The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1875-01-29
USEFUL KNOWLEDGE,

! brOuDIS OI SOluB ZOE bl6 COWS ii
told by the American Stock Journal
, " Every time they are driven up al
night or in the morning, give them all 6
good lick of meal or bran, and for il
the COWS will always be on hand at the
milking hour"
CHAPPED HANDs.-The easiest and
simplest remedy is found in every ones
kitchen closet, and is nothing more
than common starch. Reduce it to an
impalpable powder and put it in a mus
lin bag keep it in the table drawer.
Whenever you take your hands out OF
the dish-water o. soap-suds wipe them
dry with a soft towel, and while yet
damp shake the starch-bag all over
them and rub it in. The effect is most
agreeable.
MASSACHUSETTS vas formerly the
only state where the raising of broom
corn and the manufacture of brooms was
carried on to a great extent and Boston
was the great distributing point for the
manufactured goods. Now there is
scarcely an acre devoted to broom-corn
culture in New England, as, since the
war, farmers have raised tobacco in its
place. Illinois is the largest grower of
broom-corn at present, Ohio and New
York coming next, and Chicago and
Cincinnati are the centers of business,
while New York is the great depot OF
manufactured goods.
MEND1Ne WITH P1AsTER.-H you
have a crack in the wall, in the corner of
the room, or anywhere else, do not send
for the plasterer, but get five or ten
cents worth of dry plaster of Paris;
wet with cold water then take your
finger and rub it into the crevice till it
is smooth. Bad nail-holes in the wall
can be done in the same way. Should
the top of your lamp become loose,
take it off and wash it with soap; wash
the glass also, then put the plaster
around the glass ; put the brass top on
again, let it stand until hardened, and
it is ready for use again. Alamp should
never be filed quite full, as the kerosene
softens the plaster.-Rural Home.
THE FUTURE OF THE IRON Trade
At the recent meeting of the pig-iron
manufacturers, in Philadelphia, it was
stated that in 1856, when the annual
production of the world was about seven
million tons, it vas predicted that in
1876 it would reach fourteen million,
and this limit was passed last year, for
it was fifteen million tons. At the close
of the present century it is believed
that an annual production of twenty-five
million tons per annum will be required
to supply the wants of a England,
in 1858, furnished cne-half the annual
supply, and she has been able to main
tain this ratio till the present time.
But her resources will be taxed to the
utmost to keep up with the increasing
demand at it's inevitable rate of pro-
gress, when it shall exceed twenty mil
lion tons per annum.
FEED Fowls A LITTLE AND OFTEN
It is a very careless method of feeding
fowls which We see SO often adopted,
the grain is thrown down in great
heaps on the ground or floor. It is not
only wasteful, but injurious to the
because they get overfed, and it
is in an important respect contrary to
habits. For their nature is to
Watch the old hen with q
brood when she is just let out of the
coop. She hardly stirs from the spot,
but as soon as she has realized her
freedom down go her claws into the
soil, and af6erward whenever you seeher
she is at it. Always feed no more than
be eaten at once, and take care that
may have the luxury of scratching
Tor it. Ii feed is buried in fresh earth,
hen they get with their mouthful of
grain something of use to their peculiar
digestive organs. Grain, however,
not be allowed to come in con-
ant with the flthy-tainted soil too
often found in the poultry-yard.-Te
Poultry World.
EATING BEFORE SBEEPING.-It is a :
mistake TO suppose that eating !,
before sleeping is injurious. Not at all
lnfrequently does it happen that people :
re ~sleepless for want of food, and q
taken either when they go to bed,
II when they awake sleepless, will gem {
rally be found far more ~efcacious, and, Q
4 course, infinitely less injurious than !
ny drug in the chemists pharmacopia. I
These are the physical remedies for '
leeplessness which have thebest recon. {
AS ones, thereis :,
ertainly a great deal more to be said.
,erhaps the most stringent of all rules '
re:ss Avoid anxiety r. and Don't goto ]
ed owing anybody a grudgei" Chew :
ng the bitter cud of q quarrel is
thousand fold more injuries for repose
han swallowing a teapotful of the very !,
reenest of green tea. e
LII
HEART DISEASE Many persons suf- :
n with heart disease without knowing
suddenly they drop of, and their {