The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-12-03
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

Cure for Ringworm.-A simple and
harmless application. said unfailingly tc
cure this troublesome eruption, is found
by washing with solution made from
the root of the common narrow -lcafcd
dock, which belongs to the botanical
genus Runner. Use vinegar as the solvent
|-Harpers Boar.
AS persistent and profitable pro
ducers of eggs, hens which are cross
between game-cock and black
Spanish hen are strongly recommended
by an English breeder. He says they
are small and black, but they yield
avcrage-sizcd eggs, never desire to sit
and seldom cease to lay even for a day,
except at moltingtimc.
To Cure IIoarseness.-When the
voice is lost, as is sometimes the case,
from the effects of cold, simple
pleasant remedy is furnished by beating
up the white of one egg, adding to it the
juice of one lemon, and swectening with
white sugar to the taste. Take tea
spoonful from time to time. 1t has been
known eftcctually to cure the ailmcnt.
One poultry-fancier cured chicken
cholera by feeding every other day for
two weeks bran mash, in which was a
liberal dose of the common garden pep
per. One old biddy was determined to
die. She was crouchcd in an out of the
way spot. He sought her, gave her a
whole pepper in doses an hour apart,
kept her in a warm place, and in the
course of fciJ days she gave notice
that she could take care of herself.
Swelling of Legs.-When the legs of
horses swell upon standing in the stable
1t is evidence of debility, general or
local. 1t would be well to increase the
food in quantity or quality. The follow
ing might also be of use, viz: Powdered
sulphate of iron, one and onc-half
olnccs; gcntian root, two ounces; chic
rate of potassa, one ounce; mixed and
divided into twelve powders. One of
these given in cut-feed as little moistened
as possible night and morning. Ground
oats would be better for feed than corn.
Friction by rubbing with coarse wooden
cloth upon the parts would also be help
ful.-American -1gricuNurjst.
The London Gur7en speaks of the
" small and wrctched specimens OF
watcrmclons at Covcnt Garden, and of
the steamer which brought 10000 OF
them to Boston from the more southern
States-so,nc weighing forty pounds
and remarks that good watcrmclons,
which the editor never saw in England,
have Il delicious flavor and are almost as
bright inside as u full-blown rose. The
truth is, that while the English garden
ers possess pre-cmincnt skill in raising
whatever is suited to their climate they
cannot obtain good watermclons simply
because their summers are too COO. No
skill can obviate the difficulty.
If one will weigh 100 pounds of
Indian corn soon after the crop is huskcd
and then wei gh the same grain after the
expiration Of six months he will be sur
priscd to learn that there has been Il
shrnkage, varying from oncfourth to
onc-tifth from the first weight. OF course
the amount of shrinkagc will depend on
the condition of the grain when first
weighed a series of experiments. in
stituted to test the average loss in weight
by drying, shows that corn loses one
fifth and wheat onc-fourtecnth by the
process. From this the statement is
made that farmers will make more by
selling unshcllcd corn in the fall at sew
enty-tive cents than the following sum-
mer at 81 bushel; and that wheat at
81 81 in December is equal to $3.50 for
the same wheat in the June following.
This estimate is made on the basis OF
interest at per cent. and takes no ac-
count of loss from the depredations of
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