The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-19
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

ARTIFICIAL grindstones have been
made at Worms, Germany, of grit,
soluble glass, and petroleum. The pro-
portions are not given. 1t Is said they
will bear a very high speed without be-
coming soft.
To test Iubricating oil for acid, dis
solve a crystalhzed piece of carbonate
of soda, about as large as a walnut, in
an equal bulk of water, and place the
solution in a flask with some of the oil.
If, on settling, after thorough agitation,
a large quantity of precipitate forms
appear, the oil should be rejected as i'm
pure.
THE advantages of constructing
sheep are set forth in a statement in
recent issue of the Agricultural Gazette,
in which it is said that Cotswood ewes
crossed with pure Hampshire Down
rams yield 115 lambs to the 100 ewes.
while so per cent. is the extreme yield
of lambs by the pure bred COtswoods or
Hampshire Downs.
The following are freezing powders,
which may prove useful in hot weather
when ice is not attainable: l. Four
pounds sulphate of soda, two and one
half pounds each of muriate of ammo
MIA and nitrate of potash when about
to use add double the weight of all the
ingredients in water. 2. Equal parts of
nitrate of potash and muriate of ammo
MIA when required for use add more
than double the weight of water. 3.
| Nitrate of ammonia and water In equal
proportions. 4. Carbonate of soda and
nitrate of ammonia equal parts, and
one equivalent of water.
| TO r,rJrs Tl1.esr l,a hoaE
| farmer is he who raises the best and
largest crops on the smallest surface Of
! land at the least expense, and the same
time annually improves his soil who
understands the business and attends to
| it; whose manure heap is very large
and always increasing whose corn crib
| and smOke-house are at home who is
| surrounded by all the necessaries and
! comforts of life; who studies his pro.
! fessiOn, and strives to reach perfection
! in it who keeps a strict account of his
! outgoes as well as his incomes, and who
! knows how he stands at the end of each
season. Such a farmer, in nine times
out of ten, will succeed, and not only
make farming a pleasant but profitable
occupation. Try it and see how it is
! yourself, reader.-FdTn1er'S ViRdicGtOr.
A HINT TO FARAmRs.-In soma sections
| and it would be decided advance in
| thoughtfulness and kindness in all sec
| Transformers give each of their boys,
and girls, too, strip of land to raise
| whatever they choose upon it, and dis
pose of the product for their own bene-
fit. Il is a favor that they all appre-
ciate, and it is pleasant and servicea-
! BILE employment for them in their skill
| at raising their little crops, and the
proceeds applied to their own use are
! frequently of some value; and the
whole arrangement, while it instructs
! them in the cultivation of the soil, early
! implants in the children the idea of
thrift and economy. Sometimes, where
good many animals are raised, pig,
a lamb, a calf, up to even a colt, &C
cOrding to the age of their children, is
! given to each to rear and to keep or
sell. Farmers, think of this it will
more than repay you in the happiness
and confidence it will impart to your
sons and daughters. - Germantown
Telegraph.
! SCALDs AND BURNs.-HaI's Journal
of Health gives the following advice on
the treatment of scalds and burns con
! the instant of the accident plunge the
| part under cold water. This relieves the
| pain in a second, and allows all hands
to be composed. If the part cannot be
! kept under water, cover it over with
| dry -four, an inch deep or more. In
many instances nothing more is needed
after the -four simply let it remain IN
! til it falls of, when the new skin Will be
! found under. In several cases while the
! part injured is under water, simmer a
leek or two in an earthen vessel, with
half their bulk of hogs lard, until the
leeks are soft, then strain through a
muslin rag. This makes a greenish-
colOred ointment, which, when cool,
spread thinly on linen cloth and apply
it to the injured part. If there are
| blisters, let out the water. When the
| part becomes feverish and uncomforta-
BILE, renew the ointment, and a rapid,
painless cure will be the result, if the
patient in the meanwhile lives exclu-
sivsly on fruits, coarse bread, and other
light, loOsening diet"