National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1871-04-14
Farm, Garden and Household.

To CURE HALTER PULLING. -" Vt,
hridling the horse, attach rope to IN
right side Of the bit, draw il aroun
under the tail and through the ring O
the bit on the other side, and tie to th
trough. Once is enough.
How TO start A BALKY Horse, =
Rural Reader, Baltimore, tells how &
start balky horse. Throw handful o
dirt into the horses mouth, and he vii
go at once. This gives him something
elise TO think about. J. W. X.
CURE FOR FELoN. As soon ns the felor
makes its appearance bind on TO II
poultice Of yellow clay wet with cole
water, from an eighth to quarter of al
inch thick. Wet it as often as it begini
20 get dry, and put ON fresh poultict
two or three times in twenty-four hours
1t will almost entirely relieve the pain
and the felon will be ready TO lance in nj
almost tremendously short space Of time
The following recipe for the cure %
inflamed eyes is giving Take Pc
tato, and after quartering it, CRATE III,
heart as fine MS possible, and place the
grating between a piece of cambria
muslin. Place the poultice over the
eyes inhamed and keep it there fifteen
minutes. Continue the operation three
successive nights, and perfect cure
ensues II is worth trying by those
afflicted with sore eyes.
hrRE FOR CouoHs AND COLDS. Com
mon sweet cider, boiled down to one
half makes most excellent syrup for
coughs and colds foi children, is pleasant
to the taste, and will keep through the
wear in "A cool cellar. In recovering
from mn illness, the system has n craving
for some pleasant acid drink. This is
found in cider which is placed on the
fire las soon rs made, and allowed to
come to n boil, then cooled put in casks,
and kept in cool cellar Treated thus,
1t remains for months as good at the day
il was made.
To KEEP MANURE FROM HEATING, j.
b., of East Canton, wrote TO the Farmers
Club To say that his manure heaps burn
up to white like ashes Mr.. Ely says this
subject was only recently under discus
sion, and that it was recommended to mix
peat or rich soil with the manure Mr.
Whitney advised arranging the manure
Laop CO thot tho eolide onJ Enu;1e ,,o,, a
miY since Tho only s,,r. ro,,,ody car haat
ing was keeping the mass tolerably moist
Mr.. Sylvester said it was good plan to
keep a pile Of muck near the stables.
and to spread it daily in small quantities
over the manure ms it was drawn out.
This process prevented firefanging.
DYEIN3 FEATHERS To dye feathers
enc ounce o,,,,, 7,.a,a, a,a ,,;,et ,'';,
than, I'll 81 AZ, H. CIV p'i.' IL La
bar;no hna,, fra. ~ ,n9 '" Lt 10y
in tbe sa;d miyturo "f1 To IT, I rluo "" ,at
of ;nd;q,o onJ 700 oooh a,,a a,,,, a1
n nieca ~ alnr, ,ho 500 ~ bnaaI ,''t
,n} t,an, ;,,,o H. ,,,,,, A.. ~, ~
materials mo II nor nnnp ,ln,n ,lp '' ~,
drv and clan tben well that tbov mov
Oman and bv cbanoino tho colors tbe
oforosoid materials nav he in fins
n,onner dved If ony color For nurnIe
nsa lolo and ;nd;go for cornotion
yarrillion and small 10 dive red take
one ounce Of Rrn1il wood in nowder
half an ounce of alum, quarter of an
ounce OF vermllllon, and one pint OF
vinegar boil these up to moderate
thickness, and dip the feathers they
having been first soaked IN hot water J
into the said mixture.
E.p,v Cu,curNs The seoson of the
wear has now fnjjv arrived when breed
ers OUGHT IN hove tboir stocL motod and
nlaced in their breeding mems and wbnn.
ever n hen shows sic, Of iucubotion no
t;me sbonld he lost IN ,Ioc;nc, o,r,,s nm
der her The earlv. batcbed cbicken bos
many ADVANTAGES over tbosn of lotor
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PURFIcATIoN OF LARD. Take twenty
eight pounds of perfectly fresh lard
place it in well-glazed vessel that can
be submitted to the heat of a boiling salt