Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-01-03
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Should any water stand upon the sur
face of the orchard, surface drains should
be opened.
House plants usually suffer more from
dust and dry atmosphere than from any
other cause, and the only remedy is to
shower often, and to occasionally sponge
the foliage of the smooth-leaved plants,
such as camellia, ivy, etc.
If any pruning Is to be done, II Is bet.
ter to select mild days during early win
ter than to delay until spring. When
large limbs are removed, the wounds
should be covered with varnish of gum
shellac, or with melted grafting.wax.
Select from your poultry the hens and
cocks you intend to keep, and fatten the
rest. II you wish eggs in winter, pro-
vide with warm quarters, and feed more
or less animal food Keep the hen.h house
clean, and see that the hens do not want
for water.
do not allow bean.poles to remain
exposed to the weather. With shelter
they may be made to do service for sew
eral seasons. Pea-brush seldom lasts
more thon one season, though, occasion.
ally, with care, 1t will do the second
spring,
Introducing Queens.-Take frame
partly filled with comb and honey, and
put on side and bottom bars the same
width as top bar. Tack wire cloth over
both sides and over mortises in top bar.
You thus have wire.cloth cage the size
of frame, with plenty of honey in it.
Put the queen in with few bees. insert
the frame in the center of the hive, and
in thirty-six hours you can release her
with perfect safety Bee Keepers Maga.
sine.
"A correspondent Of the Country Gen.
Hemdn recommends the following as an
Ink for zinc only, that will endure for
years, cuts slightly into metal, has black
color, and is as legible after a dozen
years as when newly written: Take one
part verdigis, one part sal ammonia, half
part lampblack, and ten parts of water;
mix well and keep in bottle with glass
stopper; shake the ink before using it. II
will keep any length of time. Write it
on the label with steel pen, not too fine
pointed. 1t dries in the course of min.
ute or two"
Horses Names and Coats. MILDLY
Morgan, the horse-woman and stock re.
porter, says: l give the following recipe,
which / have personally proved to be
efficient in restoring healthy growth OF
hair on the tails and names of horses
Corrosive sublimate (hyd. bichloride),
oxymuriate of mercury, each four grains
in one ounce of distilled water. Wash
the parts where the hair is thin with warm
water and soap, then rub dry with linen
cloth, and Immediately after rub in some
of the above liniment. If the hair has
been rubbed off by the animals own en-
deavors to allay cutaneous irritation
then dress with the following ointment
One ounce of fine -four sulphur, one
ounce of pulverized saltpeter, made into
soft ointment with fresh butter or fresl
rendered hogs lard; rub in at night anC
wash out in the morning with warm watel
and soap; repeat three or four times. i
the hair is scant from natural debility O.
the capillary organs, then simply ust
cold water applied with a soft sponge
avoid all combing or brushing, and clear
the name end tail as the Arabs do, will
a coarse flannel rubber
"A National Convention of Swim,
Breeders was held at Indianapolis, Ind.
when the following standard as to wha
constitutes the most perfect hog wa
adopted 1t must have small, shOr
head; heavy jowl; short, thick neck; ca
small, thin, and tolerably erect, but no
Objectionable if slightly dropping for
ward; bottom straight from neck to flank
and well down to knees in brisket; o
good length from head to tail; on tn
back broad; ribs rather barrel shaped
and must be slightly curved in the back
from the shoulder to the setting on of tn
tail; the tail small; the ham long from tn
hook to letting off at the loin, and broat
] NJ HA NtNll oh - 60, \
enough so to give symmetry to the ami
NAL; hair smooth and evenly set on; ski
soft and elastic to the touch; legs shor
and small, and well set under and spac
between broad; good depth between bot
tom and top; good, quiet disposition
weight not to exceed three to four hun
dred pounds gross at twelve to eighteel
months. Such hog should measure a
many feet from the top of the head to tn
root of the tail as he does around tn
body, and will measure as many inche
around the leg, below the knee, as h
does in feet around the body, and tn
depth of the body will be four-fifths @
the height.
The most successful breeders O
horses, cattle, sheep or swine, know fror
experience that although they may pos
sess the best breeding animals, they wi
not be successful in producing superiO
stock if continual growth of young an
mails is not kept up. In order to begin i
time at this indispensable preparation fo
success, the brood mares, cows, ewes an
sows are most carefully and suitably fe
while with young, and as soon as til
young animals make their appearanc
they are taken the greatest care OF, tn
dams being suitably fed while sucking
and when the young ones are weane
they are not supposed to want for food O
drink single hour. BY this means
continuous or rapid growth is kept uT
and the animals attain large Size an
heavy weight at an early age. Whe
breeding animals are not properly fed an
comfortably sheltered in winter, the ba
effect of such treatment is not confined
their own want of condition-it is share
by their progeny, and can never be rem,
died. When young stock are not fe
well and comfortably sheltered in winter
their growth becomes stunted, and n
subsequent amount of good treatment ca
repair the damage. Young animals ma
suffer for want of proper provender
summer and autumn, as well as in winte
and when this happens it stops contin'
Gus growth and prevents ultimate succe!
in the objects of the breeders.
Flowers In Winter.