. This is the best way known to
teach whoa, and give him shaAp Jerk that
will stop him about as soon as the strap to
his foot. Then put him in harness with
the foot strap, as directed to under the head
of training to harness" and drive him up
to the door. The moment he undertakes
to move, take his foot and say whoa. Get
into your carriage and getout again; rattle
the thills, make all the noise getting in and
out you can; give him to understand, by
snatching his foot each time he moves,
that he must stand until you tell him to go,
and after a few times you can put the
whole family i'll the carriage and he won't
stir out of his tracks.
LICE ON CATTLE Editor Massachusetts
PlOughman VIII you please inform me
what is good to put on a colt to kill or
get rid of lice. The colt was bought at Mr.
Cheney's auction sale last fall, and remoy-
ed few miles into the country to winter.
and appears to have been well cared for
He grew very poor, and to examine him
you can see the lice, or what appears to be,
in great numbers. The colt has a good APP
petite. Other horses and colts in the same
stable show no signs of lice.
Respectfully yours, W. A. WARD.
CdmbridgPort, AprH II, 1869.
Use carbolic acid. 1t is the best. the
simplest, and the most effective thing known
at the present time, and is sure cure with
out danger to the animal. Carbolc acid j.
used i'll the form Of soaps, which may bl
easily applied in water, making a moder-
ately strong suds. Creslyic acid is cog
nate substance almost always associated
with carbolic acid, and under the trade
mark Of 'Creslyic Soap" an excellent ar
ticle is advertised and furnished We have
seen prescribed bath of creslyic soap anC
water for newly arrived migrant and il
every case Of its application have had tn,
satisfaction Of learning its efficacy
Mercurial ointment and many othci
compounds are sometimes dangerous, bu
we have never heard of any injury from
the use of carbolic acid soaps Nassachu
sets PJoughmaa.
| DANGEROUS kEROSENE.-Ac correspond
ent of the Rutland Herald contends tina
all risk from kerosene explosions is need
less; that kerosene honestly and properly
made is not explosive; and that if mer
chants will buy and sell honest kerosen
only, these horrors will cease. In this con
nection we will copy an article from tn
Journal of Chemistry good authority Oh
this subject:
The error must not prevail that kero
sene oil of legal standard will ignite o
burn if lamp containing it is broken
Good oil, such asl'should be used in families
will ertiaguish fame when brought in con
tact with it. Oil heated to the usual poin
while burning in a lamp in the evening
should extinguish lighted match whe
thrust into it. If the reader is using i
his family unadulterated kerosene, he ma
take off the top Of the lamp, and thrust i'll
: lighted taper; he may turn it out upon tn
, floor, and apply flame; and it viii not tax
fire or explode. Standard kerosene, sue
as the law recognizes is perfectly safe. w
wish to state and restate this fact, as
: would be great misfortune, especially t
) the poor, to have the erroneous idea pre-
vail that all kerosene is dangerous.
We are almost discouraged in our effor1
to explain the nature of the iiluminatin
| fluids, when we find, as we have, durin
e the past month, daring, reckless felIo
o travelling through the towns about this cit,
selling recipes to make a cheap napth
burning liquid. The Encouragement doc
not arise from the fact that such adventu
ers are numerous, and attempt to deceiv
the people, but that they so easily succee
: in their evil work. These frauds are NJ
e practiced upon the uneducated alone, bl
! upon the learned the intelligent-tho;
who certainly ought not to be ignorant @
, the simplest facts Of science.
J. We repeat, at the request of new s1l
e scriber, the test of kerosene, as publishe
: in the Journal some time ago. Take
. common quart bowl; fill it one-third tu
= of boiling water; now add cold water,
little at time, until thermometer place
/ in it indicates temperature of 1100 F.
table spoonful of the oil to be tested ms
be turned into the water and stirred abo
!. with the thermometer. 1t will float {
r top, and it may be touched with light,
!, match or a bit of paper If it ignites
= takes fire the oil is dangerous, and the sc
Ter can be prosecuted under the Unite
It States law.
J. Superior cement for any purposes, b
Is especially for substances that are expos
e to moisture, may be made by simply di
n solving common gum shellac in alcoh,
e and applying it like glue.
- STREAMING HONEY My grandfath
y has kept bees for about forty years, and tt
y is the way my grandmother does;-Unc
= the comb with sharp knife. Lay sol
small sticks across the pan, or whatever y
intend to strain it into. Place the cor
on the sticks, and place the pan near t
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