Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-05-23
Farmhouse Notes.

CAMPHoR.-A lady, who was a deyout
believer in the power of camphor, scatter
ed the powdered gum thickly over her
capes and muffs, and for two or three years
triumphantly wore'them, though all win
ter long the disagreeable odor was retain
ed in the fur. But this was not all. Even
the first year the hair seemed to have lost
a little of its gloss and life, and by the third
was too dull, old, and worn-looking longer
to be admired. Taking them to fur
dresser for renovation, our neighbor was
dismayed to hear that the gum-camphor
had rendered her furs valueless.
In CASE OF BAD CUT.-The first
thing to be done is to notice the blood
that flows from the wound If this is
of bright scarlet color and spurts out
irregllarly, an artery has been cut Tie
ligature, if possible, above the wound
between it and the heart), and send
some one for the doctor as fast as he can
90. II the blood is dark and flows reg
ularly, vein has been severed, and the
case is not serious. You may be able to
attend to the whole matter yourself with
some lint and sticking-plaster and a
bandage. But if there is much bleeding
the doctor should be called in. Pipe
clay or whiting with some dry lint over
it, the whole confined by a bandage, is
an excellent remedy for bleeding
wound, and many man has saved his
life on the battlefield by clapping q
handful of dry earth to his wound.
FEED Your Crops TO CATTLE.-A. G.
Lockwood, Monroe, Iowa: am the own
er of small farm upon which | can and
do raise good corn, wheat and oats, as well
as hogs. But there being question in
my mind, and also, believe, in the minds
of some others here, as to whether man
largely in debt for his land can pay the
same by selling corn and oats at 20 cents,
wheat at Is cents to 81 per bushel, and
hogs at to 1-2 cents per pound, [ nat
urlly wish to inquire whether cannot
turn small portion OF my land to a better
account than raising these staples and if
80, howe Not having home market, will
it pay to 90 into strawberry or grape cul-
ture. or to raising vegetables of some
kind?
Mr.. Stewart-Let him raise stock and
feed out his crops. BY grinding his grain
he can feed all his stalks or straw, and
thus make his farm carry double or treble
as much stock, and keep 1t rich, and de-
pend on sales of stock to discharge his liza
bilities.
FEED FOR FowLs.-Gutelius Snyder,
Pavilion, Mich: A great many people COM
plain that they get no eggs during the
winter. This fault does not belong to the
chickens, for they alone are at the mercy
of their owners for their living; hence if
hard corn once day is given, and nothing
more, how can the fowls be expected to
return any chen fruit?" My method is
this: For so fowls take II quarts of fine,
well-cured clover heads or Timothy hay,
and cut up fine; scald this thoroughly
with boiling water, having sufficient hay
tea to admit two quarts of corn meal or
bran, so as to mix with the scalded hay.
If you have any sour thick milk add as you
wish to help to cool it, but don't be afraid
to mix it too much. Put it in troughs or
pans; then call up your family of fowls,
chickens, turkeys, ducks, &c, and see how
freely it will be partaken of, and mark the
increase of eggs. Soon after discouraged
hens will begin 10 sing; careless roosters
will soon crow every hour in the day.
This is a cheap food, and supplies the
fowls with what constitutes large part Of
their food during the summer.