National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-12-23
Farm, Garden and Household.


MIcE-PRooE PAINT FOR BEEHIyEs. -
MIR. }. &. Ogden complains that Tire mice
eat his wood and straw beehives He
was advised to coat them with paint
mixed with ground glass.
SOIL FOR SWEET PorAroEs. j. w.
Wilson, Of Kansas City Mo, asked
whether soil could be made too rich for
sweet potatoes. Ralph Meeker said sweet
potatoes want an old soil highly MANFRED.
WARTS, Tumors, &c.-Warts and tu
mors ON horses and other animals may
be speedily removed by binding on a
folded cloth, well saturated with the lev
from hickory ashes. Keep them moist a
few days, and they will disappear.
Ashes say one part to five of corn meal.
wet and bound on us Il poulticc, will de-
ssroy and heal the wound.
WHEN Is THE BEST TIME TO SUBsOTL?"
When you have the least work for your
horses. Deep blowing should be done
IN the autumn, SO that the frosts of
winter shall mellow the raw soil, but sub
soiling does not bring the raw soil to the
surface 1t merely breaks it up, and we
think it makes very little difference
whether the work is done III the fall.
spring, or summer-or III winter when
the ground is not frozen.
LICE ON Hoes. &c. r. w. of Bone
vile. Ind, asks what he shall do, in the
absence OF carbollc soap, to destroy lice
ON hogs. Give the hogs good washing
with warm soft water and common soap.
using brush freely then, having got
the hogs thoroughly clean, dust them
over with snuff and rub it well into the
SKIN or, If preferred, wash them over
with decoction of tobacco or. after
the washing with soap and water. wash
them with crude petroleum or. if more
convenient, put half n pint of carbolic
acid into gallon of soft water and wash
them with that
PROTECTING Trees FROM MIcE.-John
Scott, of Newfane, n. T., said he had
been troubled 10y mice barking his trees
and asked for IA remedy. DR.. Trimble
SAID to cultivate around the tree. Mr.
Ely said he had found stamping about
the trees with heavy boots soldificd the
mice III their nests and stopped their
gnawing. MIR. Quinn said that he found
the trees III his orchard which were girdled
were those around which the grass had
grown. He suggested keeping them free
from grass. Where IL valuable tree had
been girdled to save it, he inserted n
scion above the girdle, and thus by
means of three gratis saved every tree.
A CHICKEN DISEASE. A. NJ. Ragland,
Nj. d., of Shelbyville, tells the Farmers
Club strange disease is ravaging the
poultry yards thereabout, destroying in
n IA, L. i,,lp sc l.. l.
Matched III "A season. The disease makes
its appearance in the form of wartv ex-
crescenses about the nose. eyelids. and
ears, which rapidly degenerate into iou
ulcers, which eat out the eyes; ears, and
nostrils, swelling up the whole head TO
twice it, normal size. Mr. Gregory sug-
gested that the affected parts be bathed
with diluted carbolic acid, which would
be well, provided the cankerous warty
eXcresccnces he thoroughly removed.
both from face, eyes, nostrils, mouth,
ana throat whoa requires not little
patience and skill.
ABOUT BUTTER.- When butter tilkins
are fiiled, cloth covered over them, and
the cover Web nailed down. they will
spoil II allowed to stand where the mir is
close or impure. A cellar where pota-
toes are stored will spoil butter a pantry
hlled with spices, stores, etc, will also
rum II. There is no article of food
winch absorbs taints Sc quickly If
butter Is kept III store-room with kcro-
sene, 1t Will taste of IT, Butter * an
aristocrat in every sense Of the word. and
must be kept aloof from all that can con-
taminate. If these simple hints are at
tended TO by all our readers who are
making butter for market. they will be
sure to produce "gilt-Cdged butter
which Will command the highest price.
and then it will not be said that "Only one
tub OF butter III ten can be- called 4
No. /.
FARMING AS PROFESSION. DR.. Trimble
Us { 'Nrmer's Club there was no use
OF 20 West 10 get high prices for
butt lcrc's u number of farmers i'm
the vicinity Of Philadelphia who received
from seventy cents 10 n dollar all the
year round. Butter making required
skillful labor, which brought rs high n
price East rs anywhere else \. =. Ful.
Ter thought IT was wicked to make people
believe that If they went into farming
they could get scvcnty-fvc cents or II
dollar for their butter These were
fancy prices which only few could Oh.
tain. He could buy rs good butter as
he wanted for fifty cents pound, aud he
knew many good butter makers who
would be glad to get that He had eaten
a. poor butter AZ the Continental Hotel
IN Philadelphia as anywhere il WIZ,
strong and colored by auotto. These
reports about high prices set people wild
10 go 10 farming, and many OF them
make the attempt and lose money. Ful-
Ter thought there should he more con-
sumers aud manufacturers and n third
loss producers. DR. Trimble compared
Fuller to Haccheus, perhaps because the
publican became bishop, while Fuller
iever will. DR. Smith Thought Fuller
sns wrong, and waAcd eloquent In hi,
praises of agriculture, which he STYLED
the noblcst of all professions better tbnn
being Mayor of Boston, for instance
The Doctor thought there were not hall
enough farmers, and hoped that they
would extend Themselves all over the
west Fuller returned Ia the encounter
with his accustomed force and vchcmoncc.
lie said he spoke in the interest Of Tho
producers. lie called attention to ,he
present price of the products of the farm
which lac characterized ~ now h.in,, a.