The Placer herald., 1869-12-04
HOUSE AND FARM.


him; put the saddle on and fasten tigh;
pass a strong cord between tue siirrups and
tie each end to its respective stirrup, SO
that il she col, jumps sideways the slrrup
will not fy over his back. Use common
spaff1e bit, with do bic reins, draw the lower
reins tight and fas,en to the horn or pom
mel the saddle leaving The upper ones
loose.
Now commence driving the colt around
the corral; keep him going. until he shows
signs of exhaustion. Have man ready
with saddle horse to take the lead; blindfold
your colt again, gather up the reins firmly
in your bands and mount; seat yourself firm
", pretty well back in the saddle, anu
draw the blind of. Ten to one the colt
follows the other horse readily. and there
is no possibility of the colts throwing you,
unless he fall backward. If be is stub
born and lies down and refuses 10 90,
new plan must be tried. Take short strap
with buckle. aud fasten up the of fore
foot, put one-haf-incb rope around the
other fore foot, and let bim get up; go towards
him, and If hs makes jump throw bin;
after being thrown few times, be will
learn how TO behave himself and suffer the
rider to mount withou, difficulty.
A horse with bis head curbed up cannot
buck; no horse can unless he Gao get bis
head down. The treatment with the rope
is equally good in breaking horses to har-
ness, only the of foot is not strapped Up,
and 'be rope is passed through ;he large
ring in the hame Rurdl NeW- Yorker.
MoRE vIHEYARps-The profits of the
best viney ards uear San francisco are very
enticing. Mr.. Shaw got s420 gross per
acre for bis Muscat of Alexandra vines an
nually, on the average and 1870 net. TIE
Meis,er brothers ge, s735 per acre gross,
aud $675 net from the A+xandrian, Mus
cat, $24OO gross, or 50 800 net from the
Flame Tokav; and over $3.50 per acre
from the Black Hamburg, Black Malvolse,
Golden Cbassess and White Toksy FOR ta-
bic use. We mention these wine growers
because we have the figures direct from
their lips, and we presume that Their net
and gross receipts are fair samples of Others
who have the same varieties OF grapes. The
Mission grape, the most abundant and least
valuable of all, has paid more than 500 net
per acre for all the viney ards that produced
crops suitable for the table, near San Fran
cisco; and even those Of which the berries are
very small, or those which were not picked uo
til they were too ripe TO reach The market in
good condition. commanded $50 net per
acre fer brandy. Fronrignan Muscat vines
will yield IT least $500 net per acre, for
wine. at the present prices; aud many OF
the Zirfode!, Resisting, Black Malvoise and
Rbein,sh NJ, scaela pay as much. When
we consider that an acre of ~hea at rarely
pays over $l5 net, and does not average
$40, it is clear that those Callfornans who
have large numbers OF the best vines are
getting good income fr,m their land
Alta.
CoRYs CURED Halls Journal of Health
gives this mode: "1be safest, most accessa-
BILE and the most Efficient cure for a corn 90
the toe is 10 double a piece of thick soft
buckskin, cut a boe in it large enough to re.
ceive the corn, and bind it round the toe.
If, 10 addition to this, he foot is soaked in
warm water for five or more minutes every
morning and night. and a few drops Of swee,
oil or other oily substance are patiently rub
bed in after he soaking, the corn will al
most niaIIlsbly become so loose in few
days as to be easily pricked out with a fin
ger nail; this saves The necessity of parlng
The corn, which operation has sometimes
been falowed by dangerous symptoms. II
the corn becomes incouveuient again repeat
the process at once
To ExrERMINArE HEN LICE. - Francis
Collins asks how to externinate ben lice
A gentleman interested in extending the cul
ture of The Castor bean says. tha, in the
South colored people tie Castor Bean leaves
about the perches, and say it extermnaes
e tEo -,
savans had tried the following aud found it
an Invaluable and effective ex,erminator
q Turn the fowls out of the hen house, and
put peck of charcoal and five or six pounds
OF sulphur in an old stove, kettle or other
safe receptacle. set it on fire and shut the
house until it is thoroughly fumigated
This bad resulted in destroying all the lice
in the house and exier,ninarg them from
The fowls that afterwards roasted therein.
A DIsINFEoTANT The Alta gives the
following as the bes, known to modern
science by which reliable dsinfectant can
be manufactured and used with perfect safe
ty: Mix 10 a wooden or earlben vessel one
part each Of common salt, black oxide of
manganese and water. and two parts Of sui
phurio acid The disinfsetant eliminated
from this mixture was used with great sue
ce.s in the city during The prevalence Of the
small pox last year. and the recipe is so
simple As to BE- well worth trial 10 any case
where disnfectant is required.
LEMONS and sugar are strongly recon-
mended to feveiisb Dvalids bv Halls Jour.
nal of Health Two or three lemons day
may be taken with decided benefit. lem
on or two, according to the above men
toned authority, taken with sugar, as an
entire substitute for supper. would give any
man q comfortable nights sleep and on
awaking Of ret and invigoration, with an
appetite for breakfast TO which they ars
strangers who will have their regular supper
How TO PREsERvE GRAPES Alexander
Palmer, of Modeua N. Y, forwarded the
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