The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-11-11
NUMBER 35.
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

lllUht ltN UHts'
Your business will surly be attended
to if you do it yourself.
Worry wearies End wears out more
than work. Anger creates disease,
A SMALL piece of calfs rennet soaked
in milk and tied around the finger, re-
newing occasionally, will cure any case
of ielon.
ONE of the best dressings for old sores
is perfectly dry, clean earth. Dress
them every day washing clean and APP
plying II fresh poultice of dry dust.
POULTRY may be bred in and in for
many years, and the quality greatly i'm
proved, by always selecting the finest
fowls to breed from. This is a fact.
A CORRESPONDENT in the Country
Gentleman gives the following remedy
for kicking cows: STRAP her hind
legs together above the gambrel joint,
crossing the strap between her legs, thus
making with the strap the figure eight
Use strong strap, and stand a niue
forward in putting it on"
SWEET On As A REMEDY FOR PoIsoN.
"A plain farmer writes: "lt is now
over twenty years since ! heard that
swcct-oil would cure the bite of a rattle
snake not knowing that it would cure
other kinds of poison. Practice and ex,
pcriencc have taught me that it will
cure pois0ns of any kind, both on man
and beast The patient must take II
spoonful of it internally, and bathe the
wound for cure. To cure a horse it
| takes eight times "a much as for a man.
One of the most extreme cases OF snake,
bite occurred eleven years ago. 1t had
been thirty days standing and the pa
tient had been given up by his physician.
gave him spoonful of the oil, which
effected cure. 1t will cure bloat in
cattle caused by fresh clover. 1t will
cure the stings Of bees, spiders or other
insects, and persons who have been
poisoned by n low, running vine called
ivy"
A NATURAL NARCoTIC.-Dr. Prcyer,
of Jena, has been led to make expert
mcnts with those substances which are
found in the tissues after severe muscu-
lar or nervous fatigue, to see whether
they do not possess narcotic properties
Lactic acid, especially, has yielded the
most satisfactory results, and lactate ot
soda is recommended for us, in many
cases where morphia or chlol'H is now
ordered From large number OF eN-
pcrimcnts on animals, DIR. Preycr Is
strongly opposed to the use of the lac
tatcs of potash, magnesia or lime for mar
cotic PURPOSES in the human subject.
Iactate of soda is not, however, always
to be depended ON for inducing sleep, ITS
effects being in individuals very differ
cnt, both as regards the time of the on
set of sleep and as to its duration and in
tensity. Mothers will be glad to learn
that Young and small animals are more
easily affected by it than old and large
ones
THE DAIRY BUSINESS IN THE SOUTH.
Mr.. Geo. II. Williamson, in Phillips
Southern Farmer, calls attention to the
fact that the south offers rich field for
the dairyman, whether in milk, butter
or cheese the price of all these products
being always higher here than at the
north, while it costs much less to pro-
ducc them. He adds:
Any town of two thousand lnhahi-
tants will support frst-class milk
dairy, and the butter and cheese can
always be shipped to the best markets at
a small cost. For milk dairy, the
Ayrshire will prove most profitable as the
improved breeds, and a dairy can he
started in this way at small expense.
If dairying will pay, and pay big profit,
under all disadvantages of long north
ern winters, high priced labor and great
competition, it ought certainly to prove
profitable in the south, where there Is
no competition whatever except in few
sections. There is no business, however,
which requires closer attention to ait
details. We tried it a few years, and
speak from experience. Aside from the
profit, it is a constant source of improve
mcnt to the farm.