The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-28
Farm, Garden and Household.

gCthGr III small bottle every time
Won have any acute affection Of the facial
nerves, or neuralgia, simply breathe the
fumes in your nose from the bottle,
TREATMENT OF SHOULDER LAMENEss.
From II sudden jerk, or from II slip when
rising in the stable, the horse does suffer
lesion OF both muscles and tendons Of
the shoulder, and il not allowed to rest
will be lame, which may be prevented
by timely and proper remedies. Should
lie above accident happen, the best
simple remedy is the continuous applica-
ton Of cold water the first day. Then II
liniment composed of . or. IS, ammo
mia, 4 OF. sulphuric ether, s OF. rain
water mix and apply with friction, for
ten minutes each application, which may
be twice or more per day. This will
soon restore the parts to their normal
condition, when the horse may go to his
accustomed work, but must he used
carefully for few days, until the full
tone of the parts is restored.
CoLoRINd CHEESE. subject Of
coloring cheese is attracting more than
ordinary attention this season. Some of
the buyers for the London market insist
upon keeping up the color MS heretofore,
while Others assert that pale cheese, or
white, is much more called for, We
must say that for our home market, un-
cOlored cheese seems to be demanded.
Much prejudice is being manifested
against colored cheese. All admit that
coloring does not improve the quality,
while many contend that it does posi-.
tive injury. One of our largest dealers
informs us that colored cheese kept more
poorly last winter than white cheese. As
n general thing, the colored cheese be.
comes more notified in appearance and
tallowy in texture. On the contrary un.
colored cheese generally wintered well.
He is Of opinion that in two or three
years, no coloring will be used in the
manufacture OF cheese.
To SOFTEN HARD PUTTY.-Pulverized
chalk and linseed oil are component parts
of putty, which is commonly used for
fixing gluss window panesin their frames,
It becomes hard MS stone by the inilu-
cnce of the atmosphere and in case OF
its having to be removed for the inser-
ton Of n new pane, hammer and clisel
have to be used. A mode, therefore, OF
softening it, when its removal is wanted,
will be generally appreciated. To that
effect paste of caustic potash has to be
prepared by mixing the caustic alkali, or
even carbonate of potash or soda, with
equal parts Of freshly burnt quick-lime,
which has previously been sprinkled with
water, so MS to cause it to fall into pow.
der. This preparation has to be mixed
with water, and then is spread on the
putty, in order to soften it. II one mp.
plication is found to be not sufficient, it
may be repeated. Also some soft-soap,
when added, would prevent the paste
from drying too quickly.
STARTING A BALKY HoRsr, AND A LOAD
ToO.-It is not well for novices, or in
fact for any body, to attempt to doctor
stubborn cases without the advice OF some
competent person, or ut least until all
the circumstances have been duly con.
sidered. For instance, some people think
they know how to manage refractory
horses. Perhaps they do, but the qua
druped sometimes gets the better OF it,
as will be seen from the following, which
we clip from an exchange A farmer in
the neighborhood Of Boston undertook
to start balky horse, the other day,
by pulling small quantity OF hay from
| the load to which the animal was attach
ed, placing it under him, and setting
fire to it. The remedy took hold well,
and the horse started forward Just
enough to clear the flames, which soon
communicated with the hay, and the en-
tire load, with the wagon, was destroyed,
tue farmer having ms much rs he could
do TO clear the horse from the wagon in
season to save his life. The farmer still
retains the horse and the satisfaction of
having moved him, though he is doubt
ful MS to the expediency of repeating the
experiment very often.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR-The fol-
lowing additional facts are published
with regard to the Horticultural Depart
mcnt of the American Institute Fair, to
he held at the Rink, opening September
18th: Specimens for competition must
he entered September 18th, 18th, or
2jth, before twelve o'clock each day,
each series to be kept in perfect CON
dition for four days. Similar varieties
Of renewed specimens may be entered,
mud will be entitled to awards Mt each of
the periods above stated. During De-
tobGr, miscellaneous collections will re-
ceive awards. The highest money
awards will be: For the best floral de-
sign, S25; for the best Wardian case
containing plauIs, 500. Fruit will be
exhibited from September 18th to the
eud of the Fair, renewals Of fresh speci-
mems being considered favor. The
awards for fruit will be: For the best
collection Of not less than fifty named
varieties, of pears, $50; for the best
thirty named varieties, $50. For the
hest collection of not less than fifty
named varieties of apples, $40. For
plums and peaches, small awards. For
the best six named varieties of grapes
under glass, $40; native grapes, TWEEN.
ty.fve varieties, S2j. Best collection Of
twenty vegetables, $50. Plants, fruits,
or vegetables can be entered at any time
during the Fair for general competition. "
All specimens Of special merit will re-
ccivc n certificate in addition to the