The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-02-28
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD

FROST B1TE.-Dissolve one handful
of copperas in pail half full of warm
water: soak the feet we'll in it, set aside
and repeat until it is all drawn out. Ot-
ten one application will answer, accord
| ing to extent of disease.
PREPARING Corn FOR. SEED.-An H.
linois correspondent says: Soak doubt
full seed corn in chloride of lime and it
will come. If you soak seed corn in tar
water in which little copperas has
been dissolved, the crows and gophers
will give it q wide BERTH"
THE BENEFIT OF COOLING MILK
RAPIDLY.-An Orange County dairy
man said that in hts county a pound OF
butter required ordinarily twelve quarts
of milk to produce it, but when the
milk was cooled by setting the pans in a
current of cold water, less quantity OF
milk was required.
LEMON FOR A CoUaH.-Roast the
lemon very carefully without burning it;
when it is thoroughly hot, cut and
squeeze into cup upon three ounces OF
sugar finely powdered. Takea spoonful
whenever your cough troubles you. II
is good and agreeable to the taste. Rare
ly has it been known to fail of giving
relief.
CURE FOR DIPTEERIA. - A simple
and successful treatment Of dipttieria
may be found in the nse of lemon juice
Gargle the throat freely with it, and al
the same time swallowing portion, sc
French physician claims that he save,
l.; ;, ia Il IL "
! RYE BREAD.-.Make rather stiff
mush of corn meal, as You would for tht
table, but boil it long aud we'll; salt t,
taste; when milk-warm stir in yeast
either bakers or homemade, in just th'
proportion for wheat sponge. In COO
weather this must be done overnight
and in the morning, when light, worl
! in as much rye -four with the hands a:
the sponge will hold. Do not get it tot
stiff, for it will adhere to the hands ever
when stiff enough, and, unlike whea
dough, its "stickiness" is not sign o
, the need of more flour. Let the dough
rise, and GO not attempt to mould it, bu
scrape out into wcll-grcased round tins
MEDICINES FOR PoULTRY.-It may be
making a two sweeping assertion to say
that all the medicine advertised for do
|mestic animals are humbugs; but it is
safe to declare that most of them are,
and to look with suspicion on every new
panacea that is heralded. AS the vices
of mankind prepare the way for the ad-
vertisers of nostrums innumerable, so
the keeping of artificial breeds of fowls
in close quarters, and under other un-
natural conditions, gives rise to epidem-
les and patent medicines. Even if the
latter were IS efficacious as their venders
claim, we should say do not keep fowls
under any management that requires
drugs. Wild birds are so uniformly
healthy that one appearing otherwise is
rarely procured, yet we are glad to say
they take no pills and powders.
Now TO MANAGE A SMALL MANURE
PILE.-We are asked for directions how
to manage the accumulating Of manure
from stable of two horses, cow and
the refuse Of house. TO make this ma
terial ready for the garden or the field in
the spring, it must be kept from freezing.
To do this, it is necessary to turn it two
or three times, and mix the rough mat
ter or litter equally with the finer ma
tcrial from the horse stable. A square
pile is best shape in which to keep it.
The refuse from the house should be cast
in the top, which should be made hollow
to retain the liquid, which will prevent
fanging or the dry rot. When the heat
is reduced, commence at one end and
turn the heap, and intermix the unrot-
ted outside material with the centre
Hearth and Home.