The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-07-28
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLDS.
Medical Hints.

KNOCK KNEES. "A correspondents
advice and testimony ore as follows: 1
commenced the practice. of placing n
small book between my knees, and tying
q handkerchief tight around my ankles.
This I did two or three times aday, IN
creasing the substance iat every fresh
trial, until could hold arbrick with ease
breadthway. When first commenced
this practice was as badly knock-kneed
rs possible; but now / am as straight as
anyone. likewise made it the practice
of lying on my back in bed, with my
legs crossed and my knees fixed tightly
together. This, 1 believe, did me q
great deal of good.
NErrnE RAsH.-This complaint gen.
orally arises from the use Of certain nrti-
cles of food, such as shell-fsh, fruit,
etc. In some persons, these produce,
after few hours, feelings of tingling of
the skin; and then itching, aud then
burning. Soon after the itching has
commenced, wheals appear on the skin;
these are of white color, and the skin
around them is very red; the face Is
swelled, the eyes closed, and often with
all this thereas feeling of nausea, and
weight at he pit of the stomach. The
best treatment is;to dislodge the offend
ing matter by an emetic of ipecacuanha
eighteen grains, or one .scruple. of the
powder for au adnlt), and afterward a
brisk aperient should be taken. The
warm bath often gives much relief.
DIsINFEorING L1oU1D.-The following
is substitute for chloride of lime, which
has the effect of being soon exhausted:
Take two tablespoonfuls of kitchen salt;
Chloride of sodium), two tablespoonfuls
of red lead (deutoxide of lead), large
wineglassful of common splphuric acid
and water. Introduce the solid sub
stances into bottle with some water,
then add the sulphuric acid gradually,
gently shaking the bottle at Intervals,
A portion of the-sulphuric acid com!
bines with the red lead, forming sui
phate, which Is preciPitated, another
portion, attacks tho sodiumS of the salt,
and sets the chlorine atfberty, which is
at once dissolved in the water. In order
to use the latter, pour II into q saucer
offeringa sufficiently hrge surface for
the evaporation; the chferine will then
be gradually evolved, and >disinfect the
apartment. j}Js
Farm Notes md Hints,i -
Oranges are being instituted in New
says that within short time every
county will have its organizations scat
tered here and there throughout them.
Eighty-two counties in Virginia have
oranges ln'thef1: ;.iijEi .s.
The reatment for chronic rheumatism
In horses consists in not exposing the
animal to draughts of cold air after
driving or working him hard and when
he is perspiring. When the soles of the
feet do not drop down, as they some
times do, his life will not be materially
shortened, and he will be almost as use
full on a farm as if the accident had not
happened to him.
Some agricultural societies are Offering
premiums for the best walking horses.
This is good for beginning, but the
time must come when the premium is a
feature of each fair. Walking-not run
ming or trotting-is the farm gait, and n
horse that will walk four miles an hour
will do twice the work of one that crawls
two, without costing any more for his
keeping.
A correspondent of the Indiana
Farmer is satisfied that the producing
cause of chinch- bugs was the introduo-
tion Of Hungarian grass.
Select light, dryish soil for the
peach; q strong, loamy soil for the pear;
nearly the same for the plum; heavy
loan for the apple--if on limestone, all
the better; and for the cherry soil
similar to that of the peach.
Fruit from Barren Trees.
wish to describe to you q method
of making fruit trees bear that I blum
dered on. Some fifteen years ago had
small apple tree that leaned consider
ably. drove stake by it, tied a
string to limb and fastened it to the
stake. The next year that limb blossom
ed full and not another Blossom lappears
ed on the tree, and, as Tim Bunker said,
"it sot me thinking" and / came to
the conclusion that the string was Sd
tight that it prevented the sap returning
to the roots, consequently it formed
fruit buds. Having a couple of pear
trees that were large enough TO bear,
but. never blossomed i took a coarse
twlne and wound it several times around
the tree above the lower limbs, and tied
it as tight as I could! = The next spring
all the top above the cord blossomed as
white as sheet, and there was not one
blossom below where the cord was tied.
A neighbor, seeing my trees loaded with
pears, used this method with the same
result. 1 have since tried the expert
ment on several trees, almost with the
same result. 1 think it much better
way than cutting off the roots. In early
summer, say June or July, wind strong
twine several times around the tree. or
@ single limb, and tie it, the tighter the
better, and you will be pleased with the
result; the next winter or spring the
cord may be taken off.