The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1873-01-09
Farm, Garden and Household.

before the Society of Arts. The metal
employed is tinfoil in sheets about six
teen feet long, and from thirty to forty
inches wide. The sheets are painted
and dried ut high temperature, and
are then decorated with many different
patterns, such as foliage, flowers,
geometrical figures, imitation of wood
or landscapes. When decorated, the
sheets are vanished, and again dried
and are then ready for sale.
new mode of washing linen has
been introduced and adopted in Ger
many. The operation consists in dis
solving two pounds of soap in about
three gallons of water as hot as the hand
can bear, and adding to this one table
spoonful of turpentine and three of
liquid ammonia; the mixture must then
be well stirred and the linen stepped in
1t for two or three hours, taking care to
cover up the vessel which contains them
as nearly Theoretically as possible. The
clothes are afterward washed out and
rlnsed III the usual way. The soap and
water may be reheated and used the
second time, but in that case half ta-
Dle-spoonful of turpentine and table
spoonful of ammonia must be added.
Ihe process is said to cause n great
economy in time, labor, and fuel.
A writer in the Count,y Gentlemen
says "Steers I handle and yoke up
the first winter before they are n wear
old, and during the following summer,
to accustom them to the yoke, and to
walk side by side evenly together The
second winter put them to light sled.
and put small rope around the nigh
ones head, not to guide them by, but
to secure them from running away from
me by some sudden fright or some
other cause [ then, with light, short
whip, proceed to teach them to draw,
to go forward, to stop, to haw and gee.
L use few words with them, and few
motions of the whip, not trying to teach
them too many things at once. When
they are little older, L teach them to
back by choosing piece of descending
ground for that purpose, with the empty
sled or cart for a load. / never try to
plough without driver till steers are
four years old.
An Iowa farmer recommends the fol-
lowing device for measuring land. Take
two Stats about six feet long, sharpen
one end of each, lay them upon floor
like pair of open compasses, so that
the points shall be exactly five feet six
inches apart; now nail the other two
ends together and a piece across the
middle, so that it will look like the let
ter A, and the measure is finished To
measure land place one point at the
starting place and the other also on the
ground i'll a straight line for destination;
stand alongside the machine, with one
hand on top of it, take one step for
ward, tip up the point that is behind,
swing it around from you) on the other
poiut, and set it in line also. A person
IN this manner can measure correctly as
fast as he can walk---three spaces make
a rod---walk straight without stopping,
count the spaces, divide these by three,
ana you have the rods.
Californians lead in the matter of
dairy cuteness so far as heard from. A
commission firm in San Francisco "late-
ly found that some of their customers
were eXasperated about something, and
s"on sunury suspicious and groaey
looking bouldcrs and bricks were
brought In and deposited on their colln-
ters by persons who stated that they
found them in firkins of butter they had
bought of the firm, and these persons
not unnaturally indulged in remarks
that they could not be deemed compli-
mentary to the butter dealers. An in
Vestlgatlon was at once made, when it
was discovered that consignment con-
slsting of twenty-eight firkins of what
purported to be choice product of the
dairy was largely doctored" in this
substantial manner. Some of the firkins
contained from ten to fourteen pounds
of rock and brick. Measures were at
once taken to trace the ingenious villany
to It's proper source"
A correspondent of the Prairie
Farmer, who has had large experience
with swine, says the following are re-
liable:
Preventive. ---One peck wood ashes,
four pounds salt, one pound each of
black antimony, copperas, and sulphur,
quarter of a pound saltpetre Pound,
mix thoroughly and moisten enough to
prevent waste: put in a trough in dry
place where the hogs can at all times
eat as much as they please of it, I have
strictly followed directions and have had
no cholera.
Remedy.--It is Sulphur, two pounds;
copperas, two pounds; madder, two
pounds; black antimony, half pound;
saltpetre, half pound; arsenic, two
ounces. The quantity is sufficient for
100 hogs, and is mixed with slop enough
for few doses all round---a pint to
each hog Each time tried this 1 had
about fifty head, and not one died that
was able to walk to the trough and had
enough life left to drink.
A correspondent of tbe Varn,ont Enr-
noer thus describes an improved poke or
jumping-stick First put piece across
the horns. Then have piece of hard
wood board, one-half or three-fourths
inch thick, and about three feet long.
Have hole inserted in the bar across
the horns in such way that when this
hard wood strip is inserted in it, running
out over the back, as the animal natu-
rally carries it's head, the rear end will
be Just free of the back. Drive three
or four shingle nails, ground sharp into
this end, letting them come through
three-forlrths of an inch, so that as soon
as the animal makes an effort to raise
his head to jump the fence, the nails
will soundly prick his back, and he will
be apt to frisk his tail and start for
some feed that is easier to be obtained.
For cheapness and durability this ar
rangement is unequaled. 1t weighs less
than three pounds; it is not in the way
in travelling around, and when the ami
NAL lies down it is on one side, as it is
natural for the animal to throw it's head