The Red Cloud chief., 1874-05-21
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

cross with a Southdown or CotswOld
RAM.
To Stop THE Flow OF BLooD.-There
is no better use TO make of fine-cut to-
bacco, than to bind it upon a fresh
wound, and nothing will stop the flow
of blood quicker.
STUMP MAcHINE.-The simplest on
t~rivance is to chain a strong piece Of
timber to one side of the stump by very
strong chains hooked into the roots,
and attach oxen to the other end going
about in a circle will twist the stump
out.
FILTER FOR CIsTERN WATER.-Per-
forate the bottom of a wooden box with
a number Of small holes; place inside
a piece of flannel, cover with coarsely
powdered charcoal, over this coarse
river sand, and on this small pieces of
sandstone.
ANTS IL GREENHOUsEs.-Lumps OF
soft putty are excellent traps for ants.
Law them around where the ants most
frequent, and as soon as the Jumps are
stuck full of them, work the putty over,
ants and ali, and reset the same lump
as a trap again.
FEEDING CALVES IN TRANsIT.-The
best way is to take a large basket of
eggs along, and when the calf begins to
make too much noise, break one and
thrust it down his throat, shell and all.
This will satisfy them for some time,
when it may be repeated. Fed in this
way they will ride quietly, and viii not
shrink half SO much.
TO PREVENT MOTHS RAvAGEs.-Hemp
when the blossoms are Just opened, IS
an infallible preservatIve of textile
fabrics and furs, against the attacks OF
moths. The stalk, with leaves and
flowers, is cut when blooming about
July), and dried in the shade. 1t is
said to preserve its properties for sew
eral years.
Coon FODDER FOR SHEEP. -Sheep
prefer bright wheat straw as an article
of occasional diet. Bean straw, If cut
before the beans are ripe, would be as
good as most green fodder, ut least it
is SO considered in Scotland; but if
left, as is usually the case, until the
beans are ripe the straw is about as val
liable as very COARSE wheat straw. Sheep
would probably eat bean fodder If
starved to death and no fears need be
entertained as to the i'll effect of such
food except the want of nourishment.
How TO SwEEP.-The right way to
sweep is TO incline the handle a little
forward, then give a light drawing
stroke, allowing the broow to scarcely
touch the carpet. Not one half the
weight of the broom should be allowed
to press on the carpet, as the dirt is
moved forward. Let the dirt be moved
and rolled lightly. If a generous
quantity of tea grounds, small bits of
wet paper or clean and wet sawdust can
he spread over the carpet before the
sweeping is commenced, all the fine
dirt will adhere to the wet materials.
BARREL MEAsURE.-A barrel of ap.
Piles, pears and potatoes should by law
represent a quantity equal to one hun.
dred quarts of grain or dry measure.
An ordinary flour barrel holds about q
alf-bushel or nearly o%ne-eighth more
than the standard barrel. Farmers no,
using the legal barrel are losers to the
amount of many thousands of dollars
each year. Eight hundred barrels Of
potatoes, in the large or common ioul
barrel, lose tour bushels OF
$3.50! The is not benefited
10y this error of the FARMER, for he buy.
of the merchant by the peck, or else by
the barrel, which means the hundred
quart barrel.
CHANGE OF SEED.-The america,
-i~gricutturist answers a correspondent,
by saying: with all other grains
than corn, q change of seed now and
hen is considered advisable. Potatoes
are especially improved by a change
procured from a different locality and
soil. But corn has not generally been
found TO deteriorate by long planting
on the other hand. there are many
farmers who are planting seed produced
from the corn their fathers planted a
generation ago. Running out of the
corn is more likely to be the result of
impoverished soil, and the best method
of Improvement would probably be a
crop of clover upon the land, to be
plowed under, or some other substan-
tial fertilizer"
A FARMERS ExPERIENCE.-That the
success of farming is i'll experience.
That to ask a mans advice is not
STOPPING, but often of much benefit.
That to keep a place for everything,
and everything in its place, saves many
step, and is pretty sure to lead to good
tools, and to keeping them in good
order.
That kindness to stock is like good
shelter, and is a saving of fodder.
That to fight weeds IS to favor grain,
and to do justice to your neighbors.
That in making home agreeable, you
keep your boys out of the city.
That it is a good thing to keep an eye
out on experiments, and note all, both
good and bad.
That it is a good thing to grow into
farming-not jump into it.-Gatena
Gazette.
BREAKING Up A SITTING HEM
friend of ours told us, the other day.
how his wife cures hens of sitting and
as it is a very novel way, We will repeat
If for the benefit of others who are
bothered with ~inveterate old sitters.
sit /: the lady was bound she should not.
She would shut up the old hen oneday,
and when released back she would 60
to her sitting. Patience finally gave
out. Picking up some splinters from
the chIp-yard (some four or five inches
long, she bound them firmly TO the
hens legs, leaving only the hip joints
III working order. Biddie was outwit-
ted: like the old Dutchman's hen. she
would have to sit standing up.-Cor.
Rurai NeI Yorker.
RAISING TuRkEYs.-No turkeys should
be kept as breeders unless they are re-
ally prime. They should be carefully
selected from good and thrifty iocks;
IL Is better 10 select the pohhler from