The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-08-24

question been asked of us, and our answer invariably has been. use carbolsc acid. But how to use it is a matter of importance. There can be no doubt about it's efficacy, put if becomes every one to use care Tn handling | it. The acid is sold by all druggists Tn Its crystalline and liquid form. In crystal, 1t dis solves in twenty times its weight of water, that ia one ounce of the crystals require twenty ounces of water to dissolve them. Thus dissolved, it is entirely too strong for or dinary use.
 "Dr. Emerson gives recipes for preparing this powder for disinfecting and other pur poses. As whi.ewash for walls, for protec- tion against insects, bugs, etc., he says: Put three ounces of carbolc acid into twelve quarts of lime water, and whitewash the walls of the poultry house well with this wash, and no living parasite will then be seen-tbeir death is inevitable. A weak so- lution may be made to wash fowls in; one part of the acid to sixty parts of warm water let 1t cool; and then dip the fowls in until the feathers become thoroughly wet and the solution reaches every part of the body. Afterwards place the fowls on clean, dry straw, where the sun will reach them, until they are dry. Another form in which it is recommended is to use it as soap. The soaps are for sale by various manufacturers, and have high reputation for cleansing anl- mals and the cure of skin diseases. A mode of making this soap IS as follows: Dissolve three pounds of common bar soap in hot water, add two or four ounces of carbollc acid, according to the strength desired. AL low to cool as usual in making hard soap. As these preparations may be bought ready pre- pared, and as carbolic acid is not safe article to keep about the house, we would advise persons to buy rather than to attempt to make them except in case of wLitcwash, when they must get the pure article and dilute it. '"- Canadiaa Poultry Chronicle.
 We also find in the following article from the Rural World, number of simple and effective remedies for weak and diseased trees and animals. As the remedies are plain and easily applied, our readers will do well to see the extract:
 "This is an effectual remedy for scab, screw-worm and foot-rot in sheep; destroys feas, lice and all parasites that infect do- nestle animals bugs, insects and caterpillars on plants and trees.
 "Drections for use: For sheep, make a dip by putting one gallon of the wash-car- bolc acid dissolved m water-intO an ordi- nary 40-gallon barrel fill up about one-half with water; put in the bung; then shake and roll the barrel well till the wash is dis solved. Then fill up the barrel with water, and the dip will be ready for use and of the proper strength for ful-grown sheep. For
 lambs, this dip should be diluted One-half. The dip being ready, pour it into convent ent tub, and then dip the sheep into it, leav- ing them only long enough to thoroughly soak the wool and wet the skin. Heavily fieeced sheep must be kept in longer than sheep that have been recently sheared. One dipping will generally be sufficient, but in bad cases of scab, second dipping may be necessary. Protect the eyes and ears of the sheep while dipping; do not turn them out immediately in rainy weather. Should the dip occasion a smarting of the hands when using it, it should be further diluted; little oil rubbed on the hands will allay the smart ing
 "For foot-rot, let the sheep stand for five minutes with only their feet immersed in the dip, and repeat the application occasionally until cure is effected.
 "For mango in dogs and hogs, use in the same way as for sheep. Horses and cattle, when occasionally washed with the dip, will not be moested by flies or insects.
 "To rid garden plants and trees of insects, dissolve one pound of the wash in ten gal Ions of water, and sprinkle over the plants with watering can, or. better, with syr- inge. For delicate plants, make the solution weaker; hardy plants and such as have a smooth leaf will bear the stronger solution. It is best to apply the solution in the even- ing. To remove moss, etc., from old trees, apply the concentrated wash with brush to the bark of the tree. Rabbits, mice, etc., will not gnaw the trees which have been coated in this manner, applied around the roots, it will destroy the borer."