Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1872-12-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Never let a horse stand and dry,
when he comes into the stable wet with
perspiration. Wash and rub him dry the
the first thing. It's the only safe way.
Ten bushels of boiled potatoes,
mashed and mixed with three bushels Of
finely ground corn meal, will make as
much pork as double the quantity fed in
raw state.
1t is the custom Of poultry keepers
in France to cook their grain for fowls
which they intended to fatten, boiling 1t
in water till it is soft enough to be easily
bruised between the thumb and fingers.
While all other domestic animals are
regularly supplied with salt, the hog is
generally neglected He teqtires, how
ever, to be as constantly supplied as the
OK, the horse or the sheep, and suffers as
much from privation as either or the
above named animals do.
MANY years ago there was scarcity
OF cider barrels In Vermont, and linseed
oil barrels were made use of to supply the
defciencE; with no other cleansing than
to rinse them out thoroughly with cold
water. In the following spring it was
found that cider thus stored was better
for drinking purposes than that kept in
other packages, the reasons assigned
being that the oil tended to preserve
the cider mainly by forming thin film
on its surface. excluding the air. Linseed
gil, being vegetable production from
tiaxseed, cannot, in small quantities, be
very unwholesome if pure.-Cr. Rura1
Neao Yorker.
Care of Hogs.-A practical breeder
gives the following advice, which, in the
main, we think sound for those whose
herds are not too large, and who are En-
gagged id mixed hpsbandty: ''To handle
hogs To the best advantages, d pasture is
needed of green grasses-clover, blue grass
and timothy-and it is best if there
is no running water or stock pond in
the llet.I Hogs do better where there are
| no stock ponds or branches to Wallow In.
In place thereof, have good well water
pumped for them. Have troughs made,
and nail strips across eight inches apart,
to keep the hogs from lying down in the
water, and let, these hogs be put on floors
to keep them from digging up wa1lowihg
holes. If any feed be given; 1t shoHld be
soaked in swil1 barrels for twelve hours
before feeding-no longer-and fed to
them as drink ......
Professor CUTLERY has demonstrated
anew the powerful antiseptic properties
of carbolic acid, in some recent expert
tnents. He enveloped fresh cadaver in
cloth saturated with solution contain
ing two per cent. of the. acid, and, after
ali interval Of foir or five days, poured
mofe of the solution over the body. BY
this treatment patrefaction was entirely
prevented, the body after six months
presenting no signs of decomposition,
and being but little altered in appearance.
At the Morgue, in Paris, a solution con-
tanning One-twentieth of one per cent. of
carbolic acid, sprinkled over the bodies,
arrested the putrefaction even during the
heat of summer. Chlorine had previous
ly proved Intellectual to disinfect the at
mosphere of the dead-house.
It seems certain that castor beans
will kill horses and cattle. Within a
year or two it has been stated, in the Far
mers' Club of New York City, that if
placed in the paths of moles, or in the
holes of gophers, they would exterminate
these animals. Now it is recorded that a
span of horses died, in Nebraska, within
twenty four hours after eating half
handful of castor beans divided equally
between them. Commenting upon this
fact, the Prairie Farmer says: '"That cas-
tor beans injure stock is certain, and that
death has resulted from eating them seems
also sure. Among the earlier acts passed
by the Legislature of this State, was one
attaching severe penalties to persons who
left castor beans in exposed situations, or
left fields of them exposed so that cattle
could enter"
Fresh Grapes at all Seasons.-The
Stockton Oel.) Republican says: eve
once knew a gentleman who supplied his
table with grapes from one season to an
other. His plan was to gather, when
quite ripe, the largest and finest punches
of grapes, and pack them in sawdust,
using, in place of boxes, common nail
kegs, which he purchased for q trihe at
hardware stores. After carefully packing
the desired number of kegs, he buried a
lot in trench, dug in high, dry ground,
beneath shed, where the water could
neither fall nor soak. in. Before using
the sawdust he carefully dried it, either
in the sun or in an oven, until it was en-
tirely free from moisture We never
witnessed his packing process, but we
knew he always had the grapes, and in
this way, he told us, he preserved them.
After being buried for months the grapes
are as sweet and finely favored as if just
gathered from the vines. The process is
cheap and may be easily tested. If it will
preserve the grape, new and profitable
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