The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-08-12
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

HARNESS POLISH Journal of
Applied Chemistry gives the following A:
For good harness polish, take of NUT
ton suet two ounces beesRax, six
ounces powdered sugar, six ounces !;
Iamphlack, one ounce green or yellow
soap, two ounces water, one-half pint.
Dissolve the soap in the water, add the
other solid ingredients, mix well and
add the turpentine. Lay it on with a
sponge, and polish off with brush.
The same backing ought to answer as
well for boots and Shoes"
The Rural World has discovered a
use for old discarded fruit and oyster
| cans ''Place them in the trees so that
you can fasten them by driving a small
nail through the corner of the caps,
being careful to place them so they viii
be shaded when the leaves come cut.
Or you place them on the shady side of
| some building, driving twonails through
the edge of the can into the BUILDING
Birds VII accept such houses for their
| summer homes, in which to rear their
young. All this is cheap and why not
enjoy these birds company and m1sic?'
REMOVING WARTs.-Some years ago I
had three-year colt with large bleed
ing wart on the left hind leg, opposite
the stihe-joint. 1t was no doubt as pain
ful to the colt as it was annoying to nv
! self. secured the colt so thai I could
properly treat the case. After washing
1t thoroughly, took a silk cord and
tied 1t as tight as possible, and then an
Piled muriatic acid freely with feather.
and followed up this treatment for a
week. When the wart dropped of. I
washed the leg clean with warm soft
soap suds, and bathed the parts freely
and dried of. and applied the following
mixture One ounce of oil of THYME,
one ounce oil of amber, and two ounces
| spirits OF ammonia, well shaken and ap-
| piled by dropping it in the OFFICE and
around the 1ndamed parts. I have
| never known 1t to fail in any case. and
If not of long standing, this ouaYtitv
often effects cure sometimes the case
| requires repetition If applied before
suppuratiOn takes place, and well rubbed
ID, 1T will dispense the swelling and
soreness, and effect a cure. AS this
remedy is severe, the animal should be
secured by tying up a fore foot, aud
shouli be IN charge of a CAREFUL groom
until the irritation of the burninsy an
pllcatIon subsides.--COr C0ayztrU Gen
tlen1an. '''
WIEN TO Sow GRASS SEED. Rev. G..
w. Howard of Kingston. Ga. in his
Manual on the Cultivation of Grasses
and Forage Plants at the South" saws :
- Experience has proved, as far as the
| observation of the writer goes, that
August or early in September is the best
time to SOW grass-seed or about the
same time with sowing turnips. There
is usually sufficient rain at the season
to cause the grain to terminate. Tie
| young plants will have time to make
| sathelent root to stand the severest cold
OF winter. When soWn at this time
there IS a gain of a season, as clover
lucerne and several of the grasses. if
soWn without grain in August, will give
a cutting in the following spring.
should there be failure of the seed an
! opportunity to resUw will occur in the
following February. Grass seed sown
late III the fall is liable to be winter
killed. If the farmer can not SOW early
IN the fall it will be wise in him to defer
sowing until the ordinary time of sowing
oats. The different parts of the south
! vary SO much IN climate that it would be
wrong, perhaps, to specify any particular
month, for sowing grass seeds. The
| general rule may be stated, the applica-
Glon OF which will vary according to
locality, that it is best to SOW sufficient
| ~ early in the fall to avoid dangers from
freezing, or, if deferred until spring.
the usual time of sowing spring oats. -