The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-07-07
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

MOULrINe fowls should have few
nails placed in the water furnished for
their use. The rust occasioned by the
nails renders them less liable to disease.
A NEW ENGLAND farmer gives the fol-
lowing as remedy for film on an ami
mails eye: Pound and rub alum into a
powder, making il as fine as flower. Fill
a common goose-quill partly full with it,
and from that blow it into the eye. But
if the eve is bruised by blow, that is an
other matter, and the alum would proba-
bly, dO.nO good.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Oneida Dis
patch says: "TO destroy the currant
worms, go out at eight or nine o'clock in
the evening and jar the bushes so as to
throw the worms on the ground. Do this
three successive evenings when the worms
make their appearance. This will finish
them for the present season, and if every
body will do it for three successive years,
it will destroy the race"
CURIOUS HANGING BAsKET.-Procure a
large sized turnip and scrape the inside,
leaving thick wall all round; fill the
cavity with earth, and plant in it some
clinging vine or morning glory. Suspend
the turnip with cords, and in little time
the vines will Irvine around the strings,
and the turnip sprouting from below
will put forth leaves and stems that will
turn upward and curl gracefully around
the base.
JOSEPH HARRIS, ESQ, in his "Walks
and Talks on the Farm" ia the american
agricultural, says: mo matter what
branch of farming we discuss, either the
Oretically or practically, we are brought
back to the old, old story that, as a basis
of successful operation, we must have dry,
clean land. Everything must be directed
10 this one point We can do nothing
without it; we can do everything with IL.
THE Massachusetts, POughmGn, in reply
to an inquiry as to whether ashes will de-
compose bones, says: "The bones should
be pounded as finely as possible; then put
into tight tank and the ashes put upon
them from time to time, and kept moist
by drawing out the I've fl ON the bottom
OF the tank, and pouring it upon the
ashes" 1t thinks that this process will
result very satisfactorily in decomposing
bones.
A CORRESPONDENT of IiItOn's Journal
of Horticulture says that in all cases where
grating wax is generally used, ii is better
to apply instead clay paste, tempered
with fresh cow dung, to make it more adj
hesive. The least excess of tallOw or oil
in the composition of the grating wax is
very deleteriOus-it kills the wood as deep
as it strikes in, besides it is thus worse
than useless expense, and is very tedious
in application.
THE Canada Farmer says that the at
tacks of the apple tree borer may be pre-
vented by washing the whole trunk of
the tree up to and including the forks of
the main branches, with soft soap, or a
solution of potash. The alkali kills the
eggs or young grubs as soon as Matched.
Insects are endowed with wonderful in
stincts, and it is very doubtful whether
the parent beetle ever deposits eggs on a
tree that is covered with strong alkali.
To CURE GAPEs.-Put one teaspoon.
full of wheat iEto a vial and pour on spir-
its of turpentiDe sufficient To cover the
wheat, and keep the vial well corked
Whenever you find symptoms of g-pes
in chick, open its mouth and compel II
to swallow one or two grains of the satu'
rated wheat Repeat the operation morn
ing and evening as long as may be need
ed, and if commenced in time, it will cure
nine times out of teR.-C0r. Cincinnati
Gazette
w. ID. GENTRY, of Nashville, says: "As
a telegraph operator and type-sctter,
would say to the public that, If in making
the letter (capitaD writer's would put
under it the telegraph character repre-
senting that letter, which is two dots
thus, . operators and many type setter,
would be enabled to distinguish from
and avoid many annoying errors; and i
the public generally, and especially schoo
teachers, would adopt the suggestion, the
misfortune suffered by all who write thu
English language would be removed"
IF any poison is swallowed, drink in
stantlv half a glass of cool water, with
heaping teaspoonful each of common sal
and ground mustard stirred into it. Thi
vomits ri sooH as Ii reaches the stomach
But for fear some of the poison may re
main, swallow the white Of one or tw'