National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1872-02-02
Farm, Garden and HousehOld.


THOSE KETPINs HORSES should twice
week throw in n handful of salt and ashe,
M X them hy putting in three parts q
salt to one Of ashes Horses relish this
and 1t will keep their hair soft and fiuo
Ii will prevent bots, collie, etc. A it'll
ground sulphur miyed with salt nm,
ashes and given once in two or tire,
weeks. is ais, beneficial All domesti,
animals will be thus benefited
MANAGEMENT OF BRooMs. - IF broom,
are wet IN boiling suds once a week, the,
will bccome very tough, will not cut tn,
carpet. last much longer, and alwa,,
sweep like new broom. A very dust,
carpet may he cleaned by setting n pal
OF water ont by the door. wet the broom
in it, knock it TO get of all the drops,
sweep yard or so, then wash the broom
us before and sweep again, being careful
to shake all the drops of the broom and
not sweep far at a time. II done with
care, 1t will clean carpet very nicely,
and Won will be surprised Mt the quantity
OF dirt in the water. The water NAV
need changing once or twice. if the car.
pet is very dusty. Snow sprinkled over
time TO melt and dissolve, is also nice tor
renovating soiled carpet. Mostcned
Indian meal Is used by some house
keepers.
DRAINING. We have been asked of
what use are drains, four feet in depth
in impervious clay, and why would not
surface Grams answer better? To which
we reply that "impervious means n
relalive and not positive quality of the
clay. No clay, or ut least none that we
meet IN agriculture, is really impervious.
10 tecome so it must be subjected to
process OF grinding which renders it plas-
TIC. Some geological cluvo are met with
that have probably undei one some such
process, and they alone re really imper-
vions. A clay subsoil when ex mined
will he found to he filed with small pores
or veins. through which the water finds
channels Of escape, and the deeper the
drains are placed the larger the number
OF these veins will he cnt, and the more
perfect will he the drainage None need
be afraid of draining the most impervious
clay that can he met with, at depth of
four feet from the surface.
TAKING OFF THE HIDES OF ANIMALS
"A leather worker gives the following
directions in the Cdnddn Farmer: eve
VIII suppose the animal dead and placed
on its back f; the operator, by thrustine
his kniIe point foremost and edge M.
makes slit the entire length of the car.
cass, from the chin, over the centre Of
the breast in the line of the navel to tbe
vent. Let him now stand by it's side
with his face looking the way the head
iles' and taking the fore foot in his left
mana, run the point of his knife in the
Inc OF the cleft OF the foot and cap of
the Knee, mp the front of the leg and into
the central slit of his bosom. For the
hind leg having reversed his position.
let The slit be made in the line of the
heel, over the centre of tho cap of the
hook down the back of the ham into the
central slit. IN this way the hide, when
spread out, will have square form with
ont long projections, and CONSEQUENT
deep indentions of its outline
CURE FOR SEA-c1cKNEss An mn
thorify on this subject saws: 81 nm
much surprised at the opinion. which il
so prevalent OF the incurability of sea.
sickness. l believe the opinion.to ex-
lst among the nonmedicai part of the
community from sheer Ignorance. and
among sca-going surgeons supineness to
applying remedies fault to which they
are rather too subject. In the greater
number OF instances. l allow the stom-
ach to discharge its contents once or
twice, and then, if there is no organic
ulseasr, l give drops Of chloroform in n
niue water, and, if necessary, repeat the
dose IN five or six hours. The almost
instant effect of this treatment. if con
pied with few simple precautions. is to
cause an immediate sensation. ns !,
were, Of warmth in the stomach. accom-.
panied by almost total relief of the nam
sea and sickness, likewise curing the
distressing headache, and usually caus-
ing quiet sleep, from which the pas
senger awakes quite well. - Ecchange
MAKING BUTTER. the New York
Dalsy-'aen's Convention, paper was
read by II. Cooley Green, Esq, on the
manufacture of butter in creameries.
Mr.. Green illustrated his plan with n
mop churn on a large scale, and used
many arguments to prove that the co.
operative system was the correct one
he also stated that his model creamery {
was suited for the manufacturing Of
cheese as we'll as of butter. In addition
tc this 1t might appear that Mr.. Green's /,
plan brought the two products too close
to one another, and thereby risked the 9
deterioration of the butter In the :
course OF discussion on the foregoing ar.
tcleit appeared that one great drawback Y
to the success of cooperative butter fac. !
torres was the want of neatness IN tbe u
milking and forwarding of the milk 70 r
he factory. A neat dairyman suffered I
rom the NEGLECT of his lazy dirty. neigh
Dor. Mr.. Willard, Chairman of the As a
,ociaflon, read the following reports. u
he Union Factory, Bangor, franklin y
county, reported sc days milk. 233. 'Gl Il
pounds, sold $500 pounds butter. aver
zee, pound butter to 24s pounds milk =
! he Barley Spring Factory, Chatauaun. +
'ranklin County. reported 27c.SI1 l
pounds of milk, -, OLE pounds of butter, !,
vernge. pound butter TO % $50 of v
mix. The Cod Spring Factory, Ma u
one, Franklin County. reported AL .I67
'ounds milk, 1916 pounds lutter: Z,
verage, ] pousd of butter to % 81 n
'ounds of milk