Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-06-11
FARM AND HOME.



A BLoATED animal may be relieved, so
they say, by administering half tea
cupful of finely powdered charcoal, well
mixed in bottle of water.
PAsCHALL MORRIS, of the Practical
Farmer, says he puts quietus upon
cut-worms in corn fields by placing
ga tablespoonful of salt on each hill
after it is planted and before it is ur."
So LONG as dairymen travel through
the country, pick out the best mixers,
and keep them for milk till they grow
old without raising a single csf. no i'm
provement of our milking stock need be
expected.
An experienced onion-raiser drives
maggots from his growing crop by form
ing shallow trench with the corner of
his hoe alongside the infested bulbs,
and pouring In suds made by dissolving
two or three gallons of soft soap in a
barrel of water, previously adding one
pound of copperas to the soap.
On and repair the harness. I'm
buckle all the parts and wash clean with
soft water, soap and brush. A little
turpentine or benzine will take off any
gummy substance which the soap fails
to remove. Then warm the leather,
and, as soon as dry on the surface, ap-
ply the Oil with a paint brush or
swab. Neat's-foot oils the best. Hang
up the harness in a warm place, to dry,
but do not let 1t burn.
DIR. D1cKIE told the Doylestown Club
that he keeps lice from his hen-house
"by hanging up near the roosting- place
an old piece of clothe saturated with
coal oil or carbonic acid" Mr.. Barber
recommended free use of water by
means of hose. Mr.. Tergo cures bad
cases by applying coal oil about the
roost, and then setting fire to the oil.
Mr.. McNair destroyed the parasites by
application of fish brine with white
wash brush.
ONE poultry-fancier cured chicken
cholera by feeding every other day for
tive weeks bran mash, in which was
liberal dose of the common garden pep
per. One old biddy was determined to
die. She was crouched in an out-of-the-
way spot. He sought her, gave her
whole pepper in doses an hour apart,
kept her IN a warm place, and in the
course of few days she gave notice
that she could take care of herself
Exchanges.
To MAKE grating Wax, take five parts
of rosin, one part of beeswax, one part
of tallow. Melt these in a skillet, tin
cup, or metal vessel the skillet being
preferable, as it can be handled better,
and the wax keeps warm longer in it.
Melt these over the fire and mix to-
gether well. When the scions are set
say as many as twenty or thirty, or as
few as are wished-have the mixture
ready and apply it warm, with small
wooden paddle. See that every part is
covered and the air completely excluded.
1t requires no bandage.
LUCIUs DUNBAR, of West Bridgewater,
Mass, tells the Poultry Bulletin that
he has never failed, In long experience,
to cure rcup in fowls by the use of
solution of chlorinated soda" He
takes four or five drops of it in a tea
spoonful of cold water and turns it
down the throat while another person
holds the bill open. 1t is also well to
wash the bill and nostrils thoroughly
Of the entire head gets soaked SO much
the better with warm water cOntainiI e
a few drops of the same drug, after
ward rinsing it out of the eyes of the
bird. In bad cases it may be neces-
sary to administer the treatment two or
three times daily for several days.
ECONOMY may be practiced in thou
sand ways, and one way is in our fuel.
Wood that has been summed few days
after cutting and splitting it, and then
housed four months or more, is worth
for the family purposes of warming,
cooking and washing, almost twice as
much as when green. But few farmers
realize the value of dry wood, especially
during the winter season, and hence but
little wood is stored during the sum-
mer. Be sure to furnish plenty of oven
wood. This should be piled in a part
of the wood-house by itself. It will
promote kindly feeling in the family
will save time otherwise lost In kindline
fire with green wood. Then let us pre-.
pare a good supply of dry wood fol-
winter, full six months before wanted
for use.
SOME timely hints relative to the SOW
ing of clover were given at a meeting Of
farmers club in Scotland. The speaker
said that owing to the small size Of the
seeds large proportion of them are
buried too deeply and fail to terminate.
1t had been found by experiment that
the greatest success with red clover is
attained when the seed is covered with
only half an inch of soil when covered
one and half inches deep, fifty pei
cent. of the seeds terminate, but at 9
depth of two inches not a single plan,
appeared. White clover will not show
above the surface If the seeds are Gov
cred one and a half inches deep, and al
three-quarters of IN inch only fifty pei
cent. of the seeds produce plants. II
is necessary, therefore, to prepare care
fully soil for clover and to SOW ant
cover it with discretion. Rolling help.
to secure a fine seed bed, and conse
quently an even distribution.
A POTATO culturist says he was edu
Gated to plant three or four good-sizet
tubers in hill, but, much against hi
Judgment, he was finally induced to Gu
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