Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-31
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

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Scotch snuff, IL put in the holes
where crickets run out, will destroy them.
Z IA bit of soap rubbed on the hinges
Of doors will prevent them from creak-,
ing. ......,..,- ..a .,,. t,....I s.5, 81
How much lies in laughter-the
cipher.key wherewith we decipher the
whole man Some men wear an ever
lasting barren slmper; il 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 titter and
snigger from the throat outwards; or at
best, produce some whifiling, husky each
ination, as if they were laughing through
wool-of none such comes good. The
man who cannot laugh is not only flt for
treason, stratagem, and spoils, but his
whole life is salreadya treason and a STRAIT
agem.---OBlyIe. .arfr'-..I tH t7'-t,-
Flowing Pastures.--A correspondent
of the dfdine Former advocates from ex-
perience the frequent plowing 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 ton of feed TO the acre.
And five acre lot will in four year yield
twenty tons of feed. Turn this over and
seed again, and 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 ground) win
so enrich It, that on being turned over and
seeded again, il will yield an amount al
most incredible." 't.'. He.t
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-
terizing 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.
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, too little at another, food of. i'm
proper kinds or in a bad state of prepara-
IlOIl, 10 vi OuC-lldll lnC lie
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. Neither is there
any greater source of loss in connection
with the keeping of farm horses than the
neglect to which they are Systematically
| subjected Tho 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 useful condition
twice as long-if they were thoroughly
well fed and cared for.