The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-06-11
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE.

water as it wall take, and put in the |
pail before milking, Will lessen the taste |
OF turnips or other vegetables in the |
| milk
NONE but lazy teamster will allow
the harness or yoke to remain on teams
while they eat their midday. meal |
| Teams will perform more labor on the
same feed in a given time by giving
| them water every two or thee hours.
| The water should stand in the sun if
| practicable. 1t should not be cold on
| any account.
THE male turkey does not attain its
| greatest vigor until the third or fourth
| year therefore a cock two or three
| years old is better than q year-old for
| breeding. But it is we'll to change the
male every year, which is believed to
| produce healthier and stronger chicks
| and hens two years old and upward are
also best for breeding
| CURE FOR BURNs.-The Gazette Medi-
| cal, France, says that by an accident
! charcoal has been discovered TO be a
cure for burns. By laying a piece of
cold charcoal upon a burn, the pain
subsidies Immediately. By leaving the
charcoal on one hour, the wound is
healed, as has been demonstrated on
several occasions. The remedy is
cheap and simple, and deserves a trial.
ONE who has tried it communicates
the following item about curing sore
throat Buy at any drug store one
ounce of camphorated oil and five cents
worth of chloride of potash. When
ever any soreness appears in the throat,
put the potash in a tUmbler of water,
and with it gurgle the throat thorough
, lY; then rub the neck thoroughly
with the clmphorated oil at night be-
fore going to bed. and also pin around
the throat a small strip of wooden fan
, mel. This is a simple, cheap and sure
, remedy.
To make perpetual paste-Which will
2 remain sweet for a year-dissolve tea-
8 spoonful of alum in a quart of water, to
3 which add sufficient -four to make a
g thick cream. Stir in half teaspOonful
r of powdered resin and half a dozen
9 cloves, to give a pleasant odor. Have
3 Ion the fire a teacup of boiling water,
e pour the -four mixture into it, stirring
D | well at the time. In a few minutes it
s will be of the consistency of mush.
= Pour it into an earthen vessel let it
t cool lay cover on, and put it in a
!. cool place. When needed for use, take
:, out portion and soften it with warm
t water.
|
correspondent of the American Rural
@ Home says the following is durable,
l. and looks nearly as well as paint
e ''Take tight, clean barrel, and slack
= in it one bushel OF freshly burned lime
by covering it with boiling water. After
:. it is Stacked add cold water enough to
: bring it to consistency of cream OF
: thick whitewash. Then dissolve in wa
I ter, one pound of sulphate of zinc (alsO
e known by the common name of white
= vitrioD, and add to the lime aud water,
j with one quart of fine salt. Stir well
f until the ingredients are thoroughly
r mixed. This forms pure white. If a
i cream color is desired, one-haf pound
f of yellow ochre is added"
r How TO CoUNT INTEREST. per
cent Multiply the principal by the
e number OF days separate the right-hand
- figure from the product and divide by
r nine.
r Five per cent.-Multiply the number
# of days and divide by seventy two.
o Six per cent Multiply by nun Der OF
Y days, separate right-hand figure and
s divide by six.
is Eight per cent. Multiply by number
IS of days and divide by fOrty-fve.
% Nine per cent.-Multiply by number
It of days, separate right-hand figure and
r ] u1NlUS DY lOuEs
# Ten per cent. Multiply by number
If of days and divide by thirty six.
e Twelve per cent. Multiply by num-
d Der of days, separate right-hand figure
e and divide by three.
'e Fifteen per cent.-MUltiply by mum
Der of days and divide by twenty-four.
~ Eighteen per cent.-Multply by nun
u Der of day separate right-hand figure
r and divide by two
, Twenty per cent.-MultipIy by mum.
h Der of days and divide by eighteen.
r CHICKEN AND HOG CHOLERA. your
d last issue there is a call for a remedy
g. for chicken cholera. I give the follow
e ing, which will not only cure, but pre-
vent the disease HypOsulF hite of soda
Ia two ounces; water, one gallen. Dis
"a solve and put pint of it in a suitable
+ vessel and let the fowls drink of it cur
n ing the day. When used mp, add an
d. other pint, and so on until the disease
O. disappears. It can also be used as
preventive in the same way, or it can bt
- given to fowls by mixing up their food
n meal, with some of the solution.
~ send, also, the following recipe fol
- hog cholera, which is almost iDfallible
:, 1 have tested 1t IN numerous instances
- 1t is based upon chemical and scientific
principles. The combination is tonic
dt-Gl-l6Eu0uilNC3 SbOL4aCll1Cy slightly lax
as alive and antacid Hyposulphite o
lg soda, ID bicarbonate of soda, IL
copperas, ID; pulv. ginger, / ID.
Id pulverized May -apple-root, ! ID waite
OF (warm), 2 gallons. Dissolve, and Civ
'p about a quart of the mixture in
bucket of swill twice day to about al,
hogs. Let me add that the hyposul
phite of soda given alone, dissolved il
, water or IN swill, viii prevent ho
~ cholera It is highly antiseptic AM
OF arrests fermentation of the food in tn
Ia stomach and bowels. and consequent
q diaTrhea. It's reputation in medicine i
is catalytic diseases il world wide, ant
! 3Vl Why not good in similar diseases in tn
!, lover ANIMALS? It can be obtained b.
DE- wholesale for ten or fifteen cents pc
oL pound. A pound of it given every tw
es or three days viii be sufficient for twelv
1e hogs, and will keep them healthy an
le protect them from diseases of all kinds
"a Cor. ReEt1tcEY Advocate.
l. Female Luxuries in the East Indies
a The ladies IN the above climate hav
lis recourse to several modes OF insurin
hit domestic comforts, to which we in thi
in country are comparatively strangers
I'D TO wit The punkah or veDtilating far
II which consists of long ard broad are
! e = IL.