The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-12-06
FARM AND GARDEN.

the crop was removed he covered half
of his strawberry bed with straw, put
ting it on one or two inches thick. The
result this season was yield double
that on the portion of the bed not
mulched, and no weeds, but clean, nice
berries, even after hard rain.
No SUCH THING AS CHICKEN CHoL-
ERA.-An Indiana lady says there is no
such thing as chicken cholera-that it
is lice that kills the chickens, and adds :
When you see them go moping or
sitting about, refusing to eat, catch one
and look on her head, and under her
wings, and about the oil bag, and you
will find hundreds of lice. Grease
them with fried meat grease, and they
are we'll"
PIP REMEDY.-The Rural World
says that'a mixture of about one table
spoonful of SCOT and one-fourth as much
sulphur, with sufficient lard to form a
paste, has been found an efectual
remedy for this disease. Tearing off
the pip, the horny pellicle that grows on
the end of the tongue, is useless, as the
disease, at that stage, is too far ad-
vanced to be cured by the operation.
LICE ON FowLs-JAs H. Fry, Pi-
latka, Fla, says that the stems of to-
bacco, mixed with hay in the nests Of
fowls, will effectually rid sitting hen OF
these troublesome vermin. Our poul-
try raisers will do well to remember
this.
GERMAN HoT-BEDs.-We feel that,
in giving some account of translucent
cloth hot beds, to be employed instead
of the expensive glass frames in general
use, we are doing all our gardening
readers a service. We can vouch for
the value of the German Hot-Beds, -
having tried them 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 height, covered with
the prepared cloth, can be placed over
the hills in which tomato, melon or other
seeds are planted, and the plants allow
ed to stand without transplanting un-
til all danger of frost is over, when the
boxes may be taken off and packed
away carefully for another season.
Take white cotton cloth, of close
texture, stretch it, and nail on frames
of any size you wish; mix two ounces
of lime water, four ounces of linseed
oil, one ounce white of eggs separately,
two ounces of yolk of eggs; mix the
lime and oil with a very gentle heat,
beat the eggs separately and mix with
the former. Spread this mixture with
a paint brush over the cloth, allowing
each coat to dry before applying anoth-
er, until they become waterproof. The
following are some of the advantages
these shades possess over glass:
l. The cost being hardly one
fourth.
2. Repairs are easily and cheaply
made.
8. They are light; do not require wa
tering; 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 weakly, as they do under glass,
and still there is abundance of light.
The heat entirely arising from below
is equable and temperate, which is a
great object. The vapor arising from
the manure and earth is condensed by
the cool air passing over tho 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 foot square, to support the
cloth. These articles are just the thing
for bringing forward flower seeds in sea-
son for transplanting.-O1r Home Jour
nal.
How TO WATER HoRsEs.-One writ
er says, never water Immediately before
or after feeding. say that if horse
is thirsty always give him drink, and
he will thank you for it I. have often
seen horses put in the stable at noon for
an hour or two, and not eat pound of
hay and grain, but looking wistfully for
water, and then their careful owner,
who would not let them have water
when warm, will come to give them
enough to kill, and drive the remainder
of the day on two buckets of water and
no feed. Ten chances to one his horse
gives out with him or gets sick before
night. Now, l say, give the horse wa
ter if he is ever so warm; give him a
swallow, rinse out his mouth and nos
trils, give him a bite of hay, in short
time little more water, but not too
much.
If he is watered several times, a little
at time, until he is satisfied, he will
not drink more than half what he would
if you let him gulp it down all at once.
Cor. Tribune.
HoT WATER FOR FoUNDER.-I had
horse which was very badly founder
ed with grain. He could not stand for
several days, and was swung with a
tackle. l thought his case hopeless,
and considered him not worth dollar,
but concluded to do what l could for
his relief.
In the first place 1 physicked him !;
then | took fiUht strong HOY uot hi