Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-05-23

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SALT BRINE FOR LICE.-In answer
to many inquiries for a remedy for
lice, the Rural World states that an
| application OF brine, as strong as can
be made, is a certain remedy. It viii
kill the lice outright, but not always
the nits; hence a second or third ap-
phcatiOn is required to be effectual.
Hogs are greatly pestered with Ice,
| and thew should be destroyed. Watch
the colts and calves carefully, and If
| You see any failing, look out for lice.
A close inspection will reveal hun
| dreds of them feeding upon the poor
animal An application, on warm
day, of brine will bring great relief.
| A deeoction Of tobacco applied viii
| also rid the animal Of these pest. a
thorough greasing is also a remedy.
! Don't let The poor animal suffer.
These applications are as good for hui
man beings as for brutes.
CANNING GRAPEs.-I seRd my mode
of canning grapes, which we find an
excellent addition to the table all win
ter. Rich, ripe grapes are the best,
having so much more juice when full
ly ripe. We use Concord grapes,
having them IN abundance, and I
doubt if any other variety answers
better. Pulps for a sufficient time to
separate the seed from the other part;
while these are boiling, place the
skins in another kettle, with q little
water and boil them until the skins
seem tender; it takes quite a good
boil, and care must be taken not to
let them burn. When the seeds float
about, showing they are lOosened from
the pulp, pour all into a colander, and
add what has run through to the skins;
now weigh the whole, and allow 3 lbs.
of sugar to IL lbs. Of fruit; they need
little more boiling. Can them hot as
pOssible.-E. p. B., of Bucks county,
Pa, in the Country Gentleman.
BRONZE TURKEY. history |
says that the turkey is the only valu- /
able acquisision to the table of man !
kind furnished by North America. IN |
its wild state the bird is very hardy, |
of q brownish or a bronze color; hence /
the sO-called "brOnZe turkeys" are /
the highest priced and the highest es-
teemed, as well as the largest sized. |
1t will pay any one, so situated as to /
raise turkeys to advantage, to obtain /
even at the price of from S5 10 $40 a /
pure bronze Cor Wild gobbler.. And /
this can only be done by obtaining |
the eggs of the wild birds and domes- /
ticating the young ones, and then |
breeding them with the domesticated /
ones. We prefer the product of such /
a gobbler crossed upon the black tur- /
key. Very large birds are not desira- |
bic for the family table; early matur- /
ity is much more preferable. About /
the best turkeys for the table, taking /
the standard of common sense and /
our preference, is a young hen, nine |
or ten months old, thoroughly fatten- 4
ed, and weighing from ten to twelve
pounds.
ALFALFA AMONG TnBRR'-TheS Sac
ramento Record says that a man liv-
ing on the river eight miles above
that city sowed alfalfa in a field of
5ecOnd-grOwth white oaks averaging
about twelve feet apart. The seed
grew well and the clover has constant
" improved since-four years. The
clover under the trees is not quite so
stocky as in the sunshine, but yields
plenty of good feed. The editor of
the Record seeded five acres of the
same kind of timber last year, and is
so well satisfied with the growth of
the alfalfa that he viii put In tweH-
~ acres more this season. The leaves
and dead brush was raked off, and
he seed simply narrowed in.
The editor of this department of the
Union and American has labored
many years to induce Southern farm
srs to SOW the seeds of all grasses
adapted to the wants of farm stock,
winter and summer. Every variety of
clover viii do as well in Tennessee as
n California; and, as alfalfa is peren-
hal and reseeds the ground as well,
t ought to be tried carefully in all the
planting States. We raised ii with
Bermuda in Georgia, and found the
wO to make excellent pasture for
.ows, mules and sheep.-Union and
American.