National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-06-02
Farm, Garden and Household.

FARM Garden ana Household.
To CURE A WEN.--A correspondent
says he has had good success in remov
ing wens by this simple method "Tak,
equal parts of soft soap and slnked lime
well mixed. Lance the wen at the time
of making the application, or two on
three days after. We have cured will
one application, but If the wen is of long
standing, it vii take take two or three
applications"
To KILL LICE In the turner's Club,
b. s. Warren, of Seneca Falls, N. Y,
asked what would kill lice on calves.
Mr.. Curis said "Wash with carbolic
soap" Mr.. Geddes Rub them with
dry dust from the road" Mr.. Thomp-
son /: Use flour of sulphur Mr..
Bradon use plaster as dust Mr..
deters " A comb might be used to adj
vantage, and believe tho advocates of
Peep comb-plowing are most numerous
ANIcE PUDDING, cheap and wholesome,
is made as follows Scald one quart of
bread crumbs, cover closely to retain the
steam ;let them stand ten or fifteen min
utes to soak. Wash them thoroughly,
add one-half teaspoonful salt, soda the
sizeofa large pea dissolved in half pint
of sweet milk, and two eggs well beaten.
Bake about twenty minutes. For sauce.
boil pint of new milk, and when cold
sweeten and flavor with cinnamon or nut
meg. Fttltf.Ft
FEvERs IN FowIs.-A wiiter in the
american Rural Home thus gives his
experience in managing fowls subjected
to fevers at the period of Matching {:
"The most decided species of fever to
which fowls are subject, occurs at the
period of Matching, when the animal
heat is often so increased MS to be per-
ceptible to the touch A state of fever
may also be observed when the hen is
about to lay. This generally is of small
consequence, when the birds are other
wise healthy ; but it is of moment if any
other disorder is present, since, in such
case, the original malady will be aggra-
waited. Fighting also frequently occa-
sions fever which sometimes proves fatal
The symptoms are over increased circu-
lation of the blood excessive heat and
restlessness. The treatment should be
light food and change of air and, if
necessary, aperient medicine, such as
caster oil, with little burned butter,
given morning and evening until the
fowl is thoroughly pnrged. This treat
ment hardly every fails to restore the
bird to a healthy condition"
KEEPING HAMs-We have mode of
keeping hams through summer. which
works so well that to Withhold it longer
from the public would hardly be actinga
patriotic part. Here it is
Have sack made of cheap muslin, or
domestic, somewhat longer than is re-
quired to merely hold the ham, Then
gather some dry broom sedge and chop it
finely III your cutting box, or if You hap
pen to be minus such continuance, chop
it with q Ratchet or AK. Place few
handfuls of this in the bottom of vour
sack, and then, having wrapped news
paper nicely around your ham, slip it in
upon the chopped sedge. Proceed next
to fill up the sack by ramming your chop
ped sedge tightly around the ham on all
sides-the size of the sack should allow of
its being an inch thick Sew OF tie it
up. and the work is done.
Hams put up in this way will keep for
years through all kinds of weather, for
while the sedge is cooling in its effect. il
ibsorbs the moisture attracted by the
salt, and bars off the fly. We take it
that straw or thoroughly dried grass of
almost any kind would answer, though we
lave no experience with anything save
room sedge.
ScAB on SHEEP. Two or three years
lgo L addressed letter to DR.. II. s. ,
Randall, author of the f" Practical S;hep- ,
'rd, making inquiry whether tobacco
,oze alone. unmiXed with other ingredi-
,nts, would cure scab on sheep. His
eply was that he did not know certainly
hat 1T would, giving his experience in
reating the disease as detailed in his
Practical Shepherd" Since my cores
'ondence with the doctor, l have be-
ONE cognizant Of two facts that prove
o my mind that il will, If properly APP !
lied, accomplish the purpose. The
acts are briefly as follows. s.- /,
Two years ago last May, one of my
Mr.. Samuel Hamat, dipped
is flock in tobacco ooze, and it entirely
ured them, but prevented them from !
the disease again, although !
ley nun on the common mixing with I
ther ecabby sheep. At the steering the t
flowing spring, there was no appear {
nee of scab so far as the eye could S
eject it. The other fact is this Last o
lay dipped my own flock, numbering
bout 500 head, in tobacco ooze, and at I
lis date. March 9th there is no appear o
nee OF scab on the sheep, although they g
IN ON the common with many other y
leep that were diseased with the scab. 4
ow ii it can be established beyond q
oubt that this treatment will cure the h
lsease, and protect the sheer from con- o
acting from one steering until the next Q
ne, there. will he no excuse for having
MS ioathsome, awful disease in the =.
'untry, and millions will be added to :,
ne value Of this kind of farm stock y