The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-15


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 The leaves of geranium are an excellent application for cuts, when the skin is rubbed oil, and other wounds of the same kind. One or two leaves must be bruis ed and applied on the linen to the part, and the wound will become cicatrizcd in very short time. Salt sprinkled about the roots of apple and peach trees, is said to effectually destroy the borer-- worm that is so destructive to the roots of these trees. It would be well for our farmers to try this remedy at any rate, for the salt ii it has no other effect will materially assist the tree Tn grow
 ling.
 A medicine man, also farmer,
 said: Give your new born lambs a teaspoonfui of castor oil ill lit l tie milk, and it will cleanse the bowels and save many. And Mir. Meehi adds: So 1 found it. In 
 other ways Q GOV is necessary
 auxiliary to q lambing flock; shel- ter. too, is of immense value.
 A. correspondent of the Maine
 Farmer says: Cacumbers in the
 early part of July are not un-
 wholesome. They should always
 be picked cary in the morning,
 when dew is on them. Gathered later in the day, under 2 broiling sun they are wholly unfit to eat. 1 This is, no doubt, one reason why
 they arc considered unwholesome 1 by many persons.
 1 Salt should be furnished to all 1 animals regularly. A COW, an OK,
 or horse needs two to four ounces 1 daily. Salt increases the butter | in milk, helps the digestive and
 nutritiye processes, ard gives a
 good appetite. The people of in
 terior Europe have a saying that
 d pound of salt makes 10 pounds
 of flesh. Of conrse salt only as
 sists in assimulating the food; 1t does not make flesh, nor bone, nor
 muscle.
 The editor of the Journal of
 Horticulture, London, says saw
 dust is a good thing for earthing
 celery, placing it between the rows
 aud around the plants after the
 leaves and stalks have been
 brought together, pressing the sawdust about them so as to com pact and insure blanching per feetly. IL is better, he thinks, than soil, not being so liable to
 cause stalks to rot, and is good protection against frost. The
 only objection is that some saw , dust may impart a taste to the , celery.
 , The farmers at their conyen 5 ton in Paola, Kansas, were unan- ) imous in their belief that corn [ planted as late as the 20th, may : make splendid crops. F. l.. Ches' z bro told the editor of the Paola Spirit that in 1867 he planted a | 30 acre field Tn corn, commencing . on the 10th day of June and fin Q ishing in the 20th, and that he - has never seen finer corn raised T in any country. Another gentle l man, living three miles and a hall southwest of Osawatomie, of tho name of Weaver, said that in 1868 he raised a good crop of corr r which he put in the ground as | late as July 10th.
 Says the Massachusetts Plough
 man: Green rye or clover may f he cut green and fed to better ad l. vantage than turning out to pas h ture. But probably liberal sup ply of Swedish turnip or ruta bagas cut in slices and liberally i. covered with Indian meal, vii lay on fat as fast as it is desira g ble. It is, we think, about tho Q best substitute for green food q gives a soft and glossy coat, al l. elastic and good spirits. We dc IF not think the yellow or Swedish turnip is appreciated as it ough I to be be, as . food for horses. o A correspondent of the Congre g gationaiist give directions how t, c prevent cucrant bushes from being 5 destroyed ny worms. The egg ,- O. rn Annnc;lnl 1n thn ,1n,lnn ..s Il