Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-04
AGRICULTURAL AND DOMESTIC.

TO destroy insects that work on the
roots OF house plants, put few drops Of
carbolic acid in pint Of water and pour
around the roots.
"A correspondent of the Baltimore
American writes that he prevented his
horses from having the epIzootc by an ex-
pectorant treatment, and friends used the
same means with success. He dissolved
one teaspoonful Of crystal chlorate of pot
ash in bucket Of water, this amount max
ing a morning dose for four horses. An
other dose was given at night.
Chicken Pie.-Cut up chicken, boil
it until tender, take out the meat, simmer
down the gravy to a pint, add three pints
of milk and one-h half pound of butter, two
tablespoonfuls of flour a little salt; bring
the gravy to boil line a tin pan with
crust made by taking one-fourth as much
butter as sour milk, and a little soda and
flour, to make nice paste; line the tin
pan, put IN the meat, pour over it the
gravy, put on top crust, leave vent,
and bake two hours and half.
After the fall of the leaf is good
time to notice any irregularities Of growth
Of orchard trees, and this may then be
rectitied in short time, always bear ing
in mind that in the case of large limbs
being removed the wound should be
covered with some preparation to keep
out the weather. Gtm-shellac dissolved
in alcohol, or even cow-dung bound on
the parts exposed, answers the purpose
A handsomely-formed tree is not Slone
valued for its appearance to the eye, but it
is in reality more useful, as the crop Of
fruit is then usually more evenly distrib-
uted over the tree.-N. Y. Tribune.
"A wash might be invented suitable to
be put on the stems of trees that would
prevent the attacks OF mice in winter. But
there is always more or less danger of in
juring the trees by direct application of
offensive materials. The more general
and better practice is to wrap the stems
with paper, cloth, or bark, and apply coal
! tar or some other substance of similar
nature to the outside. Old coffee sacks,
bass mats, or even strong kind of paper,
will answer for this purpose. The soil
should be banked up over the lower. edge
OF the wrapping, to prevent the mice from
crawling under, and the stems of the trees
covered one or two feet in height Coal
tar is probably the cheapest and most eff
fectual material for this purpose, us mice
will not trouble it.--Prairie Fa,mer
Concerning the care of the feet the
| Scientific american very truly says:
MANY are careless in the keeping of the
feet. If they wash them once a week
they think they are doing well. They do
not consider that the largest pores are To-
Gated in the bottom Of the foot, and that
| the most offensive matter is discharged
through the pores. They wear stockings
from the beginning TO the end of the week
without change, which become perfectly
saturated with offensive matter III health
is generated by such treatment of the feet.
The pores are not repellants, but absorb
ents, and this fetid matter, to greater or
less extent, is taken back into the system
The feet should be washed every day with
! pure water only, as we'll as the arnpits,
| from which an offensive odor is also
| emitted unless daily ablution is practiced.
| Stockings should not be worn more than
a day or two at time. They may be worn
| one day, and then aired and summed and
worn another day if necessary"