The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1874-11-10
THE SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY
FARM AVID GARDEN.

FANM AND GARDEN.
The season for the biggest hog is ap.
preaching.
One farmer in Seymonr. Ind has just
lost 100 fat hogs by cholera . SIS
II is asserted that the closing Of flow
ers has reference to the habits Of in
sects.
North Carolina newspapers are de-
manding law for the projection OF in
sect destroying birds
We have imported from Canada dur
inr the last Years yearly average of
45o0.0o0 bushels Of barley.
Two Bpffato women. have been phi
soned hy eating unwholesome cheese, so
that they will probably die
Tue frost has done damage to the
coming tobacco crop in Kentucky, where
one half Of it is reported killed.
Rice is now the hest paving crop Of
the Sonih Highland rice raises twice
as many bushels to the acre as Indian
corn
Roots Of black hcllebore strewed on
the f'or frcqnented hv black beetles
Will prove certain death tn them They
eat 1t with avidisy, although a deadly
poison.
A farmer in Oregon haa had a field of
sixty acres of grain eaten hy.rahbts, and
all OF his other fields have suffered, al
though to less extent. from their dep
relations. Hundreds are shot every
day. but hundreds more come ont from
the cage brush and take their places.
A standing antido'e for poison bv
oak. ivy, etc. Is to take handful Of
quicklime, dissolve In water. let it stand
hslf an hour, shen paint the poisoned
psrt with IL Three or four applications
viii never fall to cure The most aggrava-
eed cases.
Nature Is. now changing her clothes
The mountains about ne are rich with
their heautiiul-hued costs. When Na-
turc changes her duds. Solomon arrayed
In all his glory couldn't come within
forty lows s,f apple trees OF her. and
King Sol. had good tailore, too Thits
ball Times
Look around the garden before frost
and see II you have some yonng and
strong plants that proved little late for
outdoor Towering. that yon would like
70 try In pots If so, take them up with
q little disturbance as possible, pnt in
good soil.and trest as previously direct
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In looking over The Ales OF the Trans.
cript for October. 1887, we find that on
the 4th day OF. that month, 81 years ago
che mercury stood at 3 degrees below
freezing. in Boston, at sunrise. On the
morning OF October the thermometer
indicated only % degrees, or 10 degrees
below the freezing point. Grapes, toma.
soes, peppers, and even apples were
fonnd to be frozen hard Boston Trans
&tpt,
To banish rats, plant asphodel near
he barn or stable where they are, or put
come in their holes Rats have such an
svession for this plant that they will quit
the premises where it is If they are in
drains or In cellars. scatter sulphate Of
iron (copperas) in their runs. The cop
peras should not be dissolved. 1t is our
best and cheapest disinfectant. The sui
phnric acid hurns their feet, and they
leave in short time without dying -
This will be appreciated by every house
keeper that has had 10 endure the stencil
Of dead rat.
Every fowl has two small organs near
che extremity of the body called the ova-
sia 1t is filed with elastic tissue, and
feels under the finger like sponge. The
eggs are started, here, and those which
will mature year, or two, or three years
hence, are in embryo. One is forced up,
is seized by the stroms, which is II in
ches long, and passed rapidly through.
When the egg leaves the ovary it con-
sists of yolk only, but in its passage
through that short cana, the yolk is sur
rounded by enough albumen to perfec,
the chick. The white Of the egg has all
In il that nature requires for making
bonee, muscles, hlood-vessels, connect
ing tissue, skin and feathers. Jast be-
fore the egg leaves the body, this canal
has the power of secreting lime for the
shell. This shows how valuable the egg
Is as nutriment, and also what demands
are made for rich food by hen that lay
An egg daily. Besides what she requires
for her sustenance. she is called upon to
secrete the material for the body of an
entire chick, and also retains for the lit
lie creature sufficient to last many hours
after it leaves the shell. It shows also
That hen cannot make albumen so rap
ly,except out of alluminous food, such
IS wheat. meat and small animals. 1t is
not true that there is certain number of
eggs, and that. this number exhausted,
no more can be expected but it is true
that the secretions lessen rs old age
comes on, and latterly the hen fails to
have sufficient force to carry forward
the process. The practical bearing of
shis is, that we must see that the fowl is
always well kept. The way to have good
laying pullets is TO quicken the circula
Zion and strengthen the eystem by liberal
nutriment The yolk is food for the first
three or four days. Careful housewives
make mistake by attempting to feed
them before the expiration of that time
Let the mother bird have charge, and
success will be certain. for she knows
better than snv man can what the chick
Eequires.-Poultry RerieU.
Aieck Stephens health continues
poor; he can make speeches only nine
columns long now.