The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-03-18
FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Hog Cholera Cured.

Hog Cholera Cured.
Farmers, the following remedy was Civ
en- me by the Hon. ]. L. Warinp, Repre-
sentative from Greenup county, who hal
tested 1t for some five years and found j
efhcacious. He is reliable gentleman
and we therefore advise you TO try it:
Take of common salt pounds.
Sulphur,
Coperas, 2 FE
Black Antimony, "
Salt Peter, Il
Wood ashes, fresh, peck.
Pulverize and mix thoroughly and place
where the hogs can have free access to it
He has used it when his hogs had it Lac
and it invariably cured them. You car
make up larger quantity By proportionine
the quantities OF the different articles used
-EraneLin (Ky.) Sentinel,
Sweet Oil for Poisons.
A plain farmer says: 1t is now over
twenty years since I learned that sweet oil
would cure the bite of a rattlesnake, not
knowing 1t would cure any other kind OF
poison, both on man or beast. think no
farmer should be without bottle of it in
the house. The patient must take a spoon
ful Of it internally, and bathe the wound
for cure. To cure a horse, it requires
eight times as much as il does for a man.
Here let me say, of one of the most extreme
cases of snake bite in this neighborhood-
| eleven years ago this summer-where the
case had been thirty days standing. and
the patent had been given up by his ply
sicians. heard Of it and carried the oil,
and gave one spoonful, which effected a
cure. 1t Is an antidOte for arsenic and
strychnine. 1t will cure bloat in cattle by
eating too freely of fresh clover; it will
cure bites of bees, spiders, or other insects,
and will cure persons who have been
polsonedby a low running vine in meadows,
called ivy.-OhiO Farmer.
Old Cows.
How long is it profitable to keep a COW?
l consider q COW in her prime (all things
considered) from FIVE to ten years old.
Some cows hold out much better than 9th
ers, as with men and horses; and are really
as young to all intents, and purposes at
twelve years, as others are at nine or ten.
Never keep COW through the winter after
she gets to going down hill, or kill su-
perior COW on account of her age, if her
teeth are good she is all right, without any
signs cf deterioration. Cows should be
MIXED regularly and by steady mixers
American Mock journal
Examining Eggs for HatehIng.
the Massachusetts PlOughman says eggs
on which a hen is setting should be exam
ined after seven or eight days, to see if
they contain chickens. This can best be
done at night by looking through the egg
held between the thumb and fore finer, at
q candle. If there is a chicken in the egg,
the egg will appear dark. If it is ciear,
and looks as II filed with melted wax, ii
sho1ld be removed. As soon as examined
they should be carefully replaced under
the hen.
Toast and-Cheese.
Cuta slice of bread half an inch thick;
pare eff the crust, and toast it very slight
ly on one side. Cut slice of cheese a
quarter of an inch thick, not so big as the
bread by half an inch on each side; pare
OF the rind, lay it on the toasted bread,
place on fiat tin plate, and put in the
oven for ten minutes or so. Mix quarter
OF teaspoonful of salt and mustard and
sprinkle of pepper; stir it into the cheese,
and you will have delicious luncheon.
Cure for WbOoping Cough.
An NJ. d. writes: thousands Of chill
children in this city, especially those Of
German parentage, are suffering from
whooping cough, and I wish to call the
public attention to the following simple
remedy: To one ounce of the dried leaves
Of the common chestnut tree add quart
of boiling water, and when the infusion Is
cold give c0pful three times q day, the
last dose being given when the patient re-
tires. After twenty-four or thirty-six
hours the patient viii be relieved, and
then the dose may be administered in 8
similar quantity.
How 10 MAKE GRATING GWAx.-Takep good,
clean beeswsx, one-thlrd; resin, two thirds;
melt together; boil one hour, then pour it
into cold water. When cid enough work
It with the hands until you think it well
mixed. If not soft enough to spread easy
add little more wax. n. B.-Bud your
peaches into plum sprouts. In budding
take the double buds Graft your grapes
into wild grape roots; you will have grapes
the next year without fail One is worth
dozen of those you get out of the nurser-
les. have had them to grow ten and
half feet long the first year.-COr. Cnein-
natl Gazette.
BLAcKBERRY WNE-To one gallon of
berries pour quart Of boiling water Let
1t stand twenty-four hours, stirring it oc
easionaly; strain il and add two and half
pounds of sugar to gallon of juice. Bot
tie and seal; do not open before October.
Mock DUcK.-A steak of beet well beat
en-, q rich stuffing, such as is used for
ducks; spread it over the beef and roll it
In the form of duck; then bake. Make
rich gravy with onions and pour over it.
CURE FOR A BELoN.-A venerable old lady
gives us the following: Pulyerize five cents
worth of chalk, put it in a deep earthen
vessel, then add one tea-cup of vinegar,
not acid, stir it well, immerse the felon and
keep it IN three hours, and then spread
poultice of the same, keep il on till dry and
change once.
To SETTLE CoFTER-A lady correspon-
dent says that she finds the best method of
settling coffee is es soon as you brown your
coffee, and while the kernels ale yet warm,
mix 1t with beaten egg, say one egg to
pound. The egg forms cover around the
kernels, preserving the aroma, and when
ground acting as an sdmirsble settler.