The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-05-18
Farm, Garden and Household,


fall, thsy will, II they have calf at the
same season, dry up their milk at the
same time each succeeding year, hence
the Importance Of milking young COWS
late in the fall.
The Grange store at Wilton, Ia, was
opened in March, 1872, with n capital
Of 5000, the stock Of goods consisting
clothing, etc. The sales for the first
year amounted to S24, 1000, and for the
eleven months ending December, 1878,
the sales were over s31, 450. All goods
are sold OF 10 per cent. above cost,
elIecting q clear saving to the members
Of at least % per cent.
Hundreds Of experiments have proven
that wheat cut week or ten days BIO.
fore maturity will weigh more pounds
to the measured bushel than II allowed
to completely mature before cutting.
Eggs for matching, to'be sent to pur.
chasers at distance, carry safer in
sawdust than in any other packing. So
says a iancier who has had much ex.
perience. s.tf. .EH
The following is sure cure for cat.
tie lice: Take one heaping teaspoonful
OF copperas ; mix with bran or any
other kind Of meal. II You haven't any
meal, mix with salt. Two doses will
drive them entirely away. It will not
only kill the lice, but It will keep OF
diseases and give the cattle IN appetite.
i have tried II twenty-five years, and
never knew II to fail. IL the cattle,
either those with the cloth on or others,
lick the cloth with the mercurial ONT
ment on, II will kill them, or II they
take cold 1t will kill them.
shepherd, Notes.
GREEN TIA FOR IAMps.-A CORE.
spondent ahks:-Sometimesi it is neces-
sary to feed young lambs Just dropped,
on cows milk. Can you inform us
what should be added To 1t 70 make It
80 like the milk OF the mother as to
cause IN early moyementof the bowels?
Unless this Is brought about, tho "wee
little thing" is sure "goner.r A.
We have seen green tea given TO young
lambs, with the best results. Itseems
to warm and brighten the animal up
and at the same time to lack its usual
astringent effect. 70 I.
To REMOVE LICE PROM SHERP.-A
correspondent says he keeps trough
in his pasture and once in about four
weeks lie puts in 1t two or threepounds
Of sulphur (he don't say for how many
sheep, and puts salt on top He knows
II will clean sheep Of ticks and thinks IL
will OF lice besides he'thinks II health,
full for the sheep, whether affected with
lice or ticks or not,
To Guns iGRuB M Tnn HRGp.-J. B.
Seoville has cured grub in. the head by
filling clay pipe with tobacco, lighting
II and inserting the stem in the nose,
applying the mouth to the bowl OF the
pipe and blowing the smoke into the
sleeps head. o. A, Brown cures sheep SO
affected by blowing camphor, vinegar
and black pepper into the nose OF the
sheep. .rsf. sa. s,,tt, n X.
Acorespondeni OF the Maine Farmer
writes: There seemsto be little doubt
but what plaster, or as II is called by
chemists, sulphate Of lime, is on some
soils an efficient and cheap manure !.
while on other soils II seems to be Of
little or no value, us noedifferenee can
be detected inthe crops following its
use. Now, in order to tell tho soil on
which IL will pay TO use IL, Is a question
that we shall have to decide for our
selves; for I am not aware that any
man can tell by looking at the soil
where 1t will pay 10 use II, or where II
will not pay. Therefore, II we would
know for u certainty II is best to try
small quantities on. different parts Of
the field, either by sowing on grass land
asatop dressing, or by using as manure
for field crops in different, ways, and
the answer that you mayfg get win likely
BIO q true one. After you have found
where It will pay, then use II literally,
and 1t may be well TO say here that II
the crops are all consumed upon the
farm, there need DO no fears OF running
your farm by using plaster in q judi
!, cious manner. y NlflFi ~
Sticking Peas.
Acorrespondent Of the London Field
makes suggestion rs to sticking peas
which is worthy OF trial. He thinks TO
those who have 10 procure stakes at d
great cost the following method will
prove adyantageous0being very cheap,
simple, and easily performed: A few
rough stakes should be obtained and
driven into the ground on either side
OF the row, about twelve feet apart.
These stakes Should be OF o correspond.
ing height 10, that Of the peas, and
when the required number fora line is
inserted, some tar twipeo or other strong
cord may be tied 10 the end stake, and
passed along the line of stakes, making
n turn on each within afew inches Of
the ground, and, as growth progresses,
raise the next turn a little higher, i'd
yancing insuccession until the plants
attain their full height. Tho lines being
run on ct the right time, the tendrils Of
the peas will clasp firmly round them
and support tho plants quite equal to
tho well.known plan OF sticking. Some
imagine IN advantage to be obtained in
this way Of training, as the lines get O
better circulation Of air, and pods can
be gathered at all timeswithout injuring
the haulm. siWsEURissfT
ssaaoned Wood. sf1'yiii
The Country Gentleman puts in this
plea for dry wood: Economy may be
practiced in o thousand ways, aud one
way is in ouriuel.5 Wood that has been
ahmed a few dhyalniter uniting &c. and