Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1875-05-22
FARM GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
ARSENIC FOR HOGS

ARSENIC FOR HOGS
EDITOR SOUTHERN CULTIvAToR-
T. B. f., Natchez, Miss, gives you
preventives and cure for cholera |
never in 33 years, living on one place,
had anything like cholera but twice.
The first time it showed itself, was in
pen Of over 100 fattening hogs, and
as | used some cotton seed cooked, or
ordered so to be done, in addition to
corn, potatoes, turnips (Swedes), &c,
| thought the disease was from cotton
seed | turned all out in an so acre
woods pasture, giving corn daily,
with salt, ashes, copperas and sulphur.
| lost only 3 or 3-tbink the run IN
the woods, acorns in abundance, and
stopping the cotton seed was the cure.
| used as a preventive OF disease
for many years, kept in trough
under a shed, at control, ashes, salt.
copperas and sulphur, equal quantities,
mixed with clay, moistened and
worked as for brick.
would rely on arsenic more than
all other remedies | have known.
For many years | gave my hogs all
the attention they got, and attended
to them ,ceH had with me a noble
New Foundland dog. as an aid. A
SOW and 6 or scrub, NANCY, desert
ed pigs, could not he kept away. My
dog aud myself tried for days and
days. My own hogs never lounged
around all day-never seen until
about sunset. Fiually, l concluded
to put said orphans out Of my way,
and gave a good feed of corn soaked,
and good seasoning of arsenic. |
congral ulated myself for about two
or three weeks that said animals had
gone home but to my surprise sow
and 6 or s clean, bright looking pigs
was in same place and same ways.
| had physicked them-tbey shed off
The old dingy, dusty hair-improved
every way. | have never tried to
poison hogs with arsenic since, but
find it invaluable as medicine.
BIG SAND.
Miss, April 5, 1873.
KALsOMINING.
This is the time of year for house
cleaning, and opropos to the season
comes the following, from a cores
pondcnt of the Country Gentleman !:
TO kalsomine a good-sized room
with two coats, take ten pounds of
whiting, dissolved in hot or boiling
water; one fourth of a pound of glue
(Which should have been nut to soak
in pint of water the night before)
may now be melted slowly on the
back Of the stove, stirring frequently.
To color a beautiful tint, get two
ounces of ultramarine blue aud one
ounce of Venetian red mix separately
with cold, solft water, and strain
through a stocking or thin cloth, each
iu a separate vessel. The whiting
may now be stirred well if too
thick, add more hot water, aud strain
through -four sieve into good-szed
pot. Add some CT the blue aud red,
alternately, till you get the desired
shade, which may be ascertained by
putting a little of the mixture on a
piece of paper and drying by the fire.
When your color is determined, pour
10 the glue; and after mixing well,
apply The wash hot 10 the walls,
brushing in any direction, as it mixes
be,ier than if put on too carefully
On white walls two coats are neces
sary; but alter The room is once done,
one coat is sufficient. Should The
ceiling have to be done, put on The
whining alone first, then rebeat The
wash and add lbe paints aud glue
The latter 10 he light colored, if the
walls are to be willie. Common glue
will answer for painted wall.
A paper border finishes the room
perfectly-makes any room neat an(
pretty. Should the second coat no
be put on ill next day, heat th'
mixture, as The glue will not mix will
; ,be other ingredients unless pretty
warm.