Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1873-10-31
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

Scotch snuff, if put in the holes
where crickets run out, will destroy them.
"A bit Of Soap rubbed on the hinges
of doors will prevent them from creak
How much lies in ,1aughter-the
cipher-key wherewith we decipher the
whole mani Some men wear an ever
lasting barren shipper; Ill the smile OF
| others lies cold glitter as of ice; the few
est are able to laugh. what can be called
laughing, but only sniff and litter and
Singer from the throat outwards; or al
best, produce some whiting, husky each
ination, as if they were laughing through
swooEof none such comes good The
man who cannot laugh=sis notonly fit fol-
treason, stratagem, and spoils, but his
whole life is alreadya treason and STRAIT
agem.-CarlyIe.
| Flowing Pastures.-A correspondent
of the Maine Farmer advocates from ex-
perience the frequent blowing of pastures
for the purpose of renovating them, and
increasing their product He says: "Most
any of our pastures plowed up and seeded
down will bear a ton of feed to the acre.
And a five acre lot will in four year yield
twenty tons of feed Turn this over and
seed again, ard it will bear at least two
tons to the acre, which will make forty
TONS. Now, this forty tons of feed on the
five acres Cattle kept on the grounO will
so enrich it, that on being turned over and
seeded again, it will yield an amount al
most incredible" ..ae 1850 .s..
Lard as an Unguent.-It is we'll
known that rubbing the body with hogs
fat has the effect of reducing the tempera-
ture of the skin in scarlet fever. Fir.
Ketz, of Heilbronn, directs to incorporate
one or two grammes carbolic acid into
one hundred grammes of lard and, with
this, to rub the whole body, excepting the
head, two or three times day, according
to the intensity of Inflammation charac-
aterizing the case in hand. The effect of
this kind of treatment is to produce a
pleasant feeling of GOODNESS, to keep the
skin softer, and after each application the
temperature of the skin falls somewhat.
The carbolic acid operates to destroy the
germs and spores of the disease. Z
Feeding Horses. Waring says: Very
much of the value and availability of the
horse depends on the quality and quantity
of his food, and on the manner in which
it is given to him. Too much food at one
.time,st little at another, food of i'm
proper KINDS or IN bad state OF prepara-
ton, is the foundation of one-half the ills
that horsefesh is heir to. There is no
worse economy than the stinting of food
or the administering of bad food be-
cause it is cheap. Also, there is no more
wasteful practice than the giving of too
rich and expensive food. Neitheris there
any greater source of loss. in connection
with the keeping Of farm horses than the
neglect to which they are Systematically
subjected The horse, even in the rudest
state, is of a somewhat delicate organiza-
ton. His powers are very great-greater
than is generally supposed; but in order
to their development and to their long
endurance, it is necessary that he be fed
with the greatest care and with an ever
watchful judgment Probably the capital
invested in farm horses in the United
States would go twice as far-that is, the
animals would last in a. useful condition
twice as long-if they were thoroughly
well fed and cared for. 80