The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1874-08-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

A CORRESPONDENTS of the Country Gen
tleman says good application of two
or three bushels of blacksmith's cinders
spread around young fruit trees, partic-
ularly pears, not only keeps down the
grass, but affords some principle which
gives health and vigor to the growth of
the trees
CARRYING BUTTER To MARKTT.-
! The sun should never be allowed to shine
on butter or package containing but
ter. More butter is injured from the
! farm house to the village store and in
transportation by the careless, unthink-
ing, or 'willful parties than from all
other causes combined. The farmer has
an easy and effectual remedy, an old UNI
brella for shade, green grass or wet fan
nels or any other substitute whereby
rapid evaporation can be effected for the
cooling arrangement, and you can carry
your butter for miles to market in good
condition.
FENcING.-To render posts or timber,
placed in the ground, practically imper-
vious to moisture, and for long time
prevent decay, the following simple
recipe has been tried and found to answer
the purpose excellently. For fence and
gate posts it is particularly recommend
ed: Take linseed oil, boil it and mix
it with charcoal dust until the mixture
has the consistency of an ordinary paint
give to the posts coat of the mixture or
paint before planting them, and no
farmer, says one who has used it, living
to the age of the patriarchs of old will
live long enough to see the same posts
rot. The post or timber should be well
seasoned and dry when the paint is ap-
piled.
LICE ON CATTLE.-The North British
AgricultRatist, in an article on vermin
on cattle, gives some suggestions as how
to treat the pests. 1t would take time
by the feretop, and on the slightest in
dication of their presence, make prompt
examination, and if lice are detected APP
ply remedy. 1t is useless to wait until
the unfortunate wretch has removed the
hair from his own skin and spread his
tormenters among his fellows. The ped
iculi, or lice, (which every animal has
its own peculiar species, are not difficult
to kill. A good scrubbing with soft soap
and water will remove them. Linseed
or any other oil prevents their migra-
ting and destroys them. But the efficacy
of the oil is increased if to every pint is
added an ounce ofimpure carbolic acid,
or Of Burnetts zinc chloride solution.
Decoctions of tobacco and stavesacre
also poison the vermin, an ounce to the
pint of water being generally used.
Where the animals have been much in
tested, a second dressing should take
place about week after the first, and
brushing, cleanliness, and usually more
liberal dietry also enjoyed.
GREAsING BUGGIEs AND WAGONS
Greasing buggies and wagons is of more
Importance than some imagine. Many
a wheel is ruined by oiling too plentiful
ly. A well made wheel will endure con-
slant wear from ten to twenty years if
care is taken to use the right kind and
proper amount of oil but if this is not
attended TO the wheel will be used up in
five or six years, or possibly sooner.
Lard should never be used on a wagon,
for it will penetrate the hub and work
its way around the lemons of the spokes
and spoil the wheel. Castor oil is a
good material for use on iron axles; just
oil enough should be applied to spindle
to give it light coating; this is better
than more, for the surplus put on will
work out at the ends, and will be forced
by the shoulder and nut into the hub,
around the outside of the boxes. To oil
the axletree, first wipe the spindles clean
with cloth wet with turpentine, if it
doesn't wip withoutit. On buggy or
carriage wipe and clean off the back and
front ends of the hubs, and then apply
very small quantity of castor oil, or some
more especially prepared lubricator near
the shoulders point.
ECONOMY OF KEEPING SHEEP.-The
economy of keeping few sheep on
every farm devoted to mixed husband
ry, is apparent to any one giving the sub
! ject careful consideration. As scaven-
gers, they will, on many farms, pay
handsome interest on their first cost, not
taking into account the yield of feeces
and lambs. Much of the straw and
stalks about the barn-yard, the growth
of fence corners and other out-of-the-way
places, will be kept clean and slightly by
a few sheep, with very little trouble, and
no expense to the owner. As regards
vegetation, the sheep may be said to be
omnivorous, the goat is its only peer,
and very few of the most troublesome
weeds and grasses can long withstand its
short and persistent clipping. In clear
ing and subduing timber pastures they
are invaluable. If turned in when the
young roots are still young and succu-
lent, nothing within their reach will es-
cape them. They can be turned into the
stubble field after harvest, and not only
thus save every stray head of grain, but
leave the field clear of weeds and in the
best possible condition for the plow.
With equally good results they can be
herded though a growth of grass and
weeds is well under way. This is es-
pecially advantageous where the very
common course is pursued of sowing
wheat in the standing corn. True, now
and then a bent or broken stock falls
prey; but the advantage of the air and
sunlight to the too-long shaded ground,
will be found to compensate MANIFOLD
for these slight losses In short, sheep
can not be omitted from the farm econ
omy without loss to the farmer who
thus overlooks their merits. National
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