The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-10-09
Farm, Garden and Household.

apply to the temple when the head is
affected or to the wrist when the pain
is in the arm or shoulder,
LUNCHES FOR HORSES. In the grocery
stores in the city of New York, " horse
lunches in the shape Of lunches Of
clover are sold. CoUld not farmers learn
n lesson from Getty folks - in this, and
provide their teams with bite and
a rest of ten minutes in the middle OF II
hard tOrenoons blowing =?
HgAnrBuRx. Tho common and dis
tres sing affection is generally connected
with Indigestion. To relieve it for the
moment, mngnesin, soda or Seltzerwatcr
or water acidulated with sulphuric acid,
may be employed. To cease the COM
paint requires the digestive power TO he
strengthened by TONES, bitters and some
preparation of iron. The application of
a blister over the stomach may be Of
use.
PREVENTION OF DISEASE IN Fowls
There would be less need Of publishing
instructions for the cure Of disease in
poultry, if more nttention were paid to
prevention. Ordinarily it is not worth
willie to give medicine to sick fowl.
The value OF the animal is so small rs
not 10 pay for the time spent. Besides,
so little is really known Of the ailments
of poultry that treatment is uncertain.
The best way is to get sound, vigorous
stock Mt the outset, and secure for them
natural conditions, when diseases OF all
kinds will be very rare.
CANARY BmDs.-Place the cage so
that no draft of air can strike the bird !;
give nothing to healthy birds but canary
and rape seed, mixed with water, cutie
fish bone, and gravel on the floor of the
cage also little water for bathing.
The room should not 10 overhcatcd.
When moulting shedding fcathers) avoid
drafts OF air give plenty OF rape seed
slightly moistenel little hnrd-boiled
egg and cracker grated fine is excellent.
Bad seed kills birds. Cabbage and
sweet apples are good, MS preventing
fcvers.
Bone MANURE. G.. Doutcllc asks
il ground bone is profitable to use at
SAG per ton, where barnyRrd manure is
worth SO Il cord delivered on land. We
think it is, if got pure. A dressing of
$50 pounds per acre on grass land, es.
peciAIly if it is occasionally pasturcd,
would undoubtedly pay. It must he re.
membercd that the principal mineral
substance carried of from the grass
land, in the shape Of led cattle. is the
bone, and il this is returned to the land
exhaustion is prevented, more especially
when occasional dressings Of harnyard
manure arc applied. Asa dressing for
grpc.vines, pear-trces, and for general
garden use, it may be used at the rate
Of 800 to 800 pounds per acre very
proitably. -ErcidHqc.
CURE OF RHEUMATISM IN HoRsEs. The
Scientific Amricm prints this note from
n correspondent: Igivc you the follow
recipe for rheumatism IN horses and |
will preface it by saying that | am in.
dcbtcd to an Engishman air. r. Jack
som for the same also, that have used
the recipe upon my horse Whose age is
fifteen years. with perfect success dliy-
ing lin, daily, twelve miles, in all sorts
Of weather Thermometer from 10 deg
below 0 deg. Fair. in the Winter, to lOl
deg in the SHADE, in summer, rain or
snow. About two months ago he was
so stiff he could not walk now he is us
active MS eat The recipe is:
Crude coal oil, pint strong vinegar,
pint turpentinc, pint, mix"d, and
well shaken, To be rubbed on mornings
ana nights,
SALT ron WHEAT.-It has been found
in practice that light application Of
salt to newly sown crops has been at /.
tended with advantage. The soaking
OF seed wheat in brine is beneficial, not
only in assisting the carly and perfect
termination Of the seeds, and aIlOrling
nutrimelt needed by the young sprout,
but ms preventive OF smut. Chlorine, .
one OF the chemical constituents of com.
mon salt soda being the other, has
been discovered to exert, when present /
in small quantities, fastening influ-
Cnco on the termination Of seeds while .
the soda solvent of siica-doublcs |
is the agent which produces the well.
known effect Of snt in stillcning the
straw Of wheat. We have made it
practice to SOW one bushcl of salt per
acre Immediately after sowing our wheat
in the fall, and think we have been amply |
repaid for the very small expense incur
red for material and labor.
SOWING WINTER WHEAT.-Some hints
were given on this subject in the last
AgriCpRWiSL On good summer fallow
that is mellow and moist, it will mako .
comparatively little difference whether
the seed is s0wn broadcast or put in with |
Il drill. But after spring crops, on dry,
cloddy laud, drill frequently makes the
difference between good crop aud n
poor one. II sown broadcast, the seed
lies among the dry clods, and much Of
it will not germinlte until we have rain
while drill can be set deep enough to
deposit the seed in the moist earth he.
meath the clods. And ifthc drill is fol-
lowed by roller to break the clods, the
moisture beneath will he retained, and
the seed will terminate and grow, even
should no rain fall for weeks. Late sown
wheat requires more seed than when
sown early. Much, however, depends
on the condition Of the soil On good, |
rich land, in fine order, the wheat tillcrs
so much that less seed is required. A
change of seed is always desirable. As
rule, it is believed to be better to get .
it from somewhat more southern lati.
tude, and from poorer soil.
RooT GRMrISd You've TREEs.-T. b.
Miner writes that nurserymen have been
in the habit Of grating apple scions on
the roots Of seedlings instead of on the
stock, thus multiplying one into four,
five, or more and it appears that the,