The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-03-17
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
NICE become great nuisance some
times in and about farm buildings. \
novel method to destroy them is to satu-
rate piece of cotton with chlOrOform and
put it in barrel with some grain"
PEOPLE who are troubled with sleep
lessness, should secure good bed, suffi-
cieut exercise to get tired fresh, and not
too warm air, lightly loaded stomach,
and an easy conscience.
THE different grains produce, when
ripe, nearly the following quantities of
meal, or household -four and bre ad per
bushel, viz:
Wheat. If weighing 60 rbs-nour IS; bread, 81.
Rye, il weighing "a ibs-four A.: bread. ST.
Barley If weighing. As Ds-four, sTn bread, so.
Oats, If weighing. 40 Ds-hour, 22h bread, 80
A CORRESPONDENT of the Naine Farmer
has new use for cats. He says: My
way to cure a sulky steer that lies down
when you first yoke him, is to take cat
and let her put her paws on the end Of
the steers nose, and, if necessary, hold
her rather hard. My word for it, he will
be on his legs quick
MR. Quincy, of Irondequoit, said at the
Rochester Farmers Club recently that
10000 bushels Of leached ashes on his
farm and spread them at the rate Of 200
or 800 bushels per acre, and has threshed
has doubled his wheat crop. His land is
light had seen ashes applied to heavy
clay land with little benefit.
ETIQUETTE is the art of behaving your
self Manners not only make the man,
but the woman too, what they ought to
be-iadies and gentlemen-whethe they
roll through life in their carriages, or
| trudge along the pavement in the lOwly
Butcher True gentility is the exercise
of due regard for the feelings of your
neighbOrs, and etiquette is the essence OF
gentility.
To purify glycerine which has been for
some time in use, add ten pounds of iron
| filings to every 100 pounds of the impure
| LIQUID; occasionally shake it and stir up
| the iron. In the course. Of few weeks a
black gelatinous mass Will collect on the
bottom of the vessel, and the supernatant
LIQUID viii become perfectly clear, and can
| be evaporated to remove any excess Of
water that may have been added to it.
In France they have a somewhat novel
method Of treating tomato plants, which
produces fruit Of an excellent quality
which ripens early. The gardeners cut
off the stems of the plants down TO the
first cluster of flowers which appears on
them, thus forcing the sap into the buds
| below and this is done five times success
sively. BY this means the plants become
] stout dwarf bushes, not over eighteen
inches high, and .hey are kept erect in
rows by sticks or strings.
| EDWIN L. GAGE, of DeRuyter, n. Y,
gives the following remedy for eye-lashe:
of sheep growing in their eyes: Take g
long darnlng needle, threaded with cottor
wrapping yarn-run the needle through
the foretop close to the skin just forward
of the eyes, and then back just back O
the eyes, inclosng strip of wool about
an inch in width; take off the needle, liz
the two ends of the yarn in single knot
draw it up till the upper lids are raised SUI
ficiently to clear the eyes of the hair, faster
with another knot. and the work is done
A WRITER IN the Massachusetts Pclc
man gives the following method of cleans
ing pork barrels: =" Chemistry furnshe
an agent in the permanganate of potassa
which fully meets this want. A. pint o
the permanganate turned into the mos
nasty, filthy cider, beer, or pork barrel
and rinsed about few minutes, will en-
tirely decompose all fnngOid growths anC
! fermenting matter, and render the casls a
sweet as those that are new. The only
way to remove Immediately the odor o
caroolic acid from the hands, is to I'M
merse them in the liquid permanganate.
THE Country Gentleman says of tarrins
seed corn IF the coating with tar il
done right, there will be no difficulty
The process consists essentially in givin.
each grain fine thin varnish of tar, which
may be varied by first heating the corr
with hot water pouring it of, and theI
applying the tar at the rate of half ;
pint or pint to the bushel of seed, ant
stirring rapidly and thoroughly. Some
dry powder, as ashes, plaster, sifted coal
ashes, etc, will prevent all sticking to
gether. If the tar is applied too copious
ly, or or dry seed, the result will be les
favorable"
| KNIFE OR SHEARS FOR PRUNING.-Or
| all plants where it is desirable that tn,
wound should heal over, a sharp knife
should be used in pruning. With grape
vines IL makes Out llllIc OF no ullleTenCs
whether smooth cut is made or not, as
all the wood left beyond the last bud re.
naming on the shoot dies, whether cut
with knife or shears. This is also true
with many species of ornamental shrubs
such as Syringa, Deutzia, and, in fact, al
plants that have a large pith in the young
stems. Shears are the most convenient
implement with which to prune vines
and may be used without danger OF doing
any damage, even if they do not make a.
clean cut as knifc-KcarM and Home.
A TURKISH receipt for cement used tC
fasten diamonds and other precious stone,
to metallic surfaces, and which is said t.
unite even surfaces of polished steel, al
though exposed to moisture, is as follows
Dissolve five or six bits of gum mastic
each of the size of large pea, in as mucl
spirits of wine as will suffice to render i
liquid. In another vessel, dissolve il
brandy as much isnglass, previously
softened in water, as will make n two
ounce vial of strong glue, adding TIVE
small bits of gum ammoniac, which mus
be rubbed until dissolved. Then mix tn,
whole with heat. Keep in a vial closel,
stopped. When it is to be used, set tn,
vial in boiling water"