The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-10-12
Farm. Gardoa and Household.


Pip isa very common complaint in
fowls It appears as hard scale upon
the end Of tho tongue, with SO much
painiulness as TO prevent the bird from
eating. II this scale is removed with
the point Of a penknife or a coarse
needle, the bird soon RECEIVERS. There
is Feldon any other treatment needed.
The schooner Alice recently left Obi.
cago Tor Liverpool with cargo Of 800
tons OF bone dust, valued at 10000.
BY and by Western farmers will want to
buy bone dust to restore their farms to
fertility.
A correspondent OF The london
Fed objects to the present mania for
highly bred Bhorthorn cattle kept and
bred by millionaires to sell to each
other at fancy prices. "Pure" cattle,
he says, arc all very well for the few
who can afford to run the long.contin.
uet risks which pure breeding involves;
and tor the fewer still who know how
to turn to best account such cattle when
they have got them.
Adair County, No., possesses very
prosperous cheese factory. The farm.
ers realize ten cents gallon for their
milk, which equals So month for each
COW. Thirty.four farmers raised the
funds (sl 500 among themselves to
build tho factory, aud the experiment
has been so satisfactory rs 10 lead TO
the establishment OF three more facto-
ries.
A farmer in Oregon has had field
OF 60 acres Of grain eaten by rabbits,
and all his other fields have suffered,
although to n less extent, from. their
depredations. Hundreds are shot every
day, bnt hundreds more come out
from the sage brush and take their
places.
A correspondent Of the Country Gen.
aemdn AYERS that he has found buck.
wheat flour sifted through sieve upon
cabbages in the early morning, while
the dew Is on, to effectually "do" for
are sufficient,
Clubbing Horses,
Mr.. Lyman Thayer, Of Franklin,
Mass, gentleman who has had a large
experience in the care and handling Of
horses Tor the past thi.ty years, in
answer to the question, How to cure
crib.biting," he says lie has been quite
successful by mailing strips Of sheen
skin OF the edges Of the manger, in
every place where the horse could get
hold with his teeth. The skin Is put
on with tho wool side up, and II the
horse attempts TO play Of his old trick
or habit, he will find himself pretty
efiectually gagged. We were shown an
inyeterate cribber, which appeared to
be thoroughly cured by this simple
treatment: Mr.. Thayer, like most 9th.
ers, considers cribbing more Of q habit
than anything else. The sleeps wool
seems to bea little disgusting to the
animal, and MS he gives up cribbing in
the stall, he appears to forget bis habit
when on tho street. Clubbing Is gen.
orally believed to DO habit more than
n disease, although, II persisted in, it
may be an indirect cause Of disease.-
Netc EngtoNd Farmer.
Paint for n Wagon.
The Ohio Farmer says: There is no
paint more durable than mixture OF
red and white lead; but the color Is a
matter OF taste, ahd every man should
select that which suits him best. Cream
color, peach blow, and red are very
common, and very appropriate. II the
wagon is to be red, il not now well
painted, give three coats; for FIRST use
one part red and two parts white lead /;
second coat, equal parts OF each, or re.
verse the first, and the last coat all red
lead. il lighter shade is desired, use
more OF the white and less Of the red.
liza strAw or cream color is chosen, use
no red lead, but shade with chrome
yellow. Use the best raw linseed oil.
Remedy for Cabbage Worms.
A correspondent Of the Country Gen.
tleman states that buckwheat -four, silt.
ed through u sieve early in the evening
or in tho morning while the dew is on,
will efTectually eradicate cabbage worms.
Two applications land often one) will
do the work, He has succeeded in
raising splendid cabbages, while his
neighbors, who did not use the remedy,
have invariably failed. tits far prefer.
able to hellebore, or any other article
for the purpose, and has the advantage
Of being harmless.
Our Potato Crop.
We raise annually in the United
States nearly 100. 100000 bushels OF pc.
tatoes, representing money value OF
about 800. 100000 to tho consumers.
As an article OF food it has greater
value to us than any other that we call
root crop. Twenty-Five per cent. OF
the weight Of the potato Is solid dry
substance, md Of this G2.5 per cent. is
starch.
Portable Feed for Horses.
Hay.cnkes, composed Of hay and
straw, very finely cut, well mixed with
crushed oats or rye, and moistened with
solution OF rape seed or linseed oil
cake, aud then well worked and formed
into tablets under pressure, have been
for some time employed in France as
a convenient and portable food for
horses,
A New Cure for Snake Bites.
About three weeks ago Mr.. Ruckman
OF Sunhower county, Miss, had occa-
Rint, IN ride thrnnph n nnrtinp NJ his