The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-08-12
E KNOWLEDGE.

To water. proof fishing.lines apply
mixture OF two parts boiled linseea on
and one part good size expose 10 INC
air, and dry.
ARTIFICIAL grindstones have been
made at Worms, Germany, OF grit,
soluble glass, and petroleum. me pro.
portions are not given. IT, is SAID they
viii bear a very high speed without be
coming soft. ., -,
To test lubricatipg oil for acid, dig
solve a crystallized piece OF carbonate
of soda, about as large as o walnut, IN
an equal bulk of water, and place the
solution in a flask with some OF the OIL.
r. on settling, after thorough agitation,
a large quantity of precipitate forms
appear, the oil should be rejected as I'M
pure.
TuE advantages OF CROSS breeding
ebeep are set forth in n statement "
recent issue OF the Agricultural Gazette,
in which il is said that Cotswood ewes
crossed with rure Hampshire Down
rams yield 115 lambs to the lOO ewes,
while 80 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
rounds sulphate OF soda, two and one
half pounds each OF muriate OF ammo.
nia and nitrate of potash when about
70 use add double the weight OF all the
ingredients in water. 2, Equal parts OF
nitrate of potash and muriate Of ammo
nia 4; when required for use add more
than double the weight OF water. D.
Nitrate of ammonia and water in equal
proportions. 4. Carbonate OF soda and
nitrate of ammonia equal parts, ana
one equivalent OF water.
WHO rs THE BEST FARMER ?-The best
farmer is he who raises the best and
largest crops on the smallest surface 81
land at the least expense, and the same
time annually improves his soil VINO
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 o strict account OF his
outgoes as we'll 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 if
yourself, reader. -Farmaer's indicator
A HINrTo FARMERS. In some sections
and it would be q decided advance in
thoughtfulness and kindness in all sec
tions-farmers give each of their boys,
aud girls, too, a strip of land to raise
whatever they choose upon it, and dis
pose Of the product for their W bene'
lit. II is q favor that they all appre'
ciate, and it is q pleasant and servicea'
BILE employment for them in their skill
at raising their little crops, and the
proceeds applied to their " 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
O good many animals are raised, a 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.
SeALDs AND BURNs.-Hall's Journal
of Health gives the following advice on
the treatment of scalds and burns son
the instant of the accident plunge the
part under cold water. This relieves the
pain in q second, and allows all hands
to be composed. If the part cannot bt
kept under water, it over witt
dry flour, an inch deep or more. IL
many instances nothing mor is needed
after the flour simply let it remain un
til it falls of, when the new skin will bt
found under. In several cases while the
part injured is under water, simmer
leek or two in an earthen vessel, with
half their bulk of hogs lard, until the
leeks are soft, then strain through {
muslin rag. This makes a greenish.
colored ointment, which, when cool,
spread thinly on a linen cloth and apply
it to the injured part. II there arr
b%listers, 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 thu
patient in the meanwhile lives exclu
sively on fruits, coarse bread, and othel
light, loosening diet"