Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1873-07-05
Farm, Garden and Household.

Farm, Garden and Household.
AMethod OF Building n Cistern Beneath
ralIlalt Barn. {. - DID
"A Vermont man believing that g the
barn roof viii catch all the water that
the stock it can shelter will need" set
himself to make cistern beneath the
bay of his barn. He dug hole Is feet
long, 7 feet wide and feet deep, with
the sides inclining so that it was but
10 feet long at the bottom. The soil
was not clay, but free from stone and
compact. Two days were thus spent.
-Four stringers OF ash trees. foot in
diameter, peeled and fiattened on the
side that lay uppermost, were placed
across the hole, and two-ineh planks
were laid over them for a cover on
which the bay rested. The earth was
leveled 80 that the cover fitted snugly
all around.y Two barrels of cement and
IL bushels OF sand were procured, as
also mason's trowel. One pail of
cement and two of sand were mixed
together with water to the thickness
of soft mud. OF this n coat half an
inch think was spread over the bot
tom and sides. A second coat a
quarter of an inch thick was next
spread, and then half q pailful of CO.
ment was stirred into apailful of water,
and the mixture was brushed over the
surface like coat of paint. The barn
was spouted with wooden spouts a
cemented trench carried the water to
the cistern, 12 feet of lead pipe, an iron
pltcher-pump, and a movable trough
from which all the cattle could drink at
once was made and fitted, and now he
tells The Vermont Farmer that during
the stormy days of last winter, which
were many, the cows never needed to
go to the frozen creek to drink of ice
cold water. The money cost of all was
sixteen dollars. E4e -ss-rc5.
Interfering Horses. fes 81 IS
A correspondent of the american
AgrtcuStuTiSt writes: / have seen but
few out of several hundred interfering
horses that struck the opposite ankle
with either the crust of the hoof the
shoe, orthe heel cork, and those were all
cured by rest, good keeping, and hand
rubbing of the legs, thus showing that
weakness and a loose, shambling gait
were the cause. When the crust of the
hoof turns under on the inside and
grows out on the outside the horse will
interfere. When such shaped foot is
seen some chalk should be rubbed on
the hoof, and when the horse strikes
and the foot is examined it will be found
that the chalk has been rubbed off near
the toe, and if the clinches of the nails
are loose they will be found to have
torn the skin of the opposite ankle.
In such case the hoof should be pared
away on the outside as much as is safe,
and the shoe set out on the inside so
that the bearing of the foot will be
equal on each side from the centre as it
rests upon the ground The horse will
not then interfere. A farrier who had
a reputation of shoeing interfering
horses so as to cure them tried this plan
on horse, and found that the chalk
mark was rubbed off on the outside of
the IL toe, and thattw projecting clinches
there had cut the opposite ankle. He
pared the outside of the hoof and set on
a shoe made very thin on the outside and
very thick on the inside, and set we'll
out on the inside with the heel wide.
The interfering then ceased. This is
not the only trouble that can be rem
edied by skillful shoeing. -.
sSt III ~ PERFUMES 81 b Of MI Y
By request we give these directions
for preserving the fragrance of pera-
mum, heliotrope, roses and other flowers.
Take olive oil, purified lard, or mutton
tallow; place it in vessel of tin, and
put this into boiling water; for pound
OF fat add a pinch of salt and one of
alum, and keep skimming it till the fat
is perfectly clear. When cool spread
it en- a clean plate and wash and work
1t until every trace of alum and salt is
removed. Heat it over again till all
the water used in washing is evapo-
rated. Melt a portion of this pure fat
and lmmerse III, it as many rose petals or
other flowers as it will cover. Subiec.
them two or three days to gentle heatt
strain them out, and add fresh flowers
till your fat is as highly perfumed as
you desire. To make the extract cool
A"o' SioP ~ hno, pour over III proof
spirit, and let it stand for a week.
strain and you have genuine extract.
equal to Lubin's or any other. Several
perfumes may thus be made and blend
ed till you get just what you fancy or
your olfactories delight in.
Hoof All In OK,
There lis a disease to which cattle are
subject, known as hoof all, and this is
undoubtedly what youro OK is troubled
with. There are various causes to
which it may be ascribed the, most
prevalent is allowing the cattle to
stand in filthy stables or yards. or mud
dy, sour pastures. A remedy rs to
thoroughly cleanse the hoof, to pare
away all diseased horn, and to dress
the parts with wash of one dram of
sulphate Of zinc in half pint Of water
The foot should then he wrapped IN a
cloth, passed between the claws in such
a manner that no dirt or filth can come
in contact with the diseased surfaces
and be kept dressed, with an ointment
OF lard and carbolic acid. If the ami,
NAL is in fevered condition of BODY q
pound of EPSON salts might be admin
istered with benefit, and pound of
oatmeal be given daily in the feed. Yq