The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1874-11-09
Farm, sar.en and Household.
H,n,ois. for Cow disease. and v,rmEu

hsnsSlss for Cow Diseases and Vsrnfn.
A letter from D. Aldrich Of John.
son's Greek, to the Farmers Club, says:
For bloat in cattle, soft soap and new
milk, half pint or so each, is mout
sovereign remedy, the dose seldom
having TO be repeated. ] have known
il TO do its work in half m hour. Il is
n great gas exterminAtor Euoh causes
a lively eruotAtion, For hollow horn
some cattle doctors say there Is no
such diEorder-boro the horn on the
under side with nail, bit, or gimlet,
not for the matter to discharge, II does
that at the nose, but for the purpose Of
injecting strong vinegar, we'll peppered,
red or black, blood warm. II has q
very cleansing tendency, and produces
n lively sensation In the animal for
good. Keep the hole stopped with
beeswax, or something else; repeat
every two or three days, Hollow horns
caused by interlacing their horns
nonsense that. Many queries as to
what will destroy lice on stock see.
Years ago I sent 20 the club, and 1t was
published, a remedy that has been fro
quently tried about here, and | have
never heard Of II failing to effect the
desired object, viz /: calomel. Apply
rs much as will lilo on tho point OF
penkniie Oh the top OF the head rub
into the hair we'll. A second applica.
ton is seldom needed, howsoeyer
numerous may be the yermin. On
horses, cattle and dogs it has proved an
effectual lice exterminator though for
dogs, / should say, from what / have
heard, as l had no experience, that
strychnine or paris green administered
internally would be about the thing.
Education OF Farmers Boys.
How Is II that we can see men who
have moulded themselves on the anvil,
whS won't let their boys be moulded on
the anvil tool As the leather.dealer
pounds the leather together TO make a
sole, so the boy needs pounding to
make him man. II you don't you
bring up tender child, child that
won't wear we'll. And the same with
girl that is brought up without know.
ing how to work. There arc mis-.
fortunes enough that fall upon the fair
sex; there are adversities and sudden
revolutions in affairs that more often
fall like pitiless storms upon their
heads than upon those Of mon, but OF
all Universities foolish mother for q
fair daughter is the most adverse one
who will not teach the child how TO
earn her living, who will not teach her
fruitful industry. Music may be heard
instePd of spinning but in some way
or another work should be part OF the
education OF every boy, and the boy
who Is brought up without knowing
how TO work is not brought up ut nil
lie is abused. The old Jews used to
say that man not brought up TO a
trade is brought up TO be thief, and
am Of the same opinion to great ex-
tent. SO, then, parents, II you would
bring up the best crops here that your
ground will allow, bring up stslyart
boys that are able TO work and are not
ashamed Of it, and briug up good stall.
wart girls that nre able 10 work in the
kitchen aud about the house, and are
not ashamed oft either. Henry Ward
Beeoher.
Rotation OF Crops.
The "best rotation" in one place
would not be the best in another. This
question Of rotation in different local..
ties is matter for experiment. Grass,
corn, wheat and grass in many localities
Is excellent rotation. In others grass,
corn, roots, oats, barley, grass, is profit.
ably adopted. In some localities where
dairies are kept there should be no ro-
tation with q view 10 securing good
pastures and msadows-if the right
kinds and proper number OF varieties
OF grasses and cloyers are sown, and
the fertility Of the meadows and pas
taxes kept up by the proper topdress.
ing with fertilizers. Where timothy
grass is sown for meadow, and where L
is profitable to grow pure timothy hay
for meadow, the best way to keep up
the crop is not always 10 pillow IL up the
third year, but TO SOW the second year
timothy seed on the sod without plow-
ing, topdressing it with manure after
sowing the seed. Because timothy
"runs out II does not follow that the
soil is exhausted. II being biennial
plant, IL requires reseeling every two
years. This done with proper top
dressing, a timothy sod can be "kept
mp" indefinitely.