The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-11-06
Farm, Garden and Household.

zerland wet rag is laid on the back OF
n COW that holds back her milk, and is II
very good remedy. A weight laid on
the back-as bag of earth or sand, or Il
chain in the bag-will make her give her
milk
LICE on POULTRY. Take ont OF the
house every perch, nest, box, or movable
thing; remove all battens, clients, or any
thing whereby u creyice is made, so that
the inside is smooth. Then make n
whitcwash of fresh lime, into which put
one ounce of carbolic acid to pnilful.
Wash the house thoroughly with this.
Then wash the outside. Then smear the
perches with n mixture of lard and kero-
sene oil, putting it on thick, so that
when the fowls roost they will get some
OF it on their feathers, Also, put some
Of it on each fowl, under the wings.
This will clear the house, and the hens
will clear themselves il no recruits are
furnished from the house.
KEEPING Edos.--Parties in the egg
business in large way build brick wits
made water.tight, in which is lime.water,
made by putting lime in water, and
when it is Stacked and settled to the bot
tom drawing of the clear liquor. Into
this liquor the eggs are placed and kept
beneath the surface. They are kept rs
cool MS possible. These are the "limed
eggs" with which the markets are sup
piled during winter. Another mode of
keeping eggs, tested by the Agricultural
Department, is us follows /; Rub the eggs
with ilaxseed 0inseed) oil, and place
them, small end downwards, in sand.
Eggs so prepared were found at the end
OF six months to hive the taste and smell
Of perfectly fresh eggs, and to have lost
in weight only three percent. Grcasing
eggs with lard or tallow has not been
successful in preserving them, except
for short periods,
To ExrmPATE SoRREL AND MusTARD.
It depends good deal on the chamc-
ter Of the land, the kind of crops grown,
etc. We have succeeded in bnnlshing
sorrel from piece of light, sandy land
that was formerly covered with it, by
seeding il down to grass and top.dress.
ing it with manure. The first two years
after ii WIS laid down to gnss, the sorre
almost killed out the grass, but the ma.
nure SO encouraged the growth of the
grass, that in twoSears more it crowded
out the sorrel, and it entirely disappear
ed. The same result sometimes follows
dressing Of woOd.nshes or lime, and it
has been supposed tlnt the ashes or
lime neutmlized the acid in the soil and
prevented the growth Of the sorrel.
There is nothing in this idea. The ashes
and lime, like manure, encourage the
growth of other crops, and these starve
out or crowd out the sOrrol. In regard
to mustard, we know OF no better plan
to get lid OF 1t than to summer or fall
fallow, and follow with two or three hood
crops. The point is to cause the mus
tard seed now in the ground to terminate
and then kill the plants before they go
to seed. Any plan that will do this is
good. Seeding the land with clover and
moving the clover before the mustard
goes to seed, will be useful.
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