The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-03-14

three feet. The projection makes the
barn cooler in summer and warmer in
winter, whether it diminishes the causes
of disease or not. Apertures EEfor ven
tilation always left open will renovate
the stable by the constant escape of the
foul air, and the resupply of the pure
element
CHARCOAL GOOD FARM MEDICINE. -
The Live Stock Journal, in discussing
| the treatment OF sick horses or cows,
says: "Our rule has always been to
| give nothing unless we knew exactly
| what to do; and in the mean time at
| tend to every exterior comfort practical
BILE. If the weather is cold, place the
| sick animal in warm quarters, avoid all
| exposure, and attend to pure air and
| strict cleanliness. But there is one
medicine that can never do harm, and
is commonly beneficial. This is pulver-
| lied charcoal. As we have just remark
| ed, nearly all sick animals become so
| by improper eating, in the first place.
Nine cases ont of ten the digestion is
wrong. Charcoal is the most efficient
and rapid corrective 1t will cure in a
majority of cases, if properly admins
tered. An example of its use: The
hired man came in with the intelligence
that one of the finest cows was very
sick, and kind neighbor proposed the
usual drugs and poisons. The owner,
being i'll, and unable to examine the
COW, concluded that the trouble came
from over-eating, and ordered teacup-
full of pulverized charcoal given in wa
ter. 1t was mixed, placed in junk
bottle, the head held upward, and the
water with its charcoal poured down
ward. In five minutes improvement
was visible, and in few hours the ami
NAL was in the pasture quietly eating
grass. Another instance of equal sue
cess occurred with a young heifer,
which became badly bloated by eating
green apples after a hard wind. The
bloat was so severe that the sides were
almost as hard rs a barrel The old
remedy, salaratus, was tried for the
purpose of correcting the acidity. But
the attempt to put it down always caus-
ed coughing, and it did little good
Half a teacupful of fresh powdered
charcoal was next given. In six hours
all appearance of bloat had gone, and
the heifer was we'll
GERMAN HOT-BEDs.-TheH Home Jour
nal, in a recent issue, says: We feel
that, in giving some account of translu-
cent cloth hot-bGdS, to be employed i'll
stead of the expensive glass frames in
general use, We are doing all our gar
dening readers service. We can vouch
for the value of the German hot-beds,
having tried them very successfully
many years ago. For forcing early
melons, tomatoes, etc, this prepared
cloth is especially adapted, as it can be
tackled to boxes of any size required
and cut to fit them. Little, rough,
square boxes of the proper size and
hight, covered with the prepared cloth,
can be placed over the hills in which to-
mato, melon or other seeds are planted,
and the plants allowed to stand. with
ont transplanting, until all danger CT
frost is over, when the boxes may be
taken off and packed away carefully for
another season Take white cotton
cloth, of Il close texture, stretch it, and
nail 1t on frames of any size you wish
mix two ounces of -lime-water. four
ounces OF linseed oil, one ounce of
white of eggs separately, two ounces of
yolk of eggs mix the lime and oil with
a very gentle heat, beat the eggs separ-
ately, and mix with the former. Spread
| this mixture with q paint brush over
the cloth, allowing each coat to dry be-
| fore applying another, until they be-
come waterproof. The following are
some of the advantages these shades
possess over glass 1. The cost is
hardly one-fourth 2, repairs are easily
and cheaply made 3, they are light,
and they do not require watering; no
matter how intense the heat of the sun,
| the plants are never struck down, or
faded, or checked in growth neither
do they grow up long, sickly and weak
ly, as they do under glass, and still
there is abundance of light. The heat,
entirely arising from below, is equable
and temperate, which is q great object.
The vapor arising from the manure and
| earth is condensed by the cool air pass
| ing over the surface of the shade, and
hangs in drops upon the inside, and
therefore the plants do not require so
! frequent Watering. If the frames or
stretchers are made large, they should
be intersected with cross-bars about a
| foot square, to support the cloth. These
articles are Just the thing for bringing
| forward fiower-seeds in season for trans
| planting,