The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-06-29
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

AGAINST THE STANcuIoN.-Colonel
Waring author of the "Ogden Farm
Papers" in the american Agriculturist,
thus denounces the practice of putting
cattle in stocks
As to stanchions, "I go agin 'em, that's
fiat" think them an invention of the
enemy-of comfort and thrift. 1t is true,
they are convenient and effectual. A
COW once locked in between stanchions
is as fixed as q man with his head in a
pillory, and think about as comfortable.
My cows are tied with three feet chains
and broad collars around their necks,
and it is evident that they are much
more comfortable than they would be
Ill stanchions. When they finish their
meals, they lie down and stay down,
which stanchion cows do not, for when
slugle position becomes tiresome they
must get up to change it, while my ami
mails can loll about, lick their sides, and
stretch themselves out at full length
without rising. 1 sometimes find COW
lying fiat on her side, with her head on
the floor and all four legs stretched out,
like dead COW, but for the flirting of
her tail and if she don't enjoy it, there
is no enjoyment in COW stall. would
like to see COW attempt this sort of
luxury in stanchions.
There is no other place where COW
can be fed SO regularly nor SO economi-
cally, as from her own manger, and no
place where she will eat SO quietly, for
she knows that the "master" COW is
snugly tied in her own place, and can
not come to drive her away from her
feed. If peace of mind is important to a
cow, we can but pity the poor brute who
is the butt of the yard, and is only able
to snatch a mouthful here and there, as
she is driven from one pile of fodder to
another, chewing her plunder as she
runs.
CLEANSING BLANKETs.-It is quite as
important to have the blankets on our
beds clean as to have sheets pure and
white. The Boston Journalof Chemistry
gives the following method of cleansing
blankets:
Put two large tablespoons of borax
and a pint bowl of soft soap into tub
of cold water. When dissolved, put in
q pair of blankets and let them remain
in over night. Next day rub and drain
them out, and rinse thoroughly in two
waters, and hang them out to dry. Do
not wiring them.
But this is not the only domestic use
to which borax may be put. Says the
same journal: "Borax is the best cock
roach exterminator yet discovered This
troublesome insect has a peculiar aver
sion to it, and will never return where
it has once been scattered. As the salt
is perfectly harmless to human beings,
it is to be preferred for this purpose to
the poisonous substances commonly
used. For cleansing the hair, nothing
is better than solution of borax water.
Wash afterward with pure water, if it
leaves the hair too stiff. Borax dissolved
in water is also an excellent dentifrice
or toothwash."
To TAKE BRUISES OUT OF FURNI.
TURE.-Wet the part with warm water
double a piece of brown paper five OIL
six times, soak it in the warm water, and
lay it ON the place; apply on that q
warm, but not hot hatiron till the mois.
ture is evaporated. If the bruise be moi
gone, repeat the process. After two Oh
three applications, the dent or bruist
will be raised to the surface. If the
bruise be small, merely soak it will
warm water, and hold red-hot iroI
near the surface, keeping the surface
continually wet-the bruise will sooI
disappear.
FLORAL ARBoRIoULTURE.-In tn
garden Of Mrs. Alfred Wadsworth, a
Pattersonville, says the Iberia Planters
| SC lor ,eh, Il i,
tree. A beautiful running rose ha
thrown its branches among all of th
limbs Of the magnolia to its crown ant
the roses bloom on all of these branche
several months in the year. Soon tn
large, white flowers of the magnolia will
blend with the flowers of the rose bush
and there, among the glossy, dark greel
) magnolia leaves, all combined, consti
tute "thing of beauty" and it is tn
delight of all who gaze upon it. Earl
in the spring, we noticed large hicko
ry tree, in this city, apparently covere
with heavy clusters of the most besuti
full flowers. A Chinese Wistaria of grea
: luxuriance, had climbed up this tret
l and spread itself all over it, and as tn
y Wistaria was in full bloom before th
= leaves of the hickory made their appear
l ance, the effect was most striking.
/, actually appeared that the hickory wa
: : laden with blossoms and for a momer
Z we were cheated into the belief that W
u had found new and magnificent flow
ering tree. n.eaders of taste can easil
!, produce novei and beautiful effects
= floral aboriculture by thus plantin
= Wistarias, climbing roses, the Biglori
- grandiflora, the broad-leaved ivy, ett
> and allowing them to spread upon an
:, intermingle with the branches of IL
. magnolia, live oak, hickory, or 9th
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