Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1874-07-31
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

A CLOVER root was torn up by Cam
bria (Mich) farmer, while plowing,
which measured four feet and six inches
In length.
To make glossy starch, take ten
cents worth of white gum arabic dis.
solved in hot water; one tablespoonful
of this preparation to be well stirred into
one quart of ordinary starch.
NEARLY all engines, and especially
those which propel ships, are subject to
great and incessant fluctuations of speed,
rendering it desirable to have an instru
ment which will indicate by pointer on
q marked dial the exact velocity of rota-
tion. What the inventor calls "stroth-
ometer" is claimed to fulfill the require
ments of this case in remarkable
degree, receiving the highest commenda-
tion of the best engineers in Europe.
To ROAST A PIG.-Take a well-dressed,
small, fat shoat, cut off the first joint of
the feet; these, with the inwards boil
tender and chop fine. Prepare dress
ing of bread soaked soft in hot water,
seasoned high with salt and pepper and
sweet herbs, sage or thyme; soften the
butter; fill the body and sew with
strong thread. Rub over with butter
before putting in the oven; this will pre-
vent blistering. Bake a handsome
brown and have it well crisped. The
gravy prepared from the drippngs.
ACCORDING to the Engineering and
Nining Journal Howard" boiler,
without seam or rivet, has lately been
built. 1t is constructed of lap-welded
iron tubes of large diameter and fixed in
such way that every part Of the boiler
int liz 10 nf lnr
cleaning or repairs. From its construc-
ton it is believed that IL insures almost
entire immunity from dangerous explo-
sions and in addition to this its strength
is declared to be so great that it is able
to carry a very much higher pressure
| than is customary in land boilers.
A MEDICAL correspondent of an English
| journal says that the advantages of as
paragus are not sufficiently appreciated
| by those who suffer with rheumatism and
gOut. Slight cases of rheumatism are
cured in few days by feeding on this
delicious esculent; and more chronic
cases are much relieved, especially if the
patient avoids all acids, whether in food
or beverage. The Jerusalem artichoke
has also a similar effect in relieving rheu-
matism. The heads may be eaten in the
usual way; but tea made from the leaves
of the stalk and drank three or four
times a day is a certain remedy, though
not equally agreeable.
! BoTs IN HORSES. complete ineffi-
cacy of the various popular panaceas for
bots in horses may be better understood
when we come to know something of the
nature of these persistent parasites
They are not worms, but Larvae of a fly
and are possessed of remarkable powers
! of endurance under adversely. The mos
| insinuating substances are but as milk
and honey to them, and in an instance
recorded a colony of them attached tC
the stomach of a dead horse were in nc
way inconvenienced by an hours ex,
posure to a bath of spirits of turpentine
But when whale oil was poured upon
them they let go their hold and died al
most instantly. Now, whale oil being
thus indicated as an effective dose, and
being aperient in its action upon the
horse, would seem to be the remedy that
should be chosen before any other. Al
least it might be well to have some eX
periments made and the result carefully
noticed and made note of.-Prdcticd
Farmer.
To MAKE good and cheap fertilizer
take / 200 pounds of good mold sift
and screen it to get the gravel out and
make it as fine as possible; then spread
on floor, add 100 pounds sulphate am
monia, 100 pounds common salt, and mil
with rake; when thoroughly mixed ado
twenty-five pounds pearl ash and twenty
two pounds sulphate of soda; mix well
then add 400 pounds ground bone, TWEEN
ty-five pounds best Peruvian guano anC
100 pounds ground plaster. Mix the
whole thoroughly, throw in a pile fo
forty-eight hours, and it is fit for use.
it be used for potatoes in districts wher,
pOtato-bugs are numerous, five gallon
sulphuric acid may be sprinkled over tn,
mass. The caution is added that the aciC
must not be used in confined place a
the fumes are injurious to health, ant
that if it is spilled on the floor waite
must be thrown on, as the mixture gen
crates heat. This can be made in tn
winter months when the farmer has SOM
spare time, and is warranted by thos
who have used it,