The Greenville enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, 1870-04-27
Useful Farm Receipts.

full Of spirits .tnrpentine, touch
fire and burn them ont. The horse
will be well in a few minutes.
Bots. - Cne half pint whisky,
one.balf pint of gnn powder, one
half pint molasses, and one half
pint of soft soap, will cure the
worst case of bots. Another cure
is a strong tea made of Mullen.
For Saoeeeny, take half an ounce
pulverized cantharides, (Spanish
flies put into half pint sweet
oil, shake, well and apply we'll
twice day. It need not inter-
fere with the work of the animal.
Lice on Chickens.-Sprigs of
cedar, scattered about the fowl
house, will relieve them of this
awful pest. Tar in a chicken
trough is preventive of disease.
AU the a6oue from Southern CuL-
tivator. -. s- ...
Warts on FoaSls.-Make a
strong solution of saleratus, or soda
water, (the latter is preferable,)
take a soft piece of cloth or teath-
eTs and bathe the warts twice q
day, (after first scarifying them y
in a few days the warts will en-
tirely disappear.
Graoeled Horse.-Give two
thirds of a tablespoonful of salt
petre in a little salt, for three con-
secutive days; or take a pint of
water melon seed, and boil in two
quarts of water, till reduced to
nearly one.half, and drench two
mornings in succession, your horse
will be cured.
| For Brutse or BZoso.-Apply
hot water long time with wet
cloths. Beef brine is an excellent
lotion for both sprains and bruises.
A veteran among horses claims,
that it will almost set Joint or
heal a fracture. Wormwood or
tansy lotions are also good.
ALIENS Domestic AninoaZs.
Cure for Hog CNolera.-Feed
your hogs on the ground with
shelled corn, and while they are
eating, sprinkle them pienti-
fully with Stacked lime in fine drv
powder, until their hair is full Of
lime. Whether it is what thew
eat with the corn or what they in.
hale, l am unable to say-proba-
bly, both but it has never failed
to arrest the disease when tried
1t should be applied once a day
until the disease disappears.
Hosg 70 Cure Warts on Horses.
Nutes aad (oaos.-Dissolve / H.
OF alum in d quart of water: with
a brnsh or cloth wet the warts
twice each day for 10 days-they
disappear! / saw fhis recipe in
some Of the agricultural works as
cure for warts on cows teats. T
tried it on a young horse. whose
nose was entirely covered with
them. They were very trouble.
some and tender, often bleeding.
-Four applications entirely cured
or rather took them off.
ScGlded Oats. An old farmer.
says the Ohio Farmer, claims that
there is no feed so good to keep
animals in flesh during winter as
scalded oats. For mares, COWS.
and sheep, that are to raise young,
1t Is superior to almost any other
feed, as it not only puts the ami
mails in good condition to furnish
m TX abundantly, but the young at
birth are strong and active. Wheat
bran is also an excellent feed for
breeding animals given in the
form of a mess.
We clip the following from the
American Stock journal.
Scratches in Horses.-What will
cure it? have horse that has it
badly, Q. P. NJ, Concord, N. II.
Ans.-The following ointment wo
have always found a sure cure
Take, 4 OF. turpentine, II lbs. NUT
ton tallow. Mix all well together.
Wash the foot clean with CASTLE
soan and soft water, and apply the
ointment after the foot becomes
dry. Once day will be sufficient
to apply the ointment.
Ldmpas en- Horses. What will
cure lampas in colts 2 NJ. w. c.,
Andes, N. Y.-ADs.-Colts affec'
ted with the lampas may have the
palate lanced, which relieves the
tension of the swollen part. Where
there is not much swelling, apply
to the palate a solution of alum
a teaspoontul to half pint of wa
ter.
To PreServe CabJage.-Cabbago
is preserved in a variety of ways
says the Gardeners Monthly. If
a few dozen only, they NAV he
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