The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-05


Those KEEPING HORSES should twice a
week throw in handful Of salt and ashes
Mix them hy putting in three parts OF
salt TO one Of ashcs Horses relish this
and it will keep their hair soft and fine.
II will prevent bots, collie, etc. A little
ground sulphur mixed with salt and
ashes and given once in two or three
weeks, is also beneficial. All domestic
animals will be thus benefited
MASAGIMESr OF BRooMs,-If brooms
are wet in boiling suds once week, they
will become very tough, will not cut the
carpet Inst much longer, and always
sweep like new broom. A very dusty
carpet may be cleaned by setting pail
Of water out by the door. wet the broom
in it, knock II to get of all the drops,
sweep yard or so, then wash the broom
as before and sweep again, being careful
to shake all the drops of the broom and
not sweep far at time, II done with
caro-, il will clean carpet very nicely,
md YOU will be surprised 1T the quantity
Of dirt in the water. The water may
need changing once or twice, il the ear.
pct Is very dusty. Snow sprinkled over
a carpet, and swept on, before il has
time to melt and dissolve, is also nee Tor
renowting soilod carpet. Moistcned
Indian meal is used by some house.
keepers.
DRAISNG we have been asked Of
what use ARE dnius four feet in depth
in impevious clay, and why would not
surface drains answer botter2 To which
we reply That "imperyious means q
relative and not positive quality Of the
clay. No clay, or at least none that We
meet in agriculture, is really imperviuus.
To BECOME so it must be subjected to a
process Of grinding which renders it plas.
tic, Some geological clnys are met with
that have probably undergone some such
process, aud they alone are really imper.
vious. A clay Mbsoil when examined
will he found 10 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 cut, and The more
perfect will he the drainage. None need
be afraid Of draining the most imperyious
clay that can be met with, at depth Of
four feet from the surface.
TAKING orr THE HIDEs OF ANNALS.
"A leather worker gives the following
directions in the CD,Gdd Finmey.. I'VE
will suppose the animal dead and placed
on its back ; the operator, by thrusting
his knife point foremost and edge up,
makes slit the entire length Of the car.
cass, from the chin, over the centre of
the breast In tho line Of the navel TO the
vent. Let him now stand by its side,
with his face looking tho why the head
lies, and taking the fore foot in his left
hand, run the point Of his knife in the
line 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. Fer the
hind leg having reversed his position,
Let the slit he made in the line Of the
heel, over the centre of the cap Of the
hook down the back Of the ham into the
central slit. in this way the hide, when
spread ont, will have a square form with.
ont long projections, and consequent
deep intentions Of its outline
A CuRE ron sRA.STcKNEss.-An au.
thority on this subject says: AZ am
much surprised ut the opinion, which is
so prevalent Of the incurability Of sea.
sickness. | believe the opinion To ex-
ist among the nenmcdicai part of the
community from sheer Ignorance, aud
among sea.going surgeons supineness TO
applying remcdiCs-a fault to which they
are rather too subject. In the greater
number Of instances. allow the stom-
ach to discharge its conteuis once or
twice, and then, il there is no organic
disease, give drops Of chlorofprm in II
little Eater and, II necessary, repeat the
dose in Ave or six hours. The almost
instant effect Of this treatment, II con
Piled with n few simple precautions. is to
cause nm immediate sensation, as 1t
were, Of warmth in the stomach, accom-.
pnnied by almost total relief of the nau-
sea and sickness, likewise curing the
distressing headache, and usually caus.
ing quiet sleep, from which the pas.
senger awakcs quite well. "-Errhdnge.
MAKING BUrrFR.-At the New York
Dai-y-mcu's Convention, n paper was
read by II. Cooley Green, Esq, on the
manufacture Of butter in crcameries.
Mr. Green illustrated his plan with n
mop chnn on large scale, and used
many arguments to provo that the CO.
operative system was the correct one.
He also stated that his model creamery
was suited for the manufacturing of
cheese as well as Of butter. In addition
to this II might appear that Mr.. Green's
plan brought the two products too close
TO one another, and thereby risked the
deterioration Of the hutter. In the
course Of discussion on the foregoingnr.
ticleit appeared that one great drawback
10 the success Of cooperative butter fac.
tories wns the want Of ncatness IN the
milking and forwarding Of the milk to
the factory. A neat dairymnn suffered
from the neglect Of his lazy dirty. neigh.
Dor. Mr.. Willard, Chairman Of the As.
ISOLATION, read tho following reports.
The Union Factory, Bangor, Frnnklin
County, reported 90 days milk, 293, 1Gl
pounds, sold $3.50 pounds butter, aver.
nge, pound butter to 2it pounds milk.
The Barley Spring Factory, Chatauqun,
franklin County, reported 27o,Sll
pounds Of milk, l2,0l2 pounds ofbutter,
average, pound butter to % 6.5O Of
milk. The Cold Spring Factory, Mn.
lone, franklin County, reported III, 1877
pounds mak, 1916 pounds butter !;
average, l pouSd of butter to 221.3l
pounds Of milk.
The us. Secretary of War gives an sSti.
mate Of the probable cost involved in
IL. $4,000. u IL Hn.,ua- In ....r.L,....