Connecticut western news., 1875-04-02
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Medical Hints.

the bleeding from Q wound on man or beast may be stopped by mixture of wheat flour and common salt, in equal parts, bound on with a cloth. If the bleeding be profuse, use large quantity, say from one to three pints. It may be left on for hours, or even days, if neces- sary. E
 TIE TEETH.-Decay of the teeth is really caused by their being dissolved by acids generated in the mouth by the de- composition of small particles of food. It Is clear, therefore, that the only method of preventing this is to apply the brush immediately after every meal. Soap is the best substance to use on the brush, though it is advisable occasionally to use rather rough powder of some kind to keep the teeth in brilliant polish.
 REMEDY FOR GROUP, Spirits of tur- pentine is sovereign remedy for croup. Saturate piece of flannel with it, and place it on the throat and chest, and send for your family physician. If the case be very urgent, and the child in great distress, and the distance to the doctors residence very great, drop three drops of the turpentine on lump of sugar, and give it internally. Or good emetic of blood-root, or lobelia, or both combined, should be given. Every family should keep bottle of spirits of turpentine in the house. 2 -. .sp.. CATARRH.-Although catarrh of it. self is not to be classed with the danger ous diseases, it is always troublesome, and if the bronchie become affected a favorable termination, especially with aged persons, is not always certain. A remedy for this affection, as suggested by Dr. Hager, is as follows: Five parts of oarbohcs acid, six of aqua ammonia (speoihc gravity 0.960), ten of distilled water, and fifteen of alcohol, are to be mixed together in wide-mouthed bottle, half filed with cotton or asbestos, and snuffed up from time to time from the bottle.s After Q thorough trial of his prescription, Dr. Brand states that it shortens the first stage of the disease, prevents the second, and alleviates all the symptoms He prefers, however, to apply it by inhalation through the mouth as well as the nose, by pouring a few drops. on porous paper and holding it in the hollow of the hand before the face, with the eyes closed .s.. r--a
 A NEW COUNTER -IRRrTANT. new kind of mustard plaster has been invented which promises to, be superior to the old fashioned sort. It is known as the Omphalic mustard plaster, and the mus tard is laid on sheets of thin fabric in spots of about the size of dime, so that any desired number can be applied. Ii IS only necessary to dip in water and lay the plaster on where desired. It is claimed that the disposition of the mus tard in spots is the best way of applying this counter-irritant, as its effects are 6 ,fG 41,o lka oe oG 4r which generally appear as spots or pus claim is better-that the skin is irritateC only .in3 patches, and that the process ol irritation can be continued longer with out unpleasant results in consequence o! patches of undisturbed skin being left tc execute the healing process. This method of making plaster has also beer applied in the Omphalic fy-bister.
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 It is said that experiments recently made indicate that wagons are most easily drawn, on all kinds of roads, when the fore and hind wheels are of the same size, and4 when the pole is lower thar the axle.-
 If you get a moment to spare, spruce up; put the gate on it's hinges; put { little paint on the picket fence you built last year; trim up the door-yard; make 1t cosy and inviting. Do not say you can find no time to attend to these things you have time. The fact is, you have no right to be slovenly. .# .+55..
 Suel Foster tells the Western Farn Journal that he is now, after much obser vation and experience, '' fully satisfied that orchards should be plowed every year; the less grass the better. Flow il late fall and early spring" Of his ow1 orchard he says:I'sI know of none, nol have I'seen or heard of one in thi county, that is this year so productive I have kept it under the blow all tht time, usually with 0 crop of potatoes O corn; no manure."LG,. ...s..l a...-
 In buyinga homestead from husbant and wife the purchaser should examin whether the wife has not been changed since the declaration of the homesteat was filed. galI stz4< 4... 7. ... ....-.s b.. .
 A pig which will dress two hundret pounds is the model porker; if he Ina not had meal and is not very fat, 8 much the better Lean meat and bone suit the customers of these markets bet tor than fat meat and lard. The large fat, handsome, four hundred or fiv hundred pound hogs, which were form erly the standard of excellence, are yer seldom wanted now. #"...
 Salt,should be furnished to all animal regularly. A COW or an OK or a hors needs two to four ounces daily. Salt ir creases the butter in milk, helps tn digestive and nutritive processes, an gives n good appetite. The people c interior Europe have 0 saying that
 pound of salt makes ten pounds of flesf Of course salt only assists in assimils ting the food, 1t does not make flesh c muscle. s1 ,s .',t5. ', ..
 Co-operntion in Farming.
 A correspondent of the Prairie Farm CT says: The one chief advantage C large farms is that their owners ar thereby enabled to employ abundan help and keep it constantly employed and to secure greater returns from ae ricultural implements, reaping ms chimes, grain drill, etc. Most of thes advantages can just as well be secure by a system of cooperation anon neighboring farmers, making one nov ing machine or reaper cut over as muc ground as, if it were owned by tho1 sand-acre farmer, having one corn shel CT used in common in a neighborhoot and having three or four farmers clu together, changing works when
 stress of harvesting or other pressin work makes 1t necessary. know man places where this is done, general whereaa father has settled three or for sons on farms of their own in his neigl borhood. Each manages for himsel but each is ready to turn in and hel when 1t becomes necessary. It
 always noticed that farmers workin thus in common are usually prospereC and there can be no doubt that the c
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